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A child's name

Curious -- by itself, nothing but added up with all the other information, this is a strong corroboration. From The Reaganite Republican:

Youngest Obama Daughter's Real Name NOT 'Sasha', but Soviet/Russian 'Natasha'...

It was once not uncommon in 'captive' communist satellite nations (subjugated to the USSR) to give your child a Russian name, mostly to show support for the Soviet system and provide them a leg-up in the commie world. But how many (esp black) Americans do YOU know with a Russian first name?

How amusing it is then that the Obamas' last federal tax return revealed a fact not publicly known- that 'Sasha's actual legal name is 'Natasha', a diminutive form of 'Natalia' which means 'birthday' or 'Christmas' in the language of the USSR. And something tells me it wasn't just because it sounded pretty.

Of course it's a family tradition with Obama- after all, his parents met in Russian language class at the University of Hawaii. And WHAT kind of people took Russian in America in 1961...? Outside of CIA spooks, Lee Harvey Oswald comes to mind...

Like I said, curious... Posted by DaveH at December 16, 2013 10:12 PM