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2008-05-27 Home Front: Politix
Obama: My Uncle Helped America Liberate Auschwitz!
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Posted by NObama girl 2008-05-27 12:37|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Well, if his uncle liberated Auschwitz, he must have been part of the Soviet Red Army. No wonder he spent six months hiding in the attic. Probably during the McCarthy era.
Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California  2008-05-27 13:23||   2008-05-27 13:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm no fan of the Obamanation but it's possible that this was an editorial error since there's no direct quote.
Posted by Jonathan 2008-05-27 13:25||   2008-05-27 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 The Olde Family Legend of BO's attic continues.
Posted by Muggsy Gling 2008-05-27 13:31||   2008-05-27 13:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Well done, Candidate Obama! In those two sentences he covers the American soldier as liberator meme, the key Jewish issue of the Holocaust, and the soldier PTSD insanity meme. Very efficient communication, hitting hot buttons for the pro-Iraqi war vote, the Jewish vote, and the "anti-war" Progressive Left vote... all without blinking even once. Unless it was an editorial error, in which case the editor did so on his behalf. On the other hand, a CBS article linked by Wikipedia under Auschwitz has this to say:

Obama also spoke about his uncle, who was part of the American brigade that helped to liberate Auschwitz. He said the family legend is that, upon returning from war, his uncle spent six months in an attic. “Now obviously, something had really affected him deeply, but at that time there just weren’t the kinds of facilities to help somebody work through that kind of pain,” Obama said. “That’s why this idea of making sure that every single veteran, when they are discharged, are screened for post-traumatic stress disorder and given the mental health services that they need – that’s why it’s so important.”

And the Hot Air blog embeds the key section of video ,so y'all can judge for yourselves. Check out the comments thread, too -- it is suggested that Candidate Obama's mother was an only child, and I suspect neither his father's nor his stepfather's brothers served in the American forces in Europe during the second world war. The poor man really is out of his league, and put himself in a position where he can't possibly admit it.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2008-05-27 14:00||   2008-05-27 14:00|| Front Page Top

#5 So, Obama REALLY is a commie, after all, if his family was part of the Red Army? Am I right? I thought he looked kinda russian, too.
Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-27 14:04||   2008-05-27 14:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Whoops! That's what I get for not clicking on the original link. NObama girl already links to Hot Air post. Sorry about that.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2008-05-27 14:05||   2008-05-27 14:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Flat out lies and pandering are the hallmark of the dhimocrats.
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2008-05-27 14:26||   2008-05-27 14:26|| Front Page Top

#8 FoxNews has picked up the story.
Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife  2008-05-27 16:59||   2008-05-27 16:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Is he sane?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-27 18:16||   2008-05-27 18:16|| Front Page Top

#10 #9 Is he sane?

No, many people suspect drugs.
Posted by Spike Gluck1277 2008-05-27 18:45||   2008-05-27 18:45|| Front Page Top

#11 HMMMMMMMM, HMMMMMMM, what doth PAUL ABDUL remember about MARIANO???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-27 18:54||   2008-05-27 18:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Update I saw somewhere says it was Buchenwald.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2008-05-27 19:04||   2008-05-27 19:04|| Front Page Top

#13 "In my Father's house are many attics; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you."

John 14:2 Revised Obama Edition
Posted by Skunky Glins 5***">Skunky Glins 5***  2008-05-27 20:17||   2008-05-27 20:17|| Front Page Top

#14 "Anne Frank and my Great Uncle had so much in common - attics, concentration camps...I'm almost related to her, right Zbiggy?"
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-05-27 20:38||   2008-05-27 20:38|| Front Page Top

#15 It was SEARED in his memory back when his 2nd cousin (twice removed) worked with the Canadian resistance. YJCMTSU How long will the MSM cover for this guy? If Bush had claimed this you can bet that CBS would have 10 experts lined up refuting the story.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2008-05-27 20:39||   2008-05-27 20:39|| Front Page Top

#16 The MSM is so ill-informed about our history they probably believe what he said is true, CS. :-(
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2008-05-27 21:12|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]  2008-05-27 21:12|| Front Page Top

#17 our Jewish Americans had better see thru this half-assed pander. His advisors are all Carter-Lite, except Brezinski, who's full-on-Carter. Besides McPeak (already in the bag), if he corrals Wesley "money men in NY and FLA" Clark, they should vote McCain, or kiss Israel goodbye
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2008-05-27 21:23||   2008-05-27 21:23|| Front Page Top

#18 Associated Press;

Attention Please, TRUTH TO POWER, Barack Obama + Uncle + WWII + ??:

It just so happens that during WWII I was inserted into Auschwitz by the US Secrete Service to initiate a Long Range OP.

Yes, my mission was to establish my Bona Fides as a Jewish Person and Prisoner at Auschwitz while I was there.

Just when you thought life couldn't get any stranger; Guess who was there?
Well it just so happens that Barack Obama was there* TOO!!!

Proof: Because I needed to establish my Jewish record, Coincedently Barack Obama and I both got circumcised [By A Very Important Rabbi in a special SecretE CircumcisioN RitE at Auschwitz in 1943*] to become Full Fledged members of the Jewish Race!

The OP Reason:
On the very next day as I prepared to leave camp it was reveled to me [by Barack no less] that I was to be his Uncle sometime off in the future.

Then I was exfiltrated from Auschwitz and haven't been in contact in any way with BO or his family since.

*BTW, I needed special dispensation from the Pope to set the clock back to 1943.. AND and a little more dispensation because one half my family is Catholic.
nonsense
Posted by RD">RD  2008-05-27 23:15||   2008-05-27 23:15|| Front Page Top

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