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Early Obama Humor Piece Revealed

Pen Name: Baroque Yo' Mama

Buzzfeed has discovered evidence of a young Obama's budding sense of humor. In 1990 the would-be future president penned a "Self-Tribute" in the Harvard Law Review's yearly parody about his first 100 days as head of the prestigious publication. Written under the pseudonym Baroque Yo' Mama, "Between Barack and a Hard Place," reads almost like a send-up of birthers. Obama claims to have been born in Oslo to a part-time ice fisherman, lists his age as merely "extraordinarily mature" and, ironically, claimed he was "not interested in politics."

Read it at BuzzFeed

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