Cheney and Obama cousins?

Lewis, Cincinnati, Ohio — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:09:02 GMT

Now that's funny!! I'm sure both of them were just delighted to learn that news.

Cheney and Obama cousins?

HP Boston — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:09:55 GMT

What a crock!

Cheney and Obama cousins?

Shadow, Hamden, CT — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:10:43 GMT

I am probably Chuck Todd's eighth cousin. After eight degrees of seperation, aren't we kind of reaching to infer familial relation?

Cheney and Obama cousins?

Grace, NY — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:17:01 GMT

So does this make Cheney a muslim....LOL

They say everyone has a better side...( Obama is Cheney's better side)

BTW if you dig deep enough you will probably find more people related than you think.

Cheney and Obama cousins?

MK,MO — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:19:11 GMT

that ain't exactly a feather in obama's hat

Cheney and Obama cousins?

Rick, WS, NC — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:20:38 GMT

Well I wouldn't go hunting with cousin dick thats for sure

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Mazz, Oceanside, CA — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:30:38 GMT

HAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!! Oh, no... Put Obama on suicide watch!

Aren't Bush and Kerry related, too?

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Bee — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:36:08 GMT

Here is what is news worthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0icVblxh2dI

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Jerry, Chicago, IL — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:36:27 GMT

Rove planted this story in Lynn Cheney's mind. It's too good to be true...

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Debbie, SC — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:41:11 GMT

I guess now all those people concerned about voting for a Black man can rest easy...they can vote for the "White" side LOL

This will drive Rush L crazy...wasn't it Al Sharpton that found he was related to S. thrumond or someone equally as bad ?

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nuanced — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:43:33 GMT

The article also says that Obama and Bush are related and also that Cheney and Bush are related.

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Dave, Tn — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:52:24 GMT

Explains why Obama is so much smarter than Hillary

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Sierra, SF — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:58:01 GMT

Why did all the brains end up on Obama's side of the family ?

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Monty Harder, Kansas City, KS — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:59:51 GMT

The Theory of Relativity:

E=MC<sup>2</sup>

(Everyone is my mother's second cousin.)

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CY Hunter — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:06:28 GMT

If Obama & George Bush are 11th cousins and Obama & Cheney are 9th cousins, what is the relationship between Cheney & Bush?? I had also read that Clinton & Bush were cousins, so what is the relationship between Obama & Clinton - Should we call this election family fued & who can we vote for without creating a monarchy????? CY in Oregon

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JeanneGA — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:08:54 GMT

The evil Cheney side met up with the good Obama side somewhere waaaayyyyy back. Interesting. Looks like good trumps evil again.

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Bee — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:24:27 GMT

Thank God Obama pick the good side of the Brain

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Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:34:02 GMT

Not that I want to drop any names, but I'm related to all three of them.

I wonder how much this will affect Obama's fundraising.

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Howdy Doody — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:54:41 GMT

"what is the relationship between Cheney & Bush?? "

Cheney has his arm up Bush's butt, and moves his mouth.

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Dick C., Washington DC — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:54:48 GMT

First the gay kid, now this.

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What Did I Do?, Madison, WI — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:16:02 GMT

Another publicity stunt? What won't these people do to get elected?

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What Did I Do? — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:28:49 GMT

Another publicity stunt? Was Honest Abe related to John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame?

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jawhite1964 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:33:45 GMT

Yea, and "I'm my own grandpa" la la la--LOL!

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your past — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:52:59 GMT

part of the inconvenient compact in order to go forward you need to know

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Tulsan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:48:34 GMT

...But they're cousins,
Ironical cousins all the way.
One pair of matching bookends,
Different as night and day.

Now, Richard adores a Minuteman,
A quailtard shoot, and Atavan,
He really likes to lock and load,
A lager make him lose control --
What a wild, wildman!

Still, they're cousins,
Ironical cousins and you'll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike --

You can lose your mind,
When cousins are two of a kind.

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Emil, NJ — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:02:51 GMT

Of Course Mrs. Clinton is a direct cousin with Sammy Davis Jr. and a distant cousin with Al Sharpton

Cheney and Obama cousins?

Emil, NJ — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:03:52 GMT

Of Course Mrs. Clinton is a direct cousin with Sammy Davis Jr. and a distant cousin with Al Sharpton

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Kevin, Los Alamitos, California — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:25:19 GMT

I'm glad the bloodlines who rule the world allow us to choose a leader from their ranks!

