Obama, Barack

H.R. 4646: Forwarded email claims President Obama's finance team is planning to impose a 1% transaction tax on bank deposits and all other transactions at financial institutions.

Circulating via email, a quote attributed to Sen. Barack Obama in 2006 in which he calls raising the U.S. national debt limit 'a sign of leadership failure.'

Recycled from the G.W. Bush years: Translated into English, the French portion of an American clothing label reads: "We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We did not vote for him."

2008 email rumor claims charismatic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama is the Antichrist prophesied in the New Testament.

Viral message asserts that President Obama signed 923 executive orders in the first 40 months of his term, many times more than any other U.S. president to date.

A refutation of rumors alleging that Barack Obama's birth certificate is either a forgery or an invalid "short-form" computer print-out which fails to establish his status as a U.S. citizen.

Email flier says Barack Obama used a podium featuring an altered version of the Presidential Seal during a June 2008 campaign appearance.

Circulating via email, a purported AP news story claims Occidental College transcripts prove that under the name "Barry Soetoro," Barack Obama received a Fulbright Scholarship awarded to foreign-born students only.

Circulating via email, an alleged quote from Barack Obama explains why he doesn't wear a flag pin or salute the flag during the national anthem.

Phony op-ed column attributed to New York Times writer Maureen Dowd claims Barack Obama has accepted campaign donations from foreign countries including Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Supposedly uttered by Barack Obama: "My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it."

Forwarded email quotes a campaign-weary Barack Obama saying he has campaigned (or plans to campaign) in 'all 57 states.' Lo and behold, allegedly, it turns out there are 57 Islamic states.

Email rumor alleges that U.S. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is actually a loyal Muslim who has lied about his religious background, including his claim to being a devoted Christian.

Online "news" sources claim President Obama's Indonesian-made gold ring bears the inscription "There is not God but Allah" in Arabic.

Emailed letter from American missionaries in Kenya claims Barack Obama is a racist Muslim who fostered political chaos in Africa and is dedicated to worldwide jihad.

Fake birth certificate circulating online purports to prove that Barack Obama was born in Kenya, and therefore isn't a natural-born U.S. citizen.

Viral image appears to show Barack and Michelle Obama saluting the flag by placing their left hands (instead of their right) over their hearts.

Email rumor claims that Barack Obama is ineligible to become president because according to the laws in effect at the time of his birth he is not a natural-born citizen of the U.S.

Emailed photo shows presidential candidate Barack Obama speaking on the phone while apparently holding the receiver upside-down.

Emailed image purports to show President Obama kneeling at a "mosque prayer session" on the White House grounds in Washington, DC.

Forwarded email relates a story published in a Norwegian newspaper about Mary Andersen, who was stranded without money in the Miami airport one day in 1988 and unable to pay a $103 luggage surcharge. A tall, well-dressed stranger came to her rescue and paid the fee. His name: Barack Obama.

Email rumor with accompanying photo alleges that Barack Obama did not salute the American flag, either during the playing of the national anthem or while saying the Pledge of Allegiance.

Email flier chastises presidential candidate Barack Obama for removing an image of the American flag from the tail of his campaign jet.

Forwarded email criticizes Barack Obama for being the first newly inaugurated president in 56 years to skip the Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball honoring recipients of the Medal of Honor.

Email purportedly written by a U.S. Army captain claims Barack Obama shunned rank-and-file soldiers during his July 2008 visit to a military installation in Afghanistan.

Forwarded email claims a social security number attributed to President Obama was originally issued in Connecticut to a man named Jean Paul Ludwig, who was born in 1890 and died in 1981.

Forwarded email says President Obama completed an "unholy and Anti-American trifecta" by being the first president to miss the annual Army-Navy game, the first not to attend any Christmas religious observance, and the first to stay on vacation following a terrorist attack.

Supposedly said by Caroline Kennedy about Barack Obama: "I can't stand to hear his voice any more. He's a liar and worse."

Forwarded emails based on questionable news reports claim President Obama's trip to India will require a staff of 3,000 people, a flotilla of 34 war ships, and cost American taxpayers $2 billion.

Juxtaposed images purport to contrast President Barack Obama, "man of the people," with Mitt Romney, "man of wealth and privilege."

