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OH BOY here we gothe rethugs trying to bring up an Obama old girlfriend (Original Post) bigdarryl May 2012 OP
Betcha he had more than one... rfranklin May 2012 #1
Biden thinks so. tapermaker May 2012 #2
You beat me to it! LOL!!!! n/t Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2012 #24
I'm shocked. Shocked, I say! zbdent May 2012 #3
If he's not staining her dresses while in the Oval Office Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #4
And even if he was ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #17
I agree Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #19
And Clarence Thomas? silverweb May 2012 #5
But but but... jberryhill May 2012 #6
So what? He's just as much 'white' as he is 'black'. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #7
wait a minute wendylaroux May 2012 #8
To the Repubs I suppose Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #9
To them YEAH they are trying to get the working whites to vote against the President bigdarryl May 2012 #10
Its an affront to them (and old style racists) Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #11
Remember how Harold Ford got sunk? summerschild May 2012 #12
Are you somehow accusing the GOP of racism? Wait Wut May 2012 #13
Why on earth should ANYONE give a rat's ass??? It's 2012, not 1812. kestrel91316 May 2012 #14
well what can you expect from the party of racists and intolerance? WI_DEM May 2012 #15
Did they also mention two of the greatest love affairs in his life? FrenchieCat May 2012 #16
I read the article OKNancy May 2012 #18
Oh, that's lovely! Good people attract good people. CTyankee May 2012 #20
What about this quote? Inuca May 2012 #21
That is a very good article. MrSlayer May 2012 #22
I guess you're fooling some people wit this act, bigdarryl alcibiades_mystery May 2012 #23
stop pulling up Huff Post....we don't like them anymore. nt Laura PourMeADrink May 2012 #25

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)
19. I agree
Wed May 2, 2012, 04:16 PM
May 2012

That's not how it would be treated by the media/Republicans. It would probably be Clinton/Monica on steroids. Thankfully, President Obama is not prone to indiscretions.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
5. And Clarence Thomas?
Wed May 2, 2012, 02:18 PM
May 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The reTHUGs don't seem to mind the fact that he's married to a white woman.

Oh, wait... all conservative taboos are put on hold and IOKIYAR, right?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
6. But but but...
Wed May 2, 2012, 02:19 PM
May 2012

I thought one of their complaints was that he was hiding out somewhere in the middle east because they weren't aware of prior girlfriends and other acquaintances.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,437 posts)
11. Its an affront to them (and old style racists)
Wed May 2, 2012, 02:31 PM
May 2012

that a black man might have been hanging out with "their (white) women."

summerschild

(725 posts)
12. Remember how Harold Ford got sunk?
Wed May 2, 2012, 02:39 PM
May 2012

I don't know how this kind of crap plays anywhere else, but (God help us) it still works down South.

FrenchieCat

(68,867 posts)
16. Did they also mention two of the greatest love affairs in his life?
Wed May 2, 2012, 03:17 PM
May 2012

With his white mother and White Grandmother as well?

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
18. I read the article
Wed May 2, 2012, 04:04 PM
May 2012

it's really very good.
Genevieve sounds like a perfect young love.
This part struck me. She knew that she wasn't going to be the person to "fix" him and knew that although she did care for him and even love him, it wasn't to be. As they drifted apart she wrote in her journal :
Hard to say, as obviously I was not the person that brought infatuation. (That lithe, bubbly, strong black lady is waiting somewhere!)

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
20. Oh, that's lovely! Good people attract good people.
Wed May 2, 2012, 04:50 PM
May 2012

He and she sound so wonderful. It's nice to know that he didn't go around callously breaking hearts. There's a love story you can be proud of...

Inuca

(8,945 posts)
21. What about this quote?
Wed May 2, 2012, 05:29 PM
May 2012
Who was this ideal woman? Genevieve conjured her in her mind, and it was someone other than herself. She wrote, “I can’t help thinking that what he would really want, be powerfully drawn to, was a woman, very strong, very upright, a fighter, a laugher, well-­experienced—a black woman I keep seeing her as.”


Quite amazing, isn't it? Overall, I found the article a very interesting glimpse into the workings of BO's younger inner self. So "inner" that it felt almost indecent at times, like I was spying through a keyhole...
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