Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya

[katty]

more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2590614/Barack-Obamas-lost-brother-found-in-Kenya.html

Barack Obama's 'lost' brother found in Kenya
Senator Barack Obama's long lost brother has been tracked down for the first time living in a shanty town in Kenya, reports claimed.

By Nick Pisa in Rome
Last Updated: 3:54PM BST 20 Aug 2008

George Hussein Onyango Obama, Senator Barack Obama's long lost brother was tracked down living in a hut on the outskirts of Nairobi Photo: Guy Calaf, Vanity Fair, Italy 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."

According to Italy's Vanity Fair his two metre by three metre shack is decorated with football posters of the Italian football giants AC Milan and Inter, as well as a calendar showing exotic beaches of the world.

[DemNoir]

1. So...

Have they slotted him to speak at the Republican convention yet?

[Ilsa]

2. If true, this worries me.

I'm afraid all kinds of accusations could come from this, from Barak not taking care of his brother to his brother being a "terrorist." You know the slime-slingers will use it if it is possible.

On the other hand, I hope this is BO's bro and they have a good reunion.

[DemNoir]

4. It should worry everyone

The Republicans are going to milk every ounce of pain from this.

"Obama says he offers Americans hope...He should start with his own family!"

[emilyg]

12. You bet they will

We picked on Cindy's half-sister and they'll pick on this.

[katty]

5. yup, me too

[ben_meyers]

3. Somebody needs to send this to Keith RIGHT NOW!!!

And you didn't expect "push back" on the Cindy McCain Half-sister story? This is what a good "war room" is all about, and Obama better get his cranked up!

[No Elephants]

8. Good point, but Cindy's sis wasn't long lost; Obama never claimed to be an only child; and Obama

does not have hundreds of millions of dollars. Pubs are always trying to make those apples into oranges, though. Don't let them!

[VWolf]

6. Obviously false

NOBODY suports both AC Milan and Inter

[Cronus Protagonist]

9. True dat!

Fierce rivals.

[meow2u3]

16. That's for damn sure!

That would be like a New Yorker who roots for both the Yankees and the Mets. Just doesn't happen.

[haakon59]

7. Barack Obama's Lost Brother

I suppose it is inevitable that the GOP would start smears like this. Don't these people have any morals at all?

[notadmblnd]

10. Is he his brother's keeper?

Did he even know about his brother?

[psychmommy]

11. this is 1/2 brother. how many 1/2 bro's and sister's does he have?

i have a cousin with at least 5 1/2 siblings and there could be more. their father was a lover not a fighter and kept everything separate. sometimes they claim their 1/2 siblings sometimes not. the cousin grew up with our side of the family and identified more with us. that is probably how obama's life was. it's not like he visited his dad's house every other weekend. how is he responsible for a 1/2 brother who grew up on a different continent away?

[Demeter]

15. I Have a Friend From Uganda--Muslim Father Had 4 Wives

and I think 20+ children altogether. Then he died of AIDS, as did some of the wives and children.

It's a different culture.

[stillcool]

13. Can I be his long lost sister?

[IndyOp]

14. Do you have big ears? If you do, then maybe you could be his long lost 1/2 sister.

:shrug:

:hug: