There have been some stories making the rounds in the blogosphere about Obama's failure to make good on a commitment to help a school named after him in Kenya, his father's birthplace. A related story has been the charge that Obama has left his brother, George Obama, to live in squalor and poverty in Kenya.On the school thing, I advise the Obama campaign to get in front of it and neuter the story by writing a check or put some volunteers or somebody on to creating some opportunities for the school. You can assign some volunteers to work on it and move on, but that way, people can't keep trying to put a hit job on you with it.
With regard to his brother, George, first off, I just want to know if the Cain is being asked about whether he is supporting all his poor relations (poor meaning they make less than $5 million). Its a ridiculous standard of behavior. Obama is not responsible for supporting his brother. More importantly, the suggestion that George Obama is living in squalor appears to be a total exaggeration. George himself has rejected this criticism of his brother and the characterization of his life.
"I was brought up well. I live well even now," he said. "The magazines, they have exaggerated everything.
"I think I kind of like it here. There are some challenges, but maybe
it is just like where you come from, there are the same challenges,"
Obama said."
You have forced me to have “sympathy for the devil” in this case. This isn’t an appropriate line of attack.
ReplyDeleteObama’s deadbeat dad left Obama when he was only two. Didn’t have much contact with him afterwards.
So, why should he feel any family loyalty to any of his father’s offspring after his father left him. Yeah, his father went around having child after child but if I was Barack, I would have no feeling once so ever for those offspring. If I had any feeling it would be one of antipathy.
I hear this commonly happens, although in this case yeah, there were some unique factors. But I have heard that it is often the case where a father (sometimes a mother) abandons his “Starter family” and indeed becomes a very good father to his new family, but for the children of his first marriage he just for the most part cuts off relations with them.
No wonder that the “starter children” would have so much resentment towards the “new children”. The new children have the father that he should have been for for the starter children but wasn’t.
By making fun of this situation in the case of Barak you are alienating all the “starter children” out there who have found themselves in a similar situation.
One thing I do find interesting about the whole “George Obama” thing is that his father named him Barack (an Arab name) and this guy George (an American name). Or is this just a nickname, like say Barry?
But again, don’t blame Barack for not not helping a guy who really isn’t his brother except genetically. First we don’t even know if he knew about George, and even if he did why should he care? I honestly wouldn’t care if some offspring of my deadbeat dad who left my mother and I as a child lived or died. He would be like a stranger.
Although, I am am just speculating on how I would feel as my dad never left my mother and I.