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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Baroque Yo' Mama": Young Barack Obama's Genuinely Hilarious Self-Parody
Young Barack Obama's Genuinely Hilarious Self-Parody (Buzzfeed)This article, written by Obama under the name Baroque Yo' Mama, was published in the Harvard Law Revue, a parody of the Review done by the law school's graduating class. The article gives a look into young Obama's sense of humor and serves a preemptive send-up of Dreams From My Father.
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Barrage O'Trauma
Age: Extraordinarily Mature
Occupation: First African-American President of a major law revue published outside of New Haven.
Latest Accomplishments: Faking macho sports injury to ensure election; Limiting body meetings to two and a half hours; Deflecting questions about ring on left hand.
Last Book Read: Everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarden; Modern Folk Tales.
Why I Do What I Do: "To contribute to legal scholarship, sharpen my mind, . . . and the ladies love it."
Quote: "Engage, empower, smoke Marlboro."
Profile: Shy, awkward, insecure. Not interested in politics
His scotch: Doers White Label. "Six or seven bottles makes even McConnell go down smooth.
Barrage O'Trauma
Age: Extraordinarily Mature
Occupation: First African-American President of a major law revue published outside of New Haven.
Latest Accomplishments: Faking macho sports injury to ensure election; Limiting body meetings to two and a half hours; Deflecting questions about ring on left hand.
Last Book Read: Everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarden; Modern Folk Tales.
Why I Do What I Do: "To contribute to legal scholarship, sharpen my mind, . . . and the ladies love it."
Quote: "Engage, empower, smoke Marlboro."
Profile: Shy, awkward, insecure. Not interested in politics
His scotch: Doers White Label. "Six or seven bottles makes even McConnell go down smooth.
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"Baroque Yo' Mama": Young Barack Obama's Genuinely Hilarious Self-Parody (Original Post)
NYC Liberal
Aug 2012
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kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)1. I feel a kindred spirit there.........
arcane1
(38,613 posts)2. The footnotes are killing me
How long until our FRiends believe it's proof Obama wasn't born in the US?
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)3. proof at last that he was born in another country!