Speaking before a crowd of would-be voters in Coralville, Iowa, yesterday, Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama said the following, according to ABC News Political Radar:
“It’s that experience, that understanding, not just of what world leaders I went and talked to in the ambassadors house I had tea with, but understanding the lives of the people like my grandmother who lives in a tiny hut in Africa.”
While some characterized it as a veiled shot at arch rival Hillary Clinton and her claims of presidential-level experience, I viewed it differently. Obama’s statement prompted me to wonder why “Grandma Obama” is still living in a tiny hut years after her nouveaux-riche grandson had attained the means via which he could have greatly improved her living situation.
Just a thought from Bob McCarty Writes.
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American Thinker found similar problems with Obama’s seeming indifference about “Grandma Obama.” Click here to see the article in which he links to the article above.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Debbie // Dec 29, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Good question.
2 » Why is ‘Grandma Obama’ Still Living in a Hut? NoisyRoom.net: Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. Amelia Earhart // Dec 29, 2007 at 2:19 pm
[...] From Bob McCarty Writes: [...]
3 pol // Dec 29, 2007 at 4:20 pm
It has been reported before that she wants to.
4 hotoffthepress2 // Dec 29, 2007 at 4:27 pm
pol — She wants to what?
5 Victor // Feb 25, 2008 at 4:16 pm
She wants to as in chooses to live the way she does. She likes the lifestyle.. It may be hard for most Americans to comprehend but to some people life isn’t just about material possessions and money. Some people like the simple life regardless of how much they or their family members are making. He’s built and funded a school in that same village, you think Obama hasn’t been kind enough to offer her better living?
6 Get Obama’s Grandma OUT Of That Stinkin’ Hut - !NOW! « Burro Pass // Mar 9, 2008 at 11:42 am
[...] Article, including photo, lifted entirely and shamelessly from Bob McCarthy >http://bobmccarty.com/2007/12/29/why-is-grandma-obama-still-living-in-a-hut/#more-2006 [...]
7 AP Correction: ‘Grandma Obama’ is a Muslim! // Mar 11, 2008 at 9:59 am
[...] they had read a post of mine, published almost nine weeks earlier, in which I asked a question, Why is ‘Grandma Obama’ Still Living in a Hut? That post, in turn, was prompted by a Barack Obama quote about his grandmother’s living [...]
8 Azrael // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Wonder if Obama goes to visit his relatives? He never mentions them in his campaign.
9 hotoffthepress2 // Oct 29, 2008 at 8:36 pm
He has no time for that, Azrael. Too busy drawing up plans for redistributing our wealth.
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