Texas GOP Hits Obama for Ignoring Impoverished Half-Brother

Blah Blah bLAH … Cindy is NOT running to be the President of the United States.
And Cindy’s half sister is not living in ABSOULTE poverty in a hut in Africa.

Is Obama responsible for half-siblings he doesn’t even know?
The only sibling that Obama really knows his his half-sister in which he was raised with.

Obama is only about ONE THING … OBAMA!!!
PERSONAL SELFISH AMBITION … SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT WITHOUT HAVING DONE ANY GROUND WORK TO PREPARE TO BE THE PRESIDENT …
Obama is not wanting change for America or you and me ..
Obama’s message of change is a JOKE … Obama will say ANYTHING to get elected.
Everything he says is TUNED to make you FEEL good …
And now his VP is someone who has been in Washington for over 30 years …
SO MUCH for his talk about change…
So much for those who think Experience does not matter and voted Obama as their nominee ..
Now your political fraud nominee is telling you that EXPERIENCE DOES MATTER.
And Obama is an EMPTY HEAD filled only with the food that the anti-America, Anti-White Rev. WRIGHT has fed him for the past 20 years …
WAKE UP AMERICA AND PUT ON YOUR THINKING HAT …
I would sooner have President BIDEN than Obama ..
SAVE AMERICA – VOTE MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT

Let’s get to work, Hillarys 28% supporters …
Let us all vote MCCAIN .. you have to vote for MCCAIN. If you dont vote for MCCAIN, you end up voting OBAMA whether you actually cast the vote or not.
Let us put COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY …
NO OBAMA is IMPORTANT TO AMERICA.

if attacking mccain for leaving his first wife is fair game, so is obamas half flesh and blood brother’s destitute status and obamas negligence to lift a finger to help him. if the excuse is he didn’t know, well he knows now, so do something to help your brother obama.
so cindy has a bitter, angry, half sister, so do i, so do many of us.

I gather the slick ad was paid significantly by Big Oil in Texas, which would fare a lot better with McCain as president. I seriously doubt the McCain camp would want any tit for tat with family values. They may be perpetuating some major self-injury with all the attacks. Not that the Democrats will respond with an equal reaction, but that the targeted audience, instead of being passive recipients, will question the ethics of those behind the attacks. Maybe the McCain surrogates ultimate folly will be in underestimating the intelligence of the American voter.

Fascinating that the texas GOP hits Obama for his brother. The Texas GOP thinks they are playing to their base, but many of us aren’t voting the party line this year and Texas may be in for a bit of a surprise.

Why not simply address the accusation at hand rather than personal attacks.
Barack Obama has a half brother who lives in poverty.
Barack Obama does not know him well or hardly at all, but he is FAMILY.
Giving his brother just $5/month would greatly improve his life.
Where is the compassion? Where is the supposed “candidate for the poor”? Sure, he’s willing to give OTHER people’s money to the poor but not his own – even if it’s family.
Sorry, but this ad is very effective and will undermine the Obama message of being for the poor.

I would say that Obama has some explaining to do, its easy to say he doesnt know his brother well, but that’s just an easy explanation, but no helping his brother along with only giving 1% of income to charity goes to show that his willingness to help out people only goes so far.

Shame on all of you.Continue to degrade Africa. Today, the Chinese were deporting Americans, What a Shame. Dont worry with four more years of Mcbush, Africans will soon start deporting Americans.

JA- Cindy McCain has a half sister living in Phoenix, not thousands of miles away on a different continent, and she has steadfastly maintained that she’s an only child. This sister is apparently struggling some and was effectively cut off from the Hensley fortune when their father died in 2000. Yes, his brother should be getting some assistance, but this may very well reflect his distance and obscurity as 1 of 8 half-siblings than the assumption of Obama not wanting to help. The GOP is intent on rattling any skeletons they possible can, as if none exist for their candidate and exposure of the opponent is more important than defining the McCain platforms.

