The discovery of Barack Obama’s brother living in squalid conditions in Kenya raises serious questions about the candidate himself. George Hussein Onyango Obama was found living in a cardboard shack in the slums of Nairobi.
Obama the candidate speaks eloquently about helping the poor, often referring to his adopted Christian religion and quoting bible passages about the meekest among us. When speaking about Hurricane Katrina, for example, he invoked Christ’s Sermon on the Mount to chastise the federal government for failing to help our brothers in need.
And yet Obama’s brother was found living on one dollar per month in a 6×9 shanty that is about the size of your bathroom. Barack Obama is a multi-millionaire who did nothing to help his own brother.
One might dismiss ignoring a brother’s plight as the oversight of a busy campaigner except that questions were already raised after Obama released his tax returns earlier in 2008. They show an appallingly low percentage of charitable contributions, raising even more eyebrows that most of the miserly widow’s mites went to Jeremiah Wright’s controversial church.
And yet Barack Obama has only laid eyes on his brother twice, once when he was a child and once when Obama visited Kenya. He did nothing to help a Muslim brother in need. In an indifferent passage in his autobiography, the younger brother is described as a “beautiful boy with a rounded head”.
One of the reasons he joined Trinity United church in Chicago is that it ascribes to liberation theology which often manifests itself with a warrior-like Jesus Christ. Liberation theology, long denounced by the Catholic church, has been the cause of bloody uprisings around the world in the name of promoting peasants to power.
Obama’s own brand is the “black” liberation theology of Trinity United which puts Africa first. It denounces the United States as the cause of world evils and particularly asserts that helping Africans like George Hussein Onyango Obama is of paramount importance.
The half-brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, is only 26 years old. Do not confuse him with the other brother who has been trafficking in cheap Chinese labor.
Brother George would like to go to college but cannot afford it. Meanwhile he is simply trying to stay alive in an often brutal slum, saying “I have seen two of my friends killed. I have scars from defending myself with my fists.”
How can the Democratic candidate for President of the United States live with the hypocrisy and shame?
Editorial Video on Obama’s Brother
August 20th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Did you guys get this from the Onion?
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obamas_hillbilly_half_brother
A quick note on the editorial:
Attacking Obama for associating with someone who’s associated with Libya is kind of a non-starter. Libya is our friend now, remember? George W. Bush tried to take credit for scaring the Libyans into being our ally, despite the fact that Khadafi had long denounced terrorism and wanted to embrace the west way before Bush was elected. Regardless, Libya is supposed to be the example of a former terrorist state turned good. Total crap if you ask me, but hey, you can’t have it both ways.
Mussolini’s Hat ‘08,
W
August 20th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Waldo;
Associating with Syria, not Libya.
Original Poster:
This is just amazing stuff. Multi millionaire Barack Obama cannot spend a few grand a year to help out his own flesh and blood, just completely Barackish.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
If Barack is elected President – will we (the taxpayers) have to provide secret service for his family in Kenya?
August 20th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Stoner– The association made in the video was that as Obama is associated with his church, his church leader is associated with the nation of islam and thus with Khadafi. (about 2:15 in)
August 20th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Yea well, its really funny how Khadfi talked a big game but as soon as we were finished with shock and awe he soiled himself and got rid of his weapons.
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Beth.
Odinga probably has that all worked out already.
August 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Libya is an ally of the US? In what parallel universe? There is a huge difference between “not being an active enemy of the US” (accurate) and being “an ally of the US” (crazy inaccurate!)
August 20th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
obama not helping out one of his gazillion half-siblings from his derelict father who he’s met only twice is a hypocrisy? I suppose you, McCain, use your personal wealth to help out your extended family, including those from whom you are estranged, as recommended by your christian faith?
August 20th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Irony.
Yea, it is a little hypocritical since Obama wants to impose a world wide poverty tax on the US.
We are “ALL” supposed to chip in for people “WE” dont know but he cant help the ones he “DOES” know.