God Bless The New World Order!

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A. Lincoln ,Va — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:12:50 GMT

What's up cuz.

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Patrick, Charlotte, NC — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:19:00 GMT

It would be very interesting if Cheney comes out to comment on this relationship issue.

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Rose Stern StLouis ,Mo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:27:46 GMT

IF YOU READ THE BIBLE AS LITERAL TRUTH, WE ARE ALL RELATED. THAT'S SCARY. ? I'M RELATED TO BUSH AND CHENEY?

Cheney and Obama cousins?

John S. Alexander, Edinboro, PA — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:48:23 GMT

Wow, another non-issue to keep us happy and uninformed. I enjoy the media for helping me forget what issues are improtant and entertaining me with non-news and fluffy pieces of pop culture. I now know that Britney is cousin to Bush, the Dalai lama, Putin and Maliki. No wonder the world is so messed up, Britneys family runs it. Thanks for clearing up a lot of questions I have had for so long.

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Brian, Cedar Hill, TX — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:54:24 GMT

Poor Obama - to have such a vile creature in his bloodline.

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S.Smith,GA — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:56:05 GMT

What does this really matter to anybody?Who cares?I don't.This will not be any reason to vote for Obama or not to vote for him.

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Rolin D. Phatees, Austin, TX — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:59:19 GMT

Listen... that's the sound of Jay Leno's writers buying new boats! This will keep them in material for months!

Cheney and Obama cousins?

Pam Vanvekoven, Danville, IL. — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:01:47 GMT

I can't help but wonder haow Cheney is reacting to this bit of News! A democrat for a cousin! Ha Ha!

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J. Merle Stanley, Westchester, NY — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:05:30 GMT

I'm sure Dick is absolutely delighted to know that he's related to a black guy.

Cheney and Obama cousins?

joe hick, alamo, texas — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:20:09 GMT

shame on you adam and eve, want to try it again

Cheney and Obama cousins?

joe hick, alamo, texas — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:22:01 GMT

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Kay — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:24:22 GMT

Debbie of SC: Al Sharpton is not related to Strom Thurmond (not so bad); but Strom did have an illegimate black daughter. And I still won't vote for Obama.

Dave of TN: Obama is NOT smarter than Hillary--he just happens to be black at a time when the NAACP feels they can get a black into the WH. He might be dumb as a cow (or dumb as Bush), but the NAACP would not care--he's black.

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Omamba Croc, DE — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:26:41 GMT

did they say that dick Cheney is the BLACK sheep of the family?...its black, its white!!!!

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az,la,cali — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:53:36 GMT

oboma related to white is not the i think the most important is the go for the good one

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Steven Martin, Highlands Ranch, Colorado — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:01:47 GMT

You've got to love the 'black sheep' comment from Obama's camp though...

It's BRILLIANT!

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MERSCP — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:09:41 GMT

Just goes to show that all the political power is concentrated and they try to keep it all in the family. No matter what "side"you vote, you are voting for status quo

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Hasan Khalaf, Columbus OH — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:09:55 GMT

haaa, now i understand why Obama is not black enough.

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DOLORES FLEMING — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:33:14 GMT

DaveTn.Obama cannot hold a candel to Hillary.She has had more education than Obama will ever have in his lifetime.I do not think this country is ready for a black president.Can you imagine a black first lady.There is to much racism going on in this country.He is Ok as far as i am concerned but does have the xperience or education.He said that if pakistan doesn't shape up he would invade.Sounds like a war monger to me.Sounnds like another BUSH to me.

Cheney and Obama cousins?

Debbie McDonald, Fort Smith, Arkansas — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:38:58 GMT

Since apparently we are all "cousins" can't we all just get along?

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Jannie Ogg — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:46:14 GMT

It is possible that due to the activity of supervolcanos 75,000 years ago, that the entire human race is descended from the approximately 1,000 indivuals who survived. We are ALL cousins. Wouldn't it be nice if everybody would cut the nastiness and just get along. Won't ever happen, but it would be nice. Oh, and if there is someone out there that thinks this can't be true because it isn't in the Bible, please don't bother to "correct" me. God made the world without consulting the bible...

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Jim Parker, Brandon, Florida — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:23:31 GMT

Well if you go back to Adam & Eve we're all just one
big backbiting family!!

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Terry Shenton, Canton, MI — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:28:11 GMT

HA!! HA!!!!!!!!!!

