Nelson article - “The team came alive when he got on the court,” she said. “He was not only quick and graceful, but he could see the pattern and zero in on the opening. Though he wasn’t a starter, he was a graceful, passionate athlete who played back-up forward. He had a definite presence on the court.”
Washington Post article - Obama stayed away from student leadership roles at Punahou and gave his friends no clues that a few decades later he would emerge as a national political figure... Keith Peterson, a school mate - “When I look back, one of the things that stood out was that he didn’t stand out,”... Mike Ramos, a school mate - “Was there a leader? Did we defer to Barry? I don’t think so”... the Buffanblu won the state championship, defeating Moanalua 60-28. Obama came off the bench to score two points. So much for the dream of becoming a rich NBA star.
Somewhere, here or a related article, there is a quote from Hussein admitting to his basketball coach years later that he wasn’t a very good player and the coach agreeing. Yeah, so much for Nelson’s dream in glorifying The One.
WND: Barbara Nelson Had No First-Hand Knowledge of the President’s Birth
Submitted by Phil on Tue, Jan 27, 200922 Comments.
According to an article by WorldNetDaily, some of the claims in a Buffalo News interview with Barbara Nelson, the President’s English teacher in Hawaii, may have been more embellishment than factual:
A New York woman quoted as saying she “remembers” the birth of Barack Obama and who was hailed as independent evidence of the president’s eligibility to occupy the Oval office has told WND that’s not exactly how things happened...
Heh, he beat the Barracuda by one point, in her state championship game. Of course she was a season long starter, not a bench warmer, who had injured her ankle in a previous game. She did not play much in that effort, but the game was much closer and she did go in as needed.