This is an event little recognized in the study of Obama. I will post the discussion by Dinesh D’Souza on Obama’s past and why this event discussed below drives his outlook on life:
Barack Obama is making some British politicians nervous.
A bronze bust of Winston Churchill was loaned to President George Bush after the 9/11 attacks. The British government offered to let Obama keep the bust, but Obama decided to send it back. A bust of Abraham Lincoln now sits in the oval office where the Churchill one once rested.
Although most Americans view Churchill favorably, Obama’s Kenyan roots may not put him as much at ease.
It was during Churchill’s second term in office that the British brutally put down the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. Obama’s grandfather was imprisoned and tortured during that suppression.
“The African warders were instructed by the white soldiers to whip him every morning and evening till he confessed,” said Sarah Onyango, Obama’s grandfather’s third wife.
Overly anxious British diplomats are now seeking an alternative for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to present to Obama when he visits him in the next couple of months.
Obama should not be surprised at the British reaction. Churchill has been recognized in polls as its greatest leader.
Just a couple favorite quotes from Churchill:
Churchill: Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?
Woman: My goodness, Mr. Churchill! Well, I suppose… we would have to discuss terms, of course.
Churchill: Would you sleep with me for five pounds?
Woman: Mr. Churchill, what kind of woman do you think I am?!
Churchill: Madam, we’ve already established that. Now we are haggling about the price.
Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”
Nancy Astor: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.”
Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”