Was Young Barry Obama Too Girl Crazy?

This sure looks like a madrassa, doesn't it?

Great clip!

WAS YOUNG BARRY OBAMA TOO GIRL CRAZY?

Come on give me a break. Enough with these sensational titles. Pretty soon the next title will be:

OBAMA MAY HAVE COOTIES, SHOULD YOU VOTE FOR HIM?

Can we get back to REAL journalism and "sleuthing" rather than telling us that Obama was once a kid?

This is such garbage it can't even be considered journalism. More appropriate for the National Enquirer than the Washington Post. Is your next article going to be about how a young Hillary, as a mere tot, pulled up her dress and showed all of the boys her diaper. What 9 year old boy isn's "naughty"?

you and your "newspaper" should be ashamed!

Oh my god. You whiners as sooo incredibly dumb. The article is a frickin joke. Laugh a little and at least give "The Sleuth" some credit for writing a satire.

This is quite possibly the most pointless article I have ever wasted my time perusing on the post.

At no point in your attempt at journalism did you approach anything that resembled a coherent point or bit of humor.

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Is this satire? A hack job? The most pitiful piece of investigatorial journalism I have laid eyes on in memory? I can't figure it out.

Hello editorial staff? Did this one just sneak by you? At the very least I can remember never to take Akers seriously ever again. Ever, ever, ever......

Everyone associated with this dribble should get the sack.

I am never going to vote for a black for president especially one with cooties and a Muslim name. Wow I'm so proud of the mind set in this country.

Enjoyed the clip. If it was true, glad to see Obama had some spunk.

Was that person talking about the fence really there when Obama was 5, 41 years ago? He looked pretty young.

Is this a part of the "vetting" that Bill and Hillary have been clamoring for?

Just what the F****** H*LL does this have to do with anything?

Wanna write about "girl-chasing" you need look no further than William Jefferson Clinton, the disgraced, impeached, disbarred 44th President of the United States, serial sexual harasser and liar.

i sure aint gonna vote fur a ****** dat went schoolin at a place dat later had a mosque thingy on top of it!

Wow! Obama was a heterosexual as early as 9 years old. How will he ever get the Christian vote?

Seriously, Akers, this is lame. Does the GOP pay you for coverage like this, or do you just do it out of friendship?

It's Barack Hussein, not Berry

"This is quite possibly the most pointless article I have ever wasted my time perusing on the post.

At no point in your attempt at journalism did you approach anything that resembled a coherent point or bit of humor.

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Posted by: perdont | January 10, 2008 02:30 PM

Nice reference, perdont!

You know, when Romney was in 5th grade, he used to spend a lot of time reading the underwear ads in the newspaper. And someone said they've got home movies of Huckabee when he was 12, in a haystack with two girls!! News you need to know to answer the question: Why are Republicans to naughty?????

1. Stop linking everything to the Clintons.
2. Stop trying to link Obama to Islam. How is his name a muslim name any more than John Smith is a Christian name. The man is a Christian if that matters.
3. Who cares that as a 9 year old he teased girls. That is normalbehavior and completely not newsworthy. How is it the reporter says Obama was surrounded by girls? For God's sake they were posing for a photgraph.

Find some news to report and raise the political discourse to issue discussion.

This is an article that I would have expected from the bright minds who watch Jerry Springer. Some of the comment like Madrassa are just nauseating. No wonder you have Bush as president and the world is laughing at you!

"This is quite possibly the most pointless article I have ever wasted my time perusing on the post.

At no point in your attempt at journalism did you approach anything that resembled a coherent point or bit of humor.

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Posted by: perdont | January 10, 2008 02:30 PM

Nice reference, perdont!

Posted by: Ah see you, Penguin | January 10, 2008 03:34 PM

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Upon further review (google search), this quote has been used about a million times and is not as obscure and clever as I initially thought. The ruling on the field is overturned, and I award you fewer points, though it was still good for a laugh.

I had 29 girlfriends in first grade. Yes, 29. Then, like Senator Obama, I became an adult; I have been faithfully married for 35 years to the same women. So not sure what my life as a 6 year old has to do with my life as an adult. Freakin' media!

Thank you for your article which was amusing. Don't be dismayed if the Obama Protection kill-squad are throwing rocks at you, its about all they do these days. They really don't want very much known about him, because it might disqualify him in his quest for the highest position in the land. Even this small amount of information must be squashed before it can be seen.

