... Obama owned up to using composite characters in the forward of the book in question,his 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father...
In other words...Obama lied in writing dreams of my father. The book was used to paint a story of his life during 2008 campaign.
... But Obama has now told biographer David Maraniss that the 'New York girlfriend' was actually a composite character, based off of multiple girlfriends he had both in New York City and in Chicago.
"During an interview in the Oval Office, Obama acknowledged that, while Genevieve was his New York girlfriend, the description in his memoir was a “compression” of girlfriend
“Obama” is a composite character.
I am not being rhetorical.