AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally
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Wow, just wow...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D945TEE01&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.
Yet contributed to campain.. oh boy
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Onyango&fname=Zeituni&search=Search
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D945TEE01&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, The Associated Press has learned.
Yet contributed to campain.. oh boy
http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=Onyango&fname=Zeituni&search=Search
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What's a half Aunt? How is someone your half Aunt? I can't picture the family tree in my head. Also, is it saying she didn't break any laws?
Onyango's refusal to leave the country would represent an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law, meaning such cases are handled outside the criminal court system. Estimates vary, but many experts believe there are more than 10 million such immigrants in the United States......
Hardly earth shattering news :rolleyes:
I really can not understand how Obama got this far without major scrutiny of all of the things he's done and all of the associations he has that should raise a lot of concerns.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
oh wait...
:rolleyes:
I was speaking in generalities. I really think Obama has gotten far less scrutiny than other candidates do. And I'm talking both Dem and Republican. I'm not sure why, but I think if he'd gotten the same media scrutiny that we're used to with other candidates, he wouldn't have gotten nearly this far in the Presidential race.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
Are you kidding me?
Obama is then responsible for his half aunt???? How is his half aunt on his dad's side of the family who he doesnt really have a relationship with translate into Obama's behavior??? Give me a break! :rolleyes:
Palin is a disgrace, and there isn't anything scarier that Palin being so close to becoming President if that old man dies all of a sudden.
Please humor me and explain how this translates to Obama being corrupt....
oh yeah? like in print media?
http://www.journalism.org/node/13439
how about cable news?
http://www.journalism.org/node/13437
but to be fair, the networks have been "more balanced"
http://www.journalism.org/node/13438
even hard lefties have no real idea who Obama is and have admitted as much.
I'm sure that there would be more scrutiny of the democratic candidates if they were more available to take tough questions, but Obama hasn't had a presser in over a month (unless you count softballers like Maddow and Stewart of the daily show) and Biden is flat out under wraps.
While Obama's informercial war airing, McCain had an interview with Larry King on CNN. More Obama fluff.
Now THERE'S a tough interview.
True, but at least it wasn't an overproduced puff piece.
Digster is right in that McCain's campaign has not been run well. No disputing that. If it had, and if the media outside of Fox had any sense of fairness, this race would be over already.
Oh, come on, man. How can I take someone seriously who equates Fox with 'fairness?'
How'd he get his house for $200k less than what it was worth? Your side bashes McCain for buying 7 houses legally, but won't say a word about Obama getting a house for $200k less than it was worth, with the help of a CRIMINAL SLUMLORD.
Perfect example of the media going easy on Obama. Anyway, Obama made $4 million last year, and only gave $240,000 to charity. That would mean that he is stockpiling wealth just like McCain, except that he puts the money elsewhere than houses.
You think if McCain got a bargain on a house from an oil exec, that Olbermann and Maddow wouldn't be talking about it for weeks?
I've read it, thank you. And it backs me up; "in many ways, the data offer hard evidence to confirm the notion that, at least when it comes to politics, MSNBC is now a counterweight, or leftward leaning alternative, to the tone of coverage seen on another cable channel, Fox."
Anyone who thinks Fox is 'fair and balanced' is as out of their gourd as someone who thinks that MSNBC's main programs have no discernible liberal bias. So, yeah, I stand by what I said.
Hmmn....but it is working for the other side. You don't seem to mind that this time around. Kind of hypocritical.
You're right; you've got me. Although I do get pissed off about the shit that gets thrown at McCain, I get less pissed off when the shitty campaign tactics are used towards the candidate I do not support as opposed to the one I do. I am a hypocrite in that regard, as is everyone else here, including you.
Calling MSNBC a counterweight to right-leaning Fox is like calling a 380 pound man "pleasantly plump." (no offense to the gravity-challenged) Matthews, Maddow, and Olberman are not spin artists, they are liars. I did see one woman anchor last night on MSNBC who was pretty fair, though, which was good to see.
I think much of the "bias" from Fox comes from Hannity, whom I equally despise. I don't really love O'reilly either, but he has been VERY FAIR to the candidates as far as I can see.
My own mom was an immigrant to the US. My parents, US citizen father, and she met and married in a foreign country. He came back to the states to continue his military career. It is not clear to me exactly at what point it was that my mother actually became a US citizen, as they traveled the world extensively due to his career and spent more than a decade outside the US serving the US government. At some point, she became legal. Could she have spent some time as an "illegal"? I guess it's possible. I really don't know.
Whatever. To me, the whole thing seems like a big nothing. Is the aunt illegal? If so, let her deal with it. I'm sure Obama's not in charge of her. He said himself that whatever the laws are should be applied to her just like anyone else. Everyone has family members who do stupid things. I have some control over my immediate family members--no daughter of mine was underage, unmarried and pregnant--but I can't control what my relatives do. Neither can Obama.
If this aunt the best thing the Republicans have as an "October" surprise, no wonder Halloweens tend to be boring in their neighborhoods. Try again.
They don't lie, they cherry-pick, just like Hannity and O'Reilly (and the rest of Fox News...lol). They are the same. Stop kidding yourself.
Sorry about that, guys. I'll try to be a better person.
Because really, when you are implying "something deeper" that could come out with these acquaintances, that's what you're thinking must be there, or thinking might be hidden somewhere....
For some reason, you can't just admit that this may be a decent family man who has crossed paths with some shady folks (haven't we all) in his many years of community service... that may be all there is to it.... if there was something deeper it would have come out by now...