Obama's ex-girlfriends

Ronnie's girlfriends we knew because he was in Hollywood. I don't recall any ex-gf talk about either Bush, nor Clinton — we heard a ton of his post-marital escapades, but I don't remember reading much about his pre-Hillary hook-ups during the campaign.

As for the "we didn't hear much about Obama's college days" meme, we heard a bunch. My dad used that line with me, so I went online and in no time found story after story from classmates and people who knew Obama. It's how the "Barry" nickname came to light, for one thing. There was plenty out there, just nothing scandalous and, thus, not memorable.

 

Again: The Harvard stuff was not "limited." Not in any way, shape, or form. His time at Harvard has been extensively and exhaustively documented, including contemporaneously.

The Columbia time is not well-documented. This seems to be because he was a hermit there. He buckled down as a student and largely lived life as a commuter.

 

The Occidental stuff is limited as well.

 

Everybody:

 

How much did we know about Clinton's college days until Maraniss's book came out during his presidency? (During his second term? Can't recall the timing.) That book seemed to have a shit ton of scoops: (1) Never inhaling; (2) Basically being an awful law student. Etc., etc.

 

For better or worse, Clinton's post-marital affairs and exploits seemed to overshadow just about everything else.

 

Thanks for sharing that, Ragu. I love you.

 

I used to say "Thank you" and sometimes still will do so. Just a natural reaction, I think, to a compliment.

 

Better band name?

Obama's ex-girlfriends or Obama's composite girlfriend?

 

I've always liked Eric Foreman's response to Donna's "I Love You.": "I love....cake."