Sunday, March 2, 2008

Barack's resume: No page-down necessary

In the Meet the Candidate section of Barack Obama's own website, his life and accomplishments are summed up in just 822 words. However, for even easier viewing, I've omitted the fluff and rearranged the remaining text into resume format. Below is the entire resume:

Barack Obama

Born: Hawaii, August 4th, 1961.

Youth: Grew up in Hawaii, lived a few years in Indonesia.

College: Undergraduate -- Columbia University, 1983; Graduate -- Harvard Law School, 1991
Non-political work experience (starting 1985):
  • Chicago community church-based group organizer. The group had some success improving living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment
  • Civil rights lawyer - Chicago
  • Constitutional law instructor – Chicago

Political Work Experience:

Illinois State Senate (eight years)

  • Creating state Earned Income Tax Credit program
  • Expansion of early childhood education program
  • Passed law requiring videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases

U.S. Senate (2004 to date)

  • First law: online public disclosure of public spending
  • Championed ethics reform
  • Worked to prepare the VA for care veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Traveled to Russia
  • Promoting greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards

Personal life: Married with two daughters; Church -- Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

That's everything -- straight from his website. And who doesn't pad their resume just a little.

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