Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Obama Once Said The American Dream Is To ‘Be Donald Trump’
dailycaller.com ^ | 5/12/17 | Davis Richardson

Posted on 05/13/2017 1:05:23 PM PDT by ColdOne

A recently unearthed essay co-written by Barack Obama in 1991 stated that the American dream is to be Donald Trump.

Penned while the former president was a graduate student at Harvard Law — with the help of fellow classmate Robert Fisher — “Race and Rights Rhetoric” summed up the American mindset as “a continuing normative commitment to the ideals of individual freedom and mobility, values that extend far beyond the issue of race in the American mind.”

“The depth of this commitment may be summarily dismissed as the unfounded optimism of the average American—I may not be Donald Trump now, but just you wait; if I don’t make it, my children will.”

The excerpt of that previously unpublished law school paper found its way inside Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, the new 1,460-page biography written by Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Garrow that focuses on Obama’s early years.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 05/13/2017 1:05:23 PM PDT by ColdOne
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ColdOne
Consistent.

The Democrats have repeatedly demonstrated their contempt for the "American Dream," and have identified it with colonialism, racism, and materialism.

They've tried to destroy it in every way they can think of that will give them cover and allow them to shift blame elsewhere when things turn out too nasty.

Pretty much what they're doing to DJT.

2 posted on 05/13/2017 1:21:15 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ColdOne

The American nightmare is to have a Barak Obama.


3 posted on 05/13/2017 1:33:22 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Steely Tom

Obama’s been jealous of Trump for a while. Now Trump is dismantling his legacy. It’s deliciously ironic.


4 posted on 05/13/2017 1:42:16 PM PDT by Crucial
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ColdOne

Someone actually found something documenting his past?


5 posted on 05/13/2017 2:05:33 PM PDT by Fair Paul
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Fair Paul

Not found, finally released.


6 posted on 05/13/2017 2:42:37 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Bullish

“The American nightmare is to have a Barak Obama.”

I’ve been constipated for 2 days. It’s my dream to have a big, un-interrupted Barack Obama right now.


7 posted on 05/13/2017 2:45:35 PM PDT by Celerity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson