So... what do you think?

[illyushadarling]

As we draw ever closer to the November elections, it's no surprise to start seeing politically oriented posts appearing on LJ. I've read the recent posts about Republican candidate Akin and his (pardon the pun) ill conceived words about "legitimate rape". We've already endured Weinergate, with the ensuing demands for and subsequent resignation.

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[illyushadarling]

Haven't had time to research sources yet, and I don't deal in "scandalous, unfounded and juicy", but I did hear something new on the radio yesterday that I will pass along. It was a phone interview with Dinesh D'Souza, a best selling author who wrote a book about Obama from which a movie was produced by Gerald R. Molen (Schindler's List), titled 2016. D'Souza spent time with Obama's half-brother George in Kenya while making the film, and recounted that he very recently had a phone call from George asking him for money. George lives a pretty impoverished life, by all accounts. Knowing this, D'Souza was a little skeptical that perhaps George's survival skills, as he called them, were kicking in, so he wanted verification that George's story as to why he needed $1000 from D'Souza was genuine. The story: George's 2 year old son, who has some kind of chronic health problem, was in the hospital with a lung infection, and the money was needed for medical care. D'Souza spoke with the nurse who was with George to obtain confirmation that this was indeed the case. Then D'Souza asked George if he didn't have anyone else, like other family members, to turn to. George said no, and that D'Souza was like a brother to him. D'Souza sent the money.

This is not the first story about Obama not helping out his own impoverished family members. I find that quite disturbing.

If you like, you can visit D;Souza's website here:

http://www.dineshdsouza.com/

[bluemeanybeany]

alternatively...

"George received little attention until being featured in an article in the Italian language edition of Vanity Fair in August 2008, which portrayed him as living in poverty, shame, and obscurity.[123] The article quoted George Obama as saying that he lived "on less than a dollar a month" and stated that he "does not mention his famous half-brother in conversation" out of shame at his poverty.[124] In later interviews George contradicted this picture. In an interview with The Times, he "said that he was furious at subsequent reports that he had been abandoned by the Obama family and that he was filled with shame about living in a slum."[121] He told The Times, "Life in Huruma is good." George Obama said that he expects no favors, that he was supported by relatives, and that reports he lived on a dollar a month were "all lies by people who don't want my brother to win."[121] He told The Telegraph that he was inspired by his half-brother.[120] According to Times George "has repeatedly denied…that he feels abandoned by Obama."

I can't link to The Times article because it's a Fox News run paper in London, and they operate a paywall online. But that's what the Conservative Newspaper here said....so I guess they must be fairly to the Republican side of things. It also says that President Obama has only met his half-brother twice. And I've googled Dinesh D'Souza, and seeing as his books include...
"Obama's America: Unmaking the American Dream"
"The Roots of Obama's Rage"
"The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/1"

.....I do not trust him to report accurately in this scenario in what I have no doubt was a Conservative Radio Show.