November 3, 2008

Obama Deplanes after News of Grandmother's Death
Essence.com captured this photo of Barack Obama leaving his plane in North Carolina after learning of his grandmother's death.

According to Essence,, it took some time for the Senator to emerge from the plane, leaving the press wondering why. Reporters now believe he had just received the news.
Madelyn Payne Dunham, whom Barack has called a "surrogate mother," passed away today at the age of 86. The presidential hopeful released a statement with his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, calling her "the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility."
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anonymous may you burn in hell…what about all those partial birth aborted babies. How do you think God feels about a child being tortured to death. Obama will not bring change. He will bring socialism and more terrorism. Why is it that people who hate this country want him in, because it will make us weaker. Also, don’t forget that Bush also had a panel of democratic advisers making a lot of his decisions. You are ignorant to blame one person for the whole country. How about taking some accountability for your actions.