That she was on her deathbed and wouldn’t live to see the election. I remember Rush making fun of that, saying he was just making political hay.
I’m shocked at some of the comments here. No matter what you think of Obama, he loved her. At the basic most people, no matter how bad, have the capacity to love their family.
This is not to say anything bad about Obama's grandmother's death. That is very sad.
However, there are people - narcissists - who love no one, not family, not their own children - no one but themselves. They can put on a good act, but they have no real empathy or feelings. It is like they are a blank slate, and they will write on it some emotion one day, and wipe it off the next. Obama is a narcissist for sure. He will feign some real emotion about Granny's death and be very believable, just as he is in other speeches. But, believe me, there is no truth to any deep love on his part. He uses people like toilet paper tossing them away when he is done with them.
I have seen a narcissist in action first-hand for years. I saw how he treated his family, siblings, and own wife and children. Outwardly he always professed to "love" them, but he made them slaves to his manipulative demands. They all, eventually, realized it and left him. He had no remorse at his parent's death...but he pretended to care at the funeral and distanced himself saying he just wanted to be alone. The truth was, he didn't have the ability to cover the fact that he had no real feelings. In the end, a day later, it was as if nothing happened and he went on with his life. When about a week after his mother passed I asked how he was feeling. He said, "about what?" and I said "your mother, have you dealt with that?" He told me there was nothing to deal with, we all die, and it didn't mean he should be upset! That is how a narcissist is.
How Obama came to be like that is because of his dysfunctional family history. It is truly a crazy life they led, and Obama's anger and audacity is the result of having to live through many conflicting situations, I am sure.
Granny is at peace. No one wishes anything but merciful blessings for her soul.