Viral postings claim President Obama has a 19-year-old son, Luther, who made a surprise appearance at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

Email rumor warns Barack Obama supporters not to wear Obama shirts, pins, or hats to polling places because it is considered campaigning under the law and grounds for officials to turn voters away.

An open letter to President Obama attributed to Hillsboro, Missouri elementary school teacher Kathleen Lyday expresses one citizen's vehement displeasure with the way the country is being run.

According to a viral "news story," former President George W. Bush mistakenly cast his vote for Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

Circulating via email, a photo of George W. Bush and Laura Bush visiting a victim of the Ft. Hood shootings. Accompanying text says the visit was impromptu and President Obama asked the Bushes to leave.

Emailed letter attributed to 95-year-old World War II Navy veteran Harold B. Estes lambastes President Obama for "telling our friends & enemies despicable lies" and advises him to "shape up and start acting like an American."

Emailed article critical of President Obama's policies and comparing his rise to that of Adolf Hitler is variously attributed to historians David Kaiser and Timothy Wood.

Forwarded email claims President Obama has funded a $20 million resettlement of Hamas refugees to the United States via H.R. 1388, a bill supposedly passed 'behind our backs' by Congress.

Circulating online, an op-ed piece falsely attributed to Hugh Downs predicts Barack Obama will lose the 2008 presidential election because he is a "flake."

Emailed essay by Christian pianist Huntley Brown states his reasons for not supporting Barack Obama's candidacy for president.

Forwarded emails express alarm that a Muslim Day of Prayer with an estimated 50,000 Muslims attending has been announced for Washington, D.C. on September 25, 2009.

Emailed 'news item' dated Feb. 7, 2008 claims the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan has endorsed Barack Obama for the presidency

Forwarded text attributed to former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca says the only way to save America is to "Throw all the Democrats out along with Obama!"

Authentic: Circulating via forwarded email, an open letter to President Obama by former Procter & Gamble executive Lou Pritchett enumerates the ways the newly-elected commander-in-chief scares him.

Viral news videos supposedly show Michelle Obama saying "All this for a damn flag?" as she and President Obama view a flag-folding ceremony on the anniversary of 9/11.

Email rumor claims Oregon State University was bribed with federal stimulus money to halt the firing of basketball coach Craig Robinson, who happens to be Michelle Obama's brother.

Emailed campaign flier purports to show the receipt for a $447.39 lobster "snack" ordered by Michelle Obama at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in October 2008.

Emailed article castigates First Lady Michelle Obama for requiring a paid staff of more than 20 people, claiming she has an "unprecedented" number of "attendants."

Emailed "news story" claims the Obama administration is quietly planning to replace the military oath of loyalty to the Constitution with a pledge of loyalty to Obama himself.

In an emailed photo of Air Force One, the military plane used by President Barack Obama, the tail number has been replaced by a racist epithet.

Viral rant claims President Barack Obama removed the American flag from Air Force One and replaced it with his own campaign logo and slogan, at a cost to taxpayers of $500,000.

Rumor claims the Obama administration is moving ahead with plans to ban recreational fishing in the U.S.

Memo attributed to a U.S. business owner announces pre-emptive layoffs of employees with cars sporting Obama bumper stickers in anticipation of higher taxes and government fees.

Forwarded email compares the alleged cost of Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration to that of G.W. Bush's second inaugural festivities in 2005 and the disparate media reactions to same.

Some people claim there are valid reasons to doubt Obama's status as a natural-born citizen of the U.S., and therefore the legitimacy of his presidency. Others say the challenge is politically motivated and based on hearsay and speculation. Do you think there are valid questions about Obama's legitimacy?

Forwarded email criticizes Barack Obama's handling of the Somali pirate hostage crisis in April 2009, alleging that the President hindered the on-scene commander's ability to effect a rescue by withholding authorization to use deadly force.

Forwarded email claims President Obama signed an executive order lending $2 billion of taxpayer money to a Brazilian oil company for offshore drilling to produce oil for China.

Forwarded email claims that President Obama, upon learning there are over 100,000 cattle guards in Colorado, ordered half of them to be fired immediately.

Forwarded email featuring an image of Barack Obama holding a White House press conference with no American flags on display claims he is the first U.S. president to do so.

Viral image purporting to show Barack Obama's Columbia University student ID card. It identifies him as "Barry Soetoro" and lists him as a "foreign student."

