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Ask Barack Obama a Question

Do you have a question you'd like Ellen to as Barack Obama? Are you curious what he thinks of the current tax loopholes? Want to know his position on health care or energy independance? Well now's your chance! Send us your questions for Barack Obama and maybe Ellen will ask him some of them.

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I have a question for Senator Obama,
I am a 25 yr old father, my daughter is 3. I see her maybe 95 days a year, maximum. As you love your daughters, I love mine with all my heart and soul as well. I am an average hard working father. I am a very good father. I do not do drugs, I do not even drink. I know fathers that are far from clean from drugs an alcohol that see there kids more. Not saying im better than anyone, I know im not. My question is, I would like to see her more, is there anything that you can do when your in office to change that? I just think that I deserve to see her more an get irritated that a judge can tell me I am limited to my time with her.
I wish you and your family the best. May God bless you, your family and the rest of america.
James

Posted by James | November 2, 2008 8:11 AM

will students whose parents earn less than $30,000.00 a year get their eduation free.

Posted by ofelia ramirez | October 30, 2008 4:51 PM

Obama agreed to use public funding for his campaign if McCain did! As soon as McCain agreed to that – Obama changed his mind (in truth lied from the beginning) and decided to do his own fund raising. But, McCain kept his word and stayed with public funding!!!! How can I Believe Obama wants to cut Government Spending when he has spent $600 MILLION dollars to promote himself???????? McCain received $84 Million from public funding!!! How many foreclosures could have Obama prevented with $516 MILLION DOLLARS??? He cares about average Americans or Himself????

Obama has raised (and spent) $600 Million Dollars in private contributions! $300M were received from the internet from donors with unreadable names – Untraceable, Unverifiable, Untrustworthy! His campaign purposely disabled the security feature that verifies that the name & address entered matches the name, address and expiration date on the credit card! Corrupt! Who is sending Obama Soooo much money and WHY??? It’s illegal for corporations to donate because of conflict of interest! It is illegal for Forgein entities to contribute to American Campaigns! Who wants Obama so badly to be president and How badly are the American people going to pay for Obama’s payback to these donors??????

Posted by maria | October 30, 2008 2:30 PM

Mr. Obama,

What did it fell like spending 45 million dollars for TV air time?

How many little kids could get a new pony with that money Ellen?

How many teachers could get a raise?

How many new school books could have been bought?

How many hungry children could have been fed?

How many people who have lost jobs make it through another month with that money?

How could that money have helped our Economy?

And thank you Mr. Obama for supporting TRADTIONAL MARRIAGE just like Biden, McCain, and Palin.

FORTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS!

YouTube is free!

Posted by AM | October 30, 2008 11:05 AM

Why doesn't Obama wear an American Flag pin, like the other canidates and why doesn't he pledge his allegence, by placing his hand over his heart, to our Flag during the National Anthem?

Posted by Hannah | October 30, 2008 9:26 AM

what do you plan to do about the missing honey bees?

Posted by michael s. | October 29, 2008 10:38 PM

Sen. Obama, I am a single grandmother age 52 raising two grandchildren. I work a full time job for a Dr. with at least 20 employees. There are no medical ben.of any kind. I am also type 1 diba.I also have other medical problems. My meds are over $1000.00 per month which i can't pay for. With pre-existing cond. I am unable to get medical insurance. Under your plan how will you as president be able to help me. M.Dennis
Lakewood Colorado

Posted by Margaret Dennis | October 29, 2008 11:05 AM

I'm going to assume that you win the Presidency, congratulations on that, by the way.

My question is about gun-control, more specifically, your policy on banning semi-automatic weapons.

I am an 18 year old male, from Texas, and I've just started on my track to become a professional competitive shooter. My weapon of choice happens to be a semi-automatic. Are you willing to crush my dreams of becoming an Olympic shooter so that some unfortunate soul can suffer his death at the hands of a bolt-action rather than a semi-auto?

Thank you, and congratulations again,

Daniel McElhaney.

Posted by Daniel McElhaney | October 28, 2008 11:54 PM

Hi Barack Obama.For homework this week,I have to write an essay on the 2008 elections.I have a few questions to ask you.

*Where do you live now?

*What is your highest level of education?

*What jobs did you do before running for president?

*What is your plan for the USA?

*Do you represent education?

*What topics does Joe Biden represent?

*Are you democrat or republican?


Those are all of my questions.Part of my assignment is to make a big poster for whoever Im voteing for.Guess whos gonna be on my poser.YOU!Thanks for having me.

Best of luck,
Cassy Garribaldi

Posted by Cassy | October 28, 2008 6:17 PM

I am a 62 year-old widow who just completed an overseas assignment for a government contractor. My employer sent an offer by Cobra to continue my health insurance coverage for a modest $768.00 a month, to cover me only. I will not be eligible for Medicare for another 3 years and with no job I am offered continued medical coverage for this outrageous amount. I know there are millions of Americans who have lost their jobs and face the same problem. At that rate I will not have medical coverage as I'm sure the majority of Americans will have no coverage as well. Something needs to be done about the health care industry and their raping of people like me.
What do you propose to do about this problem.
Thank you.

