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yeah, funny thing about that- she’d already been instructed not to speak to anyone until after the election…..Obama is a liar, nothing but a sleazy Chicago thug liar.
anniekc on November 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM
mmmkay, Barry. If you say it, it must be true, cuz you’ve said repeatedly you were your brother’s keeper and all.
hippie_chucker on November 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Well, I don’t have any contact with my sister, and she lives across the street. My family is a little odd, that way.
If my father had multiple wives in multiple countries, I won’t know anything about any of them either.
rockhauler on November 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Isn’t he basically waving his hand and saying take her away? He’s pretty cold.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:45 AM
How does an illegal alien get public subsidized housing?
Joek7132 on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
“This is not the woman he used to know.”
Mayhem on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Let’s see now:
He didn’t know Wright was a racist, Jew-hating, anti-American.
He didn’t know his real estate deal with Rezko was a scam
He didn’t know Ayers was an unrepentant terrorst.
And now he didn’t know his autie was here illegally.
There is one thing he does know: He’s going down on election day.
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Bet she’s registered to vote though.
Buzzy on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
A statement given to the AP by Obama’s campaign said, “Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed.”
Well if he is informed now, that “has” should be “had”. Let him return the donation. Oh wait, I forgot address verification has been turned off – they have no way of finding her now.
She attended Obama’s swearing-in to the U.S. Senate in 2004, but campaign officials said Obama provided no assistance in getting her a tourist visa and doesn’t know the details of her stay. The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.
This is the part I love. It’s cute, like when my youngest daughter has chocolate on her mouth but says she didn’t eat any Halloween candy.
I wonder what KP would say. He wants to be President and personally knows terrorists, foreign and domestic, racist preachers, is related to illegal aliens, attended a madrassah, recites the Koran, lived much of his childhood in Indonesia, was born somewhere??, etc. etc.
He’s just a regular Joe like me and you. What a guy.
Obama for President……….of Zimbabwe.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
rockhauler on November 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Yes but he stated in his book that he, as part of her family, is part of her security system. A little effort on his part would changed this woman’s world, be it a small stipend or a assistance as a U.S. senator to stay here. But either he couldn’t be bothered in the past and obviously can’t be bothered now. Is that alright with the mass throngs of people that worship him at his rallies? Just wondering.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Seriously? There’s still room under the bus?
Troika37 on November 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM
I believe him. Why would he know?
No get out the vote and whoop Obama’s rear-end!
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Obama on aunt: I didn’t know she was here illegally
What else don’t you know Barry?
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Answer this question: HOW did she get into public housing while having a standing deportation order?
SOMEONE told HUD to look the other way.
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
There goes ‘ol Aunti, right under the bus…
Wyznowski on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
But we are to vote for him because of his superior judgment. He was against the war, you know.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
How does an illegal alien get public subsidized housing?
Joek7132 on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
It’s not like she knows the Pres. of the US or anything.
It’s like I said the other day, this guy intervened on her behalf to get her INTO a slum.
I thought she was supposed to be his favorite aunt? How can he not know her status?
INC on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Isn’t he basically waving his hand and saying take her away? He’s pretty cold.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:45 AM
He thinks it’s okay to let babies die gasping out their last breaths following botched abortions without mandatory medical treatment.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
He was against the war, you know.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Not so much against, as just unaware of it.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
One, I would have to believe someone with immigration problems would not ask their multimillionaire attorney US senator nephew for advice.
Two, I would have to believe that Obama was not curious why his destitute aunt who arrived on a tourist visa was still here and living in public housing.
Three, I would have to believe that Obama, a multimillionaire, attorney, and US Senator did not ask his aunt if she was here illegally and if he could help her with her immigration problems. Oh wait… that’s believable because the Obama’s are the most selfish, self-centered, whiny, people around and would never give the time or money to help anyone.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
He thinks it’s okay to let babies die gasping out their last breaths following botched abortions without mandatory medical treatment.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
There you go again. He doesn’t think it’s ok, he just wasn’t aware of it.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Further..
and believes the appropriate laws should be followed.
Obama wants to deport an elderly, disabled, poverty-stricken woman!
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
I thought she was supposed to be his favorite aunt? How can he not know her status?
INC on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Again? He didn’t know, or not know. He just wasn’t aware.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Obama wants to deport an elderly, disabled, poverty-stricken woman!
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
It’s his white half doing that to a 100% African woman.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:55 AM
How does an illegal alien get public subsidized housing?
