Third-grade photo capture's [sic] Obama's grin (3rd grade in Hawaii?)

Honolulu Star Bulletin ^ | 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 28, 2009 | Patt Gee

[Ready4Freddy]

A former Manoa resident sent President Barack Obama an old photo of the two of them taken while they were third-grade classmates at Noelani Elementary School, requesting an autograph more than six months ago. He recently received the autographed picture back, as well as a personally signed thank-you note.

[Vendome]

The picture has been cropped digitally. It was not a tight shot. There is suppose to be note on the front, at the bottom, inscribed by Scott’s mother.

Here is the complete picture, scroll down:

http://www.westernjournalism.com/?page_id=3255

[chris_bdba]

LOL I still have one of those! I got it for Christmas when I was 12.

[surfer]

This just gets stranger every day...he looks a lot older than the other kid...

[justiceseeker93]

Re photos in # 47:

In the photo on the left, young Obama has the wrong grip on the bat: supposedly swinging righthanded, his left hand is above the right. Well, at least he never claimed to be much of a baseball player, or did he?

In the photo on the right, the child's skin looks too dark to be Obama.

[calex59]

Widely published biographies say Obama lived in Indonesia from 1967 through 1971, and none mention his third-grade year at Noelani, Inoue acknowledges. But he said Obama attended at least part of his third-grade year at Noelani in 1969, perhaps during a visit back to Hawaii, and moved away.

Ok, let's say he spent part of a year in HI in the third grade in 1969. Why does this guy remember him? Photographic memory? Everyone that remembers someone in your 3rd grade class that attended for only part of the year raise your hand.

I have an excellent memory and remember most of my school mates from about the 6th grade on, at least the ones I liked, and I remember a few back in the 1st through 5th grades, but they were kids I went to school with a long time, not a part of a year.

I would not put it past Bozo to have set this whole thing up himself. The picture looks phony to me, the kid really doesn't look like Bozo except that he obviously has African ancestry somewhere in his past.

[machogirl]

His mother left him in Indonesia while she went off to work. I read this little blip a couple months ago. I thought that Barry stayed with his step dad. Maybe he came home. Nothing was said in that article where he went when Mom packed up and left to go several hours away to work with village women.

[Vendome]

So if someone from Guam or Puerto Rico wanted to run for President and actually won, would you accept them as President?

They are territories and not states.

[pillut48]

Interesting. Some of THOSE pics look photoshopped to me as well!

Here's a pic that allegedly shows "Barack Obama pictured with his father, Barack Obama Sr., in the early 1970s."



Compare to this:


IMO, that's not the same kid!

[calex59]

Kid on the left in 47 looks like Bozo, you can tell it is him, the one on the right looks a lot like him also but as you say is darker skinned, that could be explained by the sun. The photo that is the topic of this thread does NOT look like Bozo and you can’t tell it is him, if you didn’t know you would never guess it was Bozo. I think it is not.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

This is the first time I have seen a wide shot of this scene. See the "San Francisco" sign? I wonder if

1. All San Francisco flights used the same gate
2. Such signs were the norm at the airport in Hawaii back then
3. The picture was taken in the San Franciso airport and I am the only one who did not know. (best odds, LOL!)

Not earth shattering. I just like to know which is correct.

[machogirl]

Interesting. His right hand doesn’t look normal (as in a photo of a buddy)

[pillut48]

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

http://www.spotonce.com/Political-News/barack-obama-childhood-pictures—obama-childhood-snaps/

Here are some pictures I have not seen before.

[calex59]

Yes, they are territories, they are citizens of the US, they can vote in our elections, and do, because they are citizens. Where did you ever get the idea that people born in territories were not citizens. Every state in the Union after the 13 original colonies, were territories at one time, all of the residents could vote because all of the residents were citizens, and natural born citizens at that. If a Puerto Rican ran for President they would be eligible.

If you are going to ban people born in territories you had better include McCain because he was born in the territory of Panama(it was at the time).

[buwaya]

Any decent 35mm/127/120/620 camera of the period could have taken just as nice a shot. It looks like f/8. Pre-focus accurately, tell the kids to stand on a line, and you could have taken just as sharp a photo with an Argus C3 “brick”, I have.

[Vendome]

What am I looking for? the link only goes to the home, not the picture I suspect you are directing me to.

[machogirl]

The child is wearing velcro sandals. Velcro didn’t come out till late 70’s?

[HungarianGypsy]

Look at the mouth. He has the same large mouth in this last picture that he has now. The original picture, the child’s mouth is not that big.

[pillut48]

Sorry, forgot to add the source. It's the 4th photo in --Source

[Vendome]

But, are they Natural Born Citizens?