Obama's Jakarta Friends Recall a Would-Be Leader, Tattle-Tale

[Didereaux]

Source: Bloomberg

Isabella Darmawan, Obama's first-grade teacher at the Catholic school he attended when he arrived as a six-year-old, recalls an essay in which he said he expected to be president someday, though he didn't specify of which country. His second- grade teacher, Cecilia Sugini, says he often led his peers when they lined up single-file for class and was quick to let her know when other pupils misbehaved.

``He'd tell me to make them stop,'' Sugini, 63, said in an interview.
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Tan says that, ``as a woman,'' she also likes Obama's chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. There's no question, though, who would get her vote if she were a U.S. citizen. ``Obama,'' she said, pointing to his picture on the book she ends up buying as a gift for her boss. ``He's humble and knows exactly what he wants to do.'' Darmawan, 64, Obama's first-grade teacher, agrees. ``Barry has more vision,'' she says.

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A fairly good article all in all. Turns out Obama is human afterall! Nice to see a rather unbiased look at a candidates past without all the digging up and exploiting of childhood shenanigans. ...and I don't even support him! GOJOEGO!!!!

[Pirate Smile]

1. I guess he was never a fan of cheaters.

"Obama had the same penchant for calling out bad behavior when he was with his friends. ``We played marbles out on a dirt field. We could never cheat him. We did try but he always found out,'' says Zulfan Adi, 47, a freelance tourist guide who still lives down the street from Obama's old house in a lower-middle class neighborhood in South Jakarta. ``He used to say, `Kamu curang, kamu curang!''' (``You cheat, you cheat!'')

Obama ``is resolute, that's the best way to describe him,'' Adi says. ``He never hesitated to stand up to defend his rights.''

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``He was very disciplined because somehow at 5:30 p.m. he went home to study,'' says Adi's 86-year-old mother, Aisyah Zainal-Abidin. ``It was unusual.''

[TwilightGardener]

2. LOL! Obama's first-grade ethics are the same as his adult ethics--

now he "tattles" for Senate transparency and pork-busting.

[0007]

4. Obama is ready to bring the country to its knees

[TwilightGardener]

5. I love that T-shirt!!!!

:thumbsup:

[laconicsax]

3. Anyone who bases their vote

or cares about on the actions of a candidate when they were 6 years old is an idiot.

Breaking News! Can you spot the real article?
Former Clinton teacher: "Hillary would to cry when she scraped her knee."
Employer of Edwards' father recalls: "Little Johnnie pooped his pants in my mill once"
Biden's babysitter: "Joe could always name world leaders."
Obama's first-grade teacher: "Barry has more vision."
Gravel childhood friend: "Mike was always acted like a crazy old man"
Doctor who delivered Dodd recalls: "I always knew that kid would go on to great things."
Former Kucinich landlord: "Dennis was always right about everything."
Giuliani's first grade teacher: "Little Rudy always talked about the fire-drills."
Fred's former friend: "Fred was always boring."
Huckabee's Sunday school teacher: "Mike always loved 1 Timothy 1:12 and Ephesians 5:22"
Paul's playtime pal: "Ron decided to be an OB/GNY after Suzie Jaspermanssohns told him she didn't want to play doctor with him."

[Eurobabe]

6. Source: Bloomberg, LMAO!!

[dantyrant]

7. Surreal isn't it? :)

What passes for news these days...

[laconicsax]

8. More than that

Someone had to actually find these people and interview them, unless the entire story is made up.

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

9. What a ridiculous title

The article is actually pretty good, but whoever wrote the title obviously has it in for Obama.

[indimuse]

10. ENOUGH !Obama Sainthood shit!

:puke:

[uppityperson]

11. As a 6 yr old I wanted to be (1) Jane Goodall or (2) a boy. How is this LBN?

and here I am, a middle aged female living in WA. Anyone who supports a candidate on how he was, or what he said, in 1/2 grade is foolish. Anyone who uses any of that info to support or criticize is also a fool. In my opinion of course. Not being Jane Goodall or a boy.

I don't see how this fits LBN status either.