Joek7132 on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Probably the same way they do in LA: the housing officials are barred from asking immigration status. They estimate that 3/4 of subsidized housing in LA is occupied by illegal immigrants who have no right to it. Now the loser mayor wants the taxpayers to ponied up billions for additional low cost housing.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM
She attended Obama’s swearing-in to the U.S. Senate in 2004, but campaign officials said Obama provided no assistance in getting her a tourist visa and doesn’t know the details of her stay. The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.
Something tells me that this is another web of lies. Next we’ll hear how she is not an advisor to his campaign.
How is it that she can afford to fly back and forth to Kenya, but lives in public housing? Oh wait! Maybe I just answered my own question. If the taxpayers subsidize your rent, you can afford to fly back and forth to Africa.
What does this say about his campaign financing, though?
Here’s someone his campaign knew was an immigrant, and most likely not a green card holder. It isn’t someone that was a mystery to them. Did they return the money?
Do they do anything to check their donors?
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM
I believe him. Why would he know?
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I think its a fairy save bet that aunt Zeituni would appeal to her politically powerful nephew on the matter.
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM
I liked this from earlier AP story, via Breitbart, initially noting her illegal status”
“Information about the deportation case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one of them a federal law enforcment official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release.”
Eileen Sullivan and Elliot Spagat can’t resist their BDS impulses.
Dusty on November 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I think he must have known she was here illegally, btw, or she would have been at local Boston events on the campaign trail.
He’s talked enough about the goatherder from Kenya that a family member would have been a sweet touch on the stage.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Obama wants to deport an elderly, disabled, poverty-stricken woman!
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
You talk to the majority of illegal immigrants and they will tell you that they prefer to live in their own country but because of economic conditions will not return. Considering how cheap it is to live in Kenya and how much money the Obamas have, how come they can’t afford to buy/rent her a decent and safe place to live in Kenya? Oh, wait… they are the Obamas – the cheapest and most selfish people around.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Okay, maybe Maxx, but unless we can prove it I say hit him on redistribution.
The video Ed has up in the “Selfishness 101″ post is powerful. I wish that was a TV ad.
What else does Obama not know and when does he plan on knowing it?
Guardian on November 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
I think he must have known she was here illegally, btw, or she would have been at local Boston events on the campaign trail.
He’s talked enough about the goatherder from Kenya that a family member would have been a sweet touch on the stage.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
That’s a good point. And she did (illegally) donate $260 saved from her (ill gotten) welfare benefits to his campaign, so why wouldn’t she also support him with a personal appearance?
However, I still say unless we can prove it, hit him on redistribution, plus his associations.
Aaaahhhh. I missed the carefully parsed nuance of the politician.
INC on November 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Comedian Dennis Miller had a great line back when Hillary’sfictional auto-biography came out. He said that when he got to the chapter where she claimed she had no idea that Bill was cheating on her, all he could think was, “Well, then you’re too STUPID to be my president.”
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For anyone who is inclined to give Obama the benefit of the doubt on all his claims of not knowing (Wright, Ayers, beloved Aunt so & so, etc), fine. He’s not so much a liar, he’s just dumber than my pet rock. EITHER WAY, HE’S NOT FIT TO LEAD.
NightmareOnKStreet on November 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Hey, America, we don’t have any idea who this man, BO, is! Where is his hometown? Where is his family? Who the hell is this guy?
d1carter on November 1, 2008 at 12:06 PM
He’s a creep.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM
He’s a creep.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Bet if you put that on a bumper sticker, people would know who you’re referring to
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Obama doesn’t know a lot of things. The village idiot.
jencab on November 1, 2008 at 12:10 PM
However, I still say unless we can prove it, hit him on redistribution, plus his associations.
Yeah, I don’t know that I want to ‘hit him’ on her. I do think it’s an interesting study on how he can turn people on and off.
Ayers and Khalidi were friends and then they were just guys in the neighborhood with whom he does not agree.
Wright became an embarrassment.
Pfleger said something apparently unsurprising at a surprising time, and Obama barely knew him anymore.
Rezko was possibly his best friend(?) We don’t know. He lured him to Chicago, sent work his way, fundraised for Obama, they dined as couples, and Rezko was the first to tour Obama’s potential home. Yet Obama barely knew Rezko, and it was boneheaded to call him about the house.
