How much do Americans really know about President Obama?

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I'd that you did not already know about the 44 president of the United States they are not alone -- the daily caller is Michelle fields took our cameras into the streets of New York City.

To see just how much the average American knows about the Obama autobiography and as you can imagine some of them well we're pretty surprised that what they hurt.

Take a look at this.

The controversial statements and president Obama's dreams from my father back.

No I haven't I told my friends carefully.

More politically active black students for the foreign students the chicanos.

The Marxist professors -- do you feel about that.

You concerning.

-- feel about the president hanging out with marxists when he was a young man.

I personally hung out with some bad people so I don't think it's about that a good thing as long as he's not with them tonight.

Wow I didn't know that I do not spectacular and do not agree that.

-- that's that's pretty deep there.

This makes sense and they don't like why hanging out what Marxist plus the points.

In his -- admits seeding Dodd and calls it quote tough.

And -- -- circumstances and -- was when he enjoyed this guy competes and Dalton.

Good night did you know that President Obama aides audiences that it's quote tough.

I didn't know that.

That's also extraordinary.

It's our fault but this is the America I mean -- -- is like -- over they'll look really good news is everything all over the place so that's that's.

I think political discussions we're kind of -- occidental that once seemed so intense and purposeful.

Came to take on the flavor of the socialist conferences are sometimes tended to Cooper Union.

And it's but -- also admits to attending socialist conferences when he was in college.

That's not a good thing it's high enough where we wanna be today.

As a reason behind that was a motivation behind that is -- interested in that does -- believe -- it does he embrace it.

-- of the greater questions right that sounds like.

-- -- -- Maybe not being truthful this is out.

This stuff coming out in the book.

I don't like that it's slipping back.

Wow okay I should read this but then I kept playing basketball attended classes sparingly and drank beer heavily and then -- drugs enthusiastically.

His book heroes that he would do quote a little blow when he could afford it outside fifth.

Sounds kind of weird to I don't know if -- -- to -- might you know lead the country making big decisions and I think that's okay Tim now.

I was hitting -- addicted that's amazing and anything that's horrible as well what do you think about the president and having done -- Stefano the American people on here that's pressure it's not leadership material by any means.

And college.

-- college.

He's not doing now -- probably.

I don't know why you're right thanks to this bush this -- it seemed like a disaster.

And pretty much sums it up Michelle -- from the daily caller is with us but first question.

Figure out in the streets in New York City did you meet one person.

That -- heard any of these things before.

One person had heard of him doing there on it -- and really no one even knew about but haven't had read the book.

-- people had never heard this stuff and some of them didn't even believe me by it and you can't really blame them because disinformation hasn't been out in the media.

They haven't heard about it in a lot of them are wondering.

How is it that -- -- and ran in 2008 to be the leader of the free world the free world and yet he attended socialist conferences here now with mark says I think there are just very people say that you that they say they won't do they would literally could see some of their faces they seem pretty shocked they weren't there's that they had never heard about this -- -- not front -- -- newspaper -- twice and that's on every single television you know in the -- -- is we started the beginning of this program -- that this is not the most and that's not the driving issue in the campaign with it's going to be the economy.

Foreign.

You know national security and and all these other issues but.

Would any Republican ever get away with saying all of these things about their background and not be.

Asked exhaustive.

Questions about these things I think the issue is why don't people.

About as we know all about Romney when he was in -- school -- and we know about Obama's tiny occidental his time as a community organizer of why don't people know at this information I think every morning.

I just have one question about the dog -- ask everybody here would you have preferred how many would prefer to be the dog Seamus that lived.

For the dog that was the anybody for the dog that was -- just -- all right.

Which is one of the more humorous things in the book and thank you Michelle feels for doing that now coming up next our studio --

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