The American Dream is to marry into money. So stop your whining.

Kat,
Is Cindy McCain running for president? I wasn’t aware she was. But while you’re on the subject of her, obviously the family had a falling out but she is NOT LIVING IN POVERTY AS OBAMA’S BROTHER IS. Plus, Cindy McCain has done more for the poor of the world than both the Obamas put together.
Time to pull your head out of the sand and see things for what they are.

Gabbo,
Family is family. And you take care of your family.
Obama dropped the ball here. Honestly, how could he sleep at night knowing the conditions his half brother lives in??? I have more empathy for his brother than he does.

I have already started saving for the next four years. The way things are going, Mccain will surely win. There is no way things are going to get better. We have had the same policies for the past eight years, it is not working and there is no way it is going to work. Infact Mccain with all his lobbyist and his tempers, his vocabulary will only be three words. Mcpain, Mchunger and Mcsurge.

JA- Of course, Cindy McCain isn’t running for president. And neither is Obama’s half-brother. I may have my head in the sand on some matters, but not when it comes to seeing the McCain camp is creating distractions with attacks rather than explaining their candidate’s positions.

In the last few weeks, people from Texas with too much money and time have paid off lovers and hidden Democratic candidates babies; they have bundled loads of money to pour into the Republican coffers and now this. May-be, Obama’s brother likes his village. It is not our place to judge a situation both from a country or an individual who is not part of this process.

Eyes like the Summer Sun, I certainly hope your savings for the next four years can be put to a different use than emergency funds. The worst case scenario is McCain as president in a democratically controlled senate and house, which would create a balance of sorts. I guess it’s a matter of being prepared for the worst but hoping for the best.

according to an npr interview with cindy’s sister her and her husband are not destitute, husband firefighter, and she is/was a first responder. they live in central phx which is a rather exclusive area. reading the interview i did not detect any anger or hostility just upset that cindy claims to be an only child. of coarse the sister felt entitled to the fathers estate. but none of this had much to do with cindy. so as much as some of you were salivating for some dirt on cindy it does not seem this story will give you the benefit of trashing her.

carlasue….please don’t waste your vote…if you don’t think Bozo can lead this country, then don’t let him near the WH…..vote McCain, anything else is wasted.

There are millions of young people like me all around the U.S. and we are tired of stupid attacks like these.
Not once have I heard McCain talk about what he’s going to do; it’s all about Obama and what he’s doing. Who his brother is. Who his preacher is.
My whole family is diehard Republican and we are voting for Obama. He is the only one talking about making things different. John McCain is talking about stuff that doesn’t matter like Obama’s half brother when Obama didn’t even know his own father.
Judging from the attitudes of my Texan Republican friends, Obama is going to win and he’s going to win big.

jerry although i do not support obama i do credit him for inspiring young people like yourself to become involved in the political process. stay involved and regardless of the outcome (and how dirty it gets) don’t stop believing that you can make a difference. i have faith and sleep better knowing that young people care again like we did in the 70′s. regardless of who wins as a hillary supporter i will honor the will of the people. best wishes jerry.

I am so I can -I think that’s a great idea. I would love to see Dr. Phil interview Cindy and her sister for conflict resolution with the conclusion of she only wanted to be acknowledged. Maybe Oprah could sponsor relocation to the US for Obama’s half brother, along with getting exclusive interview rights beforehand in Kenya.

This is just another example of why Saddleback was such a disaster for Senator Obama. He puts down America and Americans, citing Matthew’s edict to give to the least among you, implying that we don’t give enough, regardless of the fact that we charitably give twice as much as the British, seven times as much as Germans, and 16 times as much as Italians. And, all the while he doesn’t give a thing to his own brother who is living on one dollar a month. Also, the Obama’s income tax returns reveal that Obama could stand to listen a bit to his own lecture, as they are incredibly meagre charitable givers themselves.

