Posted on 09/22/2008 8:18:05 AM PDT by safetysign
So isn't it interesting that we keep hearing about Sarah Palin's peccadilloes while the major media continues to ignore the George Obama scandal? Here is a guy living in Third World poverty and his half-brother is the leading candidate to become the next president of the United States. Are the networks and major newspapers so exhilarated at the prospect of an African American president that they have become cheerleaders for the Obama campaign? Fortunately the McCain campaign is making the media an issue, and I hope the American people are smart enough to see through the news charade.
Here are the facts about George Obama. He’s in his twenties. He lives in a slum in a hut. He wants to become a mechanic but doesn’t have the money. He reports that he gets by on a dollar a month. He met George Obama in 2006 for a few minutes and said it was like talking to a “total stranger.” He said when people notice he has the same name as Barack Obama, he denies they are related because he is “ashamed.” The Democratic presidential candidate, who made $4 million last year, hasn’t lifted a finger to help his half-brother.
My modest campaign to assist George Obama has been coming nicely. Sean Hannity mentioned it on his show on the Fox News Channel, and I appeared on a handful of radio shows to talk about the idea. Interestingly the George Obama Compassion Fund was reported on by Kenya's leading newspaper "The Nation." So far I have received more than $1,000 in small contributions. With my kickoff contribution of $1,000, that's upwards of $2,000 for George Obama.
This is not a huge sum, but I specifically asked people to send gifts of $5, $10 and $25. The reason is that even a relatively modest sum by American standards is a considerable sum by Kenyan standards. George Obama has said that he is living on a dollar a month. This seems an impossible sum to survive on, so I checked the poverty line in Kenya. According to United Nations estimates, it’s around $100 a year. By this measure, our little fund has provided for George for 20 years. Alternatively, George can move out of his 6 foot-by-10-foot hut and into a more comfortable dwelling. He can also get the training he needs to become a mechanic.
The reporter for "The Nation" thought he had me cornered when he asked, "Are you doing this to embarrass Barack Obama?" To which I answered, "Absolutely. He deserves to be embarrassed." The reporter went on to ask me: since when have you developed this great interest in African poverty? I responded that I had only very little interest in African poverty. I happen to come from a very poor country, India, so my philanthropic work is directed there. I only took up the George Obama cause when I heard what a jerk and a hypocrite Barack Obama is being about his sibling. One Obamoron emailed me to say, "Why don't you use your money to help your own impoverished relatives in India?" The answer is that my relatives don't live in huts!
Here are some donor comments which I'll be forwarding to George along with the funds. "This is for the poor brother long forgotten." “A brother is a terrible thing to waste.” "I wish I had a brother, or even a step-brother. George is not my relative and not my race or religion but I still want to contribute to his welfare." "When Obama said that not taking care of the least of our brothers is our greatest moral failure, who knew that he was talking literally about the least of his brothers?" "I never thought I'd be writing a check to anyone named Obama, but I do want to be a true Christian and help this man in his shameful situation." "I'd send more, but I make $9.10 per hour." "I'm unemployed, but I can spare $5 for the Obama Compassion Fund."
I hear a lot from atheists, but interestingly no self-identified atheist contributed a penny. This seems in keeping with sociologist Arthur Brooks’ data showing that secular people are much less generous, both with money and time, than religious people. As Brooks might have predicted, most of my donations came from self-identified Christians, some of them in difficult circumstances themselves. Thanks to this generosity, Barack Obama's half-brother can look forward to the prospect of a better life. George Obama, start packing!
Why should he?
He never met the guy until 2006.
I’d be willing to bet that George Obama gets a bullet in the skull before long.
Not that he did anything to deserve it, but his very life is inconvenient for Barack and his cousin Odinga
RNC should get this guy a passport and visa, some money, clothes and fly him to U.S. Take him to a Mc Cain Rally. You can use your imagination from there.
People who live in glass houses?????? Ole’ Obama could just send him $12 and DOUBLE his income....or pay for his education so George can support himself. But, I’ll bet Obama has a grand plan to pay EVERYONE in Kenya a stipend of $12 a year with OUR money.....
How long should you be acquainted w/ anyone/anything ‘in need’ before you make a donation?
If his 1/2 bro lived in suburbia in the USA, had a job,normal life etc. of course you wouldn’t just hand over some cash.
George seems to be in a bad way.
I like D’Souza...he is a good Christian man who loves his USA.
As was axed on one of the previous similar threads, What Visa classification?
And how do they intend to get it issued in time to have any effect on the Nov 08 election?
the networks and major newspapers so exhilarated at the prospect of an African American president that they have become cheerleaders for the Obama campaign
NEWS FLASH - he is not African American. That title is reserved for Black Americans who decended from slaves.
Send George some Alaskan moose burgers!
This is news to me! If what you say is true, then why is Colin Powell referred to as "African-American"? As I recall from reading his autobiography some years ago, his family all emigrated from the West Indies (Jamaica?) within the last generation or two. Hardly a slave descendant!
So you think Obama is required to give money to a guy he doesn’t know, but God Forbid if you are required to do the exact same thing.
***Ole’ Obama could just send him $12 and DOUBLE his income.***
And, it’s been reported that the Obamas send their children to a private school that charges $20,000 a YEAR per child.
Obama has no connection to the history of our country. He doesn’t get it and never will. His back ground is mostly Arab.
Why wouldn’t he want to use the public school system which the government runs? I’m shocked!
***So you think Obama is required to give money to a guy he doesn’t know, but God Forbid if you are required to do the exact same thing.***
Yes, he IS! He calls himself a Christian, and Christ said, “What you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.”
What are you talking about??? You have NO idea to whom we give money, do you????
Obama won’t lift a finger to help hiw own brother, but he is willing to commit the US to spending $16.3 Billion in taxpayer dollars every year on international anti-poverty boondoggles.
He is very generous with your money. With his own... not so much.
***So you think Obama is required to give money to a guy he doesn’t know, but God Forbid if you are required to do the exact same thing***
None of us is *required* to give money to anybody. But Obama’s failure to help his brother shouts volumes about his (lack of) character. I would say the same of anybody who is neglectful of family members, or anybody, in need.
Funny thing is, Christians don’t need Obama anti-poverty boondoggles to fight poverty. We do it on our own.
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