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The American Election

Change (again?)

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Under the Skin – how much

do you know about the candidates? p. 8 + 12

Sandy - a political hurricane? p. 13

The Campaigns - how do they work? p. 9

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!Change – yet again?

Lately Denmark has been following the American election intensely. And with good reason. Because it is also important to us which decisions will be made in future. Therefore our class has written a web-newspaper in the days leading up to the election on November 6th. We have not written the same usual things as in regular newspapers. We have focused on the campaigns, the candidates, the voters, the hurricane Sandy's effect on the election and much more. After four years with President Obama, it could be time for change (yet again). The essence of the American election is likeability and competition. It is the excitement in the final outcome. But the competition and campaigning has reached a whole new level in this election. No matter how hard you study the polls, they really don't say much about the final outcome. Are the two candidates really that close, or is it just the medias making it seem that way? Is “believe in America” that different from “forward”? No matter what - an exciting time is ahead. Take a stand. Enjoy. - 2.d, Københavns Åbne Gymnasium !!!

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He was born on the 4th of August 1961 in

Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Barrack

Hussein Obama sr. was from Kenya in Africa,

and moved to the United States in 1959. He

came to America through an assistance

program for promising students from Kenya.

In 1960 he met Ann Dunham, who a year

later, gave birth to Barrack Hussein Obama Jr.

When Barrack Jr. was 2 years old, his dad left

the family to get a doctor degree and never

came back. His dad died in a car crash in

1982 and his mom died of cancer in 1995.

Great potential

Obama showed great potential in school and

got a scholarship from one of the better high

schools in Waikiki, Honolulu. After that, he

got another scholarship at Occidental College

in Los Angeles. After two years, he was

transferred to Columbia and graduated in

1983. In 1991 he graduated from Harvard

University in Law.

In 1992 he got married to Michelle LaVaughn

Robinson. They met when they worked

together at the Law firm. Now they have two

daughters, Malia 14 years old and Natasha

(known as Sasha) 11 years old.

In 2008, Obama was nominated by the

democrats to be their presidential candidate,

with Joe Biden as Vice-presidential candidate.

His competitor was John McCain; and as we

know, Obama won. Now the question is: Who

will win this time?

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Williard Mitt Romney

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Willard Mitt Romney. The 65 year old

American businessman and politician is the

presidential candidate of the Republican Party

for the election of the president of the United

States of America. From 2003 to 2007 he was

governor of Massachusetts and has tried to

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become the candidate for the election twice.

The first time was in 2008.

Religious family

He was born on the 12th of March 1947 in

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan by Lenore and

George W. Romney.

His ancestors go way back, to when the

Mormon Church was founded in the first half

of the 1800’s. Therefore it was natural for

Mitt himself to be a part of the Latter Day

Saint movement.

When he was 19 year old, Romney went to

France as a missionary, and stayed there for

two and a half year. He came back in 1969

and married Ann Davies.

Heavy finance

He went to Harvard to study business

administration. Besides that, he has got a

bachelor of arts and a doctorate in law. He

finished from Harvard in 1975 and in ’77 he

began a career in Bain & company, a global

management consulting firm, headquartered

in Boston.

In ’84 he was part of the founders of Bain

Capital, a highly profitable investment

company, which was to become one of the

biggest and most powerful ones of its kind in

the United States, by his lead.

Til ’94 he was head of the local Mormon

congregation, running on the side of his

career in the financial business; but he

stepped back in both positions, to follow in

the footsteps of his father.

Politics and winter sports

Mitts father, George W. Romney, was the

former governor of Michigan. But when the

son ran for the 1994 Massachusetts election

for the U.S. Senate, he lost to Ted Kennedy

who stayed in the position until his death in

2009.

Mitt Romney went back to his position in

Bain Capital, but after an advantageous and

crucial position in the Salt Lake City Winter

Olympics Organizing Committee, he

launched his political career once again. From

2003 til 2007 he was the governor of

Massachusetts. In 2007 he began the

campaigning for election for the 2008

presidential candidate, but lost to John

McCain. Since 2011, he have prepared for the

2012 election which will be held in

November.

Mitt Romney has 5 children and 10

grandchildren with his wife Ann Romney.

By Laura, Kristian, Benjamin and Otso

swing voters By Freja Werther and Nanna Friis

In the occasion of the presidential election we

have asked three American citizens whom

they will vote for. They all come from the

swing state Michigan, so it is an important

state in the American election.

