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Barack Obama Does Not Give Birthday Presents To Children
telegraph.co.uk ^
| July 25, 2008
| Alex Spillius
Posted on 07/25/2008 4:31:13 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
In a magazine interview Obama and his wife Michelle revealed that one of their steadfast house rules is not giving Christmas or birthday presents to Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven.
The couple explained that they spend "hundreds" on birthday slumber parties and want to "teach some limits". Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.
The girls are also given an allowance of just $1 (50p) a week for performing household chores, according to People magazine. Those chores include making their own bed, setting and clearing the dinner table and putting themselves to bed by 8.30pm.
On the campaign trail, Mr Obama has often spoken of the need for Americans to be "better parents" who aren't afraid to "turn off the TV".
He has also exhorted black males to be more responsible fathers.
Though he has been away "98 per cent of the time", Mr Obama told People that before the campaign he did "the house and car repairs, the grocery shopping" and "sometimes the laundry".
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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bahhumbag; happybirthday; islam; mohammedanism; noyoucant; obama; obamafamily; scrooge; unamerican
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Obama is CHEAP! He is Barak “Scrooge” Obama!
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:34:32 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:35:04 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
"Santa Claus is still permitted to deliver seasonal gifts however.""Santa Clause" usually visits our house for CHRISTMAS. I wonder which day he visits Obama's home?
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:36:33 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Wow.....one of my greatest joys is shopping for my kids birthdays and Christmas. You don’t have to get them a ton of stuff, and before Christmas and birthdays we make sure to go through everything and give stuff away.
And what’s with having your kids put themselves to bed? They seem a little young for that.
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:36:50 PM PDT
by
mockingbyrd
(official Mad Dawg groupie.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
man, where do you start? I guess they never profess an interest in Christ in the article... that might be a reason...
before 200,000 adoring Germans has come in
adoring?
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:37:06 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(the opposite of anything is holiness)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Do any Muslims celebrate Christmas?
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:37:28 PM PDT
by
cquiggy
To: FormerACLUmember
LOL!
Exactly the phrase that popped into my head.
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:39:11 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Christmas and presents are just not in Obama Hussein Barack's tradition:
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:39:24 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Are there no prisons? And the union workhouse are they still in operation?
To: cquiggy
Do any Muslims celebrate Christmas?What about birthdays?
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:39:40 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
("My advice: Quit supporting the party that is symbolized by an ass." Ted Nugent)
To: Williams
I’m really a bit surprised that he told the media this. Its so oddball that its one of those little things that can hurt a candidate because people can’t relate to it and think that its, well...odd.
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:39:53 PM PDT
by
VOR78
To: Free ThinkerNY
But does he celebrate Kwanza?
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:40:24 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
To: KoRn
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:41:00 PM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: Michael.SF.
Ramadan fasting is always fun for kids.
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:41:58 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
reminds of the witch..."she cast a spell on the land so that it was always winter. Always winter, and never Christmas." -- C.S. Lewis
Not only is he our worst nightmare, he's apparently a *rick too.
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:43:00 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(reviewing my list of worse case scenarios.)
To: Jet Jaguar
As nasty, arrogant, and unpleasant a piece of work as we will see in our lifetimes. And, yes, a real dick.
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:44:10 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/25/2008 4:44:55 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
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