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Barack Obama's campaign announced that his grandmother, 86-year-old Madelyn Dunham, passed away Sunday night. Recently Obama took time off the campaign trail to visit her one last time. He and his sister Maya Soetoro-Ng issued a statement, calling her "the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances.” John McCain offered his condolences to the family, "Our thoughts and prayers go out to them as they remember and celebrate the life of someone who had such a profound impact in their lives." Obama and Soetoro-Ng also thanked people for the flowers and cards sent to Dunham in recent weeks; they added they would hold a small private ceremony for her at a later date.
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That blows.
dayum
Eh. Typical white person.
it's like a script for a bad made for tv movie.
obama's gonna win this with sympathy points.
No, BH, it's real life.
"it's like a script for a bad made for tv movie."
I know. It's unreal.
Wait a minute. She looks white and everyone says Obama is black. I'm confused.
I'm amazed she survived being thrown under the bus earlier this year. Her darling grandson labelled her a racist when it was politically expedient to do so.
Ease up Ides, I think she was referring to her daughter the slut.
#9- Dude I hope you are here tomorrow night. Please be here. it'll be awesome.
I'm glad the lady had a chance to see the level to which her grandson has risen, regardless of whatever the electoral outcome is. It must have been a source of great pride and rightfully so.
The cheap shots and the low punches are so typical of republicans, That's why they are going OUT!
I guarantee you the republicans are probably saying Obama has set up this whole thing to buy sympathy votes the day before the election.
"obama's gonna win this with sympathy points."
Nooo he was gonna win it anyway, but it'll give him a little bump in the polls. Some timing
It would have been nice if she had lived just long enough to see him clinch the victory, but she probably passed knowing it's all but inevitable. RIP.
I'm amazed she survived being thrown under the bus earlier this year. Her darling grandson labelled her a racist when it was politically expedient to do so.
Ides - Obama told the same story about his grandmother in his first book, back in 1995. Once he's president you should go read it, and maybe you'll actually understand what his point was. Your take is a willful misinterpretation which is particularly rotten to bring up now. I mean, seriously, why are Republicans such fucking jerks?
Sympathy points. That is hilarious. If a vote were a sympathetic pat on the back, McCain would have my vote out of common decency. I've often felt I'd like to buy him a pint for even *trying* to sell the idea of keeping Bush's policies in position.
I think by tomorrow he's down to that one last strategy of his that he talked about on SNL: The Sad Grandpa.
Nicely planned passing from Team Obama.
Obama cult members please make sure to pray for Dear Leader tonight.
YOU
Democrats know a lot about cheap shots; Obama mocked McCain's war disabilities, remember that?; democrats hanging an effigy of Sarah Palin in California; an obama supporter physically attacks a McCain supporter in Manhattan; SNL insinuating the Palin's are an incestuous family; I've heard democrats saying baby Trig should have been aborted etc...
If anyone took a cheap shot at Obama's grandmother, it was Obama.
Anyway, don't come bitching to me when Obama's cap and trade policies give you 500 dollar a month electricity bills and your company lays you off or eliminates your bonuses and pay raises to pay his higher corporate tax rates.
How dare you fucking assholes no fucking respect for no fucking body. Rot in hell you Motherfuckers
HOW DARE YOU TAKE A CHEAP SHOT AGAINST DEAR LEADER!!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
@babyhitler, you can't make this stuff up. In the middle of the most exciting primary race in over a generation, Tim Russert dies of a heart attack, and now, on the eve of his smashing,historic victory over that little republican thing, Obama's grandmother can hold onto life no more. We've lost a lot to see this man get elected and yet the payoff will be huge. Get ready for it, Ides of March, et al, no republican will ever be president for the next fifty years. I'd suggest you start up the Cadillac with the garage door closed and take a nice long, refreshing nap.
If anyone took a cheap shot at Obama's grandmother, it was Obama.