Forwarded op-ed piece claims an executive order (12425) amended by President Obama grants full diplomatic immunity to the international police organization Interpol.

Forwarded emails claim former U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan represented President Obama in court cases challenging his U.S. citizenship before he nominated her to the Supreme Court.

In this viral video circulating online, President Obama is seen kicking open a door as he storms angrily out of a White House press conference.

Forwarded text claims President Obama and Michelle Obama both surrendered their law licenses in the state of Illinois to avoid prosecution on criminal charges.

Forwarded email quotes President Obama deriding military veterans for "whining: about his proposal to bill their private health insurance plans for treatment of battlefield injuries.

Forwarded email claims President Obama declared the U.S. "no longer a Christian nation" and canceled the annual National Day of Prayer ceremony "under the ruse of not wanting to offend anyone."

Obama stops wounded soldier from speaking? Forwarded email claims President Obama has initiated a policy ordering that no members of the U.S. military speak at faith-based public events.

Forwarded emails claim President Obama omitted the words "by their Creator" when paraphrasing the Declaration of Independence in a 2010 speech.

Viral message claims Barack Obama is the only American president since World War II who failed to visit the D-Day monument commemorating U.S. soldiers killed during the invasion of Normandy.

Viral message claims President Obama has ordered changes in military funeral protocol resulting in the folded flag being presented to next-of-kin "on behalf of the Secretary of Defense" instead of "on behalf of the President."

Forwarded email claims the Obama administration has started a program whereby taxpayer money is being "redistributed" to provide free cell phones and service to welfare recipients.

Viral image purports to show an unaware Barack Obama posing for a photo opp with a college student who has written "Vote Ron Paul" on the back of his hand.

Paired images purport to show President Obama saluting with hand over heart during the playing of the Russian national anthem but refusing to salute during our own.

Emailed picture supposedly shows President Obama neglecting to salute the flag (or the national anthem) at the 2009 Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington Cemetery.

2011 news photo shows President Obama waving during a group picture-taking session at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel with members of the U.N. Open Government Partnership, obscuring the face of Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.

Forwarded email notes that President Obama wasn't wearing a wristwatch or wedding ring at a press conference allegedly held during the month of Ramadan in 2010 and concludes he must therefore be a Muslim.

Emailed article attributed to American entertainer Pat Boone chastises President Obama for saying the United States is "no longer a Christian nation."

Circulating via forwarded email, this brief quiz consists of hilarious verbal gaffes attributed to several different U.S. politicians including President Barack Obama.

Circulating via email, a photo taken of a window of the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Coral Gables, Florida featuring a display of Barack Obama books into which a book named 'Monkeys' has been inserted.

Forwarded email claims the Obamas will have "holiday trees" instead of Christmas trees in the White House this year, and no ornaments with religious themes will be allowed.

Circulating via email, a photo purporting to show a highway sign in Kenya that reads "Welcome to Kenya, Birthplace of Barack Obama."

Circulating via email: Anonymously written article claims Barack and Michelle Obama won't be invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding because the British royal family considers the Obamas "low class" and "tacky."

Forwarded email alleges that the urban legend debunking site Snopes.com is "owned by a flaming liberal" who is "in the tank for Obama" and cannot be trusted to provide reliable information.

Emailed "news story" claims U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor delivered a speech in 2004 in which she advocated the "castration of all white males," and that her comments have been defended by President Obama as "taken out of context" by political opponents.

Forwarded email alleges that three former Fannie Mae executives accused of improprieties -- Franklin Raines, Tim Howard, and Jim Johnson -- are all now serving as top economic advisers to Barack Obama.

Email flier quotes golfer Tiger Woods' speech during a pre-inaugural ceremony for President Obama on January 18, 2009 and praises him for saluting the nation's military instead of the President-elect himself.

Online rumor claims that Nidal Hasan, who killed 14 people and wounded 30 during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas on Nov. 5, 2009, was a member of President Obama's Homeland Security transition team.

Forwarded op-ed piece attributed to libertarian politician Wayne Allyn Root accuses Barack Obama of "purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos."

An open letter to Barack Obama attributed to Sherry Hackett, wife of deceased comedian Buddy Hackett, accuses the President of doing "more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11."

Emailed photo shows Barack Obama carrying a copy of the book The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria, described in the caption as "the Muslim/Islamic view to destroy America."