Posted on 12/02/2009 11:02:27 AM PST by Dewey Revoltnow
BOSTON – President Barack Obama's aunt buried her face in her hands and sobbed as she described her anguish over no longer having contact with him and his family after the revelation she had been living illegally for years in the United States in public housing.
Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUH'-nee awn-YAHN'-goh) told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she is troubled that her immigration woes have made her a political liability to her nephew.
Onyango, the half sister of Obama's late father, said she has exiled herself from the family after attending Obama's inauguration because she didn't want to become fodder for his foes. Obama and his family have not reached out to her either, she said.
"Before, we were family. But right now, there is a lot of politics, and me, I am not interested in any politics at all," said Onyango, whose appeal for asylum from her native Kenya is before an immigration judge in Boston.
The Obamas are her only family in the United States, she said.
"It is very sad when such a thing happens. There are people, outsiders, you know, they come in between, they divide a family," she said last week. "It's not easy."
Onyango, 57, is protective of Obama and said she never asked him to intervene in her case and didn't tell him about her immigration difficulties.
"I carry my own cross," she said. "He has nothing to do with my problem."
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Can you imagine tht Obama has turned on his poor Aunt!
Obaba met his long lost brother recently and gave him five minutes of his precious time. He may as well give his Aunt two or three minutes to ease her emotional pain. Maybe a minute could do it.
“Yeah Boieeee!”
If only she apologized to the US population for Zer0’s misbegotten behaviors, we’d forgive her and let her stay.
Wasn’t that amazing? Seriously, he just visited with him for five minutes, probably less. It was probably a hand shake, a slap on the back for photo purposes, and a thank you mam, as in slam bam thank you mam.
What a gutter snipe.
This illegal alien should be deported immediately.
The epitome of a dysfunctional family.
Hey she could have gone into the party with the Salahi couple. Auntie Z probably knows where the O was really born—can’t have her opening up her big yap.
Somebody please pass the Puffs.
I feel her pain. Ever since Obama began to “rule” I’ve been in anguish over being separated from my freedoms...and my money!
Read this morning in Boston Herald; check out last few paragraphs—W knew a crapstorm would arise should
Auntie get arrested:
>>Onyango reserved special words of kindness for former President George W. Bush for a directive he put in place days before the election requiring federal agents get high-level approval to arrest fugitive immigrants, which directly affected Onyango. The directive made clear that U.S. officials worried about possible election implications of arresting Onyango.
>>She said she wants to thank Bush in person for the order, which gave her a measure of peace but was lifted weeks later.
>>”I loved President Bush,” Onyango said while moving toward a framed photo of Bush and his wife standing with Barack and Michelle Obama at the White House on inauguration day. “He is my No. 1 man in my life because he helped me when I really needed that help.”
please! Do we have any reason to insult his aunt like that? I know she’s an illegal, but good grief!!!
Auntie sounds nice. Someone needs to tell her that her nephew is a narcissist who has not given her a single thought in the last year.
He could at least have taken steps to obtain legal status for her. Guess his interests lie more in date nights and golf games.
The frightening thing is that Obama’s illegal aunt is probably more qualified to be a member of Congress than Maxine Waters. Then again, so is my dog, and my dog is a freakin idiot.
Zeituni Onyango, you have been thrown under the bus and you don’t know it.
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