Cool, calm, not easily ruffled, and charismatic. All those words describe our next President, but who is he really? To answer that question, you have to go back to his childhood.
Remembering that most of what defines a person is determined by the time he is 5 years old, looking at Obama's early years is very telling as to who he is and why. He was born of a mixed race relationship at a time when that was not socially acceptable. Even as a toddler, the strain of a relationship with that kind of problems can shape a child.
Barack's father left when he was two. People do not usually have many memories before they are 3, so the father he was missing was just a fantasy figure he created, as he said in his book.
It's hard enough growing up without a father, but being a mixed race child as well in those days had to shape his attitudes. He loved his mother and grandmother, but fe
Whether he can accomplish all these things is unclear. It's a huge challenge, but we can be assured that he will throw himself into it full force, and spend every minute trying to prove to himself and to us that he can be the best President we ever had.
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