Help Obama's Half-Brother

Monday, September 08, 2008
 Help Obama's Half-Brother Move Out of His Hut
by Dinesh D'Souza

   The biggest scandal of the election campaign is going unreported, for the most part, by the mainstream newspapers and TV shows. Imagine if John McCain or Sarah Palin had a half-brother who was living in a hut. Imagine if McCain, a multimillionaire, did nothing to help the guy. Imagine if McCain came to the convention and spoke incessantly about compassion and how he was inspired by the biblical mandate: we are our brothers' keepers! This would be the lead story on the evening news.

George Obama. Photo by Guy Calaf, Vanity Fair

So why aren't the networks covering the fact that Barack Obama's half-brother George lives in a 6 by 10 foot hut in the slums of Kenya?  It took a reporter for the Italian edition of Vanity Fair to locate George Obama. Obama noted that when he met his famous half-brother in 2006 “we spoke for just a few minutes.   It was like meeting a complete stranger.” George Obama also told the magazine that “I live here on less than a dollar month,”  and “if anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”  Obama has done absolutely nothing to help his unfortunate half-brother.

Apparently alarmed that this report could hurt Obama, CNN dispatched one of its reporters to do cover-up work for the Obama campaign.  This is a hopeless enterprise; anyone who sees pictures of George Obama's dwelling place on the web knows that they reveal the worst images of African poverty.  Moreover, for all its propagandistic intent, the CNN report is unintentionally damaging to Obama. The reporter cannot hide the fact that George Obama comes from a "ramshackled slum." A neighbor tells CNN that Barack Obama really should connect with his half-brother and "see how he's living" and do what he can to "improve our way of life."

CNN attempts to portray George Obama as a self-reliant fellow who doesn't want any help.  The network quotes him saying, "I was brought up well.  I live well even now."  George, however, speaks in a halting voice; he is trying to maintain his self-image.   George also says, "I'm Kenyan...I would love to live in Kenya."  Presumably George gave this answer to a question asking whether he'd like to move to the United States with Barack Obama's help.  These answers, however, in no way suggest that George doesn't want Barack Obama's intervention to relieve his grinding poverty. A man's effort to maintain his dignity should not be exploited to pretend that he doesn't want a helping hand.

When I posted on my AOL blog about George Obama last week, the Obama apologists could do no better than to say that Barack Obama doesn't owe his half-brother anything. But sibling assistance is not a matter of debt. Rather, it is a matter of family values and compassion. Obama has cited as his favorite Bible verse Jesus's statement: whatever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me. It seems that the Republican allegation that this man is full of pretense and empty words--in other words, a modern-day Pharisee--is more than justified.

Obama may not want to help his 26 year old half-brother, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't. I'm starting the George Obama Compassion Fund which has the goal of raising some money to help George Obama move out of his one-room hut. George also wants to become a mechanic and surely he could use some funds to get the training he needs to fulfill his humble aspirations. Currently George lives on a few dollars a month. Even a few thousand dollars would completely transform this man's life.

I'm putting up $1000 to get this fund started. I invite people to send me small contributions--$5, $10, $25, whatever you can spare. Send them to P.O. Box 3384, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067. Make your checks to "George Obama." I will then contact the Obama campaign and offer them the money on the condition that they forward it to George Obama in Kenya. The advantage of this approach is that not only does George Obama benefit from our generosity, but also Barack Obama can use the opportunity to improve his relationship with his half-brother. Let's foster Obama family values, and give a break to a guy who really needs it.
 

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Dinesh D'Souza's is the author of What's So Great About Christianity and Enemy at Home.
 
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What was the Hillary Clinton saying as few years ago, "It takes a village........................!

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How many Millions of dollars have we sent to Africa to treat AIDS? A sexually transmitted desease?

And yet we cannot help out his half bro.

Hey Obama Borat, if you and your comrades HAD NOT bankrupt our country, we could have taken up your slack and ignored moral responcibilitees!!!!!!

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Well,Obama made $4,000,000 last year,he should be able to help his own brother,he's stupid on the economy.

Is this for real or a joke?  Several months ago, there was a thread on an AOL message board where someone mentioned Sean Hannity offering to send the brother $100 to put his income in the triple digits.  Oooh, the libs hated that!!!  Apparently, to their way of thinking, it is FINE for Barack to want to take OUR money to take care of a bunch of illegal immigrants, but it's outrageous of us to even suggest Obama take care of his own brother....full or half!!!  It seems "I am my brother's keeper" doesn't apply to the messiah.  Oh.....and the libs also asked, "Just what makes you think the brother even WANTS to be removed from the squallor...maybe he likes it!!!"  Yeah, right!

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I like to help Americans --------my son comes home with stuff all the time---from his school wanting money to send some African kids----

 what about the American kids??? 

To heck with Obama and his brother--------

 

"make your checks to George Obama"----where the heck is he gonna cash it??!  doesn't he live in a hut ??? 

LOL....maybe he can run 100 miles through the jungles and hills and deserts to get to the nearest bank.  Heck, I'm always getting emails telling me the Nairobi government wants to give me $400 million ....  all I have to do is send them my bank account and pin # and they'll wire my "inheritance" from the Nairobi National Bank!!  I keep emailing them back saying, "Just send me the cash instead" but they don't listen.  You think that means there's no inheritance waiting for me?  Shucks....I was so much counting on it!

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Yeah,this is for real about George,and Barack is wanting to put a tax on everybody that will equal $5 billion/year called the Global Poverty Tax,not only that,but he wants to raise the corporate tax rate to 62%,it was 70% under Jimmy Carter,he'll make 1977-1981 return with a vengeance.He's to stupid to know that Ireland lowered their corporate tax rate to 12.5% and they now have the highest per capita income income in all of Europe.

And he voted 4 times to raise taxes on anybody making $42,000/year and he voted at least once to raise taxes on anybody making $31,850/year.

cool Patsygirl, glad to hear your finally getting your inheritance. 

And, I've decided to set up a "my son is white and wants to go to college" fund, since he wont qualify for the United Negro College Fund and his name isn't Jose, please send me all your money!

What a great idea, Ohio.  But please be prepared for the PC Police to come banging on your door.  You know white folk, especiall conservative white folk "don't need no help...they all be rich people!"

 Bryon, yes I've heard all about Oblahblahblahma's global poverty tax.   It's ridiculous.  Kids can go to bed hungry in Appalachia but by golly we're going to see to it that Mundagubu Mufastagooloo gets his glass of goat milk and Kim Soon Yun Ng gets his bowl of rice and Mohammad Yusaf Hussein gets his bowl of couscous!

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Yeah,Obama hates America evidently,he'll tax us to death and tax away all the jobs.

Exactly, Bryon, but by golly the Europeans will love us again, right???  (I'm sure that's the spin the libs would put on it......."so you lost your job...look at the bright side....the French no longer think we're arrogant."  WOW.....won't that be a comfort!)

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Yeah,but I'd rather have my job,Europe's to far awy for me to care whether they like me or not.