The aunt went to his Senate swearing-in just 3 years ago. He’s visited her, she’s visited him. Yet for this election, she didn’t even exist.
The man can cut people out of his life like nobody else, when it is convenient for him. Imagine him in charge of our whole country if we become inconvenient for him.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Will they deport her when they deport Obama?
TheSitRep on November 1, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Good one TheSitRep, LMAO!
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Besides losing the election, the Dems must be soiling themselves for all the trouble they’re going to find themselves in when the investigations start. (Fannie/Freddie, ACORN, DNC/FEC not vetting Obama’s eligibility, probes into Dem donors Soros’ Slush Fund, disappearences of Biden & Richardson, etc)
NightmareOnKStreet on November 1, 2008 at 12:14 PM
“The man can cut people out of his life like nobody else, when it is convenient for him. Imagine him in charge of our whole country if we become inconvenient for him.”
I agree with your line of thinking. He’s a dangerous man. I used to think he was a nice guy and told people such. But I can change my mind when I’m wrong.
He didn’t know Wright was a racist, Jew-hating, anti-American.
He didn’t know his real estate deal with Rezko was a scam
He didn’t know Ayers was an unrepentant terrorst.
And now he didn’t know his autie was here illegally.
There is one thing he does know: He’s going down on election day.
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this season, it’s that he pays people–and pays them well–to know stuff. Ohio and Helen Jones-Kelley is but one example. They are mobilized and they have people everywhere. And why in the Sam Hill did it take a BRITISH JOURNALIST to find this?
hoosiermama on November 1, 2008 at 12:25 PM
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Have you seen the latest on the Obama-Rezco land deal? It has to do with a restricted covenant…
As this election has gone on, I have moved from thinking that this was a callow inexperience young man with illusions of grandeur to really mean narcissistic ass.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I knew she was destitute and starving to death, but I didn’t know she was here illegally.
As this election has gone on, I have moved from thinking that this was a callow inexperienced young man with illusions of grandeur to really mean narcissistic ass.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:29 PM
To put it mildly, CM. If he wins, I expect we’ll have a government of ruthless and intolerant socialist thugs.
Remember, the Obama campaign found distant white homestead for a “family day” photo-op in Indiana.
To me, it isn’t so much that he knew or didn’t know she was here illegally (although I think he must have). It’s that he knew she was here and he cut her out. She was good enough to be part of the Senate celebration, but not the Presidential campaign.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Have you seen the latest on the Obama-Rezco land deal? It has to do with a restricted covenant…
Buy Danish on November 1, 2008 at 12:27 PM
For some reason my eyes glaze over when reading about the property deal. Is there any reason to suspect that Rezco’s information that he’s revealing now to the Feds could result in Obama being charged with a crime?
i.e. how serious is this?
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Hello? Do some of you moles even bother to actually read the f’ing articles? Of coarse he knew where she was. She F’ing told him:
She attended Obama’s swearing-in to the U.S. Senate in 2004…The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.
Okay, maybe Maxx, but unless we can prove it I say hit him on redistribution.
The video Ed has up in the “Selfishness 101″ post is powerful. I wish that was a TV ad.
No scary music, nuttin. Just that message.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM
There is plenty of time to hit Obama on everything, aunt Zeituni included. Lets not forget that Obama is asking the American people to make him the Chief law enforcement official of the nation. Why has he allowed aunt Zeituni to live here in opposition to the laws for so many years? Does Obama have no respect for the law? What if this would have been McCain’s aunt, would the media be as dismissive?
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Let’s see now:
He didn’t know Wright was a racist, Jew-hating, anti-American.
He didn’t know his real estate deal with Rezko was a scam
He didn’t know Ayers was an unrepentant terrorst.
And now he didn’t know his autie was here illegally.
There is one thing he does know: He’s going down on election day.
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Just what we need a green behind the ears president who doesn’t know jacksh*t. He is a lying jerk.
la.rt.wngr on November 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM
And we expected something different from Barak (Sgt. Shultz) Obama. “I know nothink, I know nothink”!
Helloyawl on November 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM
As this election has gone on, I have moved from thinking that this was a callow inexperienced young man with illusions of grandeur to really mean narcissistic ass.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Same here. Politics asise, I initially thought he wasn’t ready to be President.
Turns out he is. He has all the background, schooling, and mentoring necessary to impose socialism, racial discord, and redistribution of income. He’s as ready as he’ll ever be. That’s why it’s so important he’s denied the chance now.
