In a Politico story that made headlines on the Drudge Report, it was revealed that the ‘mysterious white girlfriend’ that Barack Obama mentioned in his autobiography (the first autobiography, not the second) was a composite of different characters. This doesn’t surprise me a bit, as Stanley Kurtz in Radical in Chief states that the names of many individuals in Dreams From My Father (particularly the political types) are pseudonyms. Hmm... I wonder why he would do that?
What did strike me was the following passage (emphasis added):
"During an interview in the Oval Office, Obama acknowledged that, while Genevieve was his New York girlfriend, the description in his memoir was a “compression” of girlfriends, including one who followed Genevieve [Cook] when he lived in Chicago," Maraniss writes in his new biography, an excerpt of which was published online today by Vanity Fair.
So, let me get this straight: in addition to all the vacations, all the golf games, non-stop fundraising and the continuous campaigning, as well as taking time out to pick the winners of college basketball games, President Obama has room in his schedule to reminisce about his old flames.
Good thing he doesn’t have a demanding job!