Posted on 04/21/2011 5:26:58 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
It turns out Barack Obama was dreaming big right from an early age - at just nine-years-old he announced he was going to be the prime minister of Indonesia.
The episode from a new biography of the president's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, reveals the roots of a hunger for power which has driven Mr Obama's heady rise from an eccentric upbringing in Hawaii and Indonesia to the White House.
It will bring a wry smile to the faces of 'birthers', who are not satisfied he was born in the U.S.
In A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother, author Janny Scott tells how young Barack - then known by the westernised abbreviation of 'Barry' - was pushed by his mother to reach for the sky right from the start.
Mrs Dunham died when she was just 52, never knowing the incredible heights her son would achieve.
But, according to the book, she had no doubts about his potential, even when he was nine.
Ms Scott wrote: 'It was clear to many that Ann believed Barry, in particular, was unusually gifted. She would boast about his brains, his achievements, how brave he was.'
'Benji Bennington, a friend of Ann's from Hawaii, told me, "Sometimes when she talked about Barack, she'd say, 'well, my son is so bright, he can do anything he ever wants in the world, even be president of the United States'. I remember her saying that".'
The book continues: 'Samardal Manan, who taught with Ann in Jakarta, remembered Ann saying something similar - that Barry could be, or perhaps wanted to be, the first black president.'
His mother's ambition was clearly not lost on the future U.S. president.
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The difficult thing is that BHO is such a BFL (big fat liar), that it is hard to believe ANYTHING that comes out of his mouth, now or in the past. :(
Sounds like Indonesia dodged a missile here...
If Only.....
So, Indonesia is missing an idiot?
Maybe he’s still got a chance. There’s likely going to be time free on his schedule after 2012, and if he has the Indonesian citizenship he’s been alleged to have, his prospects are considerable.
I’m sure he’s always known he was destined to control masses of people.
DITTO & BTTT
Probably wouldn’t be a barrier to his being POTUS, all things considered.
(Or, should that be “POUTUS” for barama?)
Well, he’s the Premier of a Turd World country now . . . Isn’t this good enough for the little shaver?
As the Indonesians say: “Tunjukkan akte kelahiran”.
Better them than us.
"You can't sweetheart,you were born in Mombasa . . "
"Ok then, mommy, how about premier of Indonesia?"
"That's fine baby,"
"Mommy, I just pooped my pants . . . "
"Again? . . . . . "
At nine years old the people in indonesia already knew what a lying crook he would turn out to be.
They were so concerned that, when he was only 5, they abolished the office of Prime Minister (there actually hadn't been one since 1959 - before he was born)
If some kid today announced he wanted to be King of Italy, would there be all gooey with "oh how ambitious!", or "dumb kid, stupid mother!"
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