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Government
Obama Presidential Library Search Kicks Off
2014-02-02
[An Nahar] The formal process to build a library housing President Barack Obama
We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us...
's presidential records and artifacts began Friday with the formation of a new foundation, launched by top supporters with Obama's blessing, that will develop and build the monument to his legacy.

The nonprofit Barack H. Obama Foundation will be led by Marty Nesbitt, a close Obama friend from reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
, and Julianna Smoot, a former White House social secretary and top official in Obama's re-election campaign.
Smoot is also a big, big fund-raiser for the Dems, and her hubby is chair of the Michigan 'rats...
A vigorous competition to host the library is already underway. Hawaii, where Obama was born, and Illinois, his longtime home, have been lobbying the Obamas both publicly and privately. New York, where Obama went to college, also has expressed interest.

With so many of Obama's aides and supporters calling Chicago home, the focus has increasingly turned there, where Obama was first elected and came into his own as a national political figure. The involvement of Nesbitt, a Chicago businessman, in forming the foundation is likely to amplify speculation that Chicago has an inside track to getting the library. The third founding member of the nonprofit's board, Kevin Poorman, is also based in Chicago and runs a company formed by Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker, who is now Obama's commerce secretary.

"No specific site, institution, city or state is advantaged over another at this point," Nesbitt said in an interview. "The ultimate site will be chosen based on the merits."
Posted by:Fred

#26  The MIT Smoot is Oliver.

Reed Smoot was a Utah senator, who is probably spinning in his grave if the afore-mentioned crony is any of his kin.
Posted by: Nero   2014-02-02 23:48  

#25  Is Smoot any relation to the Senator of the Smoot-Hawley Tarriff Act that helped create the Great Depression?

Or is she related to Reed Smoot, the MIT student who was used to measure the Harvard Bridge, which is 364 smoots, +/- one ear?
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2014-02-02 20:16  

#24  ADX Florence, CO. Put it in the cell next to his.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2014-02-02 18:52  

#23  No funding for yuuuuuuuuu!!!
Sez Saudis.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-02-02 18:44  

#22  Jakarta. That is where he got his Muslim upbringing.
Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815   2014-02-02 16:16  

#21  I like your style, ZF. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2014-02-02 13:53  

#20  Volkswagen microbus bookmobile?

Or Michigan Central Station. It's appropriately grand and last I checked they were kicking around a fast train to Chicago. Even without that there'd be a steady stream of regional tourism and school trips. Lots of room in the park out front for the Young Whatevers to drill with wooden AKs and colorful scarves. Or maybe Hawaii has a disused leprosarium? Or Guam, but only if Joe M. can be a docent.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-02-02 13:06  

#19  "The ultimate $ite will be cho$en ba$ed on the merit$."
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-02-02 12:22  

#18  I'm holding out for Nairobi. After all most of his family is from there and besides, we'll finally get to see his real birth certificate
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-02-02 12:07  

#17  NSAs basement.
Posted by: Iblis   2014-02-02 11:14  

#16  Somewhere off the coast of Pahkistain.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-02-02 11:03  

#15  NOT Tuskegee, he's only Half black.
(And all asshole)

Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-02-02 10:32  

#14  Where's the location in the USA furthest away from where the constitution is held?

That would be Washington DC.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-02-02 10:05  

#13  +1 Detroit

I would be curious to know how many books O owns, and how many of those he has actually read cover to cover.

A corner of the backroom in Chicago that sent him should do, actually.
Posted by: KBK   2014-02-02 09:35  

#12  I dunno, #11 P2k.

Joe's male, so he's got the "equipment" to drop by during the night and help "water" the place. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2014-02-02 09:29  

#11  ..that wouldn't be nice to Joe.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-02-02 08:46  

#10  Where's the location in the USA furthest away from where the constitution is held?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2014-02-02 08:42  

#9  Augusta? Pebble Beach? Oakmont?
Posted by: Airandee   2014-02-02 08:14  

#8  The inscription above the door:

IS EST TOTUS SUPER MIHI
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2014-02-02 07:34  

#7  Either DC or Detroit would be appropriate.

Perhaps two branches?
Posted by: no mo uro   2014-02-02 05:45  

#6  On Sept. 5, 2013, Rantburg featured a link to a (breitbart.com) article titled "Outrage over Outhouse Labeled Obama's Presidential Library".

Apparently an anonymous Tucumcari, New Mexico doner had designated his outhouse as the new Obama Presidential Library. Some in town view the designation as an outrage, while others are supportive.

Outrage over Outhouse Labeled Obama's Presidential Library

A local news paper reported that folks are treating it as a tourist destination and that it is frequently visited and photographed.

Seating is obviously very limited and I suspect that by now the library is more than overflowing it's initial capacity. Which of course, would necessitate the current search for a new location.

Posted by: junkiron   2014-02-02 01:37  

#5  
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-02-02 01:26  

#4  Detroit?
Posted by: Secret Master   2014-02-02 01:17  

#3  Nairobi?
Jakarta?
Kabul?
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-02-02 01:09  

#2  "No specific site, institution, city or state is advantaged over another at this point," Nesbitt said in an interview (great to know that Minot may still be in the running - UP). "The ultimate site will be chosen based on the merits."

...yeah, merits. Isn't that "Chicago Speak" for "ching..?"
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-02-02 00:50  

#1  They'll all be like his history: sealed documents, blank or redacted documents, or "special permission" needed and non-disclosure.
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-02-02 00:31  

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