To Her Good Health
Barack Obama’s grandmother, a “typical white person” is ill, and I’m very sorry to hear that. Not only because I tend to like grandmothers, but because I like most of the white people I know, too (unlike some of my more testy readers):
Senator Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has always been one of the most important people in his life. Along with his mother and his grandfather, she raised him in Hawaii from the time he was born until the moment he left for college. As he said at the Democratic Convention, she poured everything she had into him.
Recently, his Grandmother has become ill, and in the last few weeks, her health has deteriorated to the point where her situation is very serious. It is for that reason that Senator Obama has decided to change his schedule on Thursday and Friday so that he can see her and spend some time with her. He will be returning the the campaign trail on Saturday.
Our best wishes to the Dunham, Obama, and related families.
I can understand Obama’s decision to take time off to be with her, and I respect and admire the decision.
But it makes the decision to bench Joe Biden all the more puzzling indeed. Two weeks until election day, and Team Obama is going at half-strength for the next few days:
According to campaign sources, Joe Biden has no events planned for today — despite the election being only two weeks away. What happened? Could Team Obama have pulled Slow Joe off the trail after telling people that Barack Obama’s election would provoke our enemies into a confrontation with us, and maybe more than one?
A bound and gagged Biden could only be an improvement, so I regret the move. Running out Madeleine Albright is a pretty lame response.
Anyway, he may be so far ahead, Obama could stay in Hawaii and surf for the next two weeks, and still win by eight points.
But it’s still pretty strange.
Get well, Mrs Dunham.
Carol said,
October 21, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Glimmer of Obama’s Character as He Visits Sick Grandma
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Politics/story?id=6080508&page=1
ABC has gone so far in the tank for The One that they are on their way down the drain. Their slobbering obeisance to His Highness is still stunning.
Barb said,
October 21, 2008 @ 7:40 pm
Just throwing this out there - If his grandma is sick, then I wish her well and a speedy recovery, or to be as comfortable as possible. With that said, are we so sure B Hussein isn’t up to something, like an end of October surprise? Sorry for being cynical and seemingly cold, but I don’t trust this charlatan for even a moment. He wants to win at ALL and ANY costs. He’s thrown his “typical white person” gran under the bus before. So, it wouldn’t surprise me if he was using her now as some kind of smoke screen for what he might really be doing in Hawaii - if that’s where he actually is.
Yes, I know, “tinfoil hat” stuff, but really, knowing what we know about this guy, is it so farfetched to question this?
Just sayin’.