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Valerie — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:30:36 GMT

Obviously Hasan Khalaf from Columbus, OH, doesn't know what he is talking about when he compares hillay education and experience to Barack's. Hillary graduated from Wellesley College, and graduated from Yale University Law School. While Obama Graduated from Columbia University and also graduated from from Harvard Law. They appear equal in education,however in experience Hillary's first lady experience (not a job) doesn't compare to Obama being a State Senator before becoming US Senator. He is also law professor. Hillary had to slide into US senate using her husbands experience, the same way she is trying to slide into the white house.
** and back to Barack and Chaney** I knew they were cousins all along, cant you tell by the family resemblance!!

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Jannie Ogg — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:04:20 GMT

Oooh, icky thought! We're related to the nutcase that runs Iran. Ick! Ick! Ick!

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Teresa Jones, Lawrenceville, GA — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:59:03 GMT

God bless the world. Red, Yellow, Black or White, we are precious in his sight. Jesus love the little children of the world.

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Tiffany, Denver, CO — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:05:11 GMT

Wow, some of these posts are hilarious but others just reflect the racism and underlying stereotypes that still exist in society (Dolores and Kay). Dolores, what's so hard to imagine about a black first lady? And Kay, Barack has way more support then just the NAACP. When he becomes president it's because people countrywide are ready for a change, not just blacks. And if you even follow this campaign you'll see that even the black community questions him, we aren't just dummies that vote by color sweetie. And while you're spewing your ignorance, why don't you learn how to spell? Both of you are pitiful. Still cannot imagine someone of color in the WH but I'm sure you sat happily by while Bush screwed us over for almost the last decade.

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adebola.Joseph.Olusomiro. — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:06:56 GMT

Now we know. Obama is Black enough, White enough, and American enough to be the President of the free world.

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tk — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:12:17 GMT

maybe cheny would have aimed better if it had been obama at the end of the barrel.

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Rosemary, Simi Valley, CA — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:41:40 GMT

What difference does it make? That is not the biggest concerns facing this country. Most, if not more than 95%, of all African Americans in this country who came over here as slaves have White ancestry in their families. So to make a big deal of this is really not news worthy.

Is it another ploy to get those people on the edge to not vote for Barack. I think, both the Mainstream Media, the Punditry Corps and the Hillary campaign, and yes Republicans, are worried that there is more buzz out there for Obama than they realize.

These tactics are trying to derail his campaign for those folks easily influenced and that are fence sitters.

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Don, Sammamish, WA — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:50:14 GMT

I posted a little blog at Barack Obama's web site in honor of this news. It's short, so I'll paste it here. I think this is a neat reminder of how connected we all really are:

It's true, apparently, according to CNN: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/10/16/all-in-the-family-cheney-and-obama-related/. Barack Obama and Dick Cheney share a common ancestor from the eighth generation preceding them, which, if I recall, is said to make them something like ninth cousins, once removed. Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton is said to have quipped: "Obviously, Dick Cheney is sort of the black sheep of the family."

So, how do you all like Cousin Dick? You can't take him anywhere, he could shoot someone in the face, but he's a cousin. I guess there's no avoiding it after all. Deep down, underneath all the infighting and distrust, we really are all together.

I guess you could say we're treating each other like family, too, in a really dysfunctional sort of way. But when you realize it's not just words, that we really are all in this together right down to the blood in our veins, you know it says something about how we could do a whole lot better.

We're family.

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Sam Kapu — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:17:00 GMT

Hmmmm, brilliant anti-Hillary Republican strategy. Blacks can vote for Obama because he looks black and white Republicans can vote for Obama because he's related to the great white hunter, aka, Dick. BTW will there be a family reunion on turkey day? And where does this leave poor Condaleeza?

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Ken Collins/Wagoner,Oklahoma — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:48:14 GMT

I am willing to bet that Hillary won't touch this news, since she is kin folk of Sammy Davis Jr.

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Susan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:55:06 GMT

This imore troubling than one would think. Does it not strike you as odd that these related individuals all have to do with the whitehouse;what are the odds of that. In another article it says Bill Clinton is the illigitimate son of Winthrop Rockefeller. All the top echelon of rich elites...all interrelated and it's kept secret...why? just like the Bilderberg& Trilateral Group and CFR meetings secret meetings...all by invitation only to only the top echelon people for deciding our future in the world ...they seem to keep it all inan inner circle....no one else is priivy???

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A.Brocco — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:07:20 GMT

It could be worse for Obama. He could be related to the real nuts of the Nutty Right (O'Reilly and Limbaugh!