David Hildebrand 25 years old, Michigan

Who do you vote for?

⁃ Barak Obama

Why?

⁃ I think the healthcare is an important

subject, and I like the way Obama is

handling it. I don’t really find either of

the candidates perfect president, but I

am voting for Obama because his

politics is not as bad as Romney’s.

Why not Mitt Romney?

⁃ Because he plans to grow the number of

military personnel and he wants to cut

spending, but raise military

expenditures.

Jane Hildebrand 51 years old, Michigan

Who do you vote for?

⁃ Barak Obama

Why?

- Maybe it’s true that Obama hasn’t

accomplish all his promises, but I believe that

Obama still trying to clean up all that mess

that Bush have cost. Obama should have

another four years to make good on his

promises

Why not Mitt Romney?

- Because he supports the patriot act, he

wants to legislate job growth and he opposes

efforts to reduce the US military budget.

Stewart Hildebrand 23 years old, Michigan

Who do you vote for?

⁃ Barak Obama

Why?

- We all deserve to live decently in a decent

society.

Why not Mitt Romney?

- Because Romney has no interest in the

Federal Reserve.

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DEMOCRATS VS REPUBLICANS

By Laura, Kristian, Benjamin and Otso

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The Democrats

The Democrats, on the other hand, is a

more modern aspect of American

liberty. They base their political views

on modern liberalism. They believe in

the more “progressive” elements of

society such as legal gay marriage,

stronger government, support of ethnic

minorities and such. The Democrats

has a large number of guaranteed votes

on the northern east coast and west

coast. Their logo is a donkey. The

Republican Party possesses a greater

number of seats in the Senate, and The

Democrats, a greater number of seats in

the House of Representatives, which

often results in a stalemate when

decision has to be made.

The Republicans

The Republican party of the United

States is the one of the two major

parties in the American political

system. The party’s ideology is largely

based on American conservatism and

somewhat classic liberalism. Their

primary attributes and indication of

their conservative views are mostly

clarified by means such as: Larger

military defense, lower taxes,

opposition against gay marriage and

alike, support of death penalty and

individual rights. The party is greatly

supported in the southern states such as

Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. Their

logo is an Elephant.

The Man Behind The President no. 1

Everyone knows Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, but do we know the other part of the ticket? We elaborate the role of Joe Biden and Paul Ryan. !

The life of

P A U L D A V I S By Line

Paul Davis Ryan was born in 1970 in

Janesville Wisconsin. If Mitt Romney

gets elected tonight – the 6th

November, Paul Ryan will become

Vice-President of the United States.

Before winning election to the U.S.

House in 1998, where he was the

chairman of the House Budget

Committee, he worked as aide to Bob

Kasten, Sam Brownback, and Jack

Kemp, and as a speechwriter.

Paul Ryan is from the Republican

Party, and he has a big interest in the

economies. Together with Mitt

Romney he has made a budget plan

that propose privatizing Medicare for

people under the age of 55,

funding Medicaid and

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance

Program through block grants to the

states, and other changes - which many

wealthy people like, because the taxes

will be cut in for them, but will be

raised for the middle class – so that

they will pay the same amount, There’s

different opinions about weather this is

good or bad. But Mitt Romney and

Paul Ryan’s campaign has been based

a lot on economy, and through Paul

Ryan’s entire life he has had a lot to do

with economy. He drove a family

company with his brothers - P. W, so

he is reportedly an expert. Mitt

Romney calls him a born leader, and

has no doubts in his abilities.

So to Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan is a

great help and advisor – a great choice

for at Vice-President. It will show after

the election, if they get elected,

whether he was right about that or not.

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!by Gabrielle, Sofie F. and Rebecca

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How much do you actually know about the two big candidates who are running for president? “Dog poop on the roof” As the loving family man and father figure Mitt Romney put himself out to be, there is no doubt that a family trip to Canada would be the ultimate holiday experience for him and his beloved family. He fulfills the picture-perfect-family-image as he together with his wife, kids and little family dog Seamus drives off to Canada. There is just that minor detail that the dog was placed on top of the car roof, in a dog carrier, which led to the poor creature shitting on himself out of fear. As the family drives on their way, one of the kids notices a brown fluent liquid slighting down the car windows. Without a moment to spare Romney of course washes the car windows instantly. But Seamus had to stay on top of the roof as the family drove on. Even though him and his wife Ann, claims the dog loved the trip on top, and that Seamus got very old, two of Romney’s sons later revealed the dog made a run for it once they reached the destination. So much for loyalty! http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2012/01/08/what-our-fascination-mitt-romney-dog-seamus-says-about-our-culture/T6T7ghK6qOVjDmOgpoV4LL/story.html?camp=pm

