On His Own

A very touching and inspiring story. I have enough concerns about his connections in Chicago's machine politics, his light experience, his voting record and his sometimes disdain for working folk to not vote for him. Still, his story is impressive and in its essence, what America offers people willing to work hard: opportunity. Thank you for a thoughtfully written piece.

This article was truly interesting. Compared to average American children Obama really did have an unusual even strange upbringing. It goes a long way to explain why Obama doesn't really share the values and priorities of most Americans. The way strong men were admired in Indonesia, and women were looked upon as something for strong men to dominate and take, goes a long way to explain Obama's contempt for Hillary Clinton, and the way he's continued to disrespect her after the primaries. From the cultural perspective that he learned at an early age a woman has no right to challenge or disagree with a man. The article was very interesting, but also very troubling in that it shows the U.S. could be on the verge of electing a man that trully doesn't not share Americans core values, and may even disdain them.

Stuffed shirt (biden) meets empty suite (obama) total wardrobe malfunction. What did obama learn? Zilch.

This article is a fawning piece of drivel turned out by someone Newsweek salvaged from Grub Street. In hard copy it may have some value as bum fodder. If its intent was to bring tears to ones eyes it failed. Jon Meacham needs to look up the definition of RUMP SWAB! Then go out and find another line of work.

Chris Matthews says Obama gives him a thrill running up his leg. Mecham seems to get a wet warm feeling running down his when thinking of Obama. He's lost objectivity and a willingness to do the normal reporter's job of checking facts. Basically he's rewritten Obama's book as a news article without any real effort to verify fact.

The story about the boxing gloves is a case in point. Conveniently the stepfather is dead so the only source is Obama. In today's Washington Post, David Mariness quote's Obama's half sister saying her father as a "sweet and quiet man." WHich is it? Sister's "sweet" father or Obama's rather nasty, cruel man? He just made up this story, and Meacham swallowe it hook, line and sinker.

The most tellling aspect of Barack Obama Jr. -- what Mecham completely missed -- is the amazing ingratitude of Obama toward a grandafather who completely adored him and denied him nothing. In the book Obama portrays his recently deceased grandfther as a drunk, a loser, and an embarrassing ass. This goes with the portrait of Grandma as a racist. This man has no loyalty, no sense of decency.

After reading this and seeing JOhn Meacham on Meet the Press, it is apparent that Mr. Meachem has taken it upon himself to issue one glorious, flowerly, shoe polishing piece on Obama after another. He has a serious man-crush on Obama and the only thing he will be focused on is everything HE can do to put Obama in the White House.

The insular Republicans chose John McCain thinking they were seeing light at the end of Goerge Bush's tunnel of darkness when in fact the light they see is an onrushing train.

Comment: I also find it interesting that Fineman says that many Americans can identify with Obama's upbringing in today's America.
Gee, I thought that his upbringing and dreams of overcoming his life of ''hell'' were the real problems of the day: broken families, absent father, child-rearing grandparents, food stamps.... OH YES.... I forgot.... they lived on food stamps but got free college degrees, they resided in Hawaii, wow, that is a terrible place to have to grow up, then they got graduate degrees for free at the best schools .,.. OH YES ... I forgot ... DADDY got free education, MOMMY got free education, SONNY got free education, or, at least part of ot. I guess Obama's college loans for PART OF HIS HIGH-BROW education was his TRUE STRUGGLE in life.
Wow, I can identify with all of this .... CAN'T YOU PEOPLE?!
I could have sworn the American dream was a loving family, undivided and close enough to be in the same household as well as the same country, work hard to educate oneself for the chosen field you have dreamed about since a child, while eating your dinner cooked by your MOM and discussing it with your DAD, while your SIBLINGS chimed in about their own dreams.
Yep, I can sure identify with Obama. .....
Somebody convince me, please, because Newsweek, hard as they TRY TO, have not succeeded.