Madelyn Dunham...

[Dirty Octopus™]

October 26, 1922 - November 3, 2008

I just heard this. Is this for real?

Will it affect anything on this LAST DAY before we choose our President?

[blacknightteg]

October 26, 1922 - November 3, 2008

I just heard this. Is this for real?

Will it affect anything on this LAST DAY before we choose our President?

she just passed from what news networks are reporting. I don't know how it will effect anything, i mean if anything it might swing a little bit of sentiment towards people. but we shal see.

[Sammich]

um..who is this?

[MrsDirtyOc™]

um..who is this?

Obama's grandmother....

Pancake!

[WhiteAccord]

x2

[Dirty Octopus™]

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (October 26, 1922 - November 3, 2008)[2] and Stanley Armour Dunham (March 23, 1918 – February 8, 1992) are the maternal grandparents of Barack Obama, the junior United States Senator from Illinois and Democratic nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. They raised Obama from age 10 in their Honolulu, Hawaii apartment, where the widowed Mrs. Dunham lived until her death on November 3rd, 2008, in the same city as Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng.[3]

[Sammich]

oh...give him a set of 24s and the presidential win and he'll be ok

[blurred visions]

oh...give him a set of 24s and the presidential win and he'll be ok

I will now change my political views from a gun toting bible thumper to a socialist because of the death of that candidate's grandmother.

If that sways anybody then they had no beliefs to begin with.

yea, that was the typical white lady who woudl run to the other side of the street if she saw a black man.

I don't know if just simply quoting you all will show my point, or do I really have to give an explanation?

Simply put: unacceptable.

[1439/2000]

I don't know if just simply quoting you all will show my point, or do I really have to give an explanation?

Simply put: unacceptable.

Explain why my comment is "unacceptable" or even irrational. Obviously it was said in jest and as a hypothetical example that could be applied to either side, red or blue, with a few changed adjectives.

Let me do your thinking for you:

If Mccains family member died would people under the poverty line take off their oversized airbrushed "Yes we can" t-shirts and take the "Marta bus" to vote republican because they were on the fence? Nope, its absurd.

[blurred visions]

Explain why my comment is "unacceptable" or even irrational. Obviously it was said in jest and as a hypothetical example that could be applied to either side, red or blue, with a few changed adjectives.

Let me do your thinking for you:

If Mccains family member died would people under the poverty line take off their oversized airbrushed "Yes we can" t-shirts and take the "Marta bus" to vote republican because they were on the fence? Nope, its absurd.

It was unacceptable given this discussion; it was in no way a remotely intelligent contribution. You've clearly shown that you've been raised by the smallest of standards to apply a comment like that to a discussion about the death of a loved one. You easily could have reworded that sentence to a more appropriate one and we would still understand your point.

As for you again trying to prove the point that, "just because a loved one has died, doesn't mean it will sway votes," has absolutely nothing to do with anything I've said. I have a problem with anyone using the dead as a means for an inappropriate comment or discussion, which you my friend have done.

[1439/2000]

It was unacceptable given this discussion; it was in no way a remotely intelligent contribution. You've clearly shown that you've been raised by the smallest of standards to apply a comment like that to a discussion about the death of a loved one. You easily could have reworded that sentence to a more appropriate one and we would still understand your point.

As for you again trying to prove the point that, "just because a loved one has died, doesn't mean it will sway votes," has absolutely nothing to do with anything I've said. I have a problem with anyone using the dead as a means for an inappropriate comment or discussion, which you my friend have done.

Boring.

[BobbyFresco]

Obama's g'ma.

[mocha latte cupcake]

sad to hear... i hope sympathy does not sway a good voter. however i do extend my prayers to his family and those around her.

[MrsDirtyOc™]

Death
On November 3, 2008, a day before the U.S. Presidential election, the Obama campaign announced that Madelyn Dunham had "died peacefully after a battle with cancer" in Hawaii. "She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility."[30]

[1439/2000]

I will now change my political views from a gun toting bible thumper to a socialist because of the death of that candidate's grandmother.

If that sways anybody then they had no beliefs to begin with.

[Dirty Octopus™]

I will now change my political views from a gun toting bible thumper to a socialist because of the death of that candidate's grandmother.