He’ll get less potent with age, not more. That at least, is a blessing.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Ah, yes, the plea of ignorance. When do we get the O-bligatory Renouncement?
That’s where Obama needs to go, he could see firsthand the results of “spreading the wealth around” and I’m sure Bobbie Mugabe could give him a few more pointers.
Bobbie Mugabe took the bread basket of Africa and turned it into a hell-hole, surely Obama is anxious to see how that’s done.
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Clearly, we could fill Rev. Wright’s mansion with the stuff Obama doesn’t know.
mjk on November 1, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Every known associate, mentor, or relative of Obama is either hiding, missing, under investigation, or in prison.
faraway on November 1, 2008 at 1:03 PM
He didn’t know Wright was a racist, Jew-hating, anti-American.
He didn’t know his real estate deal with Rezko was a scam
He didn’t know Ayers was an unrepentant terrorst.
And now he didn’t know his autie was here illegally.
There is one thing he does know: He’s going down on election day.
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
The real danger to us is that he did know, and his trained dogs in the MSM covered up for him, accepting his lies as truth.
Osama Obama must be defeated on Tuesday. In fact, for the security of our nation his political philosophy and arrogance must be crushed at the polls.
The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston
That would be two years after her asylum request was denied, and she was already an illegal alien.
Vashta.Nerada on November 1, 2008 at 1:16 PM
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The man can cut people out of his life like nobody else, when it is convenient for him. Imagine him in charge of our whole country if we become inconvenient for him.”
Remember this story?? Here’s Obama’s old best friend Keith Kakugawa that actually did contact Obama asking for help!
Obama said that was what social services are for!! Can’t say you didn’t know about this old friend, Obama!!! http://wonkette.com/246583/obama-wont-buy-hobo-buddy-a-sammich
Kakugawa is one of the most compelling characters in Obama’s best-selling memoir of his struggle with his racial identity. In “Dreams From My Father,” Obama described Kakugawa, — half-black and half-Japanese and native Hawaiian — as an older-brother figure to Obama at their exclusive, mostly white Honolulu high school.
A campaign spokesman confirms the two men talked, adding, “It was a nice conversation between folks that knew each other a long time ago.”
The advisers suggested Kakugawa get help from social-service agencies, and that the Obama office would help with that. But he would not get money.
The exchange left Kakugawa upset. “Everybody’s just abandoned me,” he says.
An older- “brother figure.” The hypnotic toad is not his brother’s keeper.
I mean, there’s a pervasive sense, I think, that this country, as wealthy and powerful as we are, still don’t spend enough time thinking about the least of these.
Obama obviously has spent little time thinking about what he personally can do for the least of these.
INC on November 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Yes but he stated in his book that he, as part of her family, is part of her security system. A little effort on his part would changed this woman’s world, be it a small stipend or a assistance as a U.S. senator to stay here. But either he couldn’t be bothered in the past and obviously can’t be bothered now. Is that alright with the mass throngs of people that worship him at his rallies? Just wondering.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
it’s breathtaking how cold the guy is
funky chicken on November 1, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Is there anything Obama should know that he won’t deny knowing if he feels it’s in his best interest, politically?
“Wright, Pfleger, Ayers & Dohrn, Rezko, Khalidi, my own aunt. Never heard of any of ‘em. Would you like half of my peanut butter sandwich?”
(Press swoons) “He’s so changey!”
Wingo on November 1, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I’d be curious to know whether, relative to her various immigration filings and hearings, she was represented by an attorney. And who that attorney was.
Obama was probably too smart to hook her up with someone who could be linked to him (an old Harvard pal, say) but you never know.
Infidoll on November 1, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Who told her not to talk to the media until after election day?
I don’t believe for one minute that he “didn’t know”. And listen up, lefties – if he won’t help his own aunt, why on earth would he “help” you?
capitalist piglet on November 1, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Does anyone else find it just a little bit odd that he took off for Hawaii to see his “gravely ill” grandmother, and once he left, no one in the press was the slightest bit interested in the story? No one seemed to want to know the status of her condition, or anything.
How is she? Is she going to pass away, is she better…do we know anything about that?
capitalist piglet on November 1, 2008 at 2:05 PM
That whole Hawaii thing was a farce; it was meant to run out the clock AND to seal that birth certificate. I can’t even control how angry the press makes me in this election. Obama could have been shut down SO many times, but they just refused to report on it, thus ensuring themselves something to write about when he screws up everything he touches in the Whitehouse.
