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Topic: obamas father to be on mythbusters
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Mon 10/18/10 02:16 PM
(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut

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Mon 10/18/10 02:23 PM
If they haven't filmed it yet, he better watch his back or he might not make it til then.

Remember, it's the administration of invisibility.smokin

mightymoe's photo
Mon 10/18/10 02:25 PM
kenya is bad about political killings...could be some truth to it

venusenvy's photo
Mon 10/18/10 02:26 PM
Im not versed in this at all Moe, but wouldnt they be better off letting sleeping dogs lie??? flowerforyou

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Mon 10/18/10 02:29 PM

(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'

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Mon 10/18/10 02:31 PM
Edited by mightymoe on Mon 10/18/10 02:32 PM

Im not versed in this at all Moe, but wouldnt they be better off letting sleeping dogs lie??? flowerforyou


be honest with ya, i haven't got a clue... but with all the money the US spends on security for the prez and his family, they probably don't nave to worry much..

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Mon 10/18/10 02:31 PM


(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??

mightymoe's photo
Mon 10/18/10 02:33 PM



(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much

venusenvy's photo
Mon 10/18/10 02:34 PM




(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much



I suppose but sometimes skeletons should stay IN the closet JMO

Lpdon's photo
Mon 10/18/10 02:37 PM



(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


No, I would have it handled quietly. Hell Clinton ordered the murder of Vincent Foster and had it made to look like a suicide.

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Mon 10/18/10 02:39 PM





(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much



I suppose but sometimes skeletons should stay IN the closet JMO


obama is a lot of things, but i don't think he has drinking problem

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Mon 10/18/10 02:42 PM






(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much



I suppose but sometimes skeletons should stay IN the closet JMO


obama is a lot of things, but i don't think he has drinking problem


No, his thing was coccaine.

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Mon 10/18/10 02:43 PM
Right, I wouldnt know but then again how many peeps knew his father did? I have to agree with the opinion it would be better handled quietly...I am kinda shocked that he would drag it onto television. JMO flowerforyou

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Mon 10/18/10 02:47 PM

Right, I wouldnt know but then again how many peeps knew his father did? I have to agree with the opinion it would be better handled quietly...I am kinda shocked that he would drag it onto television. JMO flowerforyou


I doubt he did, it's probably some Jesse Ventura publicity stunt or something.

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Mon 10/18/10 02:54 PM







(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much



I suppose but sometimes skeletons should stay IN the closet JMO


obama is a lot of things, but i don't think he has drinking problem


No, his thing was coccaine.

just like bush, huh... kinda of a trend with presidents

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Mon 10/18/10 03:44 PM

Right, I wouldnt know but then again how many peeps knew his father did? I have to agree with the opinion it would be better handled quietly...I am kinda shocked that he would drag it onto television. JMO flowerforyou



two things say to me that he wouldnt

first, he doesnt write, direct, or produce mythbusters


and second, the opening line of the op

'Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": '


suggests that the author is only asserting HIS suggestion of a topic that could be done on the show

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Mon 10/18/10 03:45 PM








(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much



I suppose but sometimes skeletons should stay IN the closet JMO


obama is a lot of things, but i don't think he has drinking problem


No, his thing was coccaine.

just like bush, huh... kinda of a trend with presidents


I just think many presidents come from cultures where certain 'experimentation' at college is considered the norm,,,,as long as those students go on to mature and contribute as lawabiding citizens

mightymoe's photo
Mon 10/18/10 03:48 PM
Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.


they are saying that obama one less myth about obama, not whether he is going to be on the show. it airs in december, and obama is on it.

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Mon 10/18/10 03:55 PM
In the episode, Obama will help hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman test Archimedes' solar ray, determining if it’s possible to light ships on fire using only mirrors and solar rays.

The show will air Dec. 8, according to the Discovery Channel.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-10/nerd-chief-obama-appear-mythbusters

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Mon 10/18/10 04:11 PM








(Oct. 18) -- Perhaps the president can add this one to his list of myths to bust in December when he appears on the Discovery Channel show "MythBusters": His father was not killed in a car accident in 1982, as was reported, but was murdered.

So goes a family theory investigated by Peter Firstbrook in his history of President Barack Obama's African side of the family, "The Obamas," and dissected by Obama biographer David Remnick in a post today on the New Yorker's website.

Barack Obama Sr. was "a thwarted politician and bureaucrat," outspoken in his criticism of the Kenyan government's acceptance of corruption among its ranks, according to Remnick.

He was also a heavy drinker, nicknamed "Mr. Double-Double" after his usual Scotch orders. On the night of his death he was found inside his car, which had hit a tree.

Firstbrook talked to Charles Oluoch, a cousin of the president, who related the family's suspicions. Obama Sr. had been in a number of accidents before and had survived them all. His body appeared to be fairly unharmed -- no broken bones and only a small amount of blood.

"Although it looked like an accident, our family suspected that there must have been foul play. I am not a medical doctor, but the way we saw Barack lying there, he didn't look like somebody who was involved in an accident," Oluoch said.

Sarah Obama, the president's step-grandmother, told the author a similar story.

"We think there was foul play there, and that is how he died, and they covered it up [by saying] that he had an accident," she said. "But we just had to leave it like that because the government then was very ruthless."

Remnick talked to Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard, who said she doesn't buy it. Obama Sr. was a "serious, fall-down alcoholic" and his family is probably trying to restore his reputation now that they have one of their own in White House, she said.

But as Firstbrook points out 25 years later, we will probably never know the trut


Hey, if I had the vast resources of the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, Us Marshalls, NCIS, Army CID, Coast Guard and every other law enforcement and intel agency at the tips of my fingers I would find out the truth about my fathers death if there were any question in my mind. Just sayin'



Right I agree so would I...but on a public forum?? his detracters will just have a field day with the "alcoholic father" crap gosh! makes me wonder whos advising him??


a lot of people have alcoholic fathers, doesn't mean much



I suppose but sometimes skeletons should stay IN the closet JMO


obama is a lot of things, but i don't think he has drinking problem


No, his thing was coccaine.

just like bush, huh... kinda of a trend with presidents
Well, they are related.
Both crackheads.laugh

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