Wrong About Obama
So, I was kinda wrong in my post yesterday about Obama.
The guy’s not quite as bereft of family as I was supposing. He may not have his mother or grandmother anymore, but he has plenty of brothers-in-law and a step sister. I read today about his extended family–Indonesian, Chinese, Kenyan, even Irish!
Let me say it again: wow.
If you believe in heaven, those powerful women must be looking down on him now and bursting with pride–in him, naturally, but also at their own steadfast efforts.
January 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 am
He said we are a patchwork nation, and he’s the first president to know, viscerally, what that means! But to your point about his mother and grandmother–would they be responsible if he turned out to be a drug addict? Have you read Beautiful Boy by David Scheff? Parents are all too willing to take credit when their children turn out well, but does that mean they take the blame when their kids struggle or become failures? I think this generation of women takes on too much responsibility and too much blame.