Commentary

10 New Revelations from Obama’s Past

By Troy Senik
Thursday, May 10 2012

Over the past few weeks, Barack Obama’s often-elusive past has elicited renewed public interest after twice becoming fodder for major national news stories. First, a close inspection of Obama’s 1995 memoir, “Dreams From my Father,” revealed that the president – whose associates have widely mocked former Massachusetts Governor (and presumptive Republican presidential nominee) Mitt Romney for having strapped his family’s Irish Setter to the roof of their station wagon during a 1983 family vacation – had himself eaten dog as a child in Indonesia. Next…

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