Obama Collects Comics? 50 Things You Might Not Know About The President-Elect

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

• He is left-handed -- the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

• He has read every Harry Potter book

• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali

• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream

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Comments

[NunuDudu]

Whatta dork! I wuv you Obama!!!!

[OrganOfThought]

LOL

[judyc]

"He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck"

Guess that puts the Mus lim rumor to rest.

[judyc]

"He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck"

Guess that puts the Muslim rumor to rest.

[freebird67]

I don't know. I'm beginning to second guess my vote now. Marvel over DC.

[KillBillV2]

Are you serious? Or being sarcastic?

[canucklivinginUSA]

Lol, you need your sarcasm detector on, buddy

[jdmba]

I love him so much. He is the epitome of a Black man! So cool that he can be nerdy. *Swoon* I'm a Black sci-fi geek and I approve this message!

[KillBillV2]

How the heck can he be a nerd, but cool at the same time? It's crazy but he pulls it off!

[mlr710]

Amazing .....but he does!

[Rutabaga]

I think the most interesting fact on the list is that he wasn't able to finally pay off his student loans until 4 years ago. Wow.

Oh, and totally extra wizard points for having read every Harry Potter book!

[canucklivinginUSA]

Oh man, I am so going to be in that category of not paying my student loans quickly. Oh the misery

[vkobaya1]

Bench press 200 pounds! Wow! Wonder what Bush can do? Bush works out 4 hours every morning and I would doubt he can do much better. Real difference is IQ. Obama is said to be 145; Bush doesn't have a brain, just solid bone between his ears. And Obama, is a decent, honorable, respectable, intelligent, ethical human being with integrity. Bush is one of Satan's principle lieutenants.

[AmandaBC]

"Wonder what Bush can do?"

Don't forget he was a cheerleade­r... ;)

[mlaiuppa]

145? (I'm 142).

That qualifies him for MENSA.

[AmandaBC]

"He is left-handed -- the sixth post-war president to be left-hand"

6 out of 12????

Wow, left-handed people typically represent only 8 to 10% of the population, and yet 50% of post-war US presidents were left-handed!! We must be something special... (left-handed and left-leaning an even more special combinatio­n... ;) )

Somebody please tell me W isn't left-handed, that would totally drench my parade... :)

[ptillen]

Not W, but HW is.
Enjoy this, fellow lefties- http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html

[OrganOfThought]

Where do you get your 10% from? All I have seen is that since schools stopped pushing kids to learn writing with the right hand, numbers have been close to 50/50.

I can't site any references, but have heard that many times by professional educators. Do you have a reference? - just curious

[Swerinjer2]

cool fave show M.A.S.H., comic books, Muhamed Ali boxing gloves.

[wndrwrthg]

Hello, I seem to have stumbled into an issue of "Tiger Beat".

[LaMees]

Hilarious! You've given me the giggles!

[noseysniper]

Left handed people ftw.

[davusan]

Conan the Barbarian.

Schwarzenegger as Climate Czar;

Coincidence?

[AmandaBC]

I was so hoping it would be Conan O'Brien... :)

[wyldb]

Have to represent the Comic Books. He should use Spiderman's classic line. With Great Power Comes Great Responciblity. There were actually a bunch of comics endorsing and featuring Obama. Comic geeks unite.

[Swerinjer2]

Obama would be in the resistance against Iron Man, just like spiderman.

[research]

Conan?#?@$ I'm unvoting for him.