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FreedomFGHTR
03-16-2007, 04:06 PM
WASHINGTON A genealogical researcher says presidential hopeful Barack Obama had white ancestors who owned slaves.

William Reitwiesner, in what he calls a first draft into Obama's roots, says he found the information in 1850 Census records from Kentucky. Obama's father was from Kenya and his mother was a white woman from Kansas.

Reitwiesner says one of Obama's great-great-great-great grandfathers owned a 15-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man.

Reitwiesner says the same records show one of Obama's great-great-great-great-great grandmothers owned a 60-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman.

An Obama spokesman notes that while a relative owned slaves, "another fought for the Union in the Civil War."

Reitwiesner says he also found that two other presidential candidates -- Republican John McCain and Democrat John Edwards -- were descendants of slave owners.

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Swagger
03-16-2007, 04:08 PM
You have to remember, FF has no intarweb at the greybar hotel... It's kinda like time stops, and the rest of the world continues on without you.

Quoted again for truth.

Thank you for the news from 2 weeks ago.
FreedomFGHTR
03-16-2007, 04:09 PM
well damn...
Swagger
03-16-2007, 04:18 PM
Obama's great-great-great-great grandfathers owned a 15-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man.

God knows I hate this guy.......But to quote Grampa Simpson "It was the style at the time"....who the fuck cares.
termdec
03-16-2007, 04:19 PM
Gonna see him tomorrow in Oakland
Swagger
03-16-2007, 04:32 PM
Gonna see him tomorrow in Oakland


Hey ummmmmmmm...you think you could give him this errrr care package I've put together for him :D
DeadLamb
03-16-2007, 05:41 PM
Gonna see him tomorrow in Oakland

wear flg shirt, act shifty, scream "Blame mykul" when you get arrested..
Vandalous
03-16-2007, 06:38 PM
Moved to political playpen...
Moddy
03-16-2007, 07:47 PM
wear flg shirt, act shifty, scream "Blame mykul" when you get arrested..
Mother fucker.
Avery Hawk
03-16-2007, 08:51 PM
wear flg shirt, act shifty,throw water balloons, and scream for reperations, then scream "Blame mykul" when you get arrested..

Fixed..
atsui
03-16-2007, 10:23 PM
Who the hell cares?!
Repairman Jack
03-16-2007, 10:54 PM
Who the hell cares?!

No one should give a fuck about it. All of us have ancestors who did bad or stupid things. That has ZERO, ZILCH, NADA to do do with anything we've accomplished or screwed up in OUR lives.