As An Obama Supporter, I Want To Thank The GOP! I Didn't Know His Uncle Liberated Jews

[KittyWampus]

and others from the concentration camps in Germany.

A lot of nasty GOP'ers have been trying to splinter Jews from the Democratic party and also convince good Jewish people that Obama is anti-Semitic.

So this sort of actually HELPS!

Shalom.

[southern_belle]

1. kick n/t

[Yael]

2. K&R

[BeatleBoot]

3. Obama earns 3 Pinnochios at the Washington Post for his lie!

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/where_in_the_world_is_auschwit.html


"Three Pinocchios for "significant factual errors."



Too funny.

[chascarrillo]

5. I'm sorry that you think the Holocaust is funny.

God, this really depresses me.

[2rth2pwr]

6. I can't believe Obama exaggerated family history about the Holocaust on Memorial Day.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Exaggeration?

How, precisely was this an exaggeration?

[2rth2pwr]

10. First off, it wasn't his Uncle. Second Auschwitz is probably the most infamous

concentration camp in history. So for him to say his uncle was there liberating Auschwitz is an exaggeration.

Kinda like him saying- My cousin is President.

Cheney IS a cousin, just eight times removed, and Cheney is Vice President, which is kinda like being President.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. So you're saying it's no big deal his uncle liberated Buchenwald concentration camp

[2rth2pwr]

20. I think Obama implied that by his remarks.

[indimuse]

13. more like Sniper Gate!

yep!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. So was Clinton really shot at by snipers in some other country?

:shrug:

[canadian_is_cold]

19. Actually it was his uncle, it was just the Buchenwald camp, not Auschwitz

[2rth2pwr]

21. Great Uncle, Cheney is his cousin but eighth cousin is more accurate.

[chascarrillo]

39. Great uncles are called "uncles", at least in my family. This not true of anyone else?

And I went to see my "Aunt" all the time, though she was my great aunt.

God, this so depresses me.

[Drunken Irishman]

50. Yes, I call my great uncle Ray Uncle Ray when I see him.

If he calls, he says "Hey Druken Irihsman, it's Uncle Ray, how are you?"

He's my grandmother's brother, if you were wondering.

[NOLALady]

23. Actually,

his cousin is President.

http://www.wargs.com/political/obama.html


Mary Hinckley m. Samuel Bangs
|.Joseph Bangs m. Thankful Hamlin
| .Lemuel Bangs m. Rebecca Keeler
| .Elijah Keeler Bangs m. Esther Stackhouse
| .Mary Ann Bangs m. Joseph Ambrose Beaky
| .Martha Adela Beaky m. David Davis Walker
| .George Herbert Walker m. Lucretia Wear
| .Dorothy Walker m. Prescott Sheldon Bush
| .GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH (b. 1924), US President, m. Barbara Pierce
| |.GEORGE WALKER BUSH (b. 1946), US President


He has links to a few other Presidents also.

GERALD RUDOLPH FORD Jr
HARRY S. TRUMAN
JAMES EARL CARTER
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON

Also....Sir WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER-CHURCHILL

[Alexander]

34. Family members call great uncles "uncle" all the time.

You're either a paid shill or unbelievably stupid.

Or both.

[cali]

49. what bullshit. And how utterly disrespectful to the memories

of those who were incarcerated there, tortured there and perished there. Yes, Auschwitz is better known. So what. And it's nothing like saying his cousin is president. Family histories almost invariably get somewhat distorted as they are passed down orally from one generation to the next.

So now you've demonstrated to us all that you know little about the Holocaust, that you don't think twice about exploiting the victims of a Nazi concentration camp to bash Obama, and that you can't make an accurate comparison.

[zulchzulu]

41. What toppings do you like on your pizza? n/t

[GoldieAZ49]

25. It is pathetic that Obama uses the Holocaust for political gain.

It is justice that it backfired.

[beachmom]

30. Justice? His great uncle helped liberate Buchenwald. And Obama was talking about PTSD

I watched a documentary on the liberation of the camps through the eyes of the American troops, and also Russian troops. I have never seen so many men cry and get so emotional. It was worse than combat for these men. Some were never the same after what they saw.

[beachmom]

29. I strongly disagree with the WP on this one. This did not amount to "lying"

because the truth was equal to his mistaken remembrance of it being Auschwitz. I am someone who has read a ton of books on WWII, who has visited a concentration camp, and watched countless documentaries on the era. You could say I am a total WWII buff. But I also had to re-remember which army took which KZ camp. And Obama was talking about a family member. I think he knows his WWII history very well, especially what the meaning of "appeasement" is, unlike our Dear Leader in the WH who gave the misleading historical reference in PREPARED REMARKS.