Uh, no I forgot, he’ll get the “Clinton” pass everytime he screws up
anniekc on November 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Do you honestly think HUD checks immigration status?! Come on, this is the same government that gave Mohammed Atta an entry visa after he attacked the WTC!
The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.
“Oh Auntie, did you resolve the immigration status flap? You do realize Auntie I am a US Senator and sworn to uphold the Constitution and people I serve.
Auntie I suggest you contact an immigration attorney and do the right thing, being an immigration fugitive is against the law…”
“Oh Auntie, did you resolve the immigration status flap? You do realize Auntie I am a US Senator and sworn to uphold the Constitution and people I serve.
Auntie I suggest you contact an immigration attorney and do the right thing, being an immigration fugitive is against the law…”
Naw, laws only apply to everyone else.
FireBlogger on November 1, 2008 at 2:46 PM
No dude, this crops up all the time with attys. He refers her to another atty he knows who will do it pro bono. You think some big firm is not going to do a favor for a US senator??? But, Obama is just too big of an ahole to do anything for anybody else.
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NoFanofLibs on November 1, 2008 at 11:40 AM
yeah, funny thing about that- she’d already been instructed not to speak to anyone until after the election…..Obama is a liar, nothing but a sleazy Chicago thug liar.
anniekc on November 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM
mmmkay, Barry. If you say it, it must be true, cuz you’ve said repeatedly you were your brother’s keeper and all.
hippie_chucker on November 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Well, I don’t have any contact with my sister, and she lives across the street. My family is a little odd, that way.
If my father had multiple wives in multiple countries, I won’t know anything about any of them either.
rockhauler on November 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Isn’t he basically waving his hand and saying take her away? He’s pretty cold.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:45 AM
How does an illegal alien get public subsidized housing?
Joek7132 on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
“This is not the woman he used to know.”
Mayhem on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Let’s see now:
He didn’t know Wright was a racist, Jew-hating, anti-American.
He didn’t know his real estate deal with Rezko was a scam
He didn’t know Ayers was an unrepentant terrorst.
And now he didn’t know his autie was here illegally.
There is one thing he does know: He’s going down on election day.
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Bet she’s registered to vote though.
Buzzy on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Well if he is informed now, that “has” should be “had”. Let him return the donation. Oh wait, I forgot address verification has been turned off – they have no way of finding her now.
Spirit of 1776 on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
This is the part I love. It’s cute, like when my youngest daughter has chocolate on her mouth but says she didn’t eat any Halloween candy.
I wonder what KP would say. He wants to be President and personally knows terrorists, foreign and domestic, racist preachers, is related to illegal aliens, attended a madrassah, recites the Koran, lived much of his childhood in Indonesia, was born somewhere??, etc. etc.
He’s just a regular Joe like me and you. What a guy.
Obama for President……….of Zimbabwe.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
rockhauler on November 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Yes but he stated in his book that he, as part of her family, is part of her security system. A little effort on his part would changed this woman’s world, be it a small stipend or a assistance as a U.S. senator to stay here. But either he couldn’t be bothered in the past and obviously can’t be bothered now. Is that alright with the mass throngs of people that worship him at his rallies? Just wondering.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Seriously? There’s still room under the bus?
Troika37 on November 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM
I believe him. Why would he know?
No get out the vote and whoop Obama’s rear-end!
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 11:51 AM
What else don’t you know Barry?
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Answer this question: HOW did she get into public housing while having a standing deportation order?
SOMEONE told HUD to look the other way.
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
There goes ‘ol Aunti, right under the bus…
Wyznowski on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
But we are to vote for him because of his superior judgment. He was against the war, you know.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
It’s not like she knows the Pres. of the US or anything.
It’s like I said the other day, this guy intervened on her behalf to get her INTO a slum.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Barack Obama: The I didn’t know politician:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fci6d7
gumble on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
Also…
Obligatory “This is not the Aunt I used to know.”
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
I thought she was supposed to be his favorite aunt? How can he not know her status?
INC on November 1, 2008 at 11:52 AM
He thinks it’s okay to let babies die gasping out their last breaths following botched abortions without mandatory medical treatment.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Not so much against, as just unaware of it.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
One, I would have to believe someone with immigration problems would not ask their multimillionaire attorney US senator nephew for advice.
