Look, we live in a celebrity culture and sometimes you get caught in the wave and the buzz and a lot of it’s flattering but, you know, one of the things that I try to remind people of is, is that I was in politics as a state senator operating in obscurity for many years. Before that I was a community organizer working in low income communities in Chicago and nobody knew my name then. And so, having involved myself in public service for a pretty long time without getting too much attention, hopefully I can keep some of the attention that I’m getting now in perspective.
BARACK OBAMA, Larry King Live, Oct. 19, 2006
“Look how important I am now! Pay attention to MEEEEEEEEE!… unless I’m doing something wrong, in which case – LOOK! SQUIRREL!”
The man toiled in well deserved obscurity, the sooner he returns to it the better off we will be.
“. . . and nobody knew my name then.”
No surprise there. We know you became Barry Soetoro legally when you were adopted, but have seen no document legally changing it back to Obama.
The press’s reaction? “Oh, OK. It would be racist to ask.”