Posted on 02/28/2008 4:55:05 PM PST by george76
Chip Wall can't help but zero in on the little stuff whenever he watches Barack Obama on TV.
It's his old pal Stanley.
For Wall and a few dozen others, Obama on the campaign trail often brings to mind Stanley Ann Dunham, Obama's mother and a strong-willed, unconventional member of the Mercer Island High School graduating class of 1960.
"She was not a standard-issue girl of her times...
"She touted herself as an atheist, and it was something she'd read about and could argue,"
the only child was a ... daughter of a father who wanted a boy so badly that he named her Stanley -- after himself.
Stanley Ann Dunham's formative years, spent not on the Great Plains but more than 1,800 miles away on a small island in the Pacific Northwest.
Stanley Dunham died in 1992, and the Obama campaign declined to make Madelyn Dunham, 84, available.
In 1955, the chairman of the Mercer Island school board, John Stenhouse, testified before the House Un-American Activities Subcommittee that he had been a member of the Communist Party.
The marriage failed. Stanley Ann filed for divorce in 1964 and remarried two years later, when her son was 5. The senior Obama finished his work at Harvard and returned to Kenya, where he hoped to realize his big dreams of taking a place in the Kenyan government.
Years later, Abercrombie and another grad school friend looked up their old pal during a trip through Africa.
At that point, the senior Obama was a bitter man, according to the congressman, feeling that he had been denied due opportunities to influence the running of his country. "He was drinking too much; his frustration was apparent," .
To Abercrombie's surprise, Obama never asked about his ex-wife or his son.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
No wonder she had to fight so hard, reminds me of that song about Sue.
The two Stanleys, though, were not soul mates. Stanley the father “was always welcoming to the kids, but he embarrassed Stanley because he tried too hard,” ...
The two would argue, Box said, and Madelyn usually mediated.
Sounds like HUSSEIN’s mother was a Jane Fonda type.
Why, WHY are they so insistent on using middle names??? WHY???
Oh, mercy!
(Was I offended enough?)
I can see Ann Coulter dying to get her Mug in front of the Camera:
Obama’s Mommie is Commie......not to mention Godless.....that’s why we should vote for Rodham instead of Hossein....then let out a loud manly laughter......
Followed by Senator McCain issuing an apology.
When reporters ask him why is he apolgizing?
He would apologize for developing this reflex where he apologizes for all Republicans who make an ass out of themselves.
Neil Abercrombie, a Democratic congressman from Hawaii who was part of those regular gatherings.
Obama’s Mom was what Hillary is.
Oh good grief, Obama’s mother was probably some mixed up kid who was a self indulgent fool.
I am not all that sure that attacking a candidate’s dead mom is a great idea.
That picture (which is somewhat cropped here), immediately tells me that she was a good mother.
Interesting history. Thanks for posting.
So instead of Johnny Cash's immortal lyrics of "My name is Sue, how do you do?", I guess obmama's momma can ask, "My name is Stanley, are you sufficiently manly?"
Yes. Like Jane Fonda.
It is a great idea to expose his family members.
When you do a study of his mother, you will find
that she was a Marxist and surrounded herself with them.
ouch..very funny
If she was such a good mother, why did her PARENTS raise Obama from ages 10-18?
She was an anti-American hippie who wanted dark-skinned men (but didn’t stay married to them) and left her parents to raise her son.
No use attacking Obama for that - not in this PC age - but it certainly had an impact on him. And just how often has he thanked his white grandparents for raising him as a teen?
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