UMongameli Obama etyelele isikolo sakhe esiphakamileyo eHawaii ngo-2008. (Ifoto: Getty) Ngale ntsasa, iBuzzfeed ipapashiwe Izicatshulwa ezivela kuDave Maraniss ’ngobomi obuzayo bukaBarack Obama ezo nkcukacha zokusebenzisa kukaMongameli intsangu kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye neminyaka yakhe e-Occidental College. Umnumzana Maraniss uveze amanye amagama aqhelekileyo eendawo zembiza eHawaii, isitsotsi sokhula esiqeshwe nguMongameli u-Obama kunye nabahlobo bakhe kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo i-Punahou kunye nesandi sabo sokutshaya abakukhethayo (iBlue Oyster Cult, uStevie Wonder kunye neAerosmith).
Nangona izicatshulwa ezivela kwincwadi kaMnu Maraniss ziye zavelisa uchulumanco olukhulu Phakathi kweeklasi zokuncokola, umongameli uvumile ukuba ulutsha lusebenzise iziyobisi iminyaka ngoku kwaye, kwixa elidlulileyo, abo babekade befunda nabo bayichaza njengenxalenye encinci yobomi bakhe.
Kwimemori yakhe ka-1995, Amaphupha kaBawo wam , UMongameli u-Obama uvumile ukutshaya imbiza kwaye ngamanye amaxesha esenza i-cocaine kwiintsuku zakhe ezincinci.
Junkie. Intloko yePotile. Kulapho bendiye khona: eyokugqibela, indima ebulalayo yendoda encinci enokuba ngumntu omnyama, Wabhala umongameli ekusebenziseni kwakhe iziyobisi.
Incwadi kaMnu Maraniss ichaza indlela uMongameli u-Obama abathathe inxaxheba ngayo kwiklasikhi yesikolo esiphakamileyo ebizwa ngokuba yi-choom gang kunye ne-choom yokuba yi-Hawaiian slang yokutshaya imbiza. Ikwaveza ukuba umongameli wanika i-choom gang ukuba ikhwaze kwincwadi yakhe yonyaka. Umanyano luka-Mongameli u-Obama kunye neqela lemigulukudu kuchazwe ngaphambili ngo-2007 ILos Angeles Times ibali. Eli bali likwachaze abahlobo bezikolo eziphakamileyo zikamongameli bephikisana ngeenkcukacha zesimemo sakhe.
Ngokufanayo, i INew York Times wapapasha ibali ekuqaleni kuka-2008 oko kubandakanya udliwanondlebe olungaphezulu kweshumi elinambini nabahlobo, abo afunda nabo kunye nabacebisi abavela kwisikolo sakhe samabanga aphakamileyo kunye ne-Occidental abathi bonke bangavumelani noluvo lweziyobisi badlala indima enkulu kubomi bukaMongameli Obama. UVinai Thummalapally, owayehlala naye ekholejini kwigumbi likaMongameli u-Obama ngoku ongummeli wase-US eBelize, uxelele Amaxesha Umongameli wayengasondelanga nokuba sisilwanyana sepati ngeentsuku zakhe zekholeji.
Ukuba umntu wayedlula kuye ngokudibeneyo, wayedla ngokurhuqa. Sasitshaya okanye sibe notywala obunye obongezelelekileyo, kodwa wayengayi kwenza kakhulu njengabanye abantu ekhampasini, utshilo uMnu Thummalapally.
USerge Kovaleski, Amaxesha Intatheli ebhale inqaku malunga nokusetyenziswa kweziyobisi kukamongameli ugqibezele eye kaMongameli u-Obama yokuba nokuba ngabahlobo baka Mongameli u-Obama babezama ukumkhusela okanye ukuba wayedlala ngokusebenzisa kwakhe iziyobisi kwimemo yakhe yeziphumo ezibi. Umnumzana uKovaleski uthe udliwanondlebe kunye nabahlobo bakamongameli bangabonisa ukuba wayeyimfihlo malunga nokusetyenziswa kwakhe kangangokuba bambalwa abantu ababekwazi oko, ukuba iinkumbulo zabo babemazi kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo ziyaxaka okanye ziba rosier ngaphandle komnqweno wokumkhusela, okanye ukuba wongeze ngokubhaliweyo kwimemo yakhe yokwenza imiceli mngeni ayoyisileyo ibonakale imangalisa ngakumbi.
Akukho mbuzo wokuba umongameli ngenene uzifake embizeni yokutshaya ngeentsuku zakhe zobuncinci. Inqaku lokuphinda ujonge la mabali akudala kukubonisa inyani yokusebenzisa kukaMongameli u-Obama iziyobisi sele kuhlolwe kakuhle. Kuba sonke besikhe saphantsi kwale ndlela ngaphambili kwaye iipolls ezintsha zibonisa uninzi olukhulayo lwabantu baseMelika Xhasa ukhula ngokusemthethweni , mhlawumbi ihlazo lokwenene lembiza kamongameli kufuneka ibe yiyo Ukuguqulwa kwesithembiso sakhe somkhankaso ka-2008 ukuvumela amazwe ukuba athathe isigqibo sokuba ayivumele intsangu kwezonyango endaweni yokubiza amayeza akhe ukubuyela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye nokuba uzisebenzisa kangakanani.