Posted by Sybil Morris | October 28, 2008 4:06 PM

Before I vote for Barack Obama I want to know... What are you going to do for a healthy, basically smart, very strong, and somewhat talented person, who has chosen not to work more than 10 months in the past 3 years, someone who has children and lives off "the system"? What are you going to do FOR that person, the one who gets free medical and free food and pays no child support, while his first two children, who's mother has a modest job, go without healthcare? Will your tax cuts for the middle class somehow also benefit "deadbeats" giving them even more free taxpayer money? And don't tell me to have him thrown in jail. That just means our tax money will still be supporting him. There are alot of these people in my area of the USA. What are you going to do for them?

Posted by Jeri | October 28, 2008 6:47 AM

Wish someone would ask Obama what he would do to update the Jones Act. Merchant seamen have NO protection if they are injured on the job at sea. Remember Deadliest Catch show on Discovery Channel? If we are injured on a boat we are entitled to $15 a day as compensation until you are able,if ever, to return to work. I have been injured twice, lost time from work for months on end before being able to return to sea.You're lucky if your medical bills are paid. I personally know guys who have lost thier homes, cars,because they got hurt at work. This wage hasnt had an increase since 1934! Noone seems to give a damn. I've wrote/called congressmen,senators, an presidential canidates. very few respond, fewer seem to care.

Posted by tom | October 28, 2008 4:15 AM

I want desparately to vote for Obama but why are all of his records sealed? It's a tuff trust issue for me...

Posted by Sharon Flood | October 27, 2008 6:09 PM

Mr. Obama - Did you use the campaign plane and campaign funds to go to Hawaii to visit your grandmother??? It sure looked as though you were exixting the campaign plane! If so, how can you belittle S. Palin or more exactly the GOP for spending $150k on the next most important woman in America! If she dresses from Target she'll be called Trailer Trash, if she dresses the Part she's called a diva!!! Can't win for losing with the Democrats!!!

Posted by Maria | October 27, 2008 4:52 PM

Mr. Obama, why are you lying and saying the Mccain will cut trillions from senior's Medicare?

If you agree governement spending needs to be cut - why have you spent the most money in history on your campaign? It shows me that if you believe in something there is no budget!

If you don't agree in Negative Ads, why do you run so many against McCain - 5 to 1????

In order to get a $4k college credit you must serve two years as a volunteer - is this a prelude to a Mandatory Two Year Military service for our children?

Posted by Maria | October 27, 2008 4:41 PM

I would like to know. Why does Obama always talk about lowering taxes to the MIDDLE CLASS what about Lower class what will happen with them? How can Obama in his debate when he was asked what the most important health,energy,or education he said Energy,then Health and last education . But he now has commercials on education and how imortant this is why did he have education last? Personally I think Obama need more experaince and he is only saying what the public wants to here.

Posted by Shann | October 27, 2008 11:09 AM

SENATOR OBAMA, WHAT MODIFICATION TO NAFTA WOLD CONSIDER ONCE YOU BECOME PRESIDENT? COULD SOME SAMPLE HOW WOULD MAKE THE TREATY WORK BETTER FOR AMERICA?

REGARDS

Posted by JOHN | October 25, 2008 6:18 PM

Hi Barack,
1.I am a HUGE fan of yours. I am a grad student at Vancouver island university in Canada. Your speaches are great a see hope with you as the president of the USA, because the USA affects Canada, sometimes I feel like we are a family, what do you think?

2.I see so much hope in a new direction for America, This must have been what people felt like during the Kennedy period...how do you see yourself in relation to John F. Kennedy?

All the Best and Best of luck
God Bless You!
Sean

Posted by Sean McCarthy | October 23, 2008 3:05 PM

Does Obama solute the flag? I am concerned about the next president not soluting the American flag? Also is it true that he refuses to swear on the Bible? Thanks Emily Howell Dixon, IL

Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2008 2:43 PM

I have a VERY important question and cannot find the place to ask it. Can you please ask Senator Obama to address the vaccine issue? Does he have plans to allow parents to decide on alternative vaccine scheules or exemptions? Does he have plans to make vaccines mandatory and if so...what schedule? What about children with documented family history of vaccine reactions (in our family's history a child died of SIDS the day of her DTaP with the Pertussis vaccine having a long history of SIDS cases coinciding with this vaccine)? I support so many of Obama's plans and then this question was posed to me by another parent and I just realized that this topic has never been brought up (as far as I have seen). PLEASE ask and PLEASE make sure that he says something detailed...longer than 2 sentences about this issue. It is so very important!!!

Thanks!

Posted by Holly Gee | October 23, 2008 11:18 AM

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