Another Ignorant Story to add to the Rovian fodder. Hope you're proud of yourself Mary Ann Akers. You continue to be part of the problem. Can you delve a little deeper and tell us about his kindergarten love life.
What a loser.

Go Barry! Shows he's a real person.

Oh, and I'm sure the Clintons were behind it. They're behind everything. (Seriously.)

And if Obama hadn't been girl crazy as a little kid, you'd be asking if he was gay.

Mary Ann Akers, you need to get a new job now. This isn't working out for you!

everyone needs to chill out... this was fine. Just a look at Barry as a boy, no harm. It seemed perfectly innocent.

Dumb

is America really changing or is the racism of ever,the hate,the eternal mudslinging still out there??

I'm an obama supporter and I actually enjoyed this. I think it reflects well on our guy.

A query from an 83 year old male Obama supporter: Show me a virile seventeen year old male who isn't girl crazy? Forrest Gerard

Airing this kind of message is brilliant! Childhood footage, schoolyard hijinks, and favorable global attention in the largest Muslim nation in the world! It doesn't matter that this doesn't really tell you about what kind of president he would be, what his political stance is on this or that, etc. It's about making you feel like Obama is an old childhood friend. Presidential elections don't get won by what stance the candidates have. If that were the case, this election would be Bill Richardson vs. Ron Paul. Presidential elections are popularity contests. Which candidate looks good. Sounds good. Acts good. To call this kind of media coverage dumb is simply stupid.

Barack Hussein is the only candidate that can beat Ron Paul

Watch out for the bamboo fence Hillary, he's got the moves now! He's goin' take you down! playa play on.

best article of the campaign season. certianly more interesting than what passes for punditry in this town.

barack obamalama a pimp
you are gay

Honestly, I would be more concerned if he didn't chase girls. Instead of worrying about what he did as a child, how about writing something more relevant? Tell us something about him now!!!!!!! This article is garbage.

That's a great video clip. Yeah, that sure looks like a radical extremist madrassa all right! Hope some more TV visits Obama's school - the kids are incredibly cute.

All I can say is - that Indonesian Chinese Bandung was trying to make a name for himself. A 9 year old chasing girls, this man says and falling over fence. What a garbagge reporting. Is this what Washington Post would do to defame a candidate - shameful.

I mean..really to go this far back. To actually write a blog about what a candidate was doing in his/her pre-teens?

Somebody..is being paid to reduce the electability of somebody? I wonder who? I wonder why? I wonder who benefits....

This is soooooo dumb. Is this all the media can find on Senator Obama? He liked girls when he was 9 years old? Give me a break. Why don't you investigate where Hillary is getting all of her donations from? Maybe lobbyists, PAC's, special interest groups? Talk to Norman Hsu, oh wait, he's in prison now.

Well the reporter should read the RULES of the COMMENTS TOOO

MY DAD was born in Indonisia .....and ask any DUTCHMEN familiee ..this is soooo low that ......the reporter and the editor should by fired and the paper closed.ups i just had a flash maybe the indonisia Goverment would buy the paper!! ha, ha, justice after all....
sorrry.

You, American media people, are a funny set of journalists.
What sense do you make out of this trash of a 9 year old doing what?
Show us a picture of Obama kicking the mother in the belly before he was born,then i will stop him from taking over the White House.

Pointless AND stupid.

Now, to be "fair and balanced" could we have some footage of Hillary in her Goldwater Girls outfit? You remember Goldwater in those days was opposing all things civil rights.

this Obama guy looks like he can at least do some thing other than sit there!!!!!!!!!

What a story. I was fully unaware that Barack Obama was once a young boy.

I'm glad Bill Clinton never indulged as such.

Akers I am not voting for Obama but you should be ashamed of yourself. I'm sure your parents must be proud and your editor should be fired.

There must have been a terrible, terrible news day at the Washington Post for you to have to shovel garbage.

From Ohio

Give the Slueth M.A.A. credit for digging up some dirt.. lets not be afraid to laugh a little. This is is great, I Luv it..
Stayed tuned, there is more too come..

OMG!!! Obama was tied to a tree with his hands behind his back?

I am very happy to conseder me as mumber

This report has a very positive contribution. It shows that those who claim that Obama attended a "madrassa" (implying a Muslim religious school) are cynical liars. It is a public primary school, the kids are not separated by gender, are not exclusively Muslim, and Obama was NOT punished by the principal for chasing girls.

