Who Am I?

Who am I?

Read the description, then click on the question mark at
the right to see if you guessed right!

I was born in one country, raised in another.

My father was born in another country.

I was not his only child.

He fathered several children with numerous women.

I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in
me.

My mother died at an early age from cancer.

Although my father deserted me and my mother raised me, I later
wrote a book idolizing my father not my mother.

Later in life, questions arose over my real name.

My birth records were sketchy.

No one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.

I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was
widely accepted in my new country, but I practiced non-traditional
beliefs and didn't follow Christianity, except in the public eye under
scrutiny.

I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult,
disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.

That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life and
I embarked on a new career.

I wrote a book about my struggles growing up.

It was clear to those who read my memoirs, that I had difficulties
accepting that my father abandoned me as a child.

I became active in local politics in my 30's then, with help behind the
scenes,

I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national office in my
40s.

They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything.

I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no
experience in leading a single organization.

Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me, as
though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks.

I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances.

This bolstered my ego.

At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign policy...

I was very critical of my country in the last war, and seized every
opportunity to bash my country.

But what launched my rise to national prominence were my views on
the country's economy.

I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better,
and every poor person would be fed and housed for free.

I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess.

It was the free market, banks and corporations.

I decided to start making citizens hate them and, if they became
envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.

I called mine "A People's Campaign".

That sounded good to all people.

I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the
traditional path of politics and was able to gain widespread popular
support.

I knew that, if I merely offered the people 'hope',together we could
change our country and the world.

So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of
the downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include "persecuted minorities".

My true views were not widely known and I kept them unknown, until
after I became my nation's leader.

I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found
out what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and
examined those people I associated with.

I'm glad they didn't.

Then I became the most powerful man in the world.

And the world learned the truth.

Who am I?

It's not who you think!

1 posted on 12/17/2009 9:34:07 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants

To: Blood of Tyrants

2 posted on 12/17/2009 9:36:24 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")