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  • Obama says he didn't know aunt's illegal status

    11/01/2008 8:33:43 AM PDT · by MAD-AS-HELL · 223 replies · 7,229+ views
    WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know that one of his relatives was living in the United States illegally and believes the appropriate laws should be followed. The Associated Press found that Obama's aunt had been instructed to leave the country four years ago by an immigration judge who rejected her request for asylum from her native Kenya. The woman, Zeituni Onyango, is living in public housing in Boston and is the half-sister of Obama's late father.
  • Obama Says He Didn't Know Aunt's Illegal Status [Under the bus for her]

    11/01/2008 8:34:21 AM PDT · by elhombrelibre · 34 replies · 2,180+ views
    NYT.Com ^ | 1 Nov 08 | AP
    This is an AP story in the NYT, so I'll just post the link to NYT.
  • Obama is generous with YOUR money and stingy with his own.

    09/05/2008 5:40:29 PM PDT · by Blood of Tyrants · 37 replies · 107+ views
    TaxProf | 9/5/08 | Self
    Obama wants to be generous to poor people in Africa - with YOUR money, while his own half brother lives on $12 a YEAR. He is very stingy with his own. Despite making well over $1,000,000 in family income from 2000 to 2004, the Obamas listed less than $11,000 in charitable contributions for all five years combinedClick here for proof If you think the Obamas just didn't want to claim their legal deductions, they had no problem in 2005 and 2006. Also note that the year Obama became senator his income jumped 700% from $200,000 to over $1.6 MILLION. No...