Becoming Human

Obama has talked about the importance of being his “brother’s keeper” a number of times.  For example, in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democrat convention he said:

“If there’s a child on the south side of Chicago who can’t read, that matters to me, even if it’s not my child. If there’s a senior citizen somewhere who can’t pay for her prescription and has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it’s not my grandmother. If there’s an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties. It’s that fundamental belief — I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper — that makes this country work.” 

And, at Rick Warren’s interview at the Saddleback church he said: “Americans’ greatest moral failure in my lifetime has been that we still don’t abide by that basic precept in Matthew that whatever you do for the least of my brothers you do for me.” (I’m pretty sure the question was “what has been your greatest moral failure,” but, not surprisingly, Obama universalized it.  This is in keeping with the criticism of him that he has witnessed his life, but not really participated in it.)

First there was the story about his brother, George, living in squalor in Kenya. 

 http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/thy_brothers_keeper.html

Now a story has come out in a British newspaper that his aunt is living in a public housing project in Boston.  The AP finally picked up the story when it was revealed that she is not only living in public housing, but is an illegal alien.  A judge denied her request for asylum and ordered her deported four years ago.  (Gee, I wonder how many other illegal aliens are living in public housing?)  Also, she donated $260 to Obama’s campaign, which is illegal since only citizens and lawful permanent residents may donate to presidential campaigns.  (hmm, a poor person giving money to a rich person, is that what Obama stands for?)  On the donation form she listed her employer as the Boston Public Housing Authority.  Have any reporters checked whether she really works there, which would also be illegal, or whether she paid for it with welfare money?  Either way, it came from the taxpayers.

This is not a long-lost or secret relative, this is the “Aunti Zeituni” that Obama lovingly talked about in his memoir, “Nightmares of My Father.”  As explained in the link below, it’s just another one of the people in his life that he’s “thrown under the bus.”  It’s already started, this morning Obama’s campaign said he had no knowledge of her immigration status. 

  http://nukegingrich.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/time-to-throw-auntie-under-the-bus/

It is in perfect keeping with his socialist views of spreading the wealth around as long as it’s not his wealth.  See the link below.

http://conservativesformccain.wordpress.com/2008/11/01/obamas-aunt-zeituni-onyango/

One of the most interesting things about the AP article is it seems to be imply that the immigration authorities were trying to cover this up until after the election:

“Onyango’s case — coming to light just days before the presidential election — led to an unusual nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring that any deportations before Tuesday’s election be approved at least at the level of the agency’s regional directors, the U.S. law enforcement official told the AP.  The unusual directive suggests that the administration is sensitive to the political implications of Onyango’s case coming to light so close to the election.”