August 20th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Irony Detector : Siblings are considered immediate family, not extended….and let me splain sumpin to ya dood…conservatives will reach within their own pockets to help anyone, family or not versus the liberals, who want to help, but help with everyone else’s money, not theirs.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
***yawn*** another half-baked meaningless smear. I won’t give money to my older non-estranged less well off brother because he’ll blow it on pot and musical instruments instead of what he said he needs it for; new water heater, car repair. Most of us have relatives we would not give money to. Hey, if Barack ever needs a hand, I wonder if his distant cousin Dick Cheney will give him money just because…
August 20th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
There is a huge difference between “not being an active enemy of the US� (accurate) and being “an ally of the US� (crazy inaccurate!)
Hyperbole… I didn’t mean literally I was saying that it was all hugs and chocolate candy between us. (No I don’t mean that literally either.)
Micky–
There was plenty o’ coverage at the end of the Clinton administration about Khadafi wanting forgiveness (and to pay reparations) over lockerbie, get the terrorist nation label dropped for Libya, and join the rest of the world as a respectable country.
Bush had nothing to do with this but conveniently took credit for it post 9/11 when it was convenient. Check coverage of Libya in the late 90s– this was in the works for a long time.
W
August 20th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Waldo, thats all a bunch of fluff.
The real meat and what has meaning and was an actual testament to Khdafis rhetoric was when he got rid of his weapons.
And that my friend was right after shock and awe.
Clinton was famous for a bunch of meaningless moves. Why do you think 911 happened ? He knew for 8 years and only lobbed a couple bombs, even after an attack on our own soil at the Trade towers.
Had Clinton dealt with Saddam the right way we might not of had to go in.
BS walks and action talks buddy.
Khadafi saw Bagdad and said “oh sh*t !”
Guess I’m not gonna be able to BS this president.
He did not meet the terms Clinton imposed UNTIL BUSH BLEW UP BAGDAD ! Get it ?
How long does it take to hand over your weapons, HUH ?
Gimme a break.
Pete, sorry your brother is a loser.
I dont see Obamas brother living off a buck a month to be any comparison.
Especially when he wants to tax the whole country to the tune of 845 billion dollars over a 7 year period to end poverty all around the world. Its 50% more than what we already give
SO, he’ll let his bro starve while he bills you to feed a bunch of people who you dont know.
You know it sucks.
It goes to character.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:55 am
Waldo, thats all a bunch of fluff.
No, the fluff was the bs story that Khadafi was reacting to shock and awe. This was not a dramatic turnaround in policy (see Pakastan for that). This was just spin on what was happening anyway.
As far as lobbing missiles to Afghanistan, I seem to recall the cry of “Wagging the Dog” and HEAVY criticism of Clinton at the time for doing so from the RIGHT. The attack on Bin Laden was just to distract us all from Lewinsky, remember?
W
August 21st, 2008 at 1:56 am
Pakistan not Pakastan obviously. It’s late.
W
August 21st, 2008 at 6:52 am
Even if you are an Obama supporter, you don’t find it the least bit strange that Obama has no interest in even meeting with his brother, much less supporting him. Reportedly he chatted with him for a few minutes on one of his trips to Africa, but that is it.
I don’t know, I find this strange. Even if I had a brother born to another mother, I’d want to at least know him, spend some time with him, you know, maybe buy him lunch or something. Maybe that’s just me.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:15 am
Here ya go Waldo.
Actually, if you really want to get into it, president Reagan was the one to originally approach Khadafi over these matters.
And it was Bush who lifted trade sanctions on Libya as we would say “a carrot”
Clinton tried to close Reagans deal for 8 years , but to no avail, failed
The disarming definitley took place when Khdafi saw what we did to those that did not disarm with disclosure and transparency, such as was the case with Saddam.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3674538.stm
” The sanctions were first imposed by the then US President Ronald Reagan in 1986 in retaliation for what the US saw as Libyan support for terrorist groups.”
Most sources say that the majority of attention payed to this mater came from the Bush administration 9 months previous to the disarming
“President Bush formally revoked all remaining trade sanctions, which affected general trade, aviation and the importing of Libyan oil.
A freeze on Libyan assets in the United States has also been lifted.”
Yea, thats great, a distraction from Monica ?
I dont buy that, I just thimk Clonton was naive in acknowledging our threats.