Debra,
you’re right that Obama has no obligation to his half brother. But one would think that someone who portrays himself as so concerned for the plight of the poor would send his brother a couple bucks a month.
This is hypocrisy at its worst.

I got a brother….you must have gone to creative writing classes….what a story….so glad you can conveniently relate to Obama. I can’t. As he said at the Faith Forum….he quoted scripture a verse that goes hand and hand with this very thing…NOT HELPING HIS BROTHER. I want to google what verse he referenced.
Anyway…you had me with your fiction.
OBAMA DOES NOT HAVE ME, EVER.

Houses won’t hurt McCain as there are many Dem politicans (Kerry) who own multipul homes…and what’s wrong with success and multiple homes? Should our candidates live in condos and have less to prove something….it’s irrelevant. Maybe some of these jealous people should marry up….as Cindy is the one with the wealth and real estate.

btw we may be fellow citizens but i am not your brother, ok!

anyone who would link the names of 2 US Senators with bin laden needs a serious freakin’ reality check.

dont hide behind your gender. if you are a “true dem” there is no way on earth you would vote for mccain because YOU KNOW that cheney rove and bush will be sitting at the table when mccain make policy. so dont you dare say you are true dem. a true dem would not link obama’s and biden’s name with a SOB like osama bin laden. so dont you dare say you are a true dem because if you are those types of words never make it from your fingers to this screen!!!

toddo, i am the truest of dems…since i was born…born a union girl, a daughter of a teamsters union worker, korean war vet, no heat in the winter, no air in the summer, just a common person..working for a fair frickin day’s pay man…don’t you accuse me of not being a dem…or else, where do you wanna meet….

yes you did when you type crap like “osama hussein bin laden biden” that is straight out of the karl rove playbook and you know it!!. if you are concerned about womens issues and policy, what makes you thing mccain will have people who speaks for them at his table. they are not big oil they are not former bush cabinet members. what do you think he would envite hillary to the table to champion progressive causes. it would be a cold day in hell and if you think otherwise you better wake up!!

Obama could double his brother’s income by sending him $1 a month.
He isn’t willing to do that.
But he wants you and me to send billions to nations like Africa – in fact, a full 7% of our GDP – via the Global Poverty Act.
Obama is mighty free-wheelin’ with our money. With his own? Not so much.

toddo…McCain has the greatest record of working across the isle….and no one disputes that. His own party was angry with him that he was too liberal and he clashed with Bush several times.

i dont believe you! a true dem knows what is at stake with this election. a true dem knows that issues of women, the poor, the jobless, the middle clase wont see the light of day in a republican administration or has the last 8 yrs not taught you that.

toddo, i am a clinton girl…the last 8 years has shown me debt, cowardess, poor, no insurance, dont’ you dare say i am not a dem…where do you wanna meet if you think that….go hillary, go dems, go war vets, go poor, go homeless, go middle class

debra what you said would be true 5 yrs ago when people like me adored mccain, but he has changed. he now proudly states he has supported bush 95% of the time. i dont want another president bush even at 95%. so if mccain was the way he was around 2000, he would have had my vote, but he is not. he has changed and so has my vote!

so if you are a true dem you would not dare attach bidens and obama’s name to osama bin laden. that speaks volumes more than what you are now saying!!

toddo – McCain is still the Maverick, but has to appeal to the base….when he gets in office he’ll still be the straight talk express…if BO gets in it will only be talk…ug, um, ah, ugh….VOTE McCAIN.

either or you girls know about the law suit involving Obama’s birth certificate or dual citizenship? alot of talk/blogs/website devoted to this suit by a Dem congressman from Penn.

debra a true maverick would not change a damn thing to win approval. a true maverick would make others see his way. mccain has not done that since 2000 when he started changing.
so yes mccain was maverick but no more.

