Is Barack Obama’s Mom Paul McCartney?
The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog today focuses on the lives of Barack Obama and John McCain. This picture of Obama with his mother caught my attention:
“She looks familiar,” I said to myself. After staring at her for a minute, I decided she looked like a young Paul McCartney.
What, you don’t see it? Maybe if I blend them together for you?
Huh. I think they have similar eyes and eyebrows. Still not seeing it? Well, happy Fourth of July regardless.
July 4th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I do see it (and I’ve seen that photo before — maybe in the racist email forwards my mom sent me). But that was creepy.
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July 4th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
nah, she looks like deanna troy. and a vulcan.
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Ronald McDonald Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
There is a picture of him making that face! I swear it’s a hoax…Barack Obama’s mother is photoshopped in that picture. Take a look at this:
http://totallylookslike.com/2010/01/18/barack-obamas-mother-totally-looks-like-paul-mccartney/
It’s slightly different, but you can clearly see the base structure of the face is exactly the same.
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July 4th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I swear there’s a picture out there of him making that exact face, but I can’t find. This is sort of close:
http://medias.ados.fr/films/5/7/5783/quatre-garcons-dans-le-vent/photos/46951-paul-mccartney.jpg
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July 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
we have been talking about this for months now, this is ridiculous. i didn’t understand how we can be the only ones who noticed.
there’s a clear explanation – paul mccartney was rumoured to have dies in the late 60s, clearly he simply changed his sex and started another life.
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Coincidentally, DoorFrame’s uncle was the first person to put that rumor in print.
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jbg. Reply:
July 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
that’s something of a strategic change in direction, isn’t it?
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Troeltsch Reply:
July 27th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Grr. This is what happens when other people use my computer. That was my comment, not jbg’s.
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DoorFrame Reply:
July 27th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I’m thinking of turning off the “reply to just this comment” feature. I think it makes things harder to read.
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Mother Reply:
July 27th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I can’t see that it’s really necessary to have that feature.
And what do you mean, Troeltsch, by a strategic change of direction? I wasn’t trying to change the course of the discussion for any reason. I just threw that in for no particular reason.
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
He doesn’t necessarily know who you’re talking about. I made it clearer.
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
oops, right.
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I found this one: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/images/5220.jpg
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July 27th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
and this: http://www.bopped.com/copyright/bopped_Beatles_James_Paul_McCartney_1964_bigger_picture.jpg
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July 27th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
That second one has potential. When I have some time, I’ll see what I can do with it.
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July 27th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I meant RumorsDaily’s uncle starting that nickname was a strategic change of direction for him (business-wise). Though on second thought I realize I don’t actually know what I’m talking about. Sorry for the confusion.
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Mother Reply:
July 28th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Ha. Let’s start again.
RumorsDaily has more than one uncle. :-) I was referring to the uncle who was my brother who was the first journalist to print the rumor that Paul was dead.
I was unclear. I tend to make the mistake of thinking that people understand what I am talking about without giving enough detail. I’ll try and be more specific from now on.
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Troeltsch Reply:
July 28th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Sounds good. This is indeed an interesting family, the less explicitly discussed in a public medium where crazies can jump in and cause mayhem the better.
Now about those plastic bag-loving community groups trying to block light rail…
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July 27th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Wrong uncle.
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July 27th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
like i said, i should keep my mouth shut when i don’t know about something.
Plastic Bags are bad! Neighborhood associations are bad!
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October 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Bullshit idiots
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November 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Young Paul McCartney is prettier than Ann Dunham.
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November 3rd, 2008 at 11:13 am
Bullshit idiots is vague. I don’t know whether to be insulted or not.
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November 8th, 2008 at 11:47 am
thats not very nice for Paul !
anyway … peace & love
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November 8th, 2008 at 11:50 am
she is so ugly and paul was so sexy .
i don’t any thing bitwen them dum hed !!!!
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January 20th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
this is so weird.do you think that barack obama’s mom.but it’s also pretty neat.
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January 20th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
i agree with lina because paul is so cute and she is so not!!!!
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January 20th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
SHE DOES BEAR A RESEMBLANCE. IS SHE A DESCENDANT FROM IRELAND? PAUL McCARTNEY’S PARENTS WERE IRISH IMMIGRANTS TO LIVERPOOL ENGLAND. LIVERPOOL HAS THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF IRISH CATHOLIC IMMIGRANTS AND OF CATHOLICS IN ALL OF MERRY OLDE ENGLAND.
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. PAUL’S ALWAYS BEEN CUTE, EVEN NOW. BARACK IS GOOD LOOKING HIMSELF. BUILT LIKE A MARATHON RUNNER…
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April 10th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
PAUL IS SOOO SEXY AND SHE IS A BUTT UGLY! I DON NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THEM MORON! THT IS NOT VERY NICE TO SAY ABOUT PAUL!!!!!
peace man
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George Reply:
December 27th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
you go! There is NO RESEMBLANCE between them!
people can look like other people! my friends say i look like Paul with mmy boy cute hair and sound like him! But i say know one can look or sound like Paulie!
the person who did this needs to take it off if Macca sees this i bet he’ll get his feelings hurt!
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April 10th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
It’s nice to know your blog is read on Xenon.
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June 16th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
I definitely see the resemblance. And, I happen to think that she is very pretty, despite some of the nasty comments here. I honestly do not understand how some people, saying peace or peace and love at the end of their posts, are causing such pain with their words, saying that she is so ugly. If you have nothing good to say, don’t say it. Just say you don’t see the resemblance. Honestly…
Peace.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/B72916~Paul-McCartney-Linda-McCartney-Posters.jpg
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlLA/original/James_Paul_McCartney-small-.jpg
http://www.gibson.com/absolutenm/articlefiles/89-Paulb&w.jpg
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November 6th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Damn! Look at this pic of Macca: http://100grana.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/1053.jpg
So goddamn identical! I’m frightned.
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December 27th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
THAT IS NOT PAUL!! PAUL IS STILL ALIVE!! He aint dead! People can look like athers! People say i sound and look like Paul McCartney!
UG PLZ!!!
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January 7th, 2010 at 2:37 am
You guys are honestly being ridiculious.
Of course, there is a resemblence… Like how there is similarities between so many non-connected, random people in this world.
You’re all complete and utter idiots if you believe that this is Paul McCartney.
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January 7th, 2010 at 2:41 am
… Though, irrespective of my previous post, let me be a little liberal and encouraging to you people.
Imagine if the Metre Maid was actually paul… And he was actually spending his nights as a trassexual, who quote, “Looked a little like a man”(-Lovely Rita)
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