“Because I got high…” “Teenage boys are frequently confused” says the President of the United States – Barack Obama, in an interview concerning the release of his book: “Dreams of my father”. His statement refers to his use of cocaine and marijuana in his early years, which weren’t a seldom treat for the President back in the day. In school he used to join a group called the Choom Gang which means “to smoke marijuana”. Not to think that, smoking a blow now and then would be enough, but the Choom Gang actually had a concept, in which they smoked in a car, closed the windows so the smoke wouldn’t go to waste, and in that way they could keep on staying high. Obama sure had a lot of fun, but never tried heroine due to the fact that he didn’t like the pusher who sold it. Interesting, now rumors run as high, as he may have been, that he was an addict and still is today, at least in smoking now and then… http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/world/americas/24iht-dems.3272493.html http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/a-users-guide-to-smoking-pot-with-barack-obama

“Medicare fraud” In the year of 1990 Mitt Romney took the position as one of the chefs for a Medical testing company called Bain Capital. In association with Damon Corp he ran a lot of medical testing’s, which were illegal as doctors didn’t want them to be tested. Romney personally gained 473.000 dollars. In all during 4 years he and the others who led the company gained 7.4 million dollars on Medicare fraud. Even though he claims he took action and stopped the fraud, all he did was ask lawyers what they could do to avoid prosecution. This is confirmed by court reports, which see the candidate do nothing to stop the fraud. The claims later made the company go bankrupted and in the end had to pay a 119 million dollars fine, which makes it the largest fine in history. Well, well he’s made some record! http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/the-story-behind-romney-medicare-fraud-and-the-latest-superpac-movie/

Presidential election campaign how does it work?

By Simon and Augusta

Campaigns are a way for the candidates to reach the voters. With creative methods

and catchy slogans, it is possible for the politicians to announce their cause.

The parties collect money from different supporters, donors and voters. They end up

spending hundred of millions of dollars, in the long fight to attract and influence the

American peoples vote.

This years election Romney and Obama has used different methods of making

themselves visible for their voters. But not only the politicians is using the media to

reach for their voters. A lot of celebrities, including Chris Rock, Samuel J. Jackson,

Katy Perry, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen etc. have been making videos about why

and whom they are voting for.

This is a really smart move because the celebrities are reaching for a younger target-

group than Obama and Romney might ‘get’.

Presides of celebrities and normal American citizens, Obama and Romney is getting

a lot of financial support from big companies like Microsoft, Google, Harvard

University and lots others who donate a ridiculous amount of money for the

politicians campaigns.

Therefore it’s possible for the politicians to use the media, making ads, posters, and

go to schools and other institutions to hold a speech for them to be elected.

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The better of two evils

By Peter and Mathias

Three issues that should make you

reconsider your dedication to

Obama

Obama is a hero. That’s probably what you

will hear, if you ask the average Dane about

the American president. A hero because of

how he pushed the American society closer to

ours, where the state takes care of the poor

and the sick. And his popularity did certainly

not fall when he one year after his election,

was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for

his involvement in the war in Afghanistan and

his effort to end it. Already at that time, he

gained a lot of critic because of the way he

chose to do it, which was by increasing the

number of soldiers to sort rip the plaster off,

fast but also painful.

But what many people haven’t heard about is

that Obama is getting closer to start an actual

war with Iran, for the reason of stopping them

from getting nuclear weapons (which we all

know U.S.A is in high position of ditto). But

the flirting with the war might just be a part of

the election campaign, because it seems like

Israel really want to start a war with Iran. And

Obama can’t just say no to Israel! If he does

so, he will lose a lot of the Jewish votes. And

if he loses the Jewish votes he would

probably have to find another plays to live

than the White House!

Not to mention the green issues. Of course,

no matter how you see it, Obama has made a

lot of initiatives to help the environment. But

he has also spent billions of dollars on the car

industry to get it back on track, which, in the

defence of the president, made a lot of jobs,

but even though building more cars is good

for the economy, it’s probably the worst thing

that could happen to the environment –

Simple math: More cars, more pollution.