As far as this being a "smear job" - give me a break. He was a normal, mischievous boy who chased girls in 3rd grade. Big deal.

We live in such a sad world when harmless humor brings out nonsense anger.

It is high time we stopped this nonsense of Obama's root. We are all tie to Christian or Muslim in one way or the other in this world. We are still blind on thess racial and religous bigotry.

Mother F**kers shut up obamas great u'r all b***hes

I don't know why this has to do with anything, we were all kids once.

Mary Ackers....
March to your boss/supervisor/editor or whoever, and demand that they take you seriously as a journalist. This is beneath you, beneath us WP readers and completely irrelevant to the things we as voters/readers need to know about Barack Obama.

WP, come on! DO BETTER.

Hillarious!
I cant tell what is news, what is satire, what is propaganda. Well done washington post! Of course, the long term ramifications are that eventually you will all be writing for the Colbert Report. Thats OK though because that will be where everyone gets their "news" anyhow.

Cet article est vraiment ridicule!
Quelle bassesse!
Je ne sais pas si c´est une stratégie de Obama pour nous appeler à lui, mais je suis en train d´opter pour lui.

Vive Obama!

Journalism at its lowest common denominator

Seems like satire, especially of the whole madrassa hype, and other sensationalistic bull.

This article is so much fun !

What an amazing difference in the way we react to the same words.

You guys could look for a better thing to report on. The video looks pointless to me

And young "Williegate" Blyth Clinton was busy chasing pigs, sheep and cousins.

"Barry Obama" at 9 - GIVE ME A BREAK. How about Bill Clinton when he was Governor & the President - I think he chased and caught a few girls a bit later in life. Wow. Clinton foot-soldiers are running low on ammunition.

Oh Goshy!! what kind of reporting is this? My dear Journalist, is this the way you learnt how to write on something which is beneficial to the readers? What do you expect we benefit by reading this???? Didnt you have Xmas holidays? You need to take days off!

The title of the article "Was Young Barry Obama Too Girl Crazy" is despicable. The implication is derogatory and has absolutely nothing to do with his character or his running for president. An apology is appropriate shoulf be forthcoming for the approach taken.

The campaign is really too long when this is all you have to write about.

Next you'll analyze whether he had an acne problem as a teen.

No wonder I don't take the mainstream media seriously.

I am not a Democrat, but I think this is goofy. The story could be taken as a cute look at Obama's childhood - except you used the word "too" which is derogatory.

This election is important so don't try to be funny at a candidates expense.

I don't know if many of the persons commenting here have ever read the "About this Blog" link under the Sleuth banner, but I highly recommend it.
Ms Akers states in various clever ways that that her column (or blog) is not about serious political reporting or analysis but rather is a place "(to shine) a light on the zanier, more offbeat side of the capital's political theatre"

This is published by the Washington for goodness sake. Like them or not the WP publishes all kinds of writing and opinion about politics from numerous angles and points of view.
If you want to be deadly earnest and sanctimonious about your politics and political actors, there are at least a dozen places on the Post website alone that provide a better forum.

Railing at Akers for not being a "serious" reporter is like ranting that Toles doesn't draw Bush's ears properly.

Dearest Sleuth lass...
Thanks much...I'll forgo my Star magazine this week, this covers enough Obama dirt to satisfy my "tawdry news" desires. I hadn't pegged you as some crude sex columnist, disguised as a journalist? But alas, if one is unable to write about truly in-depth, and analytical topics, they generally revert to writing about sex, no? I do forgive you though, since the comments that followed from readers of your smut, had me "rollin".

I guess Obama really IS TEFLON.

And Mary - as others here have stated - tell your boss he needs to let you write something of true substance.

Thank you.

The most painful aspect of "analyzing" this story is actually being reduced to deciding whether or not it is a satire! "Politics" in 2008 has become akin to "news reporting" in 2008. I.e., whether Hillary's misting up was real or fake has actually become a legitimate determining factor in who will be the next president of the U.S. In the same sorry vein, whether or not Paris Hilton actually read the Bible (can anyone demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that Ms. Hilton can, in fact, read?) at sometime during her 48 hours in "prison" is broadcast to America as "news!" My disdain for all of this can be measured accurately through my use of ironic quotation marks. I have no choice -- I can't use words like "news," "prison," "politics" with a straight face anymore. Who can? I weep for the future! (Does my weeping make me a viable presidential candidate??)

The article was funny...but some of these responses are Seinfeld material. I am an Obama supporter and I have to say this aim at satire has produced some of the most amusing responses I have read on the Post. Thanks for invoking lots and lots of laughter.

