Posted on 03/29/2007 6:50:58 AM PDT by meg88
Im guessing there's a little sarcasm there. Looks like "beeb" is just as inaccurate as Sun-Times
"Quick!
All of the white relatives into the closet!"
Well, if THAT isn't racism, what it?
The downside is that he's a sneak and a liar.
That wasn't my question...my question was what is the downside for HIS CAMPAIGN for this information to become public.
hmmmm..
So the mother abandons Barry for some stint in Indonesia and the father takes off for Harvard.
I can say I'm not going to vote for him, but for him not to be 100% really screwed up, getting a decent education, becoming a US Senator, you can give him some credit.
But it does explain the cocaine thing.
Believe it or not, it really does. I read a very long article about this not long ago (I wish I'd saved the link, but I didn't), and how it's indicative of the complete 180 in the black community from the 1960s when they were ecstatic to have anyone even a "little bit black" (remember the old "one drop" rule?) involved in mainstream politics.
Apparently it's not so much a physical issue of "not enough black blood" as it is an issue of Obama not acting "black enough". A lot of black people seem to think he's some sort of "sellout to the white man" ... not quite an Uncle Tom, but just Too Damn White in his speech, mannerisms, dress, etc. And on top of that, a lot of black people, particularly in urban areas, despise that he's worked his way up in the political scene the "white way" (that is, starting out at the bottom and then seeking higher office the way everyone does in politics) instead of the "activist" way like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, etc.
It's bizarre to think about, but it's very real. And I can't figure out how this stance can possibly help the black community whether Obama eventually wins or not.
How is calling her his grandmother inaccurate? I thought you were talking about the name. Why would a "step grandmother" not be a "real grandmother?" Is a step father not a real father?
I think it's because he's "playing black."
Maybe his thinking is this: Racists (and there are plenty of those--and they vote!) on either side of any perceived "color line" would not like him for any "impurities."
It's all just silly to thinking folks--but not all voters are thinking folks.
OR maybe he's just racist and hates his white ancestry.
You have never followed Presidential campaigns before have you? or the press in general? That's how they act. His point was that they are remarkably subdued in this case.
The article doesn't do a very good job of proving its premise.
I see no facts to prove that Grandma is anything but complacent. Maybe she doesn't want to have anything to do with politics?
I call them as I see them and this article is garbage with an unproven premise as laughable as an equivalent left-wing hit job.
Show me at least a smidgeon of proof.
In know way do I agree with his politics but at one time I would have at least given him the benefit of a doubt for being a nice guy. Now, I just think he's a bastard, provided this article remains true and Madelyn Dunham is kept in the shadows.
"Why would a "step grandmother" not be a "real grandmother?""
Please tell me you're kidding me. In Obama's case, the "step grandmother" becomes the "real grandmother" when he's followed across the planet with a gaggle of photographers. This may not shock or offend you, but this is a pretty sad statement on his character.
AND
Not the way this (or other articles) was written, not for the casual news reader. Everyone would assume that she (the Kenyan one) is the real grandmother.
I never saw John Edwards' mom.
How would you even know if the newsmedia was trying to contact her? Maybe every newspaper on earth has called her and she politely declines 99% of them? She did speak to a local newspaper in Hawaii, its not as if no one ever contacted her for an interview.
I find that an alarming article. It reminds me of why our founding fathers wrote the requirement to be born in this country for presidents. Yes, Obama was born here, but his relatives certainly want him to use his political positions to help their country.
Now I ask you: Would that be a great t-shirt or what? :o)
Dont give Hillary2008 any ideas!
This is silly. A grandmother is a grandmother, they don't have to be your biological grandmother. They could be married to your grandfather or they could be the mother of your stepfather or they could have adopted your father but the maternal figure of one of your parents is your grandmother.
I'd hate to think what title we'd be trying to insist she be called by if she had adopted his father. "The adoptive mother of Sen. Obama's biological father.." is quite a mouthful.
Amazingly...she's black.
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