Obama Needed A Black Wife To Make It To The White House'

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4478972/Obama-thought-needed-black-wife-White-House.html

/// He started saying he could never run as an African-American for the presidency with a ‘white wife’. Chicago’s racially divided political history suggested he had a point as inter-racial marriage often damaged a black politician’s prospects. As a mixed race man, Obama ‘wasn’t black enough’ to rise up with a ‘white wife’, said a friend. ///

[andy-hughes]

I am not sure of the point of this post.

If it is to commence a discussion, I suggest there is nothing to discuss.

[ummmm]

I'm not even going to bother reading that article. I don't think they could fake their affection for each other. It was pretty clear.

[anneasquith]

He made a great choice didn't he, black beautiful intelligent and compassionate, :-)

[Islay]

The article is nothing more that an advert for a 'tell all' book.
I actually thought you had more intelligence AOG than to take notice of an article like that!!!

[woofgang]

With friends like those.....

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

I think you need to read the article it is eye opening.

[Islay]

/its eye opening/
Only if your bitter and twisted and believe rubbish like that!!

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

You assume it is all lies then?

[Khandro]

The social media has long been awash with such stories, mostly that he is gay, that his children are adopted and the marriage is all a bit of a sham. Who knows?

[Islay]

And you are happy enough to assume it is all truth

[ummmm]

We obviously only see the public side of them but what I've seen of the way they look at each...you can't fake for that many years.

Doesn't Michelle have two degrees?

Trump certainly doesn't look at his wife like Obama looks at his.

[Islay]

Jesus Ummm he barely touches her, and the look on her face everytime she sees him its hardly love!!!

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

Since you mentioned Trump, I think that I would have got an entirety different response to my thread, if it was regarding a book about him.

[Sqad]

Ladies! ladies. I do not know the truth about Obama, but to attain top jobs e.g President of the United States one needs all the help that one can get and a "suitable wife" is often of the upmost importance, particularly if you black. You don't HAVE to love your wife, but she does have to be an asset if one is career minded and i would guess that it is true, probably to a lesser extent in Law, Medicine and Politics.

[-Talbot-]

Islam, I find it amazing that you dismiss this article so easily describing it as 'bitter and twisted rubbish'

Yet you seem to think you have some sort of authority to tell us there is no love between Trump and his wife.

[-Talbot-]

Islay lol

[Khandro]

Islay, I'm not "happy" with it and I'm not saying one way or the other, I merely pointed out that the rumours have been around for years, eg.;
http://conservative101.com/breaking-barack-obama-caught-at-a-gay-club-details/

[Islay]

Talbot lol you are funny aren't you!
The evidence is there everytime Trump approaches his wife she has even shuddered.
As for Obama why was this book if all is true in it not written when he was in office?

[-Talbot-]

It's my iPad that is funny not me.

[zebo]

I read this in the DM and I'm sure he had girl-friends before Michelle but it is interesting that this woman who claims that she was his great love doesn't produce one photograph of them together. There is little real evidence of what he 'said' other than the claims made by old 'friends'. How many of us would like to be held account to what we might or might not have said as students? I certainly wouldn't! It's a cheap shot to promote a book, nothing more.