Posted on 05/02/2012 10:05:45 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
One of the more mysterious characters from President Obama's 1995 autobiography Dreams From My Father is the so-called 'New York girlfriend.' Obama never referred to her by name, or even by psuedonym, but he describes her appearance, her voice, and her mannerisms in specific detail.
But Obama has now told biographer David Maraniss that the 'New York girlfriend' was actually a composite character, based off of multiple girlfriends he had both in New York City and in Chicago.
"During an interview in the Oval Office, Obama acknowledged that, while Genevieve was his New York girlfriend, the description in his memoir was a compression of girlfriends, including one who followed Genevieve [Cook] when he lived in Chicago," Maraniss writes in his new biography, an excerpt of which was published online today by Vanity Fair.
Though Dreams From My Father is an autobiography, and hence non-fiction, Obama makes no mention of this "compression," nor is their any note by the publisher, Broadway Books. In fact, Obama only acknowledged the "compression" after Maraniss learned that Cook had no recollection of some of the events at which Obama said she was present.
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None of this happened with Genevieve. She remembered going to the theater only once with Barack, and it was not to see a work by a black playwright. When asked about this decades later, during a White House interview, Obama acknowledged that the scene did not happen with Genevieve. It is an incident that happened, he said. But not with her. He would not be more specific,
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
We call it a big fat lie!!
“Dreams of my girlfriend.” I wonder if she was 1/32 Indian?
“...a composite character, based off of multiple girlfriends...”
Yeah, and Obama is a composite character based off of multiple socialists.
Second, did take Ms. Composite on a date to a drive in using Bill Clinton’s equally fake El Camino with astroturf in the back?
It’s no different from his speeches now. A composite of marxism and the more traditional notions you want to hear.
Geez, people. Give the guy a break. He didn’t write the book.
“Girlfriend.” Right. It was probably a dude.
Actually, I would say that the girlfriend is a composite of Barry’s gay bathhouse buddies.
Just a bit of fictional transgendering there. And what’s wrong with that? It’s a hate crime if you object!
The girlfriends were imaginary, the boyfriends were real.
It’s a MAN’S COUNTRY, baby!
Obama rejected his first book title. My Commie Handlers Dreamed Up My Life Story.
and if you are going to go to the trouble of creating a fake composite girlfriend, why isn’t she Marilyn Monroe and Tina Louise with a little dash of Marisa Tomei and a pinch of Bar Rafaeli thrown in for good measure?
Dare one speculate that Husseins’ composite girlfriend was a mix of boys and girls?
I see others beat me to it. Great minds in concert.
I bet she looka like a man.
Barry Hannibal Obama
His "composite" probably had alternate parts than the originals.
I thought “her” name was Larry...Sinclair.
I thought “her” name was Larry...Sinclair.
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