[The Magistrate]

38. Indeed, Ma'am: the Rater Deserves Several 'Pinnochios' Of His Or Here Own In This

The matter is of no signifigance whatever, and does not deserve the dignified title of a lie....

"More Wars! Less Jobs! McCain '08"

[roguevalley]

40. and you, beatleboot, earn my contempt for your post. I wasn't

aware that the holocaust was so hilarious.

[zulchzulu]

42. How many did Hillary Clinton get for her Snipergate story?

You seem pretty up on these Pinocchio thingies...

[Beacool]

46. I guess that history is not his forte

or he would have known that the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz. Does he even know that Auschwitz is in Poland?

[BlooInBloo]

4. I want to thank the usual few shitty DUers for bringing this to my attention...

Who would have thought you folks would actually prove to be useful.

Thanks! :hi:

[populistdriven]

7. Your enthusiasm is underwhelming

:+

[slinkerwink]

9. That actually was a great fact about Obama's family's background.

[Swamp Rat]

12. Same here.

As someone who lost family in the Holocaust I am grateful to Obama's uncle, and very happy to know about Obama's familial relation.

Shalom

[Hawkeye-X]

37. We must be cousins!

I'm 3rd generation of a Holocaust survivor. My grandfather survived Auschwitz, grandmother survived Bergen-Belsen. Dad was born in DP in Hamburg, moved to the US when he was 2 (1950) - but he is a full-blooded American citizen (could run for President if he wanted to, but not today)

I have seen my grandfather's tattoos - Holocaust is not a lie. (He passed away in 2001, before 9/11 at a ripe age of approximately 94)

Hawkeye-X

[ClassWarrior]

14. What a proud, noble, all-American family our next President has.

Puede.

NGU.

[hendo]

18. Indeed

Everything the GOP says just makes me like him that much more.

[ClassWarrior]

28. He's the embodiment of the melting pot.

:toast:

NGU.

[ErinBerin84]

16. kick

I was away on memorial day, so I missed Obama's memorial day speech. I would never have known about this if it were not for those shitty GOPers! Thanks, shitty GOPers!

ps: I just turned off Dan Abrams, b/c Ed Rendell was defending John McCain for fundraising with George Bush. Barf.

[RooferDem]

17. This is great information!

I didn't know this about his family. True heroes!

[GoldieAZ49]

22. sort of actually HELPS!!???

making up stories about the holocaust helps win the jewish vote?

Now that is some spin.


heh.

[beachmom]

31. Please explain what Obama made up? His great uncle liberated a KZ camp.

He mangled the name, but the story he told was true.

[cottonseed]

43. This is actually an Obama/McCain issue. For GE candidates only.

You don't need to knock him down on this one. Doesn't help Hillary. Doesn't help the Democratic party.

[thewiseguy]

24. I didnt know it either until someone brought it up. God bless his uncle.

[GoldieAZ49]

26. Obama just out Tuzla’d Hillary

you should be proud!

:rofl:

[Kittycat]

27. Not quite - Obama: Wrong Location, doesn't change what happened.

Hillary: Complete fabrication.

[thewiseguy]

32. You are very smart.....

NOT

:rofl:

[ClassWarrior]

33. Thanks for bringing up Hilly's Big Lie again. I'm sure many observers almost forgot about that one.

:rofl:

NGU.

[graycem]

35. How hateful a person are you

to mock such a thing? He only screwed up the name, not the rest of the story. Shameful.

[cottonseed]

44. Hillary is irrelevent to this issue. It's for general election candidates.

You're not helping either your candidate or the Democratic party.

[graycem]

36. Me too!

I had no idea and I would LOVE to thank them personally for making me like my candidate even more. :toast:

[scarletwoman]

45. Ya know, if more stuff goes like this, this campaign might actually be FUN!

Think of it! Everything the GOP throws at him turns out to help him -- oh, the hilarity that will ensue!

I'm feeling happier every day!

:D
sw

[dkf]

47. Yeah, when I read this, I was really really impressed!

I find it hard to believe that a person will be more offended by the fact that he messed up the camp, than happy his family was able to do some really good things in some very trying times.

[Raine]

48. I didn't know either

Hahaha interesting where a person can pick up information. :think: