Call to Arms Freepers: (How Can We Find out if OBAMA's AUNT Was Registered to Vote?)

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[trisham]

Yeah, one foot in death’s door!

[Fred]

The paid by Obama bloggers are losing their minds at this ABC blog, please be sure to visit and let them know what y'all think

Jake Tapper ABC - Ax Suggests Something Fishy About Breaking Story About Obama Aunt

[RubyR]

Is Zeituni also "Aunt Jane" who was the one who contacted BO to inform him of his father's death?

From "Dreams" Even Jane or Zeituni could say things that surprised me. "The Luo are intelligent but lazy," they would say. Or "The Kikuyu are money-grubbing but industrious." Or "The Kalenjins -- well, you can see what's happened to the country since they took over."

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A FEW MONTHS after my twenty-first birthday, a stranger called to give me the news. I was living in New York at the time. I was in the middle of making myself breakfast, with coffee on the stove and two eggs in the skillet, when my roommate handed me the phone. The line was thick and static. “Barry? Barry, is this you?” “Yes…Who’s this?” “Yes, Barry…this is your Aunt Jane. In Nairobi. Can you hear me?” “I’m sorry—who did you say you were?” “Aunt Jane. Listen, Barry, your father is dead. He is killed in a car accident. Hello? Can you hear me? I say, your father is dead. Barry, please call your uncle in Boston and tell him. I can’t talk now, okay, Barry. I will try to call you again…”

[Cheerio]

This headline just posted at Drudge OBAMA AUNT ILLEGAL ALIEN, DEFIED DEPORTATION ORDER; DIRTY TRICKS CHARGE

[maggief]

Obama’s narration of his Kenyan experience in the subsequent weeks reveals an impressive understanding of his father’s land: the first supper at aunt Jane’s house at Kariakor; his visit to the Mathare slum with aunt Sarah; his night out with brother Roy at Garden Square; his travel by matatu to Alego and Kendu Bay — his great grandfather’s place where uncles insisted he taste the local brew chang’aa; his diarrhoea attack that his grandfather’s sister insisted to treat with local herbs and bitter roots.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220156.html

[machogirl]

I think that it’s interesting she used her work address instead of her “flat”.

[mass55th]

I read in Politico and the Washington Times (online) that she was at his Senatorial swearing-in ceremony in 2004. I think the date is off as according to searches, he actually wasn't sworn-in until January of 2005. If she attended in 2005, that means that she and Bambi had contact in 2005, several months after her request for asylum had been denied. I also read that the campaign said Obama hadn't had contact with her in the past two years. That would be from 2006 until now. But if you invite an aunt to your swearing-in ceremony, doesn't it mean that there's more to the relationship? And wouldn't she have had to be cleared to attend on Capitol Hill? How the hell did that happen? This definitely needs to be researched a bit more.

I did find a blip on his African relatives attending the event in a Jet article from 2005:

"Much of Obama's family, some from as far away as Hawaii and Kenya, traveled to Washington for the momentous event. They all had dinner together a day earlier. 'This is a good excuse for a family reunion, except you don't get to see them but for a couple minutes at a time,' says wife Michelle, with the couple's two daughters in tow. 'This was the first time the children have met many of their relatives.' "

Here's the link to the full article:

Barack Obama takes his seat in U.S. Senate

[RubyR]

Oops... I read my quote wrong. Looks like they are two different Aunts.

But now I wonder if Aunt Jane is the Jane Onyango of the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya.

[mass55th]

"I wouldn’t have considered that to be elderly in my grandparents day, but particularly these days with all of the advances that have been made to improve our health."

If she's elderly and frail, then at 61, I must be dead and don't know it :-)

[trisham]

I only wish I could believe this story will cause some to reconsider voting for Obama.

[metmom]

“Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as “Aunti Zeituni” in Obama’s memoir,

WHAT?!?! I didn't realize that she was 56! Thanks for pointing that out Mrs. P.

Here's a clue dj..... I don't know what planet you're from, but on this one 56 ISN'T old!

I'm almost that age and do not consider myself "elderly" or "frail". Those terms are reserved for someone 70+ at the least.

Maybe you should check out DU of the Daily KOS. They'd like your kind of thinking.

[metmom]

She’s 56. Get that. Old, my,.....er.... foot....

[Hanna548]

Zeituni Onyango, former computer systems coordinator, Boston

I joined Experience Corps because: I felt that I should help the children in my community. I love people and enjoy interacting with them. My friend had so many wonderful things to say about her work with Experience Corps. Also, I was idle, and this was a chance to get involved.

I know I’m making a difference when: I see the change in children I have worked with. All children are fine as long as they have a good foundation, but there is no foundation without literacy.

My favorite part of tutoring with Experience Corps is: Being able to help children succeed. As an older adult I feel I have much to give young people - as well as my peers. Experience Corps has given me that opportunity.

Working with students teaches me: Just how much I can impact the education of children in the school system. I learn different strategies and approaches to help children and also to improve myself. In addition, being an Experience Corps member has taught me that I can be a leader in my community.
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-—From Experience Corps newsletter, April 2007. There is also a phoyo of her tutoringa kid.

[machogirl]

uncle omar changed his name to OBAMA ONYANGO

OBAMA ONYANGO (AS OF 2001)
ROSLINDALE, MA 02131

[trisham]

Heh. I'm hurtling toward it myself.

[trisham]

LOL!

[combat_boots]

Barack Obama’s brother pushes Chinese imports on US

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4406813.ece

[combat_boots]

Barack Obama’s ‘Auntie Zeituni’ made illegal contributions to his campaign
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5061593.ece

[machogirl]

This statement was made by an obama family memeber that uncle omar wanted a more arabic name, so he started going by obama onyango.

did a zaba search.

[Guenevere]

Kinda favors him, doncha think?..:^