toddo…John does not want to raise your taxes in a soft economy and Obama will…Dems always raise taxes and you and I can’t afford that. I love Hillary and voted for her as she was best for the job, even knowing my taxes would be raised and uni health care is never going to happen…but on so many other issues Hill had it right.
Now I’m for McCain out of protest over the sock puppet.

and if hillary comes out fighting at the convention but for obama, what has she lost her way. NO, Hillary like all other true Democrats know what is at stake. Hillary is a tuff strong dynamic wonderful person, but she lost the nomination. was she made, yes. was she pissed, yes. is she still, likely. but Hillary knows this election is not about her or obama its about changing the course of our country and preventing mccain from continuing 95% of bush policy. hillary knows this and so do we. again a true dem knows that issues of women, the poor, the jobless, the middle clase wont see the light of day in a republican administration and that is what hillary barack biden and the rest of us are fighting for

tuddo, i think now you are making sense. i love hill, and wish she would have won. as i have said earlier, i am a true dem, the voice of the middle class, trying to keep a roof over my head, work in a factory, have a 04 car, eat a lot of sandwiches for dinner, sometimes walk to work, love animals, give to charity more than others, will take all the overtime that is offered to me because i need it….support unions, look out for the homeless, and most of all….if i won the powerball, i would build an animal shelter here where i live to keep the homeless animals warm in the winter, and cool in the summer, with plenty of food, warmth and love.

debra, i can’t stand it that hill is going to give oblama her delegates on wednesday either. thank god i will be working 12 hour days all next week….otherwise i would be sitting there watching the dem convention just throwing up

carlasue…you sound like a great lady….I’ll pray you pull the right lever in the voting booth…it’s 2:39AM here in Calif., so I’m off to bed.
LOVE HILL, LIKE BIDEN, HATE OBAMA FOR PREZ.
JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN FOR ME…COUNTRY FIRST.

nite…carlasue!

and yes a die hard dem

“McCain is respected for his service”??? He aided and abetted the enemy while he was captured. A couple of his buddies paid a high price for his information. Yet he doesn’t have the guts to admit it.

exactly toddo!!!! i agree with you. now on this note, i must go to sleep. it is 5 am here and i have to work 12 hour days all this week. good thing we agree to disagree, but agree in the end, as we are the backbone of what all shall be….democrats for life!!!! till later all my blog friends, goodnite to you and god bless you tooo!!!!!

Is this like Cindy McCain saying she is the only child,and has two step sisters,and one of them is protesting the fact that she is not being acknowledged? this story was on Huffington post recently!!!!

Apparently whomever said this:
Isn’t this kind of a weird attack for the Texas GOP to launch given the recent revelation of Cindy McCain’s “angry” and estranged half-sister?
Can’t figure out that Cindy isn’t running for president or going around telling all of us to do more for our fellow citizens.

McAudacity — Don’t you know that according to Brother Obama, one is not to attack the wives of the candidates?
Except, oops, then Obama turned right around and did that. tsk tsk
Obama sure is good at telling the rest of us how to live while he does whatever he pleases.

From McCain’s book on torture:
Eventually, I gave them my ship’s name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant. Pressed for more useful information, I gave the names of the Green Bay Packers’ offensive line, and said they were members of my squadron. When asked to identify future targets, I simply recited the names of a number of North Vietnamese cities that had already been bombed. [Page 194*]

Cindy mccain has a half sister she lied about ans stole half of her fathers fortune cindy mccain LIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at least obama didnt lie about his half brother

hey peach—–some wanted mccain tried for treason–but having the right connections payed off for him

According to people posting here, it is OK for Obama to let his half brother live in a shack in Kenia, because…Cindy McCain has a stranged sister.
So we check first on McCain to see if Obama is justified in doing something wrong.
Moral giants…

mctratior
REMEMBER THE FORESTAL

OBAMA GAVE 70 THOUSAND TO CHARITY LAST YEAR—-BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF INCOME I WONDER WHERE MCCAIN WOULD BE IN THIS CATAGORY.