Also, Obama has made it one of his key

issues to lower the taxes for the middle class

of the U.S.A. If a Danish prime minister

considered to lower the taxes for anyone with

such red numbers as they have in U.S.A, I’m

pretty sure that his/her popularity will sink.

Deep!

To sum up, I’m not saying that you should

“mind-vote” on Romney instead, but really do

some reconsideration about Obama, because

he is far away from that hero we’ve made

him.

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Under the skin no. 2 By Chrtistian

The white girlfriends Obama erased from his past

President Obama airbrushed his romantic history to burnish his credentials as a black leader. It is told

that Barack Obama had a life with a lot of romance in his old days. In 1983 he had met the young girl

Genevieve cook but she wasn't the first girlfriend in Barack Obamas life, nor the last. Some people

from the black society sees a desperate president. That he wants to sell an image of himself as a

pioneering race warrior, that he has air-brushed many white elements of his life. Including the string of

well educated white girlfriends so Barack Obama has had to fight hard to convince other African

Americans of his black credibility.

Romney tells millionaire donors what he really thinks about Barack Obama

During a private fundraiser, the republican candidate Mitt Romney told a group of wealthy contributors

what he thought of all the voters that supports Obama. He think of these Americans as freeloaders who

pay no taxes and that they don’t take any responsibility for their own life’s and that the government is

responsibility for their life’s. Many of the people do not see Romney as a good choice for president

because they don’t like to be seen as victims. Mitt Romney is born in a wealthy family and so he

probably don’t understand what it means to struggle although he has mate his own fortune.

Sandy – Friends with benefits? On October the 29th the super storm Sandy hit the Northeast Coast of the USA.

171 citizens in USA, Canada, the Caribbean and Haiti have lost their lives, 6,5 millions citizens in

the USA are without power and thousands of residences have been destroyed in this catastrophe. How does Sandy affect the election campaign for the two president candidates?

Romney with a change of heart

- Sofie K. Jansen

“Every time you have an occasion to take

something from the federal government and

send it back to the states, that’s the right

direction. And if you can go even further,

and send it back to the private sector, that’s

even better.”

This was the response the CNN anchorman

John King got from the governor Mitt

Romney in the Republican primary debate in

June 2011, when he was asked for his view on

disaster relief and especially whether FEMA

should be led by states instead of the

government. FEMA is an abbreviation for the

Federal Emergency Management Agency

who’s in charge of coordinating disaster

reliefs. This quotation illustrates the basic

premises in the politics and ideology of the

Republicans in America, that is, 1) Privatizing

is the way forward; 2) Instead of handling

important issues on a federal level the power

of decision should be given to the individual

states. As for example, why should states with

lower risk of natural catastrophes contribute

with the same as states with high risks?

Shouldn’t it be up to the single state to

decide? Romney claimed that it was a kind of

“federal theft” at the expense of the single

American and he called it immoral and a

“jeopardizing of our kids’ future”.

But then came Sandy.

When the super storm Sandy hit the Northeast

Coast it was only a week before the most

important and closest election in USA

between the Democrat Obama and the

Republican Romney. Mitt Romney suddenly

had a change of heart and in a statement this

Wednesday, November the 1st, Romney said

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the following; “I believe that FEMA plays a

key role in working with states and localities

to prepare for and respond to natural disasters.

As president, I will ensure FEMA has the

funding it needs to fulfill its mission (…)”

In this quotation he claims the absolute

opposite than he did in June last year. The

catastrophe has had a major impact in the

media and has affected every American

citizen. Romney realized he would end up

shooting himself in the foot if he stuck with

the statement against disaster reliefs now

when Sandy had stroke. So like Obama he put

his campaign on standby to show his concern,

but he actually never went to the most

destroyed areas. Even though he held some

storm relief events, he kept on for quite a long

time ignoring the most relevant question “do

you still want to cut the funding to FEMA?”

If Romney’s rally only had been about

economics and criticism of Obama’s

administration he probably would get more

votes, but handling the consequences of

Sandy showed how changeable his morale

values are and how much he is pandering to a

specific audience to get votes.

Obama is saving the U.S citizens

- Lærke Folden

In many ways, this storm has been good for

Obama's election campaign.

He has been chosen to go directly into the

problems of the tragedy on the east coast that

happened last week. This has been given a big

impression for many U.S. citizens. Even some

Republicans of the government have said that

this may be a major victory for Obama.

