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lamp_shade

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8. From the guardian write-up "The College Years" > >

Reply to KoKo (Reply #7)

Thu May 31, 2012, 03:26 AM

May 2012

"His classmates considered Obama "a floater", moving not only from culture to culture but also from political group to political group, dabbling, showing interest, but never staking a home. This was a natural part of college experimentation, to be sure, but in Obama's case it reflected a deeper and longer-lasting trend, one that would define his life in and out of politics: his need and ability to avoid traps. The less entrenched he was, the easier it was for him to get out of something and move on."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/25/barack-obama-the-college-years

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