“Isn’t this kind of a weird attack for the Texas GOP to launch given the recent revelation of Cindy McCain’s “angry” and estranged half-sister?”
That is the reason for this ad.
Where is there an example of Obama doing anything for his brothers, sisters, grandparents, parents…or doing anything for anyone that was not politically motivated?

@ rodney regarding money to charities:
In 2007, the Arizona senator reported $405,409 in total income and contributed $105,467, or 26 percent of his total income, to charity.
In 2006, Mr. McCain said he had $358,414 in total income and donated $64,695, or 18 percent of his total income, to charity.
Last year Obama made over $2,000,000 in salary and book profits. His percent of charity money is not much.
Before he ran for President he gave very, very little and most of it to Rev. Wright’s church.

405 THOUSAND——HOW ABOUT THE INCOME FROM BOOSE DISTRIBUTION —OH I FORGOT THAT IS HIS WIFES MONEY—-NO CUMMUNITY PROPERTY ??????????????????

SALLY I LOVE YOUR MATH—-OBAMA GAVE OVER 30%—–

I WOULD LIKE TO BE MARRIED TO A WEALTHY WOMAN——AND BE HER NUMBER ONE CHARITY——13 MILLION IN HOMES ALONE—-WHAT ARE THE MCCains actually worth.
IF I HAD ALL THAT MONEY AND INCOME ==ALL MY FAMILY WOULD BENIFIT–

SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE ON–AT LAST
GOODBYE

Why are you Obama supporters so jealous of Cindy’s money. Her father earned it the hard way after he came out of the military! At least John and Cindy take care of family. His boys from the 1st marr. work for Cindy’s co. What has Obama done for his family!! His father was a plagimist and a drunk! Read what Cindy has down for charity and read what Michelle has done for charity!! really tips the scales!! Maybe when John is president he will send Obama’s bro some money and maybe the “Kennedy’s” will bring the bro to the US like Obama lied and said the Kennedy’s brought his father to the US. I was for Clinton and now for McCain! Vote Country first and Party Second!!

sonia trevino Yeah i got one too but sometimes like mine they want to be there I don’t know if thats thecase here but sometimes brothers dislike each other so much they don’t even talk I have a brother I haven’t seen or talk to in 12 yrs because of choices HE made sometimes it is just not up to you .

The Repubs just don’t get it do they. Cindy has a half sister she has written off also, I saw the interview. I also saw the interview with Obamas half brother. They met, they never clicked and he is good with it. People need to get a grip. It is not about color, half brothers or sisters it is about the issues. We do not do this right this time we will not have a healthy america in 4 years we will be in deep trouble.

Not going to work. If that is his brother. He is a grown man choosing to live in a shack.

Obama is the most corrupt candidate that I have seen in years and he has Only been in politics for a short while. Corruption has gotten him where he is today. If elected we can have a new slogan for the USA.
CORRUPTION, THE AMERICAN DREAM!

check out the story on npr’s site regarding cindy mccain’s half-sister’s. if this family does not care about their own family, do you think they care about the average american in these desparate times.

Why is it that all we haer about McCain is “he’s a war hero.” Is that going to be the Republican answer for everything? There are lots of war heros. We are looking for a President and he will have to deal with issues in the real world that can not be answered with “he’s a war hearo.”

wow… reading some of these comments. Its funny that anyone and everyone is somehow tied to obama and he is responsible for them.
Mccain left his wife after returning from being pow because she was in a disfiguring car crash…. what does that say about his character?
I mean, how can you criticize obama for not taking care of his half brother that lives in another world? lol
why doesnt cindy mccain send aid to obamas brother, shes has enough money

McCain’s campaign is pretty disgusting. I am really sick of all the stupid ads that discuss Obama. What does McCain stands for? Why don’t they do ads on that!