Obama has instead of Romney been in the

worst affected areas. He has chose to push his

planned campaign away, and gone into the

crisis instead. Many Republicans says that it’s

to get more votes, but in the end, there are no

people who really can say anything against

their president who are protecting his citizens.

As I said before are there many Republicans

who think that Obama has tackled this

situation better than Romney. I have an

example from the republican Chris Christie

from New Jersey; “The federal government’s

response has been great. I was on the phone at

midnight again last night with the president,

personally; he has expedited the designation

of New Jersey as a major disaster area ... the

president has been outstanding in this. The

folks at FEMA, Craig Fugate, and his folks

have been excellent.”

Even the mayor of New York City has been

disclosed his choice of presidents, and he says

that he votes for Obama, because he shows

the most important thing for America – if

anything should ever work out, the whole

country has got to fight for it. Even the

president!

The Man Behind The President no. 2

Everyone knows Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, but do we know the other part of the ticket? We elaborate the role of Joe Biden and Paul Ryan.

The life of

J O E B I D E N

by Anna-Dea

Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the 47th and current Vice

President of the United States. He served in the

Senate from 1972, when he was elected at the

age of 29. On January 20, 2009, Joe Biden took

office with President Obama.

Despite his emphasis on diplomacy, Joe Biden

is known for his direct and sometimes

impulsive speeches, which has often attracted

criticism.

On Sept. 6, at the 2012 Democratic National

Convention, he spoke out that he refuted the

notion that Democrats were looking for

governments handouts, and the people, who

needed the government help, weren't trying to

become dependent but just seeking their own

path out of dependency.

”All these men and women are looking for is a

chance, just a chance to acquire skills to be able

to provide for their families so they can once

again hold their heads high and lead

independent lives with dignity”.

Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

In 1969, Biden began practicing law in

Wilmington, Delaware, first as a public

defender and then with his own firm called

Biden and Walsh.

In 1972 Biden presented the U.S election in

Delaware and only a month after winning his

first Senate election, on December 18, 1972,

Joe Biden's wife and 13-month-old daughter

died in a car accident. Biden's two sons, Beau

and Hunter, were critically injured in the

accident and ended up in the hospital. Joe

Biden was sworn into the Senate at their

bedsides. A few months later, Joe Biden

collapsed from a brain aneurysm, ultimately

undergoing two surgeries over a few months.

In an interview with The New York Times he

said: ”The accident taught me to always let the

you love know you love them, and never let

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something go unsaid”. The aneurysm taught

him that ”It's a hell of a lot easier being on the

operation table than in the waiting room”. At

the 1987 race, Joe Biden that the crises in his

life had learned him to pull himself back up.

Today Joe Biden is back in the game. Barack

Obama and Joe Biden have over time learned,

despite of the 19 years age-different, to adapt

the betterment of the alliance. Joe Bidden has

worked to restrain his ego in the service of his

support role.

The president has come to appreciate Joe

Biden's loyalty, and has deployed him as a

designated contrarian in debates.

Joe Biden love to point out all the quality time

he and the president spend together. For

example a golf outing last month.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden have arrived at

what people describe as a friendship, but some

people, who know them also allow that it is

impossible to know what's going on in the

privileged space between the country's two

highest-ranking officers — one of the most

fraught and scrutinized relationships in any

administration.

oBAMA VS. rOMNEY

By Emmaline

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⁃ USA’s 44. President

⁃ Democrat

⁃ 51 years old

⁃ Married to Michelle Obama

⁃ Two daughters, Malie Ann and Natasha (Sasha)

⁃ Grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia

⁃ Lived in LA, NY and in Chicago

⁃ Senator in Illionis before becoming president

⁃ He loves playing basketball

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⁃ President candidate

⁃ Republican

⁃ 65 years old

⁃ Married to Ann Romney

⁃ Five sons

⁃ Grew up in Michigan

⁃ He has a long glorifying bussiness carrier

⁃ Guvornor of Massachusetts

⁃ Mormon

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How to understand the American election - by Emil Pontoppidan

In order to understand the American election, it is

primarily important to understand this: An

American president is not directly the peoples

choice. The election of the president relies on the

decision of 538 men and women. These people are

the so-called "choice men." The new president must

have at least 270 of these in his favor to win the

important task of becoming the most powerful

person in the world.