For the Love of Intelligence let's quit this kind of article . In this column Sleuthing = Silly, uninteresting ,mean mud slinging ! ENOUGH

I've just read these comments . Yes I agree this article stinks to high heaven and is both ugly, mean and STUPID !
S H A M E !

Bravo!,Henri moi ausii je soutiens Barack !

Actually, this is the most interesting article I've read about Obama's qualifications for office during the whole campaign. I know, that doesn't say too much for Obama, but honestly, can't the Dems find a better candidate...? Even Hillary looks more qualified, and jeez, what can we say about that? Kind of sad...

What does how Obama was like as a boy have to do with now? Bill Clinton is STILL "girl crazy." And many think Hillary is too. :)

This sure looks like a madrassa, doesn't it?

Great clip!

Posted by: Larry | January 10, 2008 01:30 PM

Larry, you DO realize that "madrasa" is simply Arabic for "school", right?

Mary Ann Akers, why don't you reveal that the source of the slander of Obama as a muslim originated with Insight.com, and that they claimed the Clinton campaign was behind the smear. Jeffrey Kuhner was the individual who started circulating that idea with the help of Fox News. Also, reveal that Kuhner works for the Washington Times, a Rev. Moon funded paper who has openly contributed millions of dollars through political action committees to fund GHW Bush and GW Bush. That is fact and should allow people to see the facts as to where and potentially why this story has been circulated.

Awesome article called "Shuffling Papers and the Titanic's Deck Chairs" that sheds some light into the democratic race. I found it on www.SAVAGEPOLITICS.com. Here is an excerpt:

"Last night's Nevada Democratic Candidates Debate was a curious mix of boorish self promotion and surprisingly feeble minded rhetoric. In many ways, we have come to expect these types of exchanges between candidates, since every time a politician reverberates their supposed humble backgrounds or re-states their "amazing" achievements, they are in reality adding another stone into most people's political jadedness. After last night's debates; what highlights deserve mention and study?

First we had John Edwards who, even though is ranking third amongst the Democratic candidates (if you believe the latest polls), has the money and motivation to continuously beat his audience with the knowledge that he grew up in a "mill town" and had a "mill worker" for a father. This he dresses up with vibrant proclamations about his "personal" connection to the struggle of middle-class Americans, even though neither mill workers nor himself fall into that category, and rounds it all up with plenty of other assorted promises about his commitment to the Nation. Since by now every candidate knows that the most current political concern in American's thoughts is the economy, he obviously has been gravitating towards arguments which exalt his ability to bring to all people the same American Dream that he personally realized by going to college and becoming a high-profile attorney. And, even though his demeanor was very subtle this time, his aggressiveness in the last debate savagely backfiring on him, his overall performance was not memorable because of his apparent aloofness to the fact that he is the only White male left in the race for his party's nomination. When you then add Edwards' incredibly soft reaction to Hillary Clinton's damaging attack regarding his past senate record, pointing to a controversial backing of a 2002 bill that would have allowed nuclear waste to be shipped to Yucca Mountain in Nevada (one that her husband Bill Clinton vetoed) and a topic of controversy in that state, we can conclude that Edwards seems to have taken his passiveness too far. Although his campaign still hopes to catch up with Obama and Clinton in his home state of South Carolina, his odds are dimming every day and most probably will conclude in utter defeat.

But all the expectations of the night laid on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's laps, both of whom were expected to confront each other eagerly on the topics of race and gender, but as expected, ended up "holding hands" and raising each other's praises. Once again we were battered by both of these candidates' ridiculous proposition that discussing race, gender, and past indiscretions are "negative" topics which should be shunned. Watching these politicians act as if these themes were not important in considering political issues, just to not offend the sensibilities of voters, was truly a revolting sight. Of course, both candidates' overall political swaggering was textbook and their policy propositions catered to the general sentiments of any American who feels pessimistic about the state of the country. Would you vote for someone that tells you that all is in perfect shape and that for said reason his election is literally meaningless? Of course things will get better, of course the economy will improve, of course these particular politicians have the solution! How about the ability to actually control this machinery we call a country?..."

Find the rest of the article at www.SAVAGEPOLITICS.com

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LMAO
The reason he hung out with the ladies is because he was one of the girls.

Been to many schools around the globe,, no one ties you up tp a tree for chasing girls. No one.
But they will if you're gay.

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