Fun Facts About The Presidential Nominees!

Obama fun facts:
• 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
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He can speak Spanish
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government

10 Romney fun facts: 
10 – He once worked as a security guard for Chrysler.
9 – He was once arrested for ‘disorderly conduct’ after he continued boating against a park ranger’s orders. 
8 – His full name is Willard Mitt Romney. 
7 – Mitt’s cousin, Meredith Romney was kidnapped in Mexico and held for 3 days in a cave. 
6 – Mitt's father was born in Mexico to American parents. 
5 – One of his biggest regrets is not having more children. 
4 – Romney is a Mormon.
3 – He once helped rescue a family of 6 in New Hampshire after their boat sank. 
2 – Hot dogs are one of Romney’s guilty food pleasures. 
1 – He has five sons.