Was Barack Obama's father a communist?

Answer 1

No.

Barack Obama Sr. wrote an article gently mocking the Kenyan government titled "Problems with our Socialism".

Conservatives have seized on the title as if it proves something.

It's analogous to their claim that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican.

He never claimed to be a Republican. And he mentioned voting Democratic when he wrote to a supporter.

The basic rule is, if someone is Republican, they will tell you so.

And if someone is a Socialist, they will tell you so.

Barack Obama Sr. never made such a claim.

Answer 2

No. All of Obama's grandparents can be traced to ties to democratic and capitalist governments and affiliations.

There is no evidence to suggest any of his grandparents were socialists.

Answer 3

No, he was not. This is an internet myth, spread by the president's political enemies and promoted by several right-wing conservative commentators. There is no credible evidence that Mr. Obama's father was a communist, nor is there any evidence that Mr. Obama was raised to support the communist party. These are political accusations, and they are totally inaccurate.

Answer 4

Absolutely not. There is no evidence of it. She was, by all accounts, a hard-working middle-class woman who worked her way up from clerical positions to become an executive at a bank in Hawaii.

Answer 5

No, he was not. He also was not a Muslim, a Marxist, an anti-colonialist, nor any of the other assorted myths you can find circulating about him online. By most accounts, however, his biological father (Barack Senior) was an alcoholic, and he may have been a bigamist. Some sources also say he was an atheist-- Barack Obama Senior was born into a Muslim family, but by the time he came to America and married the future president's mom, he had long since walked away from organized religion and never went back to it.

You may have seen some online claims that Barack Obama was raised by communists. These claims are completely false. The future president was mainly raised by his maternal grandparents (who were mainstream Christians); there is no evidence they were communists, nor is there evidence his biological mother was one either.

Answer 6

no

Answer 7

No