It came out this morning that Barack Obama’s aunt may be an illegal immigrant. To everyone that wants to make an issue out of this hurray. I do not see how this has any relevancy to the election.
The aunt in question is from Kenya, the birthplace of Obama’s father. Obama has never been close to that side of his family. He only saw his father once. In recent years, Obama has gone to Kenya on two occasions to visit the country and meet his family there for the first time.
There are people that are saying that Obama and his campaign have something to do with getting her into the country. The Obama campaign has come out and repudiated these allegations. Obama is not stupid, people may disagree with him but the man is not dumb. He would not jeopardize his campaign in order to aide a distant relative of his, someone he barely knows.
I do not see this affecting the campaign or even being relevant to the election because she didn’t hurt anyone. She is not a bad person. She just doesn’t want to leave the country and go back to Kenya. I mean if you had to pick between any two countries you would want to stay here as well. It’s a no brainer.
This information was released basically on the eve of the general election. I suppose it is a bit odd given the timing of all of this. There are suspicions out there saying that Obama’s aunts name was leaked purposely to sway the election by either the Bush administration and/or the McCain camp. Nobody knows if there was any involvement by either, but it is possible. Of all the illegal immigrants names to be leaked, it is the relative of the democratic presidential candidate a couple days before the election. It does seem suspicious, but given the behavior of the Bush administration the last eight years, I wouldn’t hold it against them.
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