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In reply to the discussion: 5 Things You (likely) Never Knew About President Obama’s Mum: [View all]allan01
(1,950 posts)54. re: 5 Things You (likely) Never Knew About President Obama’s Mum:
@ cb hangman there are several varinats of the name allen. list as follows : allan, my spelling . allen ( femine variant) alan. also the obamas ar very good looking in my humble opinion. this whole thing stems from the fact that : 1 we (democrats intrruped yet again their supposed right of ownership of the white house, the rethugs think they own everything including the w/h.forget the rest of us) . 2 hes liberal, male and black. obamas mum should be congratulated for doing a fine job w her son . huzza huzza mrs obama .
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R#10 & K for, I just sent this to a raving wingnut who sputtered "Flake" about her.
UTUSN
May 2012
#6
What a sweet picture. How can the right possibly say Obama hates white people? They're crazy.
freshwest
May 2012
#24
Not sure that naming your kids after interstate highway exit signs is much of an improvement
eridani
May 2012
#46
My dad wanted a son, too. Was going to name my older sister after himself but she was, well, a girl!
freshwest
May 2012
#26
It was a certain generation. I had an aunt whose first name was 'Burns' after an inlaw's last name.
freshwest
May 2012
#22
I had an uncle named Shirley (born about 1920). He didn't feel like my grandparents were mean.
kestrel91316
May 2012
#33
Actually, there is an entirely different discussion for why the name "Stanley" was chosen
BlueMTexpat
May 2012
#50