Obama's grandmother has died
Obama's grandmother has died
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:40pm
No doubt Michael Savage will say he had her killed for the sympathy votes.
And somehow Roxy will say if it had been McCain's grandmother (a statistical impossibility of course) people would have been making fun of her death.
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#2re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:41pm
Just read that on cnn.com. How sad; on the eve of his probable election.
My thoughts are with the family.
#2re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:42pmVery sad indeed ... she meant so much to him.
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snl89
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#3re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:43pm
AWWWWW man, talk about the most unfortunate timing ever!! 
ONE more day... that's so sad
Thoughts and well wishes to Barack and the rest of the family <3
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
#4re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:45pmAh man, what sad news!
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
WestVillage
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#5re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:46pmThat is so unbelievably sad. She'll be watching over him from heaven tomorrow.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#6re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:47pm
I might listen to Rush Limbaugh tomorrow just to see how he spins the death of an octogenarian!
Very sad for Barack and his family!
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#7re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:49pmI guess... in a sense it really sucks that probably one of the happiest moments in his entire life is going to coincide with a very sad one, but in another sense, at least maybe the *knocks on wood* being elected President part will help soften the blow a bit?
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
#8re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:52pm
how terrible! and 1 day before he gets elected president too! much love to his family... how difficult it will be for him to celebrate his victory tomorrow while dealing with this devastating loss.
Updated On: 11/3/08 at 04:52 PM
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:53pm
Very sad news.
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Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:53pm
Very sad news.
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick
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#11re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 4:54pmThis is horrible. So sad.
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FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#13re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:02pm
Bill Bennett, of all drunken gambling addicts, had a sweet comment on CNN. He was talking about how important Obama's grandmother was to Barack and how much of an influence and inspiration she was on his life and career choice and how this might feel like the closing of that great chapter of his life as a new great chapter of it opens tomorrow.
That's usually the kind of insight we have after we begin moving out of a grieving process but still, it might be accurate for Obama.
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Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#14re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:03pm
Very sad news.
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#15re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:05pm
No need to wait for Savage, Namo. The subhuman slime at FreeRepublic already are all over it.
Disgusting
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#16re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:06pmBill Bennet and "sweet" in the same sentence, that is a rarity!
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#17re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:07pm
"To: Buddygirl
Perfectly timed terminal sedation.......
3 posted on Monday, November 03, 2008 10:47:00 PM by Hardshell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]"
Absolutely revolting.
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#18re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:09pm
This is my personal favorite -
"Karl Rove said the other day that he would know who is going to win by afternoon today. obama would have the same info....he had her snuffed out to eliminate her from spilling the beans if he wins. Perhaps obama knows he’s going to win? Not a good sign......or maybe nothing."
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#19re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:10pm
No need to wait for Savage, Namo. The subhuman slime at FreeRepublic already are all over it.
God they're SICK. They just CAN'T admit they were wrong, can they? They HAVE to keep believing that he went to Hawaii to change up his birth certificate or whatever, and now they're going on about how she this is a "perfectly timed terminal sedation so he can get the sympathy vote". DISGUSTING.
Besides, would there really BE a "sympathy vote" in the Presidential election ANYWAY? It's not like this is American Idol! I DON'T think McCain supporters are going to all of a sudden end up voting for him because the feel bad.
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 11/3/08 at 05:10 PM
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#20re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:14pm
You're absolutely right snl89.
And my thoughts and prayers are with the Obama family.
KFTC!!!!!
#21re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:19pm
I'm not going to click on that link, Calvin, and I'm not going to read what you posted about it, snl.
I almost didn't read Namo's post about Bill Bennett, but I'm glad I did.
She was an amazing woman who lived through a multiplicity of cultural shifts and emotional challenges. She lived to see her mixed-race grandson likely become the next president.
We all know that her final thoughts had to be of immense pride.
What other people say doesn't matter.
brdlwyr
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/14/05
#22re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:26pmPJ, I just had my first and last journey into the evil of McCain supporters! Awful and Horrible!!!!!!!!! Wow, no limits to their vitrol!
#23re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:30pm
I heard this JUST as I got back from voting for him today. Sad, sad news...my thoughts and prayers are with everyone who was close to such an inspiring woman.
I can't stop reading the forum that Calvin posted. It's a bit masochistic, I know, but they are unbelievably ignorant. It's fascinating.
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#24re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:32pm
"Bill Bennet and "sweet" in the same sentence, that is a rarity!"
Like most of us, Bill Bennett has many sides. His comment didn't surprise me in the least. He does find much to admire in Obama as a man, even if he doesn't agree with him politically.
I feel badly that Madelyn Dunham came so close to seeing her grandson's election to the presidency. More importantly, she got to see him last week and I hope she knew that she was loved.
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