Posted on 11/03/2008 1:55:58 PM PST by Phemone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's grandmother died of cancer, he said in a statement on Monday, a little more than a week after Obama interrupted the White House race to say goodbye to her in Hawaii.
"It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer," Obama said in a joint statement with his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng. "She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility."
Dunham helped raise Obama from the age of 10 while his mother was working in Indonesia, and Obama took an emotional 22-hour trip to Hawaii to visit her on October 23 and 24.
(Reporting by John Whitesides; editing by David Alexander
I hope she didn't suffer though. I know it's horrible to watch the one you love so much slowly die with cancer. God bless her and have mercy on her, as I pray for His mercy on us all.
When the breaking news came on I immediately went to “The Honolulu Advertiser” and there was nothing there at all! I went to “The Star-Bulletin” and they simply had “Breaking: Obama’s grandmother dies” I kept switching back and forth until something story-wise came up at first the Advertiser then at the Bulletin. What really struck me was the statement that Maya(a history teacher) made that “her grandmother had made the island her home since 1959 which is a full year before the official story has it. Call it political convenience but I think there is something rotten in this! I did offer prayers for the family upthread.
There was speculation from mid October that Obama’s Grandmother would die the day before election day. There was talk of hospice related scheduled morphine administration. I agree, it is appalling whne viewed through the Judaic-Christian perspective but I would not put it past a true marxist to do this - the Roman Emperors did similar things. I have no doubt he is for euthanasia since he is for partial birth abortion - he wouldn’t see a problem with such action as scheduling death when many schedule births to accomodate their lifestyle etc.
We are not the shameless sickos, we see clearly, recognizing the pattern from history. If you do not recognize possible history in the remaking, then you will be doomed to repeat it.
Hey, no one invited you here today, troll. Shove off.
We’ve got a live one here...
Godspeed Mrs. Dunham.
I wish you could have passed through this world in peace and comfort.
But it is no longer the America we were born in.
I think you are confusing Granny Toot (not to be confused with whoever was giving him “blow”) with his Kenyan “grandma” (who has no blood relation to him, she was the later wife of his grandfather). She was the one telling tales; tales that have gotten her placed under a virtual house arrest until after the election.
Since his mother’s first marriage didn’t hold (he was married to another woman), does that mean that “Obama’s last name really ISN’T? And even if it was his birth name, why didn’t he become Barack Soeroto when his mom married that man? Because the father may not have adopted the son?
And from what I read, it was eventually Barack’s idea to go to Hawaii rather than keep moving around with him mom. And that was in his teen years (not 10 years old).
Yes, it's a shame that Obama and YOUR Rats have made us so cynical!! It's too bad you only signed up today...we'd REALLY disgust you if you knew us longer. Take a hike, troll!
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IATZ
Whatever it was, it’s gone now.
Two-for-one special...IATZ.
Both of them completely vaporized. Not even suspended or banned, just...gone.
Both joined today. One clearly escaped from DU or Kos. The other might have joined with good intentions, but got turned off by the tone of this thread (fair enough, so did I) and piped up with a hateful remark, which is pasted into one of my earlier posts. Sorry, we don't need lectures from noobs. We'll deal with our threads-in-poor-taste ourselves, thank you very much.
IATZ
You’re correct...a lethal dose of cocaine and morphine. It was the morning papers they were tying to make, though.
You’re correct...a lethal dose of cocaine and morphine. It was the morning papers they were trying to make, though.
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