Archive for November 3rd, 2008

At a campaign rally in Florida on Monday, November 3, 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama scratched his face with his middle finger while congratulating John McCain on a hard-fought campaign. Some blogs theorize that Obama’s gesture was meant as flipping the so-called “bird” at his Republican challenger. (But we all know, that isnt the […]


HONOLULU – Barack Obama‘s grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. Obama announced the news from the campaign trail in Charlotte, N.C. The joint statement with his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng said Dunham […]