guest_writer 0 2007-03-06T00:00:00Z I first met Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama almost ten years ago when, as my representative in the Illinois state senate, he came to speak at the University of Chicago. He impressed me as progressive, intelligent and charismatic. I distinctly remember thinking 'if only a man of this calibre could become president one day.' On Friday Obama gave a speech to the American I... Ali 6629 false true false false 2007-03-06T00:00:00Z Abunimah 12281 1892 0 1 Obama & Israel how-barack-obama-learned-to-love-israel-by-ali-abunimah How Barack Obama learned to love Israel 2009-09-24T03:46:00Z 10979