Obama's illegal aunt

[Anonymous]

I wonder if the illegal immigrant aunt living in public housing -- wait - goes back and forth to Kenya - so we subsidoze her home here-- will go to the inauguration.. Maybe she can live in the White House and help with the kids or be on the payroll. How many AA could have used that public housing?

[Anonymous]

pp, what did you mean by "AA"?

[Anonymous]

The major political question about this appears to me to be how this information got leaked. Somebody in the government used his or her position to give confidential information to the press for the purpose of embarrassing a political candidate. Why something about the half-sister of the father he saw once or twice should embarrass him, I am unsure, but that does not alleviate the leaker's guilt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:haha, now I guess his campaign will return the $265 to her.

That slays me

It makes you wonder how many other shady sources he accepted campaign $$ from.

Aren't his campaign folks suppose to check out the sources of the money before cashing checks? He should've played it clean and stuck with the public campaign financing like he said he would in the very beginning.

$265 sounds like a total of various smaller contributions. To have someone on staff to check the citizenship of everyone who gives a $50 or $25 contribution strikes me as absolutely unreasonable. But I suppose that if you're in the mood for nit-picking you grab whatever nit suits your wit.

His illegal immigrant aunt lives in public housing in South Boston. Public housing should be for citizens. Have to draw the line somewhere.

Unless you are a Boston resident, you don't get to draw the line. Bostonians do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:haha, now I guess his campaign will return the $265 to her.

That slays me

It makes you wonder how many other shady sources he accepted campaign $$ from.

Aren't his campaign folks suppose to check out the sources of the money before cashing checks? He should've played it clean and stuck with the public campaign financing like he said he would in the very beginning.

McCain and Obama have both had to return similar percentages of donations, especially online ones.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Exactly, they all have skeletons, it's just that Obama's have not been dragged out into the open since he is a relatively new player on the political scene (compareed with John McCain's 20+ years of experience and public scrutiny). Areas of legitimate concern about Obama have not been fully examined or aired.

Unless the skeletons in Obama's closet include his being a 72 year old cancer survivor with a neophyte wingnut running mate, and having voted with Bush 95 percent of the time, I think we'll be in good hands.

If you're going to start looking at the extended families of candidates, we'll have to revisit Joe "911-I'm Stuck in Traffic" McCain. The disconnectness and craziness must run in the family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Exactly, they all have skeletons, it's just that Obama's have not been dragged out into the open since he is a relatively new player on the political scene (compareed with John McCain's 20+ years of experience and public scrutiny). Areas of legitimate concern about Obama have not been fully examined or aired.

Unless the skeletons in Obama's closet include his being a 72 year old cancer survivor with a neophyte wingnut running mate, and having voted with Bush 95 percent of the time, I think we'll be in good hands.

If you're going to start looking at the extended families of candidates, we'll have to revisit Joe "911-I'm Stuck in Traffic" McCain. The disconnectness and craziness must run in the family.

I don't know , that behavior does not strike me as disconnected or "crazy" (as you so incorrectly put it!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Exactly, they all have skeletons, it's just that Obama's have not been dragged out into the open since he is a relatively new player on the political scene (compareed with John McCain's 20+ years of experience and public scrutiny). Areas of legitimate concern about Obama have not been fully examined or aired.

Unless the skeletons in Obama's closet include his being a 72 year old cancer survivor with a neophyte wingnut running mate, and having voted with Bush 95 percent of the time, I think we'll be in good hands.

If you're going to start looking at the extended families of candidates, we'll have to revisit Joe "911-I'm Stuck in Traffic" McCain. The disconnectness and craziness must run in the family.

I don't know , that behavior does not strike me as disconnected or "crazy" (as you so incorrectly put it!)

Who the hell of stable mind calls 911 to ask about a traffic report?

[Anonymous]

If you're going to start looking at the extended families of candidates, we'll have to revisit Joe "911-I'm Stuck in Traffic" McCain. The disconnectness and craziness must run in the family.


I don't know , that behavior does not strike me as disconnected or "crazy" (as you so incorrectly put it!)


I have to agree with the first poster -- calling 911 b/c you are stuck in traffic -- pretty crazy if you ask me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If you're going to start looking at the extended families of candidates, we'll have to revisit Joe "911-I'm Stuck in Traffic" McCain. The disconnectness and craziness must run in the family.


I don't know , that behavior does not strike me as disconnected or "crazy" (as you so incorrectly put it!)


I have to agree with the first poster -- calling 911 b/c you are stuck in traffic -- pretty crazy if you ask me!

I don't think it's crazy if you are calling to report an accident that is tying up traffic.

[Anonymous]

Being crazy is one thing, but being here ILLEGALLY, is another. I love how you're trying to bring up a character flaw and make it as bad as being here illegally.
The point is, HE KNEW ABOUT HER. and If he's going to say he didnt know, then why is he mad someone "leaked" the info?

[Anonymous]

AA = "African Americans"

[Anonymous]

jsteele-

do you have anything better to do than be a total liberal excuse for obama???

get a life.

I mean really-I could go back and look at every one of your response and pick so many holes in it....there isn't an analytic bone in your pathetic body.....

sorry you think the good old USA is so terrible-people like you should go experience real oppression

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele-

do you have anything better to do than be a total liberal excuse for obama???

get a life.

I mean really-I could go back and look at every one of your response and pick so many holes in it....there isn't an analytic bone in your pathetic body.....

sorry you think the good old USA is so terrible-people like you should go experience real oppression

You say you can pick holes in Jeff's arguments and that he lacks analytical skill, but your response is totally ad hominem, whereas he actually addresses issues.

[Anonymous]

really-addresses the issues????

all he does is make excuses for Obama-

how is that addressing the issues-he just flames people

ok-his aunt is here illegally-he's mad b/c it was leaked to the press

and all of you are making excuses......