Can someone explain to me? How does getting shot down by enemy forces make someone an untouchable war hero? Do republican have no shame at all? John Kerry risked his life to save the troop mate. Still the republicans managed to swift boat him into being almost unelectable in 2004. Now they want to make a sacrosanct war hero out of a guy who got captured???

It amazes me how stupid some people are. Hint: not everyone living in other parts of the globe wrap their lives around obtaining material goods. How bout that? Obama’s half-brother, that he’s met all of once in his life, is content and not looking for anything from Obama. He wishes him well. Not the same can be said for the second Mrs. McCain’s half-sister. Oh no, there is clear animosity there. Its as if the GOP is in some sort of parallel universe where they think these little snide ads dont actually apply to their own candidate. Could it be they realize the people that would buy it are so stupid they can pass it off? That must be it.

Heck Obama’s Dad probaby has 20 sons & daughters in Africa…..should Obama bring them ALL to live in his house??
Obama and Michelle just paid off their student loans….their not filty rich like McBush!!
This is just another “weapon of mass distraction”…..Obama in ’08!!

If Obama can’t take care of a poor brother what about the rest of us

The gop is desperate with this ad.

Cindy McCain has two half sisters — one from her Dad’s first marriage and another from a non marital relationship. A good deal of the McCain charitable contribution goes to their own foundation.

Mary Ok: First, I’m sure the impact of Obama’s work wasn’t insignificant to the people who he helped. I don’t like to address others’ comments – but this one is particularly offensive to people (like myself) who have worked hard and struggled (financially) to get a good education, could work in corporate America and make stacks of money – but instead choose to use our education to work to make this world better for those who are less fortunate. Obama was a community organizer when he could have had any job he wanted…he CHOSE to help others…You need to at least Respect that, if you don’t want to vote for him for some other LEGITIMATE reason, fine.
Second, and in response to this ridiculous ad – we don’t know what kind of a relationship Obama has with his brother (for all we know this isn’t his brother…the RNC isn’t exactly a bastian of truth)– but I’m certain that if this man and his family lived in a nicer home and had received money from Obama – the RNC would be running ads pointing out that Obama had given money to an East African Muslim Group (gasp).
It makes me sad and frustrated that the polls are even CLOSE here…I can not believe that there are so many gullible people left in the American electorate that after EIGHT YEARS of Bush/McCain Policies – people would support more of the same policies that got us into this mess… (and if you think McCain is a Maverick – go to the Senate website and look at his record – he voted w/ BUSH 95% of the time)

Obama loves to spend other people’s money–our money.
But when it comes to giving, Obama and Biden do not like to part with their own money.
Obama gave 4-6% of his income in 2005-06
and Biden gave 1/3 of one per cent of his income.
Oh and how much did McCain give to charity in 2007?
Twenty-seven percent of his income.

I THINK WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE REPUBS WANT THE SAME THING THEY DID TO KERRY KEEP TALKING ABOUT OLD STUPID STUFF AND KEEP THE ONUS OFF OF THEM AND THAT IS THE SAME THING MOST OF THE T.V STATIONS ARE DOING THIS MORNING INSTEAD OF BEING POSITIVE ABOUT THIS CONVENTION ALL IS NEGATIVE COMPARING OBAMA TO MCCaIN AND HILLARY THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS WEEK IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT

A lot of Hollywood celebrities like Obama ignore their family members as they live is squalor.
The only way Obama would help poor brother George Hussein is if he could get a government grant.
Obama loves to spend our money.
Powerful Ad.

Cindy McCain _lied_ about her siblings. She claimed she was an only child. She’s a liar and so’s her husband, John McNasty.

before you vote for McWar,McPow is an excuse/reason for anything, McAnti Roe v Wade, McFree Ride for the Rich and McLie on the facts…think of your grand kids. Obama is “your” once in a lifetime opportunity.

