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Title: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: Wretched Excess on October 20, 2008, 08:31:25 PM

best wishes for a speedy return to health to Ms. Dunham.

honestly, this is a breaking news alert from ABC news.

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Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother
Candidate Will Travel to Hawaii; Campaign Says She Has Been Ill

Because his grandmother Madelyn Dunham, 86, has taken ill, Barack Obama is canceling events scheduled for Thursday in Madison, Wis., and Des Moines, Iowa, and flying to Hawaii, his campaign announced this evening.

On a flight from Orlando to West Palm Beach, Fla., tonight, senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs told reporters that the health of the Illinois senator's grandmother, who helped raise him, had taken a turn for the worse, necessitating Obama leaving the campaign trail for two days.

Gibbs said Obama would return from Hawaii late Friday evening or early Saturday morning.

"Sen. Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has always been one of the most important people in his life, along with his mother and grandfather," Gibbs said, reading a statement. "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.

More (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6076272&page=1)
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: Chris_ on October 20, 2008, 10:22:07 PM
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Because his grandmother Madelyn Dunham, 86, has taken ill...

Being thrown under the bus will do that to an old lady.
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: thundley4 on October 21, 2008, 06:11:22 AM
Being thrown under the bus will do that to an old lady.

She's feeling a little "run-down".
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: Chris_ on October 21, 2008, 06:23:21 AM
Ah, going for a few sympathy votes.   ::)
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: thundley4 on October 21, 2008, 06:31:17 AM
Ah, going for a few sympathy votes.   ::)

I wondered about that, but wouldn't it be more effective if she passed away right before the election?
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: lizard on October 21, 2008, 06:33:33 AM
uhhhh, If she is seriously ill, why is he waiting until THURSDAY to go visit her?   :fuelfire:
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: Chris_ on October 21, 2008, 11:21:52 AM
uhhhh, If she is seriously ill, why is he waiting until THURSDAY to go visit her?   :fuelfire:
...because that's what it said on the teleprompter.   :whatever:
Title: Re: Obama Takes Two Days Off to See Grandmother (BREAKING NEWS from ABC)
Post by: Traveshamockery on October 21, 2008, 11:49:24 AM
Don't know if this means anything, and Andy Martin sounds like he's not all there perhaps but this is part of the scuttlebutt from another blog.  Take it FWIW. 



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http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/10/20/breaking-news-obama-to-visit-sick-grandma-in-hawaii-is-this-a-coincidence-about-his-birth-certificate-issues/

Comment by Nicki on October 21, 2008 @ 12:29 pm

Actually, there is another very good reason Obama is rushing to Hawaii. Andy Martin of Contrarian Commentary is there scouring the island for the truth about Obama and is suing the state of Hawaii to release the original documents showing Obama’s birth certificate and/or adoption and/or citizenship status, immediately.
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