Every state in America has a certain amount of

"choice men" and that amount varies in size,

according to the number of people the state have.

It's important to pick the right states for your

campaign, since you don't want to pick a state were

people have already made their choice. That's

because of this game changing rule: If you have

more "choice men" in favor of you in any state,

you'll win the rest as well. This is called a “winner

takes all” principle. That's why the candidates

campaigns are focused on the 8 “swing states”

These are the states that can put the election in your

favor in the very end. In these states, the amount of

"choice men" in favor of a candidate cannot be

predicted. That's why in this certain election, it's

especially important to win the favor in these, since

the choice men for each candidate, is predicted to be

almost a tie.

The so-called “Campaign run” also has a big

influence on the American election. In 2008 the

total amount of money was 2.4 billion dollars, for

the presidential race. Over 1 billion dollars was

spent by the campaigns of the two major candidates.

Barack Obama spent 730 million dollars, and John

McCain spent 333 million dollars. that shows that

Obama spent more than the double amount of

dollars, which maybe had a big impact on the

American election. That could be the reason why

Obama became the president of the United States of

America.

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Mormon underwear? By S i lke

Will the Americans vote for a Mormon president?

As you might have heard Mitt Romney is a Mormon. But is it really important?

First, what is the Mormon religion really about? Besides believing in the bible, Mormons believe in the Mormon

book. The religion was founded in 1830, based on revelation of Joseph Smith. Unlike Christianity were Christians

believe that religion was founded in Israel, Joseph Smith founded it in America. That means the religion is very very

American! But there are similarities for example; in the old testimony Moses finds the stone tablets, in the Mormon

book the Mormon Prophet finds Gold tablets instead. And of course they have to be made of gold - we are in

America!

Mormons accept polygamy, because they believe that god measures a man by the size of his family, but in Europe

it is illegal to have several wives. Mormons also have a health diet. They don’t drink coffee and tea, because of the

coffin, but they have now recently been allowed to drink coca cola. Could it have anything to do with coca cola

wanting Mitt Romney to become president, and sponsoring his campaign? Or would it just scare off to many

potential voters if he didn’t drink it?

The funniest thing I’ve learned about the Mormons are that they wear special underwear. This underwear is

supposed to keep all the evil in the world away. Does Mitt Romney also wear this very special underwear?

So what if the president is a Mormon? Will it have an impact on the politics? And how can we know he is a serious

Mormon?

Mitt Romney has been in France for almost 3 years, being a missionary for the Mormon beliefs. I would say he is

pretty serious. But I don’t think he would really be able to change much. The religion might get a lot of power in

the country, and Mitt Romney might have religious views and opinions that he can angel his politics after.

Can we really trust a man, who needs underwear to keep evil things away, to be able to be the president of

America?

FUNNY FACTS by Tobias

Big spending companies

There is many corporations who donates to the

candidates, even though the corporations can't

donate directly, they just organize around it to

support their favorite candidate.

The ten biggest donators come from mostly

banks on Romney's side and Microsoft, Google

and universities on Obama's side.

Together the top ten donated 4,232,000$ to

candidates.

It takes 3,500 average Americans a year of

work to earn 1,000,000$

That is either 3,500 Americans work for four

years or 14,000 Americans paycheck for the

whole year.

It's raining money in America

The Republican and Democratic national

Committees is providing national leadership for

their parties, they are also in charge of

campaign strategy and fundraising they are

each given money to turn the public opinion.

This year the two committees raised a total of

247,400,000$ for their parties.

It costs about 200$ to let a child in Uganda

attend school for a year.

The money the committees raised could pay

1,237,000 years of school for Kids in Uganda.

Obama and food

Barack Obama doesn't drink coffee.

His favorite beverage is Black forest berry iced

tea.

Obama rarely drinks alcohol.

His favorite meal is his wife's shrimp linguini.

His own master dish as cook is chilli.

While living or traveling, he has eaten many

things such as grasshopper, snake and dog.

Obama style!

Obama owes identical pairs of black shoes.

His shoe size is 11.

He wares 1500$ suits from Hart Schaffner

Marx.

His hair is cut for 21$, once a week by his

barber in Chicago.

Obama aka?

Barry O'Bomber, a nickname he had at high

school for his Basketball skills.

Bar, is a name his late grandmother called him.

One who is blessed, is the meaning of his name

in swahili.

He was known as "Barry" until university were

he asked to be called by his real name.

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