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A.Brocco, Albq., NM — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:09:06 GMT

It could be worse for Obama. He could be related to the real nuts of the Nutty Right (O'Reilly and Limbaugh!

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Elite,Penthouse,Richville — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:04:01 GMT

"Can I borrow the limousine cuz," No , last time you left the tank on E." "It not my fault the gas prizes are high." Well you got me there, here." One condition
let me use the plane next week.. "You have a deal", Love you man..

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AceC Chicago, IL — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:52:32 GMT

Obama's new campaign slogan for red states:
"You're not voting for a black guy, you're voting for Dick Cheney's cousin!"

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Kay — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:20:32 GMT

AceC, that's cute.

Tiffany of Denver, sweetie, the only word I misspelled was "illegitimate" and that was a typo on my part. You do know the meaning of "typo"? As for illegitimate, your people would know more about that than I. You don't vote by color? But you are adamant in your defense of Obama on that grounds. No, dear, I didn't just sit by while dummy screwed us over. I didn't vote for the SOB and have written letters to our representatives in DC many times regarding his stupidity and their ineptness.

Something is strange about the way Obama has leapt to the forefront. He was virtually unknown; then suddenly he's all over the front page news. Some group is pushing him hard, and I know it's not the KKK! We will see just how much support he does have. Wasn't it Pakistan that Obama said he would consider invading? That alone shows his ignorance!

Personally, I don't see much hope on either side, except in John Edwards, maybe Ron Paul.

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Janie Young — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:20:29 GMT

What everyone above has totally ignored is the historical value of the relationship. The Duvall Family were very prominant in Prince George's Co., Md in the 1800s -- their home being Marietta (which is an historic site open to the public) in Glenn Dale, MD. One of Mareen Duvalls relatives was Gabriel DuVall (which brings another relationship between Obama and Cheney) -- who was active during the Revolution, served as Comptroller of the Treasury under Jefferson, and was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1811 to 1835. There, now everyone who reads this has just had a quick history lesson, and has hopefully learned something, which from the other comments didn't happen. As someone above wrote (paraphrased and words added) -- can't we all just get along and stop all this petty bickering which gets us nowhere and settles nothing?

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Janie Young, Bowie, MD — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:21:25 GMT

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Alexis, Kamuela, Hawaii — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:38:27 GMT

The Family Forest® New World Edition can bring a great deal of expertise to this "important" news so that anyone can figure out what sort of cousins they are.

Please see yesterday's blog post at http://familyforest.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/another-barack-obama-cousins-story/

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A People-Centered Approach To History®

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Amanda, Fernandina Beach , Florida — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:43:51 GMT

So where does this leave me????? I'm related to both of them!!!!!!!!

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John Wayne — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:50:37 GMT

Now Obama can lead the way for Cheney on the next hunting trip.

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Alex, Charlottesville, Virginia — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:02:33 GMT

Haha..Obama on Monday at Charlottesville said theres always a black sheep in the family hahaha!!!

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Edward B. Wesson Jr Little Rock, Arkansas — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:12:41 GMT

CHENEY. More like the DEATH STAR of the family than the BLACK SHEEP!

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aaron capricorn, Belfast, Ireland — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:01:22 GMT

just check out the Bush~Windsor~Piso Bloodline on bibliotecapleyades(dot)net

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hunter lee, kings mountain ,nc — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:47:03 GMT

yeah ok ....i guess this is how it's gonna be during the entire election.....anything to get or bump a vote.and who knows who really started this mess about the cousin thing anyway...but i know for sure that this won't be the last rumor we hear before we reach election day....and I hope u realize that too.

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Kristine — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:37:28 GMT

"Senator Barack Obama’s ancestors link him to U.S. Presidents George Washington, James Madison, Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter..."

http://www.familyforest.com/PR_Barack_Obama.html

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Jay, Midland Texas — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:56:49 GMT

To Dolores Fleming you must be crazzzzzzzzzzzy Hillary does not have more education than Obama he is a professor of law ma'm, the best thing Hilliary ever has done was to marry a president oh wait a minute a cheating president! Her 35 years of exp. she keeps harping about all comes from Bill Clinton what has she done prior to her husband being governor of Arkansas whereas Obama's wife is even more educated than Hillary she also graduated from law school......Get a grip let's stop all this race talk lets's just pray that the best man win and since Hillary acts like one that includes her too!!!