“But...and this is where I am leaning he may have had a more than difficult childhood. Jerked around all over the globe, placed in questionable schools, and finally grandparents who took custody of him because of his rocky life.
It is not unusual for children in dysfunctional situations to create an alternate past. Sometimes they a pretty darn clever in what they create and other times the lies eventually catch up with them. “
A wise comment.
Barack Obama has constructed himself. He is a smart, engaging, and complex man. That’s how and why he’s gotten as far as he did. The constructed Obama is the man in “Dreams of My Father” and as such, the mystery is right there IN PLAIN SIGHT. it’s there in plain sight in what Barack Obama did in going to Trinity UCC and calling Rev Jeremiah Wright a “mentor” (his substitute “Father”).
Barack Obama adopted Black Liberation Theology and Rev Wright as his own way of getting to his “roots”.
“My family would have disowned me. Remember, Obama doesn’t even want to look too closely at these details, why?”
The answer is in plain sight. Obama was born in Honolulu to an 18-year-old enamored of a black exchange student, who apparently had another wife back home. Once Obama Sr was done with studies, he decamped and left Mom and baby in Hawaii. That’s a shameful and awkward enough set of circumstances, and you cant just ask “mom, why did Dad leave you?” The idea that Obama Sr would take his ‘wife’ to Kenya is ludicrous. It never happened, and certainly not when Barack obama was about to be born.
We keep looking form some hidden bombshell when the real bombshell, that a man wholly unqualified to be President is the nominee, is the real story.
But, and if, and all the other stuff...still leaves us with unanswered questions. BHO may have the same questions for all we know and now he has no one to turn too for the honest answers. I don't think we will ever know if Ann went to Kenya in 1961 or stayed in Hawaii. As of right now, no verifiable evidence has been produced either way.
There were motives for Obama Sr. to return to Kenya in Spring of 1961 and if truly married Ann may have felt compelled herself to go (earlier post regarding this).
If in all the murkiness he has found a way to rise above it and run for the presidency that is quite an accomplishment, even if we don't agree with his marxist ideas. What now worries me is if the dysfunctionality is so ingrained, is he fit for office at all?
I came from a dysfunctional family and I understand there is a lot of junk in my bag. I've tried to deal with most of it and am finally able to recognize behaviors that arise in stressful situations. Can he?