Two, I would have to believe that Obama was not curious why his destitute aunt who arrived on a tourist visa was still here and living in public housing.
Three, I would have to believe that Obama, a multimillionaire, attorney, and US Senator did not ask his aunt if she was here illegally and if he could help her with her immigration problems. Oh wait… that’s believable because the Obama’s are the most selfish, self-centered, whiny, people around and would never give the time or money to help anyone.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
There you go again. He doesn’t think it’s ok, he just wasn’t aware of it.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Further..
Obama wants to deport an elderly, disabled, poverty-stricken woman!
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Again? He didn’t know, or not know. He just wasn’t aware.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
It’s his white half doing that to a 100% African woman.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Probably the same way they do in LA: the housing officials are barred from asking immigration status. They estimate that 3/4 of subsidized housing in LA is occupied by illegal immigrants who have no right to it. Now the loser mayor wants the taxpayers to ponied up billions for additional low cost housing.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Something tells me that this is another web of lies. Next we’ll hear how she is not an advisor to his campaign.
How is it that she can afford to fly back and forth to Kenya, but lives in public housing? Oh wait! Maybe I just answered my own question. If the taxpayers subsidize your rent, you can afford to fly back and forth to Africa.
Buy Danish on November 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM
What does this say about his campaign financing, though?
Here’s someone his campaign knew was an immigrant, and most likely not a green card holder. It isn’t someone that was a mystery to them. Did they return the money?
Do they do anything to check their donors?
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM
I think its a fairy save bet that aunt Zeituni would appeal to her politically powerful nephew on the matter.
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 11:57 AM
I liked this from earlier AP story, via Breitbart, initially noting her illegal status”
Eileen Sullivan and Elliot Spagat can’t resist their BDS impulses.
Dusty on November 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
I think he must have known she was here illegally, btw, or she would have been at local Boston events on the campaign trail.
He’s talked enough about the goatherder from Kenya that a family member would have been a sweet touch on the stage.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Obama wants to deport an elderly, disabled, poverty-stricken woman!
Enoxo on November 1, 2008 at 11:54 AM
You talk to the majority of illegal immigrants and they will tell you that they prefer to live in their own country but because of economic conditions will not return. Considering how cheap it is to live in Kenya and how much money the Obamas have, how come they can’t afford to buy/rent her a decent and safe place to live in Kenya? Oh, wait… they are the Obamas – the cheapest and most selfish people around.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Okay, maybe Maxx, but unless we can prove it I say hit him on redistribution.
The video Ed has up in the “Selfishness 101″ post is powerful. I wish that was a TV ad.
No scary music, nuttin. Just that message.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Will they deport her when they deport Obama?
TheSitRep on November 1, 2008 at 12:01 PM
What else does Obama not know and when does he plan on knowing it?
Guardian on November 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
That’s a good point. And she did (illegally) donate $260 saved from her (ill gotten) welfare benefits to his campaign, so why wouldn’t she also support him with a personal appearance?
However, I still say unless we can prove it, hit him on redistribution, plus his associations.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
I think there is a whole lot this boy don’t know.
TheSitRep on November 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Dumb. But har har. Obama’s an American citizen.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Aaaahhhh. I missed the carefully parsed nuance of the politician.
INC on November 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Comedian Dennis Miller had a great line back when Hillary’s fictional auto-biography came out. He said that when he got to the chapter where she claimed she had no idea that Bill was cheating on her, all he could think was, “Well, then you’re too STUPID to be my president.”
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For anyone who is inclined to give Obama the benefit of the doubt on all his claims of not knowing (Wright, Ayers, beloved Aunt so & so, etc), fine. He’s not so much a liar, he’s just dumber than my pet rock. EITHER WAY, HE’S NOT FIT TO LEAD.
NightmareOnKStreet on November 1, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Hey, America, we don’t have any idea who this man, BO, is! Where is his hometown? Where is his family? Who the hell is this guy?
d1carter on November 1, 2008 at 12:06 PM
He’s a creep.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Bet if you put that on a bumper sticker, people would know who you’re referring to
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Obama doesn’t know a lot of things. The village idiot.
jencab on November 1, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Yeah, I don’t know that I want to ‘hit him’ on her. I do think it’s an interesting study on how he can turn people on and off.
Ayers and Khalidi were friends and then they were just guys in the neighborhood with whom he does not agree.
Wright became an embarrassment.
