'The Bridge': 6 revelations from the new Obama bio

[Elmore Furth]

Oh my goodness! Barack Obama is a cautious, multicultural pragmatist. All of this time I thought he was this socialist who palled around with terrorists.

1. Obama's mother may be shrewder and more practical than he's implied

2. Obama's socialist father was apparently violent

3. As a college student, Obama wanted life to "be more difficult"

4. He got his wish

5. Obama deliberately mastered "bilingualism" to sound less "Ivy League"

6. He is a cagey, cautious poker player



'The Bridge': 6 revelations from the new Obama bio

[vaberella]

1. The sixth one we all know.

Well the ones who sees how he works the Congress knows.

[JuniperLea]

2. Funny how some of what "they" think is an insult...

Is actually complimentary.

Bizarro World, Act II... The Post-Bush Years.

[DJ13]

3. Obama wanted life to "be more difficult"

In these times that sounds like Presidential material to me.

[Phx_Dem]

4. No. 6 -- No. Fucking. Shit.

I would say he's more of a chess player than a poker player because he seems to plan his moves far in advance depending on what moves he thinks his opponents will make.

:smoke: