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Obama's Grandmother Passes Away

by BooMan
Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:49:46 PM EST

The Obama campaign has announced that his grandmother has passed away after a long battle with cancer. She missed the election of her grandson by one day. That's unspeakably sad, both for her and for Barack. My greatest sympathies are with the Obama family. I wish Obama had a parent or grandparent alive to see the election returns come in tomorrow night.



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At least he has his half-sister and half-brother. And of course, his current family. But there's nothing like having your parents see you succeed beyond their wildest dreams. That really is sad. But if anything bad happens, she'll have died at a point of maximum hope.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes
by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 04:53:04 PM EST
A picture being worth so much more than words - this is Obama at the NC rally, talking about his grandmother.



"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:34:10 PM EST
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Oh Lisa its so not fair.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
by Salunga on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:50:07 PM EST
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i'll always love this picture of him.

i've been working on a collection of pics called big boys dont cry, and this is going in it.

by michael72 on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 06:12:46 AM EST
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May her soul find love and peace.

A woman of worth who can find, for her price is far above rubies.

Madelyn Dunham will smile tomorrow. She has transited but her spirit lingers in her offspring.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:00:51 PM EST
by BooMan on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:02:41 PM EST
This is just so very sad. I'm very glad he took the opportunity to be with her one more time when he did. I know that in heart, she departed this life with joy in her heart because she left such a wonderful legacy. And I don't mean just Barack. I mean her entire family.

Stil--how I wish she could have had one more day!

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:04:50 PM EST
Check this out.
Republicans sure are big-hearted folks....

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/3/141032/949/825/651082

by eagleye on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:13:45 PM EST
Over at No Quarter, people are saying things like "how convenient" and "she probably died two weeks ago."

I'm not sure they are human at this point.

The world's northernmost desert wind.

by Sirocco (sirocco2005 - AT - gmail.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:18:39 PM EST
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jesus.
by Second Nature (denn1214 at gmail) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:19:59 PM EST
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Oh, they're human alright.  They just represent the darkest, most base impulses in human behavior.  When you are as cynical of your fellow man as some of us are, you fully expect them to react this way.  
by RollaMO on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:32:31 PM EST
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Arghhhhh! Those people are sick. Why waste your time going over there?
by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:35:16 PM EST
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There is always a group of individuals who, after they have bought into the demonization of the person they have chosen to hate, lack the ability to separate those negative feelings from any empathy they would normally feel.  There is a smaller % of people who just take delight in the suffering of others.  Unfortunately, the internet allows such people to express their hatred  all out of proportion to their actual numbers.

I would ignore them right now.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:40:00 PM EST
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i'm just wondering did LJ take this campaign personally, did he have a personal stake in Hillary becoming president.
by americanforliberty on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:54:22 PM EST
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Hey Sirocco. Welcome back.

NQ has been given too much ink...all they do is puke. and they enjoy the stench of their puke that what drives their traffic just as the Dregs Report..

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:57:29 PM EST
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So very sad. Just one more day. Well, maybe God already knows the results of tomorrow and knew he'd be fine without her.
by NancyImpeachBush on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:19:41 PM EST
to me this is some kind of synchronicity, and has spiritual significance - she exits this life and he enter a very new phase in his life.

i'm very glad he went to see her in hawaii, very wise and heartfelt move

by michael72 on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 06:16:15 AM EST
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I am hope and trust she now has a much better vantage point from which to view the beautiful change of the universe that will unfold for all of us tomorrow.
by iamwil on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:30:45 PM EST
Yes, hopefully talking head free.
by RollaMO on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:33:33 PM EST
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Change of the universe?! Come on! Her grandson is a politician, not Christ about to return, or the Mehdi about to appear.

For god's sake, can we keep this thing in just a little bit of perspective?!

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:37:10 PM EST
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   Its way more important then magic or storybooks. It is tough to keep this in perspective....if he wins.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
by Salunga on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:55:56 PM EST
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Expectations of "beautiful changes of the universe" if Obama wins set up grossly urealistic expectations, and that amounts to setting the man up for failure.

He is a human being, and no more. Let's all keep that in mind.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 08:02:27 PM EST
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt
by Steven D on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:32:47 PM EST
  Damn I was really hoping he would get to share this with her. Provided justice is served and he is elected. Freaking sucks.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
by Salunga on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:50:40 PM EST

Andrew Sullivan posted this endorsement hours ago and he has kept it live.

It's the case for an Obama vote but really it's a tribute that I wish his grandmother could have read.

Barack Obama For President

[.]

If I were to give one reason why I believe electing Barack Obama is essential tomorrow, it would be an end to this dark, lawless period in American constitutional government. The domestic cultural and political reasons for an Obama presidency remain as strong as they were when I wrote "Goodbye To All That" over a year ago. His ability to get us past the culture war has been proven in this campaign,...

The truth is: we are in a war for the future of human civilization. We are fighting for a world in which destructive technology need not collide with fierce religious fundamentalism to annihilate us all; for a world in which dialogue across cultures and religions and regions (even within America) is essential if we are to survive. We need to win the argument in the developing world; we need to reach out and persuade the Muslim middle - especially the next generation in Iran and Iraq and Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Turkey and Western Europe - about the virtues of democracy and constitutionalism. We cannot do that if we trash our own values ourselves. It is self-defeating.

[.]

It will not be easy. The world will soon remember why it resents America as well as loves it. But until this unlikely fellow with the funny ears and strange name and exotic biography emerged on the scene, I had begun to wonder if it was possible at all. I had almost given up hope, and he helped restore it. That is what is stirring out there; and although you are welcome to mock me for it, I remain unashamed. As someone once said, in the unlikely story of America, there is never anything false about hope. Obama, moreover, seems to bring out the best in people, and the calmest, and the sanest. He seems to me to have a blend of Midwestern good sense, an intuitive understanding of the developing world that is as much our future now as theirs', an analyst's mind and a poet's tongue. He is human. He is flawed. He will make mistakes. His passivity and ambiguity are sometimes weaknesses as well as strengths.

[.]

But there is something about his rise that is also supremely American, a reminder of why so many of us love this country so passionately and are filled with such grief at what has been done to it and in its name. I endorse Barack Obama because I will not give up on America, because I believe in America, and in her constitution and decency and character and strength.

And the world needs that America now as much as it ever has. Can we start that healing, that rebirth, tomorrow?

Yes. We. Can.

Amen

   

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:53:01 PM EST
First Studs Terkel, now Obama's grandmother -- two people who would have found great joy in his victory and missed it by days. But they were both wise people who knew that even an electoral upset would not much diminish the victory that was his brilliant campaign against all odds. Maybe the two of them will somehow get together in some parallel universe or something. It sounds like they'd make quite the pair.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."
by DaveW on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 05:55:19 PM EST


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