Pfleger said something apparently unsurprising at a surprising time, and Obama barely knew him anymore.
Rezko was possibly his best friend(?) We don’t know. He lured him to Chicago, sent work his way, fundraised for Obama, they dined as couples, and Rezko was the first to tour Obama’s potential home. Yet Obama barely knew Rezko, and it was boneheaded to call him about the house.
The aunt went to his Senate swearing-in just 3 years ago. He’s visited her, she’s visited him. Yet for this election, she didn’t even exist.
The man can cut people out of his life like nobody else, when it is convenient for him. Imagine him in charge of our whole country if we become inconvenient for him.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 12:12 PM
Good one TheSitRep, LMAO!
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Besides losing the election, the Dems must be soiling themselves for all the trouble they’re going to find themselves in when the investigations start. (Fannie/Freddie, ACORN, DNC/FEC not vetting Obama’s eligibility, probes into
Dem donorsSoros’ Slush Fund, disappearences of Biden & Richardson, etc)NightmareOnKStreet on November 1, 2008 at 12:14 PM
I agree with your line of thinking. He’s a dangerous man. I used to think he was a nice guy and told people such. But I can change my mind when I’m wrong.
Christoph on November 1, 2008 at 12:15 PM
This is so over the top and so dangerous I hope they get their a$$es sued.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 12:25 PM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned this season, it’s that he pays people–and pays them well–to know stuff. Ohio and Helen Jones-Kelley is but one example. They are mobilized and they have people everywhere. And why in the Sam Hill did it take a BRITISH JOURNALIST to find this?
hoosiermama on November 1, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Have you seen the latest on the Obama-Rezco land deal? It has to do with a restricted covenant…
Buy Danish on November 1, 2008 at 12:27 PM
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:09 PM
As this election has gone on, I have moved from thinking that this was a callow inexperience young man with illusions of grandeur to really mean narcissistic ass.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I knew she was destitute and starving to death, butI didn’t know she was here illegally.petefrt on November 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Racccciiisssst!
carbon_footprint on November 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM
To put it mildly, CM. If he wins, I expect we’ll have a government of ruthless and intolerant socialist thugs.
petefrt on November 1, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Remember, the Obama campaign found distant white homestead for a “family day” photo-op in Indiana.
To me, it isn’t so much that he knew or didn’t know she was here illegally (although I think he must have). It’s that he knew she was here and he cut her out. She was good enough to be part of the Senate celebration, but not the Presidential campaign.
MayBee on November 1, 2008 at 12:37 PM
For some reason my eyes glaze over when reading about the property deal. Is there any reason to suspect that Rezco’s information that he’s revealing now to the Feds could result in Obama being charged with a crime?
i.e. how serious is this?
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Hello? Do some of you moles even bother to actually read the f’ing articles? Of coarse he knew where she was. She F’ing told him:
She attended Obama’s swearing-in to the U.S. Senate in 2004…The campaign said he last heard from her about two years ago when she called saying she was in Boston, but he did not see her there.
TheBigOldDog on November 1, 2008 at 12:40 PM
There is plenty of time to hit Obama on everything, aunt Zeituni included. Lets not forget that Obama is asking the American people to make him the Chief law enforcement official of the nation. Why has he allowed aunt Zeituni to live here in opposition to the laws for so many years? Does Obama have no respect for the law? What if this would have been McCain’s aunt, would the media be as dismissive?
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Let’s see now:
He didn’t know Wright was a racist, Jew-hating, anti-American.
He didn’t know his real estate deal with Rezko was a scam
He didn’t know Ayers was an unrepentant terrorst.
And now he didn’t know his autie was here illegally.
There is one thing he does know: He’s going down on election day.
ManlyRash on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Just what we need a green behind the ears president who doesn’t know jacksh*t. He is a lying jerk.
la.rt.wngr on November 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM
And we expected something different from Barak (Sgt. Shultz) Obama. “I know nothink, I know nothink”!
Helloyawl on November 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Same here. Politics asise, I initially thought he wasn’t ready to be President.
Turns out he is. He has all the background, schooling, and mentoring necessary to impose socialism, racial discord, and redistribution of income. He’s as ready as he’ll ever be. That’s why it’s so important he’s denied the chance now.
He’ll get less potent with age, not more. That at least, is a blessing.
JiangxiDad on November 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Ah, yes, the plea of ignorance. When do we get the O-bligatory Renouncement?
misslizzi on November 1, 2008 at 12:50 PM
All this slander that Obama doesn’t help his family must not stand. He has been more than generous with his family.
