I responded to a post about how a picture revealed Obama’s mother as a devoted Mom. She was not. Devoted Moms do not give up their kids for 8 years. I’m currently watching our granddaughter - for a year, so her Mom can attend nursing school full time. If my daughter gave up HER daughter for 8 years, I would not call her a devoted Mom either!
I did not blame Obama for the problem, but he had a weird Mom. He even admitted so in his autobiography, mentioning that it felt strange to realize she had a thing for dark-skinned men. That is a paraphrase - I don’t have the exact quote on hand...but they are in essence HIS words, not mine.
Her behavior is consistent with someone who was ashamed of America and compensated for it by leaving the country. And I assure you, if McCain’s parents had done anything similar, we would hear of it non-stop.
And since I didn’t even know his grandmother was still alive until yesterday, I’d say he doesn’t mention her much. If he feels any gratitude, he conceals it well. Indeed, I’d bet the large majority of people don’t know he was raised by a white couple and attended good schools. It doesn’t fit well in the ‘I’m the first serious black candidate for the Presidency’ story.
Given how Obama seems to default to blame America first, I think his upbringing is pertinent. But then, I just bought two biographies of Nixon, so perhaps I’m just fascinated by what makes people do the things they do.
later in Part 1 :
Every senior graduating from Punahou gets to design a quarter-page in the yearbook. They compose notes to friends and family and include photos or quotes that best represent them.
On page 271 of the 1979 Oahuan, Obama’s entry reflects the crossroads he found himself at as he prepared for life beyond Hawaii. He thanked “Tut and Gramps,” his nicknames for Madelyn and Stanley Dunham, but didn’t mention his faraway mother.