Obama's Kenyan Half-Brother: "I Say We Are Not Related"

The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi.

Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.

"No-one knows who I am," he told the magazine, before claiming: "I live here on less than a dollar a month."

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[08politicaljunkie]

1) Cindy's FATHER left her older siblings when he divorced their mother, remarried, raised Cindy, and left his fortune to her. It's not her doing.

2) Barack's FATHER left him when he was two years old, returned to Africa and had children with someone other than Barack's mother. And it's not Barack's doing.

[EuroPreacher]

What has this have to do with the US elections?

[moxieme]

This is why so many candidates who run for office are able to take all our contributions and burn them. the American voter just falls in line behind all the spin. Cindy McCain's sister is living in Phoenix, basically under her nose, not in another hemisphere. I recall reading the McCain campaign had dispatched a legion of investigators to Indonesia and Africa. I would be willing to be the farm, George Hussein won't have money problems anymore. I'm sure PaCain has paid him dearly to utter the words he was quoted as saying. so don't ever think there were any "hack" journalists looking for and found him. They were well-paid mercenaries. Doesn't sound like this guy had much of a chance, in large part because of georaphy. I know you good and righteous neocons out there arent' suggesting Obama should have brought him to America, and taint the soils of this pure, diverse, welcoming nation with the likes of another Obama who in ten or so years just might be living the American dream and become uppity. Now if the "maverick" would just open his military records AND tell us about his greatest moral failure of demoralizing his first wife, we're good to go!

[RezidentBivrip]

I wonder how long until this is Barack's fault? I can see the McCain commercial now...

"He's the biggest celebrity in the world." *Flash Pics of Brittany & Paris*
"He and his uppity wife live the glamorous life in the lap of luxury" *Flash magazine covers and terrorist fist jabs*
"While his OWN brother lives in deplorable conditions a hut in Africa!" *Flash pictures of starving pot-bellied Ethiopian children with flies in their eyes*
"He claims he is for the middle class" *Flash pics of hard working blue collared white guys & Reverend Jeremiah Wright*
"But is he ready to lead?" *Flash more pics of starving ethopians*
"Rich, Famous, Popular, Hates familes, Not... like... you..." *Flash picture of a smiling Obama*
"That's... the REAL Obama"
"I'm John McCain and I'm old! err Approve this message!"

[DerekRC]

Democrats nominated the emptiest suit they could find because he can read speeches off a teleprompter.

I guess that's what happens when you let Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan define your positions.

Defeat and Retreat '08
Go Dems!!!

[mabinog]

Democrats nominated the emptiest suit (cheap cliche') they could find because he can read speeches off a teleprompter (which Bush has not ever been able to do).

I guess that's what happens when you let Michael Moore (is far more "liberal" than O) and Cindy Sheehan define your positions (looking left then right) (mine! neither of these people speak for me) (you must be confusing me for some kind of a ditto head).

Defeat and Retreat '08
Go Dems!!!

[PAposter]

By design, in order to be helped, don't you first have to be doing something? Or the helper is then doing it for you, not helping you to do it, right?

[goldnchyl]

Give a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man to fish....

and of course, the man (or woman) has to be inclined to learn and not only take

[TrueThis]

What Vanity Fair had to gain by tracking this man down? Why now? Just because he has the same last name as Obama doesn't mean that they're related. I know for a fact in this country there are alot of Smith(s) does that mean all them are related.

[leftoflennon]

Hmm.

Somethin' strange bout this

[goldnchyl]

is that it? what, exactly?

[american2008]

FOX will spend the whole program tonight talking about this and because they are fair and balanced, they will skip the Cindy McCain story.
I hope that when President Obama takes over in 2009, the FCC will finally make these stations pay for their propaganda. CNN and MSNBC have conservative viewpoints and can claim fairness, Fox has facism all day from Fox and Friends to the 70 year old Beltway Boys and Hannity and Orally.

[AguynamedWayne]

So you guys dogged out Cindy McCain about her half-sister, but have nothing but praise for Barack Obama, who lived the good life as his half brother lived in a wood shack in a shanty town Kenyan slum?

[Strywever]

Read the bio. Get a clue.

[mjc]

But you must remember that Obama has a lot of family in various locales: 5 brothers and at least 1 sister, think also in Kenya althought it may be Indonesia. Is he supposed to send care packages to all of them?

[MrCleaveland]

Q. How would you describe Obama's half-brother's daily income?

A. Change.

[MrCleaveland]

Oops, make that MONTHLY income.

[andyg]

Good one.

[manicallday]

And the Obama excuse train is on its way. I am sorry but that is his brother. You don't leave your blood family living in a shack. That is not cool.

[HatingTheGame]

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
Wife
And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the moneys gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground. ...

- Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime

[kawreader]

manicallday,
Have you been outside the United States?

[goldnchyl]

I wish I could truly know how many of your less than ambitious relatives you take care of or even assist. And, honestly, if they existed, I wouldn't expect you to.

[kellygrrrl]

and welcome to the Sibling Smear edition of politics 08 ...

[luvangelHussein330]

Here we go...family or friend you can onlyhelp so many folks before they stand up on thier feet and help themselves. The young man has options. His other family members don't live that way he is. He could be helping his grandmother farm the land they own, see about getting an education with his american connection. It's alot easier to blame someone else, then do for self.

[goldnchyl]

everyone in the world doesn't want a lexus.

[Quotidien]

In other news, Fonzie got his own statue today.