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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:59 PM Original message |
AP: Obama aunt from Kenya living in US illegally |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Isn't it too late for the October Surprise? |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It smells like *something* |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Why would this affect the election? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And there is more |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. If we are this weak, that a story about someone's aunt would lose us |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh fully agreed, it will not fly |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I'm sure. And that is part of our problem isn't it? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well drudge is part of the RIGHT WING political machine |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. They can't be ignored? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Lemme see, if he were not quoted by oh MSNBC this morning |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I don't think they have the same strength as they had...... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You are confusing being aware that they are real and are treated like |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Joe the Plumber breaks all kinds of laws and McCain displays him as a role model! |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
66. Someone mentioned this to me last night |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. All we need to know......AP strikes again! |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. My brother-in-law has family that came here illegally without his |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. wow |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They can't even officially confirm if this is even true. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Wouldn't be the first time.. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
49. "... a person .. told the AP .. on condition of anonymity ..." |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. too little too late |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Ooh....Obama is related to someone who MAY be illegal! |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is Lou Dobbs going to be airing a two-hour special on this? |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I would guess it's from the Bush camp |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It has an effect on |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Logic |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Jus' like spreadin' tar. |
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AKing (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. She was hiding in plain sight...This falls more on the lack of enforcement then anything else |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Illegal immigration is an issue and this will get some air time. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Yeah....let's not vote for our future because of some little old woman...... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Hey, people didn't vote for their future because of who'd they rather have a beer with last time. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. This is the same country that gave Bush 2 terms... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. She's 56. Christ. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
65. The "little old woman" is 56 years old. That makes her about |
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wanpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I don't believe there are many, if any, true undecideds at this point. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. is this the october surprise ? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. Uh-oh |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. uh-oh....my 401K depends on the answer to that question! |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. Wow, I'm surprised this isn't from ABC News |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Here's some interesting background: Murdoch's Times of London started this |
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Proud-D (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
33. Whats up with the AP lately? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Fucking Fournier, that's who! |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. AP was doing anti Dem work when John Solomon was there. |
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corporatemedia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. The corporate media will try to make a "mountain out of an aunt hill." n/t |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. Don't Obama and McCain favor some sort of "pathways to citizenship" program? |
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JDwho (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
40. All this means is... |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. As irrational as it is, I just... I just imagine a scenario where a few fools might |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. mccain will lose more votes from |
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tgnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Undecideds in Arizona, N.M., Colorado might have pause. |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Given the lead Obama already has in NM and CO, I agree. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #44 |
63. She's not Mexican |
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lenegal (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. And magazines are looking into McCain 1964 Accident |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. My family entered the US illegally a million years ago |
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shotten99 (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
46. So what!? |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:10 AM Original message |
Not if he... abused his power!!! |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Self-Delete. |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
48. But the officials talking about it illegally is ok. Sure. I see. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
50. Aunt Zeituni in Hub, Obama campaign says (Boston Globe) |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
52. This does the GOP no good at all. 56 year old woman is not scary. |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
53. She'll have to get her green card once he's elected. They can't send her back |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
54. Most e-mailed on Yahoo. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. How does she get public housing? |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. yeah! Lets drive her to the streets and kick her ass out of the country! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
56. Who the fuck do these people think they are? |
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machI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
57. Here we go again, an 'Anonymous source' who 'spoke on condition of anonymity' is taken as truth |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
59. Perhaps she was hiding from Sarah Palin's preacher and his band of "witch hunters"! |
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AKing (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
61. Just relax...It's not like Barack was hiding her in his basement. |
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tgnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
62. Uh oh. She donated $260 to his campaign in sub-$200 increments |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. does she get to vote ? |
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tgnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. no, but the illegal contributions are enough if the media wanted to run with this |
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FVZA_Colonel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Well, they've been returned. |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
67. sorry ..that dog will not hunt. good luck with that one wingnuts. |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
70. Josh Marshall: Note too that the story first got leaked |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I encourage anyone who has his satellite services to drop them as we did |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
72. Why is this even a story? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
74. And my ancestors were Welsh stowaways |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
75. He'll get a two pronged attack on this on: Illegal immigration AND small donations. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
77. Finally. The October Surprise |
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allisonthegreat (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
78. Trust me..this is Neo Con crap happens before every election...eom |
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allisonthegreat (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
79. Trust me..this is Neo Con crap happens before every election...eom |
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