Obama Claimed He Was 'Kenyan Royalty,' Recalls Classmate

Fox News ^ | 2012-10-09 | PBS Frontline

[justlurking]

PBS's 'FRONTLINE' interviewed former Barack Obama classmate, Kristen Caldwell. She grew up and attended Punahou School with "Barry" Obama. She recalls how as a young child, Obama alternatively told classmates he was an Indonesian prince or Kenyan royalty.

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So yeah, I can picture him as this slightly -- "chubby" is too strong, but rounded, short little guy, Barry Obama. And he told us that his father was an Indonesian king and that he was a prince, and after he finished school he was going to go back, and he would be a ruler in Indonesia. And I absolutely believed him.

I understand that he told his fifth-grade class that he was Kenyan royalty, but I never heard that story until years later. My sister and I remember very clearly that he was an Indonesian prince and that he would be going back there. So there was some reference to where he had come from, and the understanding was his family was there.

[Morris70]

We would be better off now if Mikheil Saakashvili was president of the united states instead of Obama.

He is more pro USA than Obama I think.

[Gator113]

Then he pretended to be a prince, today he pretends to be a president.

[ETL]

Obama a “prince” , “royalty”, etc.? How about a “Fairy Princess”?

[GOPJ]

...Kristen Caldwell. She grew up and attended Punahou School with "Barry" Obama. She recalls how as a young child, Obama alternatively told classmates he was an Indonesian prince or Kenyan royalty.

He's related to Big Bird too...

[Hardraade]

Yeah, *his* most bizarre moment was eating his own tie on television.

[Jet Jaguar]

I’m LOL.

[zerosix]

Actually, this is a sad story reminiscent of children who daydream of belonging somewhere when they don't.

I don't like him at all but if I were told a story like this about someone else, I'd still find it sad.

[MamaDearest]

For those who have Netflix streaming, the film Dreams from my Real Father is now available for streaming. There is a lot of interesting information in it.

[Bobalu]

[Roccus]

After ROOTS every black in the country was told repeatedly that they were royalty.

LOL!!
I remember the 70's being a high old time for them. Too bad the evil white devils stole their kingdoms and cities of gold. LOL!!!

[faithhopecharity]

Indeed it is sad for him, agreed!

(And sad for America....)

[ETL]

Bo says...

Arf!...believe me,..
the guy's a fruitcake

[mass55th]

Kenyan Royalty? No, more like a Closet Queen.

[SpaceBar]

Jay Smarmy will claim it’s just “composite” megalomania.

[Wings-n-Wind]

And he told us that his father was an Indonesian king and that he was a prince, and after he finished school he was going to go back, and he would be a ruler in Indonesia.

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Indonesia...

Sounds about right...
It has a little ring to it...

[aquila48]

Nothing has changed... he still sees himself as king.

[rawcatslyentist]

How about the Truth Fairy?

[Junior_G]

A lifelong fraud and charlatan. What a little POS.

[Diogenesis]

[pops88]

Back in the 1980s, working in a very large, university hospital on the edge of a major city ghetto, we had more than a few babies named “Princess” or “Queen.” The general consensus of the staff was- you can say it, but it doesn’t make it so. Then they’d ask us how to spell the second part of the name they’d chosen that none of us had heard before. “Lady, let me do my job and keep your baby alive. Consult your ‘culture’ and get back to me on what you want on the crib card.”