RushBaby on November 1, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Auntie is on Obama’s Ten Most Wanted List
What is this guy hiding?
faraway on November 1, 2008 at 12:54 PM
That’s where Obama needs to go, he could see firsthand the results of “spreading the wealth around” and I’m sure Bobbie Mugabe could give him a few more pointers.
Bobbie Mugabe took the bread basket of Africa and turned it into a hell-hole, surely Obama is anxious to see how that’s done.
Maxx on November 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Clearly, we could fill Rev. Wright’s mansion with the stuff Obama doesn’t know.
mjk on November 1, 2008 at 1:02 PM
faraway on November 1, 2008 at 1:03 PM
The real danger to us is that he did know, and his trained dogs in the MSM covered up for him, accepting his lies as truth.
Osama Obama must be defeated on Tuesday. In fact, for the security of our nation his political philosophy and arrogance must be crushed at the polls.
Never again!
MrScribbler on November 1, 2008 at 1:06 PM
That would be two years after her asylum request was denied, and she was already an illegal alien.
Vashta.Nerada on November 1, 2008 at 1:16 PM
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Remember this story?? Here’s Obama’s old best friend Keith Kakugawa that actually did contact Obama asking for help!
Obama said that was what social services are for!! Can’t say you didn’t know about this old friend, Obama!!!
http://wonkette.com/246583/obama-wont-buy-hobo-buddy-a-sammich
JellyToast on November 1, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Here’s another link to his old buddy.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=94633&d=6&m=4&y=2007
some excerpts:
An older- “brother figure.” The hypnotic toad is not his brother’s keeper.
JellyToast on November 1, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Let me pull up Obama’s words from the Saddleback Forum:
Q: The greatest moral failure of America
Obama obviously has spent little time thinking about what he personally can do for the least of these.
INC on November 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM
it’s breathtaking how cold the guy is
funky chicken on November 1, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Is there anything Obama should know that he won’t deny knowing if he feels it’s in his best interest, politically?
“Wright, Pfleger, Ayers & Dohrn, Rezko, Khalidi, my own aunt. Never heard of any of ‘em. Would you like half of my peanut butter sandwich?”
(Press swoons) “He’s so changey!”
Wingo on November 1, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I’d be curious to know whether, relative to her various immigration filings and hearings, she was represented by an attorney. And who that attorney was.
Obama was probably too smart to hook her up with someone who could be linked to him (an old Harvard pal, say) but you never know.
Infidoll on November 1, 2008 at 1:54 PM
Who told her not to talk to the media until after election day?
I don’t believe for one minute that he “didn’t know”. And listen up, lefties – if he won’t help his own aunt, why on earth would he “help” you?
capitalist piglet on November 1, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Does anyone else find it just a little bit odd that he took off for Hawaii to see his “gravely ill” grandmother, and once he left, no one in the press was the slightest bit interested in the story? No one seemed to want to know the status of her condition, or anything.
How is she? Is she going to pass away, is she better…do we know anything about that?
capitalist piglet on November 1, 2008 at 2:05 PM
That whole Hawaii thing was a farce; it was meant to run out the clock AND to seal that birth certificate. I can’t even control how angry the press makes me in this election. Obama could have been shut down SO many times, but they just refused to report on it, thus ensuring themselves something to write about when he screws up everything he touches in the Whitehouse.
Uh, no I forgot, he’ll get the “Clinton” pass everytime he screws up
anniekc on November 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Do you honestly think HUD checks immigration status?! Come on, this is the same government that gave Mohammed Atta an entry visa after he attacked the WTC!
PattyJ on November 1, 2008 at 2:24 PM
“Oh Auntie, did you resolve the immigration status flap? You do realize Auntie I am a US Senator and sworn to uphold the Constitution and people I serve.
Auntie I suggest you contact an immigration attorney and do the right thing, being an immigration fugitive is against the law…”
Naw, laws only apply to everyone else.
FireBlogger on November 1, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Lie detectors vomit when Obama speaks.
profitsbeard on November 1, 2008 at 3:52 PM
No dude, this crops up all the time with attys. He refers her to another atty he knows who will do it pro bono. You think some big firm is not going to do a favor for a US senator??? But, Obama is just too big of an ahole to do anything for anybody else.
Blake on November 1, 2008 at 3:58 PM