If that sways anybody then they had no beliefs to begin with.

Some are just fickle.

[Sammich]

thats the lady who raised him right?

[BanginJimmy]

thats the lady who raised him right?

yea, that was the typical white lady who woudl run to the other side of the street if she saw a black man.

[Alan®]

thats the lady who raised him right?

I could be wrong but I think this is the one he threw under the bus

[Sammich]

I could be wrong but I think this is the one he threw under the bus

is that why she died?

[tony]

Yeah she raised him, her and her husband. I was hoping she would make it till the end but its pretty sad.

Personally I wouldn't be able to focus tomorrow if I was in his position. And shame to those who said he was headed to Hawaii to straighten out his Birth Certificate (Limbaugh) that was the last time that man got to see the woman that raised him.

[tony]

Wow even in death you guys are still inciting politics? C'mon show some respect.. shit like this is why I'm glad Republicans wont have hardly any seats in Congress left.

[Alan®]

Wow even in death you guys are still inciting politics? C'mon show some respect.. shit like this is why I'm glad Republicans wont have hardly any seats in Congress left.

.Wait a minute dont get me wrong it sucks that she died and all and he and his family has my condolonces but was this or was this not the one he threw under the bus at one point. If so thats his problem and not mine.

[dcutting9]

.Wait a minute dont get me wrong it sucks that she died and all and he and his family has my condolonces but was this or was this not the one he threw under the bus at one point. If so thats his problem and not mine.

My Mother is black and my Father is white...my father's mother (my grandmother) has been a huge part of my life and has loved me and my brothers/sis dearly. She too has, at one time or another, also said offensive racial slurs. It is not throwing her under the bus for me to say that. It just shows that times are changing and it was different back then. I think no less of my grandmother for how she was raised, and neither does Obama, I'm sure. That was the point in him saying that...It seems most people missed it...

[Alan®]

My Mother is black and my Father is white...my father's mother (my grandmother) has been a huge part of my life and has loved me and my brothers/sis dearly. She too has, at one time or another, also said offensive racial slurs. It is not throwing her under the bus for me to say that. It just shows that times are changing and it was different back then. I think no less of my grandmother for how she was raised, and neither does Obama, I'm sure. That was the point in him saying that...It seems most people missed it...

My whole thing(and this will be my last comment on this issue) I didn't consider what he said as throwing her under the bus I just think that something like that should just be kept yourself. I'm just not one to put family business out there in the open. I have done it before and it doesn't end well.

[Jimmy B]

like this is why I'm glad Republicans wont have hardly any seats in Congress left.

If that happens, God, PLEASE help us..

[tony]

If that happens, God, PLEASE help us..

They only have their selves to blame

[BanginJimmy]

They only have their selves to blame

I agree with you here



As far as the job congress is doing, their performance ratings show the story of what a democrat congress can do.

http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm

[tony]

Who cares? He lost a family member, and the "thrown under the bus" thing is subject to interpretation. Its really petty and stupid and the exact reason why Republicans will have a wake up call tomorrow.

[Alan®]

Who cares? He lost a family member, and the "thrown under the bus" thing is subject to interpretation. Its really petty and stupid and the exact reason why Republicans will have a wake up call tomorrow.

I was really asking for a definitive yes or no cause I was wondering if it was her or not. A simple yes or no would do. I was not trying to petty or stupid. Jeeze man chill out.

No need to get all spiteful over one comment.

[SPOOLIN]

Who cares? He lost a family member, and the "thrown under the bus" thing is subject to interpretation. Its really petty and stupid and the exact reason why Republicans will have a wake up call tomorrow.

how convenient, she probably actually died last week.

Democrats will have a wake up call too if Obama wins and after he takes the reins if so.

[tony]

how convenient, she probably actually died last week.

Democrats will have a wake up call too if Obama wins and after he takes the reins if so.

No suprise here, the education you received in Rome must be nothing less than stellar.

[blurred visions]

^^

[bigdare23]

No suprise here, the education you received in Rome must be nothing less than stellar.

[BanginJimmy]

As far as my comments go, he said that, I was just paraphrasing Obama's own words.