From Inquisitor
The Obama divorce story currently circulating the web has caused some confusion and chatter about the state of the President and the First Lady’s marriage- but it appears to go back to a book called The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, which is, not surprisingly, an anti-Obama work.
The Obama divorce story is just one of a few questionable claims made in the book by former New York Times Magazine editor Edward Klein, who also alleged that Michelle Obama is cripplingly jealous of other women, that she feuds with media queen Oprah, and that President Obama and his entourage have “gone to elaborate lengths to hide his dark side.”
A few stories have popped up since the Obama divorce story went viral speculating on the current state of the First Relationship, but it all seems to go back to the original allegations made in the book- namely that the Obamas went through a rough patch twelve years ago and that Michelle considered leaving the man who would later become the most powerful man in the free world.
Even the Amazon description of The Amateur (if the title wasn’t telling enough) seems to indicate that the work alleging the Obama divorce story probably is not a reasoned work of political investigation and rather, a timed hit piece consisting of loosely strung suppositions about the President interspersed with shaky anecdotes. The description promises that the book will reveal:
The President and the First Lady probably have had their troubles. What couple hasn't? And if they didn't they won't be the first Presidential couple to do so. Bill and Hillary Clinton's troubles are WELL documented, Laura threatened to leave Dumbya if he didn't quit drinking, St. Ronnie left Jane Wyman for Nancy, LBJ had lots of women and fathered a son out of wedlock, JFK was a sex addict, Eisenhower actually asked Harry Truman permission to leave Mamie for his secretary Kaye Summersby at the end of World War 2, Truman told him hell no. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt would have divorced if his mother had not intervened, and Harding fathered a daughter out of wedlock.
All the other stuff is bullshit too. Clinton has praised President Obama on several occasions.
At least the First Couple don't act like this one:
This hit piece is just an act of desperation by the right wing.
A few stories have popped up since the Obama divorce story went viral speculating on the current state of the First Relationship, but it all seems to go back to the original allegations made in the book- namely that the Obamas went through a rough patch twelve years ago and that Michelle considered leaving the man who would later become the most powerful man in the free world.
Even the Amazon description of The Amateur (if the title wasn’t telling enough) seems to indicate that the work alleging the Obama divorce story probably is not a reasoned work of political investigation and rather, a timed hit piece consisting of loosely strung suppositions about the President interspersed with shaky anecdotes. The description promises that the book will reveal:
I don't believe this bullshit for a second.
- Why the so-called “centrist” Obama is actually in revolt against the values of the society he was elected to lead
- Why Bill Clinton loathes Barack Obama and tried to get Hillary to run against him in 2012
- The spiteful rivalry between Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
- How Obama split the Kennedy family
- How Obama has taken more of a personal role in making foreign policy than any president since Richard Nixon—with disastrous results
- How Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett are the real powers behind the White House throne.
The President and the First Lady probably have had their troubles. What couple hasn't? And if they didn't they won't be the first Presidential couple to do so. Bill and Hillary Clinton's troubles are WELL documented, Laura threatened to leave Dumbya if he didn't quit drinking, St. Ronnie left Jane Wyman for Nancy, LBJ had lots of women and fathered a son out of wedlock, JFK was a sex addict, Eisenhower actually asked Harry Truman permission to leave Mamie for his secretary Kaye Summersby at the end of World War 2, Truman told him hell no. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt would have divorced if his mother had not intervened, and Harding fathered a daughter out of wedlock.
All the other stuff is bullshit too. Clinton has praised President Obama on several occasions.
At least the First Couple don't act like this one:
This hit piece is just an act of desperation by the right wing.
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