Will campaigns forever be about personal sniping? Are these guys the best people on earth? Obviously not. Remark about Obama is about himself only? What about Sen. McKean? he doesn’t have ambition, he’s about helping whom?
This personal back and forth BS sounds like the comedian Rush Limbaugh.

McCain opened the door when he said..”uhhh…I’ll have to ask my staff”. His words, not Obama’s.
Obama just repeated what he said!
Obama never attacked McCain’s family. Cindy McCain kept saying she was an only child. Her nephew called the press and said…Hey my mother is her half sister! He was tired of the McCain saying pretty much his mother didn’t exist. And now there are Two sisters!!!
Cindy and John McCain put on their website that their daughter Bridgett was brought here b/c mother theresa begged cindy to bring her back to the US for medical care. Not true….none of it. She never spoke to mother theresa on that trip! The PRESS investigated that story. They have since taken it off the McCain official website! And Obama not his campaign has ever commented on it!!
So, Obama has a brother, he never knew, that was raised in a different country.

Talking heads are the most dangerous. Halperin sounded like a babbling idiot. Same for Cokie Roberts.
Best thing to do is ignore them. Turn off your tv! This concerted effort, major push to derail Obama’s candidacy will not succeed.

Obama’s biggest charity was Trinity Church. They did a comparison this morning on either C-Span or a news channel and Dems alwasy give less than Reps…..he has exact numbers on
C-Span2….and the differnce was appaling. Kennedy, FDR, and Obama penny pinchers compared to Reagan and McCain….for the party that wants to help so many by raising your taxes, they ought to dig into their own pockets.
I bet Hillary would have helped her own flesh and blood out…..although it’s not just this brother,,,he has 7 other siblings from his dad’s 3 other wives.

debra, so what. Your post offers nothing.

Well foted, according to some people he is. Go figure.

A load of interesting stuff about John McCain from brother Joe.
1. It shows John’s Oedipus Complex with Cindy mirroring the role his mother had when he was a boy.
2. Shows his family was Navy royalty with both father and grandfather being admirals.
3. Shows how out of touch the McCains are with average people — Mom was managing the oil leases [my mom did that too LOL!] and John knows how Americans are because he serves on a committee.
4. Finally, brains don’t flow on the male side as dad and grandpa finished near the bottom of their classes along with John.
“The person who took care of all the business was my mother,” he said. “My father had no idea about the family business, what oil leases he owned in Oklahoma.”
Joe McCain, who makes his home in Washington’s Northern Virginia suburbs, chuckled when recalling that “one time, [John McCain's mother] bought a house to remodel” in Southeast Washington while “[dad] was at sea.”
John McCain’s years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee also help him “emphasize with the American people” on pocketbook issues, Joe McCain said.
John McCain was a less-than-stellar student who graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy.
“By the way, that’s a McCain tradition,” he said. “My father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, and they graduated in the bottom fourth of their class, too.”

All the while John McCain does nothing to have his wife mend fences in her family. Cindy claims to be an only child when she knows full well she has two sisters. One from her fathers first marriage and one from her mothers first marriage.

The Texas GOP nor any other, GOP source has any ground to stand on about their candidate and his extendted family being a role model. His wife Cindy Hensley McCain has two sisters she and yet she claims to be an only child. After their father’s death Cindy who inherted the 99.9 % of h the estate cut off her siblings and continues to thei day to claim to be an only child.

McCain and his mother sued Carol McCain, his first wife, to return gifts.
That’s Republican family values for you: hit them when their down.

MrCoffee Finishing in the bottom forth of a class would mean you would finish 75-100 out of 100. In John McCains case to finish in the bottom tenth of his class means you would finish 90-100 out of 100. 15 points difference, can make a big difference.

I want to know who selected you to police this issue. Cindy McCain insists she is the only child. Doesn’t she have 2 siblings, one on her mothers side and one on her fathers side. However, she doesn’t own up to this.
This is a typical case of the pot calling the kettle black.

