Zer-0 visits typical old white lady

[LibraryLady]

Obama pays visit to grandmother in Makiki (http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/09/news/story04.html)


Obama -- escorted by Secret Service and accompanied by a few campaign staff and a pool of reporters and camera crews -- arrived at about 4:10 p.m. yesterday and spent an hour with his 85-year-old maternal grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who helped raise him. He was not accompanied by his wife, Michelle, and two daughters.

her only great grandchildren


Dunham, a retired Bank of Hawaii vice president, still lives in the same apartment where she and her husband helped raise Obama, who attended nearby Punahou School.

an hour, how kind

[Elspeth]

Obama pays visit to grandmother in Makiki (http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/09/news/story04.html)


I heard the lady is very ill.

[LibraryLady]

It seems that she succeeded in raising a color blind daughter but not a color blind grandson. Obama said his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, is "glued to CNN"’ and follows the campaign closely, even though severe osteoporosis prevents her campaigning. I can only imagine how defeated his dismissal of her as a "typical white person" must make her feel.
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/48659.html

[SaintLouieWoman]

Obama pays visit to grandmother in Makiki (http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/09/news/story04.html)



her only great grandchildren



an hour, how kind
That's all the time he needed for the photo op. :rolleyes: It makes you wonder why his family wouldn't accompany him.

[biccat]

That's all the time he needed for the photo op. :rolleyes: It makes you wonder why his family wouldn't accompany him.
It was a toss up. Should he look like a family man celebrating her achievements in raising him right, or should he go alone to show a grandson solemnly paying his respects to his ailing grandmother?

The former would be an admission that she is more than a "typical white person," but an actual person, and the photo-op would be focused on her. The latter lets him hog the spotlight, who wants to hear about a sick old lady.

[Elspeth]

That's all the time he needed for the photo op. :rolleyes:

EXACTLY!:rolleyes:

:cool: