Posted on 10/27/2009 9:11:46 PM PDT by TaraP
In little noticed remarks, Michelle Obama stated at a public event that her husband's mother, Ann Dunham, was "very young and very single" when she gave birth to the future U.S. president.
Her comments further undermine the official story as told by Barack Obama – that Dunham was married to his father, Barack Obama Sr., at the time of birth.
The remarks were made by Michelle Obama during a July 2008 round table at the University of Missouri. Obama was responding to criticism of her husband's presidential campaign speeches about fatherhood and faith-based initiatives.
Michelle Obama explained her husband understands the struggles of low-income families.
"He understands them because he was raised by strong women. He is the product of two great women in his life. His mother and his grandmother," she said.
"Barack saw his mother, who was very young and very single when she had him, and he saw her work hard to complete her education and try to raise he and his sister," Michelle Obama said.
Her remarks about Dunham being "very single" when she gave birth to Barack Obama were also quoted last year on a blog posted at MSNBC.com. The remarks, however, contradicted previous claims President Obama made about the circumstances of his birth.
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I wonder if Michelle is a “birther”?
As Joe Biden would say: “I have only one word for that.....The Omen”
So basically Michelle is calling her hubby a bastard.
Classy!
You should be severely punished for making such a remark. :::snicker:::
I think this could be a matter of perspective. One could say, even though one was married to a spouse that did nothing, that one was “single-handedly” bringing up a child. Still, every shred of evidence is important in disproving zero’s eligibility.
She’s paving the way for the whole “Just like Jesus....”
I think it’s about time to start making a scene.
That's not just tantalizingly telling, it's ungrammatical. These weird elitist snobs (the Obamas) are such frauds.
"Barack saw his mother, who was very young and very single when she had him, and he saw her work hard to complete her education and try to raise he and his sister," Michelle Obama said.
This is one reason I have very little faith in the accuracy of any WND story...
What does the verb "had" mean in this context?
The verb "to have" can mean "to stand in a certain relationship to", which may or may not have anything to do with giving birth.
These folks grasp at straws.
Agreed. She could simply have combined birth and raising, since Obama Sr. was scarce in their daily lives.
Old news. This quote has been common knowledge since she said it.
I read that as Barack remembers when Dunham, who was very young and a single parent, was going to school and raising him alone. He wouldn't remember being born.
Whatever...Michelle doesn't have the gift of expressing herself in words. It seems she was a token law school graduate!
Does that mean she married daddy later? They did bring up a divorce paper.
Lies get so complicated.
ping
But what Michelle DID say is: “she was very young and very single when she had him.” In plain, ordinary, everyday American English “had” = “birthed.”
It’s hard to spin that into ‘when she raised him,’ if the official line is that BHO,Sr. abandoned them when Jr was 2 years old.
The list, ping
Bastardy isn’t a constitutional issue. Besides we already went through this with Clinton.
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