Again, you don't get it. Read the book, read the original story in context, and only then are you qualified to have an opinion on Barack's relationship with his grandmother. Until then you are just spouting crap that you absorbed from some blogger.
Democrats know a lot about cheap shots...
Even if all the examples you cite were accurate (and they are all pretty much exaggerations) that wouldn't make it right for you to do it, would it? You personally suck, Ides, and you can't blame the Democrats for that.
Why do people think that ides_of_march actually read the book? I'm sure he's just saying what other republicans tell him it's about. I'm sure he also believes Obama is a terrorist muslim.
Either way, such sad news. RIP, she forged a great leader and the world will remember her for it
SHE FORGED A GREAT CULT LEADER, WE WILL MAKE THE WORLD REMEMBER, CULT OF OBAMA IS ON THE RISE. THE ONE SHALL LEAD US.
RIP
The One, the new Messaiah will resurrect her right after the acclamation, I meant the elections.
Grandma Dunham was the rock of that family. Obama's Marxist/bigamist father fled when O was a kid, his own mother dumped him in Hawaii (twice) & went on to study habits of Javanese tribal black-smiths. Dunham was the most appealing person in that whole clan.
"handsomedevil", don't bother.
I.O.M. and reality have precious little in common.
The lady dies of cancer and you "people" anonymously make fun/insults/BS for your own petty and pathetic purposes.
This is the Public Face of the GOP and this is exactly why people are voting against you.
Note:
Notice a trend??
But of Course! It's the Liberal Media's fault...
Rest in peace sweet woman.
One less typical white person.
@ #21 i work in the garment industry and haven't received a bonus in 2 yrs (recession hit there early) in the past yr my company has been bought out and i've been layed off TWICE. I already pay almost 400$ a month for my electric bill so tell me again how shitty things will be if/when Obama wins? Republicans are so fucking scared of change
you work for Kellwood?
" i work in the garment industry and haven't received a bonus in 2 yrs"
Maybe your boss didn't think you deserved one.
YELLOWFOOT, you didn't get a bonus so it's a vast right wing conspiracy? WTF are you doing to rack up a $400 a month Con Ed bill? What are you hiding from us?
$400? Heating up a penthouse or growing weed indoors? Clearly YELLOWFOOT needs a taxpayer sponsored bailout! Could someone contact Schumer or Obama to arrange details?
Thank God I got my HEAP on my EBT card. it's not four bills but it's something.
After Tuesday, I'm hoping that President Obama and his First Lady, Michelle Obama will take a week off in Hawaii to pay last respects to his beloved grandmother and to decompress a bit before coming back to undo 8 years of absolute and utter shit by that gang of vandals. The markets are stable and while things are getting rough, there's time enough for this respite.
The markets are stable? What, because we haven't had an 100+/- days since...3 days? Get real, pal.
Politics aside, my condolences to Obama and his family.
Many of you people....on both sides....are sickening.
Of course there's time enough for Obama to rest. He can't do anything until he's sworn in in January anyway, and then it takes a few weeks more to actually get started. It'll be a long, hard slog anyway. A mess like this can't be cleaned up overnight. It'll take years, if not decades, especially the Supreme Court fiasco.
I can understand how Dubya is totally oblivious to his standing as the worst president in decades if not all American history. But Laura Bush is supposed to be at least a little bit intelligent. She must be chugging the Kool-Aid by the gallon.
Democrats know a lot about cheap shots; Obama mocked McCain's war disabilities, remember that
Take a look at this Data Base:
http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270&type=category&category=66&go.x=15&go.y=11
McCain has been absent in all veterans bills... (strategy to don't vote when something will compromise you)
You can pick by issue and see the real stuff McCain (best republican hope!?!) is made: Hypocrite!
The rest of incidents are fair game! nobody dead grand ma was on the table...only Palin's character (the joke that is)
How is Sunday night the eve of the election? Time to let go of the melodrama and focus on the facts.
oh so this is the plan to get the swing votes. Nice....