Whatever the case may be he certainly didnt do what it took to confront our enemies otherwie Bush would of not ended up with so much on his plate.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:18 am
Even a rabid left wing publication gives Bush credit
http://www.amconmag.com/article/2005/feb/28/00013/
“Nor was Khadafi a democrat when Bush agreed to lift sanctions imposed on Libya for the massacre of Pan Am 103 if Khadafi would surrender his weapons of mass destruction. Khadafi did, and Bush rightly claims this as a diplomatic success of his first term.”
August 21st, 2008 at 7:32 am
Yea Brian.
The liberal sentiments in reaction to this so far want to equate Obamas bro to some dysfuctional relative like a few have on this thread and say that its not there responsability, he’ll just blow themoney on pot or surfboards.
WEll, this guy is human. So what happened to the liberal battle cry we here from all of them that everyone is equal regardless of bla bla bla ?
O.K. Dont give him the money. Buy him a meal or a set of clothes,a bicycle whatever.
I run into this with panhandlers, it pi$$es them off but oh well. He says he wants a buck for somethimng to eat so I walk to the nearest fast food joint and come back with a burger for him and he just looks at me like WTF is this ?
Obama could do any number of things that are all so easy its not even worth discussing.
I think this is simply a case of him trying to keep his campaign as void as possible of any questionable clutter by sweeping such undesirable spectacles under the rug.
Of course we see the same level of hypocrisy on left constantly and the best example most recently would be John Edwards and his disengenuous cry for the 200,000 homeless vets sleeping under bridges as all the folks in the trailer park across from his 1/4 mile long mansion says he never gave then the time of day.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am
Mickey, you speak of character. Let’s look at John McCain. Had an affair with a woman young enough to be his daughter. He married the wealthy young woman, alienating his children and ticking off all of John and Carol’s friends including Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
He also showed VERY poor judgement (at least) in putting himself in position to be one of the “Keating 5.” Leading up to that, it was found that McCain and family were taking multiple trips to the Bahamas and elsewhere on Keating’s jet and Keating’s dime (paying him back years later after the S&L sh*t was hitting the fan), investing in Keating shopping centers, etc.
Making a joke of an act of war (bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran). That was really shocking, especially from person coming from a multi-generational career service family. Why is it OK for the Right to joke about war? Like Bush pretending to look for WMD under White House furniture during a Correspondents Dinner slideshow a few years back after hundreds of service people had already died in Iraq? The Left would be crucified for such a thing!
No one is doubting John McCain’s extreme strength and courage for what he went through in Vietnam. But, it should not give him a pass for the rest of his life. The Right is leveling this very questionable charge against Obama’s character. I’m just looking for fairness. Everyone has character flaws. They have nothing to do with the issues at hand this country is facing.
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August 26th, 2008 at 5:12 am
If it were his elder brother, one could wonder… But his younger??? Even if he were insane or a drug addict, Barrack ought to have taken some action to set him right. Also, that bit about Barrack’s little or no commitment to charity, only to be promoting and encouraging the same via proposed and compulsory taxation of US citizens just gets to me. Did he just wake up? Charity is given cheerfully; remember, God loves a cheerful giver. That’s what the Bible says. What is Barrack Hussein Obama really up to. People would say and do whatever it takes to reach their goal. CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME! Americans beware!!!
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October 11th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
For one thing, they are HALF-brothers. Many people don’t ever speak to their half siblings or know who they are. They hardly even know each other. His brother also told him, as well as the media, that he does not want money from Barack and is furious that someone would try and ruin his brothers chance of winning this election with these kinds of lies. Obama’s brother is content with the life he lives.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4583353.ece
October 31st, 2008 at 1:40 am
I agree with Donna…Why he has to go out of his way to save his half brother or brother period. What if the brother doesn’t want any help or makes poor judgments. You don’t know the reasoning behind this so stay out of it. They might not even know one another. Again before you pass any judgment look at yourself are you doing what you should be doing? Next time that family member comes to your house for help make sure you don’t turn he or she away because it might inconvenient your lifestyle. Fix your situation first before you TRY to attack someone else.
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