An incorrect assumption about Barack Obama
In his letter printed Saturday, Gene Dalton says: [Barack Obama] “is unmistakably a product of highly educated parents and grandparents who sent him to private schools.”
If Dalton mistakenly believes this, he should read Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama’s autobiographical book published in 1995, before he was a politician, or running for anything. He will learn that Obama is, instead, the son and grandson of “working class white Americans” (to quote Dalton’s preferred candidate) and can therefore probably speak to and for working class Americans better than either Hillary Clinton or John McCain, who are from considerably more privileged backgrounds.
Obama’s grandfather was thrown out of high school at 15; his grandmother finished high school; when their daughter was offered early admission to college, her father forbade her to go. Gene Dalton says the Post-Dispatch needs to “do some serious analysis and investigation of the candidates” but he is the one who is mistaken or misinformed.
Barack Obama and his mother (who was deserted by his father when she was barely out of her teens) are both good examples of the American Dream, achieving excellent educations through hard work and scholarships, and making their lives meaningful by helping those who have less.
Brigid McCauley
University City
(11 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
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Dreams From My Father, the book where he said this:
“I found solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race.” I think we all know what race his mother is, the same one he heard berated from his church pew.
This is the same book where he created a story about seeing a magazine article in Life or Ebony magazine that has never been found.
This is the same book where he embraced the race hustling preacher of 20 years Jeremiah Wright.
More recently, it appears clear that Obamessiah will make up stories to tell the people what ever sounds good.