What If Sarah Palin Or John McCain Had A Half-Brother Living In A Hut In The Middle Of A Slum?
Obama has spent a lot of time this campaign season talking about hope and change. He’s used his time as a community organizer to illustrate his compassion and willingness to work on behalf of his fellow human beings. But what about a member of his own family? His half-brother who lives in hut in the middle of a slum in Kenya?
Obama hasn’t so much as lifted a finger to help him.
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.
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.
Hope? Change?
Only when there are reporters on hand to document it.
