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Obama's Grandmother Dies

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  • 03-11-2008 10:52pm
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    slumped
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    Barack Obama's grandmother passed away a short time ago.

    Predictions are that it won't impact on the run in to tomorrow.

    RIP.

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    Mitch Connor
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    Sad that she won't get to see Obama possibly voted in as president.


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    dlofnep
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    RIP.


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    Galvasean
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    Tauren wrote: »
    Sad that she won't get to see Obama possibly voted in as president.

    Agreed.


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    LadyMayBelle
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    So sad. If she could have only lived to see it through. RIP


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    peanuthead
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    aw, thats terrible.

    EDIT:
    Now that I think about it, how old would she be? Is this even true, or a rumour spread by some campaigner. A bit "convenient" for want of a better word?


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    projectmayhem
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    Horrible news for Obama and his family


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    DavidLive
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    Tauren wrote: »
    Sad that she won't get to see Obama possibly voted in as president.
    Rest in Peace indeed. Very terrible time for it to happen to.

    Hopefully (and it's easier said than done, no doubt), these tragic circumstances don't put him off his efforts to be President.


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    kerry4sam
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    I hope that she Rests In Peace - ah dear gawd! Just a few hours to possibly seeing more history in the making ... Sincerely hope both he and his family stay strong. My thoughts are with them all


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    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    May she rest in peace.

    And the response from a Fox News reader:

    "How convenient..."


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    PeakOutput
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    taconnol wrote: »

    "How convenient..."

    no way................really?


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    mollydolly271
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    just seen that on sky news ah thats sad for him


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    trishasaffron
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    I so so hope Barak wins tomorrow - its going to change the US for ever. Its really thrilling to see black voters who would never before have bothered voting or have been canvassed or encouraged to register. Hope its a landslide!!


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    Wishbone Ash
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    peanuthead wrote: »
    aw, thats terrible
    .....For McCain!


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    reckoner
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    Yeah just saw it there, pretty sad, although it was expected, pity it had to be before the election, wouldve been cool for her to see Obama get elected.


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    mike65
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    Is Obamas campaign being scripted and produced by the West Wing team?

    Mike


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    cornbb
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    RIP. I'm glad she died in the knowledge that the man she raised is (probably) about to change the world.

    I can only imagine what a rollercoaster these few days must be for Obama, let alone the last few years, this is another big twist thrown into the mix.


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    Manic Moran
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    the man she raised is (probably) about to change the world.

    Not expecting much, are you?

    NTM


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    Cadet?
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    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Not expecting much, are you?

    NTM


    Come on Manic Moran, even if we forget about everything else, just by Obama being elected tomorrow (hopefully!), he will have changed the world.


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    cooker3
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    Obviously sad

    Still 86 so had a good innings and seen her grandson on the verge of making world history. I imagine she went out feeling pretty proud


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    jhegarty
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Is Obamas campaign being scripted and produced by the West Wing team?

    Mike

    I hope not for Biden's sake !!


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    marco_polo
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    taconnol wrote: »
    May she rest in peace.

    And the response from a Fox News reader:

    "How convenient..."

    Posted this on the other thread as well but here are some choice words as well.

    http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/obamas-grandmother-dies-eve-election/comments/


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    Macha
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    marco_polo wrote: »
    Posted this on the other thread as well but here are some choice words as well.

    http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/obamas-grandmother-dies-eve-election/comments/

    Some people are just sick in the head.


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    tribulus
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    Are some of those people genuinely considering this to be a political ploy?

    The mind boggles.

    RIP.


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    mumhaabu
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    May she rest in peace, as has been pointed out on Fox News and else where Barack Obama never actually released his birth certificate and his Birth was only registered in Hawaii, however many theories abound that he was actually born in Kenya, which if proven would rule him ineligible to run for President.

    I predict McCain will storm through being the vetern he is, this guy was a POW in Vietnam and knows how to hold the fort. Deaths like this usually work for the other guy and don't effect the political outcome. Anna Lindt was murdered days before the Swedish Euro Referendum in 2003 and despite her party's intense efforts to get Sweden into the Euro her Murder actually swayed suport away from it and subsequently Sweden still uses the Krona today.


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    aidan_walsh
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Is Obamas campaign being scripted and produced by the West Wing team?

    Mike
    There were times you would think that this entire electoral season was. Others you'd think it was Jeremy Beadle behind it...


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    jhegarty
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    mumhaabu wrote: »
    which if proven would rule him ineligible to run for President.


    That's not true , you don't need to be born in the us to be president , you just have to be eligible to be a US citizen from birth...


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    #28
    testicle
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    jhegarty wrote: »
    That's not true , you don't need to be born in the us to be president , you just have to be eligible to be a US citizen from birth...

    Not true. You need to be a natural born citizen.


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    #29
    testicle
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    mumhaabu wrote: »
    May she rest in peace, as has been pointed out on Fox News and else where Barack Obama never actually released his birth certificate and his Birth was only registered in Hawaii, however many theories abound that he was actually born in Kenya, which if proven would rule him ineligible to run for President.

    The State of Hawaii came out the other day, and confirmed that he was born in the State.


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    cornbb
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    testicle wrote: »
    It was his grandmother, not his mother. He was raised by his mother.

    He was 27 before he even met the woman.

    Are you sure? It appears that she raised him for at least some of his formative years:
    http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/obamas-grandmother-dies-eve-election/comments/#commentPaginationTop wrote:
    The Kansas-born Dunham and her husband, Stanley, raised their grandson for several years so he could attend school in Honolulu while their daughter and her second husband lived overseas.

    Her influence on Obama's manner and the way he viewed the world was substantial, the candidate himself told millions watching him accept his party's nomination in Denver in August


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    #31
    testicle
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    Sorry, thought it was the other one that popped her clogs. Post deleted!


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