Barack Obama

MADem

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37. The poor guy is a very distant relative of Porgie, too. I don't hold that against him.

Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:24 AM

Jul 2013

That makes him related to Poppy as well.

He's also distantly related to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

It gets better--he's a distant relative to Winston Churchill, and LBJ, and James Madison, and Gerald Ford AND Harry Truman.

We can pick our friends, we can't pick our relatives.

The best paragraph of this article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/26/barackobama.hillaryclinton

While family trees such as these throw up interesting links, genetically they are meaningless. While children carry half the genes of their father, cousins as far removed as Obama and Bush would have no more genetic link than someone they bumped into at random in the street.

When I see trash, I tend to toss it--I'd do that with that kind of meanspirited, deliberate goading.

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Apparently, President Obama is a descendant of a 'British collaborator.' [View all] msanthrope Jul 2013 OP

"I, too, was an early enthusiastic supporter" tanyev Jul 2013 #1

The only amusing part of that post. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #3

I know! Whisp Jul 2013 #21

Oy. pinto Jul 2013 #2

Sites like Free Republic spent an exhaustive....and I mean, exhaustive amount of time poring over msanthrope Jul 2013 #5

Wingers are xenophobic as geese - and about as smart IrishAyes Jul 2013 #31

Yeah, his dad was really hands on and taught him soooo much. aquart Jul 2013 #4

This wasn't even dad--this was grandad, living in Kenya. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #6

And Barack spent so much time there in his formative years. aquart Jul 2013 #7

He was BORN THERE!!! He has soil memories!!! msanthrope Jul 2013 #8

Ah, the dirt in the blood. aquart Jul 2013 #10

This isn't racism, though. Arguably, I am the racist for even suggesting that there is anything msanthrope Jul 2013 #12

That's nothing compared to the shit in RWer's alleged brains IrishAyes Jul 2013 #20

Oh FFS! JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #9

But it's not racist. Just remember that. This isn't about racism. At all. nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #11

I always knew JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #15

Bible blamed the kids for thirty generations. aquart Jul 2013 #13

This is the right wing day treestar Jul 2013 #27

Wingers haven't considered IrishAyes Jul 2013 #32

And this Trash is posted on DU??? Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #14

The entire thread is a who's who, isn't it? nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #16

They are playing right into the hands JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #17

Driving down the 2014 vote is hard werk.....nt msanthrope Jul 2013 #18

Maybe when Christie JustAnotherGen Jul 2013 #19

That's definitely the goal. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #33

RKBA? Prophet 451 Jul 2013 #22

It means "right to keep and bear arms". Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #24

Ah, ok. Thanks n/t Prophet 451 Jul 2013 #35

I've had that OP on Ignore for a long time because of his continued Cha Jul 2013 #23

Skinner is going to have to do something other than just sit back like a passive spectator. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #25

I think he already looking into it. Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #28

That's interesting,LFR sheshe2 Jul 2013 #29

That happens at the DU3 if the post is over 24 hours old. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #36

But this one was just a couple of minutes old. n/t Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #38

In that case, I don't know what happened. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #40

It's been given free rein and as it goes with Cha Jul 2013 #30

Who needs NOLALady Jul 2013 #26

When anything goes, everything will. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #34

The poor guy is a very distant relative of Porgie, too. I don't hold that against him. MADem Jul 2013 #37

KICK for our weekenders. great white snark Jul 2013 #39