[patlin]

But Nordyke was a population research fellow at the East-West Center while Dunham was there. And Nordyke later met Madelyn Dunham — Ann Dunham’s mother and Obama’s grandmother — during a cruise to Tahiti in 2002.

“She was placed at our table on the ship,” Nordyke said. “She sat with us on that ship for three weeks. She told us that her daughter had passed away and that she had raised her grandson, and he was a social worker in Chicago.”

Very interesting since Obama was an IL State Senator at the time of that cruise.

However, it could be said that he was a practicing ‘social worker for the Chicago mafia’ in Springfield, IL from 1997-2004.

[Fred Nerks]

And Nordyke later met Madelyn Dunham — Ann Dunham’s mother and Obama’s grandmother — during a cruise to Tahiti in 2002...

In 2002, Madelyn Dunham, suffering severe osteoporosis, was unable to walk without a walking aid. On a three week cruise? I very very much doubt it:

I suggest the next one to come forward with a story should choose a living person to provide cover for their third-hand anecdotes.