His hut living brother is a ‘distraction’.
Just like Michelle’s anti-American comments, terrorist Ayers, slumlord Rezko, anti-white Rev Wright.

I am not surprised at the little hypocrite Obama. He likes to bash everyone for everything but no one is supposed to put him under a microscope. I hope that he comes to feel the same way he made Hillary Clinton feel and her husband when he kept insulting them. I can’t wait!!! It will be so wonderful to see his defeated face on TV! OBAMA, THE WOMEN DIDN’T GET OVER IT!!

JA, NoObama08, toddo, and Debra I really do not have all the info like you guys do so yeah excuse me if I hold judgment. I guess as the GOP calls it the mean Obama is letting his family starve. A brother is not someone you see twice in your lifetime. A brother is that person you grew up with even if by blood you are not related. I wonder how many of us have family that is distant but is living in bad conditions.
I wonder how many of us have the means to support them but will not for whatever reason. In our cases I bet the family is not thousands of miles away. It is easy to point fingers but some of us would fall short of our own judgment.
For all you Hillary supporters switching to McCain I really do not want to hear you guys complaining when Roe gets overturned, women’s pay goes down, gay rights are all but a thing of the past, your pay drops to new lows, health care costs rise without end, gas prices make new highs, we get caught in wars without end all over the world, and when our world standing falls to zero, I want you guys to look in the mirror and say I let my soar grapes put the country in this state. I do not want to hear one bad thing about McCain since you found it so necessary to punish Obama for some perceived slight against Hillary.
When we are 2 or 3 years into the McCain White house I do not want to hear former Hillary now McCain supporters complaining that women have lost jobs, pay, and rights. I just do not want to hear the bitching and complaining about how bad McCain is. You are trying to get back at Obama with lies, tricks, and half truths and you shall reap the consequences if McSame gets in office.

Mbulawa: Obama’s father’s first name was Hussein and that’s why Obama was given the middle name of Hussein. I read their BIO in the NYT so I know the story. And for the record Obama’s father may be black but Obama will never be black or white because he is Mulatto the offspring of a black father and white mother. Jessie Jackson would have been the first black president if elected. Obama will not. This name is also in the dictionary and on the internet and I knew that since I was young. The media don’t want to call him that or the black people resent that name but that’s what he is and it stands that way. I would not hesitate to tell him that myself if I had the chance.

I believe that both Obama and Biden are men of high morals regardless of what we think about their past events. And they are both devoted to their wives and children. But that does not mean that we do not have differences of opinion regarding who we would vote for. I thought that Obama would choose Hillary as his VP and since that didn’t happen I am forced to write her name in or vote McCain. I am a democrat but have voted republican before if I don’t like the choices that the democrats make. Obama is well aware of the fact that Nancy Pelosi demanded the superdelegates vote immediately and vote for Obama so Hillary could not become president. Everyone knows that she is more experienced in politics and foreign policy but got cheated on the MI and FL delegates. Now they want them to be seated because Obama is the nominee. I am hoping the republicans take over the house so we can rid ourselves of Nancy Pelosi.

Mary Anne: You are so right and I am one of them that didn’t get over it. I am a staunch Hillary supporter and hope that all her supporters wake up to the fact and vote for her on that ballot. There is suppose to be many woman superdelegates and they can do it for her. Years ago there was a backlash at he democratic convention where the nominee lost after the votes were in. I wish that could happen here so we can send Obama back to the senate. What a surprise that would be for the DNC. I’m not saying it will happen, I am saying its possible it could happen.

So yucky.

Why not discuss Obama reasons for not leading his own family out of poverty? Changing issue to Cindy McCain sounds like a diversion we need to stay on point. She is not in the race for president of the USA. A great world leader must be able to lead his family, especially out of dire poverty and then figure out how to lead the free world. It’s a excellent question that is perplexing many people.