Take a look at this link and let me know your first impression. (you will have to scroll down to see the first photo)
I just received this in my email inbox. The title of my post was what was in the subject line of the incoming email.
I expect it will be flying around to many, many inboxes in the next few weeks.
So we have a family photograph followed by a quote from the brother and a quote from Obama’s book. I don’t know if Abongo “Roy” Obama actually believes what is attributed to him and I don’t know if the quote from Barack’s book is accurate. I have not researched any of this.
This is just the first time I have seen it and I can really see this kind of thing catching fire in the future.
Have any of you already seen it? Where does this kind of thing orginate?
This is why it tears me apart. If that is an actual family photograph and if Roy actually believes what it is said that he believes and if Barack actually said that Roy’s new lifestyle has made a new and better man of him then why would this be considered an attack ad?
And why was I immediately appalled when I saw it?
“Straight News” story on the guy.
Blood is thicker than water – as it should be. What matters is what Barack believes – not what his brother believes. But add this to the list of reasons that John McCain will be our next president.
Abongo’s “new lifestyle” referenced there was that he got clean and sober through his embracing of Islam. His eyes were clear because he wasn’t drunk/stoned all the time.
The quote from Obama’s book continues:
(from the Chicago Sun Times)
An accountant, Abongo Obama also argued that the black man must “liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European culture,” Obama wrote. “But the magic of his laughter remains, and we can disagree without rancor.”
Curious the piece curiously omits the whole “disagreeing” thing.
This is more of the Paint The Black Man African And Muslim So Americans [read: white] Won’t Vote For Him crap.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sullivan40/2201156984/
http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/01/17/yes-this-kerry-swift-boater-has-no-problem-going-there/
ahh heck, I’m starting a rant, and I guess I’m going to have to go post on Cranky Cindy….
If Obama wins TX or OH tomorrow, the “if you don’t support Obama, you’re likely a racist, or at least probably a bigot” campaign officially begins. Not from Obama (he appears to be above it), but from the DNC and the diehards.
True. Very true.
See: Carter, Billy.
cindy,
Limbaugh’s remarks in the link you provided were part of a bit on Hillary introducing “spade work” into the her speech about Obama a while back. Not your doing, of course, but it would be better for those hinting at racism to realize that, in this case, Limbaugh is making fun of Hillary’s use of the word, and thus adding it into his summaries. Same with the “Magic Negro” stuff, which came from left wing Democrat David “JC Watts is a house ni$$er” Ehrenstein.
He’s making fun of the left, using their own words.
How in the world can you guys not know that by now?
They look like a mix of African and American people, no problem based on appearances. Next, what exactly makes this Muslim relative a radical Muslim? Being Muslim? I’ll judge President-elect Obama by his own words, not the supposed words (there’s no third-party citation there) of his brother.