Obama's Aunt - Illegal Alien

[smoothmoniker]

Originally Posted by Elspode

This is apparently the sister of the father that abandoned Obama and his mother?

Fucking Republican bullshit grasping at anything they can. Its embarassing. This couldn't possibly be more pointless.

Have you seen Republicans making any hay out of this? I haven't. The only mention of it that I've seen is from reporters, both those reporting the original event, and those reporting process stories about how they think this might or might not effect voters.

I'm prepared to be wrong, and if I am, then shame on the repubs for their stupidity, but I haven't seen this in any of the campaign communication, either speeches or ads. Have you?

[Cicero]

Oh I thought you said an illegal Allen. I was about to be pissed. F'ing Allens.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Fucking Republican bullshit grasping at anything they can. Its embarassing. This couldn't possibly be more pointless.

Actually it is embarassing that anyone would jump out and blame this on some Republickin conspiracy to screw with Obama. It had nothing to do with the repubs. But people have become so rabid in their interpretation of the news they automatically assume the worse and lay blame at the foot of those they oppose. In the end only embarassing themselves.

"The Democrat campaign has implied that the story might have come from Republican sources – “the American people are ... pretty suspicious of things that are dumped in the marketplace 72 hours before a campaign,” said Mr Obama’s chief strategist David Axelrod yesterday.

In fact, the story came from a book that has been read by millions, including just about everyone connected to the Obama campaign.

Dreams From My Father was first published in 1995, and the story of how Mr Obama returned to Kenya in 1988 to trace his roots has become the cornerstone of his political biography. Yet the US media appears to have overlooked the passage indicating that at least one relative of Mr Obama’s had moved to America and might still be there. "





http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5068613.ece

[glatt]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Actually it is embarassing that anyone would jump out and blame this on some Republickin conspiracy to screw with Obama.

Well of course it's going to be blamed on the Republicans. Just like it was blamed on the Democrats when some kooky lawyer in Maine spilled the beans about George Bush's DWI just before the election in 2000.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

Well of course it's going to be blamed on the Republicans. Just like it was blamed on the Democrats when some kooky lawyer in Maine spilled the beans about George Bush's DWI just before the election in 2000.

But the fact remains that the Republickins had nothing to do with it. It was investigative reporting from the Telegraph.

[Sundae]

Actually, wait, what?
I call shenanigans. All your press are up Obama's arse and are pinko liberal commies... what are they doing reporting this? Could it be that he planted the story himself? Did she send him one too many naff presents for Eid el-Fitr?