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2007-03-03 Home Front: Politix

DNC oops shocker, Obama's relatives owned black slaves

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Posted by Icerigger 2007-03-03 10:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is just as meaningful as the revalation that Mitt Romney's great grandpa was a polygamist--that is to say, it doesn't mean a damned thing.

Posted by Mike 2007-03-03 14:41|| 2007-03-03 14:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Nope you're right. But it's still a water-cooler giggler.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-03-03 14:55|| 2007-03-03 14:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Obviously an attempted smear, now who would do that? (Hint Initials are Hillary Clinton)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-03 14:57|| 2007-03-03 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 As I understand it, the average African-American is partially descended from Euro-Americans -- and more than a few of those Euro-American ancestors were slave-owners.

So this article is pretty much a "so what?" combined with a "what else is new?"

Posted by Threrens Guelph6205 2007-03-03 15:08|| 2007-03-03 15:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Some of the African-Americans were slave-owners, too. And plenty of Kenyans, even recently, both as owners and suppliers to the Saudis and such.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-03 15:52|| 2007-03-03 15:52|| Front Page Top

#6 We're all Americans, except the creeps in the political parties that make a big deal about digging this stuff up. Nice try at being a 1st class a$$hole. Congradulations, you've succeeded.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-03 17:19|| 2007-03-03 17:19|| Front Page Top

#7 I: Obviously an attempted smear, now who would do that? (Hint Initials are Hillary Clinton)

I suspect we're going to find out shortly that Hillary Rodham Clinton's ancestors owned slaves. As did Bill Clinton's forebears.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-03-03 20:41|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-03-03 20:41|| Front Page Top

#8 No this came up with Reitwiesner in his genealogy hobby. The article explains that. Something it turns out he does with a lot of DC folks.

Ironic as in being stupid enough to expect fresh seafood with your overprice meal at Gwennies when you could have gotten a better fish sandwich at the McDonald's down the block. Big schitting deal.

The point was looking at what the Clintons might try and throw up in the air while looking at what facts Obama decided to leave out in his book.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-03-03 21:50|| 2007-03-03 21:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Fortunately I'm not in politic. My ancestor was a Cro-Magnon!

Posted by SwissTex 2007-03-03 22:10|| 2007-03-03 22:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Ima kinda liking the GGGGGF name: George Washington Overall. Reminds me of the Indian joke where the baby is named after the first thing seen by the father: Golden Sun, Rising Moon, Two Dogs....,
Least he wasn't looking at the privvy.

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-03-03 22:31|| 2007-03-03 22:31|| Front Page Top

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