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| "I loved President Bush," says Obama's Aunt Onyango |
| 2009-12-02 |
| 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. Moving on to the last paragraphs of this AP "exclusive" is this jewel of info: 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." |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #1 SO... Barry thinks we need to be more accomodating to the feudal aristocrats of the third world. Democrats everywhere seem to believe those people are morally superior to westerners. They also want to implement policy changes that will make us a much more feudal society with a lot more political patronage than before. BUT... when faced with some of the most basic tests of fitness in a feudal society, i.e. do you help to take care of others in your clan... they FAIL. "Oh well, maybe the Republicans can be relied on to do something." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-12-02 18:16 |