Breaking News: Obama leaving campaign to visit "sick Grandma" in Hawaii

Fox News Channel | October 20.2008 | Fox News Alert

[The Doctor]

Fox News Alert on Hannity and Colmes

Barack Obama leaving campaign trail for a few days to visit sick grandmother in Hawaii. She has just been released from the hospital. Barack Obama and his grandmother have been close through the years.

[Harry Wurzbach]

"I think you have hit it. I watch MSNBC to see how they are spinning it because you can see right through what they are doing. Obama does everything for political gain. When they said that Obama was going to be going off the trail for 4 days they kept up the picture of young Obama with his “white” grandparents. They kept this picture up a long time. Why would the Obama campaign give MSNBC this picture?

The Obama campaign with their thousands of pollsters must be doing terrible with voters because of Obama’s association with Jesse Jackson, Farakan, and Rev. Wright. I also believe taking 4 days off he is trying his best to stop the bleeding. Obama has lost momentum from the attacks from the McCain campaign and they will keep coming. He is trying to stop the freefall in the polls."

If I had to guess, I bet he's doing poorly among older white Democrat voters who can't relate to him. Maybe it's just because he's "too foreign" or "he's got a weird name", etc...This could be hurting him not just in rural areas, but in the burbs and even in urban areas in which he expects to run huge margins.

This whole 'rush to grannie's bedside' thing is planned. Now he gets to highlight that he has a white family, get a little sympathy, and try to stop McCain from attacking for multiple days in a row, here 2 weeks away from the election.

I think the attacks on his economic policy are working, and I think the attacks on his character too are taking their toll. We clearly do not know much about this guy. Sure, in theory he sounds good, but once you start to take a closer look at him, a lot of questions emerge.

Pausing the campaign will probably freeze the attacks from the McCain campaign, which is unfortunate as I don't seem to recall the Obama campaign stopping its campaign back when McCain stopped his. Frankly, if Obama is still running ads then the campaign is live.

In addition, this will give Obama to introduce his family to those who are just now starting to decide who they are going to vote for.

Obama did coke. Sorry, but that's a big issue. It's also quite possible that he dealt. When it comes to his character, while I think the relationships with Ayers and Wright are egregious, at the end of the day those have limits. But is America ready to elect a cokehead as its president? Do the American people even know he did coke? Would you let a former cokehead work on your car or watch your children? The GOP has to start hammering him on this. Sorry, but if all of the personal crap the media and the Dems have thrown at McCain and Palin is relevant, then it's quite relevant that we learn more about Obama's cokehead period. When did he stop doing lines? Who supplied him? What crimes did he commit in order to support his drug use? Did he become addicted? How'd he quit?

[jacquej]

I am sure you won’t miss this thread!

Lots of rich speculationing going on, heah!

[celtic gal]

IS this the granny he tossed under the bus?

[montag813]

"Why did you talk to Andy Martin?"

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’m troubled why Grandpa and Grandma were associating with a known communist in Hawaii. This could not have been an accidental meeting. And why did Grandpa and Grandma leave young BO from age 9 or 10 in the care of a complete stranger? These are not the actions of normal grandparents. Something was afoot by those people.

[VigilantAmerican]

I haven’t yet opened the thread, but will in a few minutes. But you’re probably in bed by then. I’d seen the story and figured that in reality it has to do with Andy Martin’s lawsuit in Hawaii to open Hussein’s birth files; Martin just filed an emergency petition to open the records...

[Cincinna]

This all doesn’t add up, and is very weird.

Unheard of fpr a candidate for POTUS to drop out of campaign for two days 2 weeks before the election.

Why did the Powell endorsement come down last weekend, instead of a week before the electtion?

IMO something huge is about to explode.

Drugs? Michelle “whitey” tape? Birth Certificate?

Don’t know what, but it will be huge!

[Cincinna]

Noticed the little earring in his ear in your photo. I guess he dropped it because it isn’t cool for POTUS to wear earrings. Unless it happens to be Sarah!

[nutmeg]

Obama won’t leave grandma’s side. She’s really sick. Reporters don’t even need to hang around the courts to see if Obama shows up there.

Are you in Hawaii, and have first-hand information? Just curious... :o)

[cherry]

I just figured it all out......ITS’ NOT HIS GRANDMOTHER.....ITS HIS MOTHER!..WE SHOULD DEMAND A DNA TEST IMMEDIATELY!

[Shady Ray]

I’m troubled why Grandpa and Grandma were associating with a known communist in Hawaii.

Because Gramps was a Red, as well... Granny may have just been a fellow traveler.

[Chieftain]

[NautiNurse]

Headline:...They’d only print it that way if he was a Republican.

MSM nuance properly applied:

Obama Quickly Skillfully Shifts Focus to Hawaii, as Poll Numbers Plummet may be closing

[Mila]

"The grandmother not thrown under the bus... "

That's his step-grandmother, Sarah. She's his grandfather's third wife and now widow. No blood connection to this particular grandmother.

[Mac from Cleveland]

“Grandma, I’m a man of my word-you gave me the birth certificate like I asked, so here’s your cat back-safe and sound”.

[null and void]

His pleas for people to vote early,

Translation: Vote for me before the truth comes out!

[null and void]

You think that Obama is concerned about Berg?

Yes.

[null and void]

But is America ready to elect a cokehead as its president?

Should be:

But is America ready to elect a cokehead as its president, again?

[Chief Engineer]

Grandma wasn’t involved in the decision of Jr going to Frank Marshall Davis, grandpa was. If you do the research you will discover that grandma was a hard worker while gradpa was a failure, a Willy Lomax/Walter Mitty type who had over-all charge of Jr upon his return to Hawaii. It was gandpa who had the friendship with Davis and drank, smoked pot and listened to jazz with Davis because he had been a failure in the sale of furniture and the sale of insurance.

[lesliew]

Okay folks. usually when you google something you get a any kind of weird hit. I hope his grandma is okay. BUT I’ve tried to google the doctor that treated her for his name and all I get is “relatives say” hmmmm..

Also the Berg lawsuit is alive and well. The FEC did file a motion of no standing today in it though. Also, they will look into Obama’s campaign contributions after the election. What is the definition of “fixed”?