President Obama’s half-brother,
Malik Abongo “Roy” Obama, has sold a handwritten letter from the president,
penned 20 years ago, that reveals Obama’s reasoning for getting into politics
including “to deal with some serious issues blacks face here.”
“Some colleagues of mine here
have talked me into running for the Illinois State Senate (like being an MP for
a province),” the future world leader wrote his kin in July 1995, before his
political career began. “I have agreed, since I have an interest in politics to
deal with some serious issues blacks face here,” Obama wrote.
The letter also reveals Obama’s
disdain for meetings, saying,
“Of course, it involves a lot
of campaigning, going to meetings and so on, which I don’t find so attractive.”
He adds, “Anyway, if I win it will only be a part-time post, and I will
continue my work as a lawyer.”
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