AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | October 31, 2008 | EILEEN SULLIVAN and ELLIOT SPAGAT

[teletech]

Yeah, gotta love (sarc) the line by AP attaching McCain’s name to the issue. Hey, AP, McCain wants her to have a pathway to citizenship!!!!

If the AP wrote this as a hit piece on McCain, it backfired!

[txroadkill]

...is in the United States illegally...

And I'm sure with the help of ACORN she has already voted (once or twice or 96 times) for her nephew.

[Mogollon]

Wow. Republican politicians have to resign or cancel their campaign if its discovered that they have an illegal alien maid or gardener.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The Hillary campaigners have been busy little bees.

[Big_Monkey]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but how many step-mothers, aunts, uncles, half-brothers and sisters does this guy have. Does anybody really know? Does he even know? It's almost cartoonish.

If it really takes a village, he seems to be well on his way ALL BY HIMSELF.

[Nasher]

"Kenya is in eastern Africa between Somalia and Tanzania. The country has been fractured in violence in recent years, including a period of two months of bloodshed after December 2007 that killed 1,500 people."

Gee, no mention that the bloodshed was directed by Raila Odinga. The person who 0bambi campaigned for when he visited Kenya.

I'm shocked, must be an accidental oversight seeing that this was reported by the AP.

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Obviously, if McCain and ICE agents went to pick her up that wouldn’t be a good idea, but if someone not affiliated with the campaign - say, a regular private citizen with a video camera - asked Obama about what he intended to do about his aunt’s plight that might be interesting.

In any dealings about this news, people should always be sympathetic to her and not sympathetic to BHO.

[Two Kids' Dad]

But has Auntie Onyango voted yet???

[pissant]

I wonder if Obama was sliding her a few sheckels on the side every now and again.

[The Citizen Soldier]

This would be fine for fun and games a couple of months away from the elections, but it will be a waste of time to pursue this now.

Disagree. Since this story is easily verified (unlike the API crap), I say add it to the growing pile. You never know with an undecided what the straw is that will break the camel's back. I believe I am proven correct when you look at the great things GOPtrust.com are doing in the battleground states right now focusing on Jeremiah Wright.

I don't necessarily think McCain himself should pursue this (stay on the economy and Joe the Plummer), but for the rest of us, I say this is absolute proof that typical of democrats, they do NOT take of their own, at least not with their own money. Check out Obama and Biden's charitable giving over the past five years. Anecdotally, I believe this story drives home the point.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Let’s see... she’s an illegal alien, lives in taxpayer financed public housing, provides an illegal campaign contribution...makes you wonder if she’s a registered democrat voter?!?!?!

[pulaskibush]

Since illegal immigration has been mutually ignored by both parties, I don't think Obama's illegal alien aunt story will be that big by itself. I saw a post earlier of how to best use this info:

If Obama is elected, Joe the Plumber is going to have to spread his wealth to Zeituni the Illegal.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Awww, you totally beat me to it with the voting comment. I’ll have to be faster next time. :)

[MediaMole]

What would McCain have to gain by releasing this info?

The Presidency?

This may save our nation --- or show just how far gone we are.

[rdax]

Does she have a driver’s license? - just askin’

[word_warrior_bob]

I’d rather not attack a member of his family and pound Wright, Ayers, Odinga, Khalidi, Spreading The Wealth, etc., just throwing my 2 cents in.

[Sequoyah101]

Again, the hits just keep on coming.

Illegals won’t be illegal anyway with BO. Well, not ones that are special anyway.

Apples don’t fall far from the trees people.

[pulaskibush]

Illegal Immigration Ping!

[the crow]

as I recall, when nominated for a cabinet post, wasn’t Linda Chavez vilified, and disqualified, for having an illegal nanny?

if this is correct, some talented person here might have some fodder...

[ArchAngel1983]

”Hmmmm...maybe this was the reason for kicking the non-kneepad wearing press off the plane earlier today, to minimize the risk of being asked about this."

You know He’ll say something like this; Nah, that’s not true, those reporters wanted to jump off my plane. That was their right to do as Americans and I support their right to jump off my plane anytime they want to. To force these Americans to stay onboard my plane would be something the “evil Republicans” would do, but not me…