Comments on: Feds Probe Leak About Obama's Aunt

Government Looking Into Whether Laws Were Broken In Disclosure That Democratic Nominee's Aunt Lives In U.S. Illegally

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by assemblyofso November 3, 2008 9:42 AM EST
To speak about her with such compassion in his book but then throw her under the bus shows the type of person we are dealing with.

Looks like spread the wealth is ok for everybody but Nikita Obama. He allows his own family to live in poverty.
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by tbbaot November 3, 2008 9:01 AM EST
Rediculous, the feds should be probing how an illegal alien ignores deportation laws and gets welfare housing!
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by cbs_oliver November 3, 2008 8:56 AM EST
"the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release, just five days before the presidential election."

Anyone who furthers this story is acting at the political level. The story has no other merit - and little there as well.

Compare this with the way the records of Bush and McCain themselves have been protected by the government and the media. CBS fired people who delt in stories about Bush himself and limited exposure of stories about Reagan.

Too bad.
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by thoughtful8 November 3, 2008 8:32 AM EST
You can''t choose for yourslf a compassionate birthplace but you can choose to be compassionate. You can''t choose which laws you will be born under but you can choose to live under those laws.You can''t choose what soul you are born with but you can choose to search that soul while you are living and discover that inner wisdom that is so vital for leadership.
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by violist47 November 3, 2008 7:00 AM EST
To find out more about those partly spurious quotes from Obama''s books (BTW, it''s "Dreams FROM my Father", not "Dreams OF my Father." The chain-mail can''t even get the title right.), google it at "book quotes e-mail Obama". Suffice it to say the quotes, insofar as they ARE quotes, are not scary at all.
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by brianbwb-2009 November 3, 2008 6:43 AM EST
"...seriously look at the signs!! not just the ISSUES!!!" Posted by seriouslyno

How funny, ignore the truth, (issues) and vote based on foolish speculative (signs) hysteria.

You are the poster child for the need to rebuild America''s public education infrastructure.
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by tapsettle November 3, 2008 6:09 AM EST
"Feds Probe Leak About Obama''s Aunt"

They found the source and repaired it with a small cork.
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by skincbs November 3, 2008 6:01 AM EST
Sure is a lot of hate going being spewed on this blog, and I''m not sure why. I think its legitimate to bring up Barack Obama''s past associations, but I have a real problem with the name-calling and rhetoric going around. The Good Lord himself hung out with prostitutes and tax collects, and we don''t label Him by His associations. I don''t understand why an otherwise legit argument is eroded with the type of hate that seems to be coming from many on this blog.

Look, I don''t know much about this aunt thing, but I can''t account for all my family either? Why is it a big deal that one of his broke the law and stayed in the country? I''d be concerned if he thought that she should have the right to stay, but since he didn''t, what''s the problem? She''s the one that''s been abusing the system. This whole guilt by association thing is one of the reasons McCain/Palin are behind in the polls, and if you''ve actually read the polls yourself, I think its been a consistent lead for Obama/Biden for a while.

I''m tired of people trying to BS their way in the White House. Stop talking about this guilt by association thing, and tell me how we''re going to deal with the real problems in the country. The American people are tired of being scared into submission. Let''s talk about getting things done and restoring this country to greatness again!
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by ffoulkes-2009 November 3, 2008 5:37 AM EST
Obama is an Illegal?

Posted by Hacker11001 at 04:24 PM : Nov 02, 2008

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Well, he DOES refuse to let anyone near enough to his personal records to determine that.
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by mehere November 3, 2008 5:23 AM EST
Who cares about his aunt, but I will vote for McCain just because of Obama''s past associations. McCain isn''t great, but I trust him alot more. Who cares if Obama "confronts the issues", he is racist and associates with terrorists. He mingles with other countries and the UN too much!! This could seriously be the beginning of what some have called a New World Order!! seriously look at the signs!! not just the ISSUES!!!
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