Obama's grandmother has died- Page 2
Obama's grandmother has died
#25re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:32pmI have to read it for work from time to time. It will make you sick. The only thing to do is walk away from the computer.
#26re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 5:33pm
This makes me so sad.
I know she was so proud of him. But I really wish she was going to be there tomorrow to support him and see him (likely) become our next president.
"She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life," he said in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. "She poured everything she had into me. And although she can no longer travel, I know that she's watching tonight, and that tonight is her night as well."
That just makes me want to cry.
CNN link
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
Updated On: 11/3/08 at 05:33 PM
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
#27re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 6:05pmSuch sad news indeed. Prayers and good thoughts for her and her family.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#28re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 6:45pmHow depressing...prayers for Obama's family.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#29re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 7:09pmThe timing of this loss couldn't be worse - but the fact of her passing may not be as awful for him as we suppose. I imagine that it must have been terribly hard for him to see her being so sick. I remember when my Dad passed after being so terribly sick for so long - that it felt like he'd been set free from that poor old broken body. I remember it never felt like he was gone - just that he wasn't being held down in that sick bed any more. Maybe Barack will be able to find some comfort in that.
www.thebreastcancersite.com
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
#30re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 7:55pmMadelyn Lee Payne Dunham, may her name be for a blessing.
#31re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 10:20pmHawaii's chief election officer has confirmed that Mrs. Dunham's absentee ballot was mailed before her death, has been received, and will be opened and counted tomorrow.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#32re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/3/08 at 11:11pmSad, I was taking a break from phone banking to PA and VA when I saw the news on CNN.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
#33re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/4/08 at 7:57am
This is so sad. MY thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. One day away from seeing this...
#34re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/4/08 at 11:25am
How wonderful. She sent in an absentee ballot, and it will be counted.
===
Obama's Grandmother's Absentee Ballot will be Counted by State of Hawaii
November 03, 2008 8:21 PM
ABC News' Tahman Bradley, Rigel Anderson and Arnab Datta Report:
While Sen. Barack Obama's late grandmother Madelyn Dunham will not live to see the outcome of this historic election, her 2008 vote will count.
Hawaii Chief Elections Officer Kevin Cronin told ABC News this evening that the absentee ballot cast by Dunham before she passed away will count. Cronin said Dunham's absentee ballot was received on October 27 and found to meet the requirements of a valid absentee ballot and will therefore be counted with the rest of the state's ballots tomorrow.
Obama learned that his grandmother lost her battle with cancer early Monday. She was 86.
Obama's Grandmother's Absentee Ballot will be Counted by State of Hawaii
#35re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/4/08 at 11:34amThat is wonderful, PJ. A bright spot.
#36re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/4/08 at 11:38amOh, sure. I post this at 10:20 last night right in this thread, and nothing. All of a sudden PJ posts the same info, and it's 'wonderful'.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#37re: Obama's grandmother has died
Posted: 11/4/08 at 11:39am
I was already getting my beauty sleep at 10:20, mad.
Props to you now, though.
Videos