Another go-round with Obama's beloved Aunt Zeituni
By afarrell1
@afarrell1 (258)
United States
October 7, 2010 8:19pm CST
I know this had been discussed a couple of years ago when Katie C. brought up the subject of Obama's Aunt who was found to be living on public assistance and was in violation of a court order ordering her to leave the country. At which time, the not yet president had said that we are a country of laws and the laws need to be upheld. So here we are 2010 and guess what, Auntie Zeituni was just granted political asylum because of her relationship to the president which may be detrimental if she is forced to return to Kenya. I wonder how it's working for his half brother who is still in Kenya.
Recently she granted an interview with the local TV station and I was absolutely dumbfounded that she said it was her right to get what she can from the government and who are we to deny her those rights, and how lucky a person and what a miracle it was for the people who can come here and get all this assistance without ever having to pay a dime into it. I would strongly suggest before commenting you read the article and watch the video clip.
www.wbztv.com/local/obama.aunt.zeituni.2.1921954.html
how are more people not outraged over this, it's criminal and it is a mockery. I agree immigration needs to be changed, and one big change is to start actually enforcing the laws we have now - if those laws were enforced she would have been sent back to Kenya long before Obama took office and saved the tax payers money.
If you are here illegally and are not actively seeking citizenship or trying to get a visa then you should not be eligible for free housing, no free medical care, no free money. yes we are a nation of God, but how quickly her Nephew is to denounce that when it suits him and how quickly his most esteemed Aunt is to throw it up in everyone's face. For Christ sake, he can at the very least provide her with a stipend out of his own pocket or let her live in his Chicago home; I guess they don't understand that christian charity starts at home first - get the woman off public assistance, and stop being such a burden to the nation.
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
8 Oct 10
"For Christ sake, he can at the very least provide her with a stipend out of his own pocket or let her live in his Chicago home; I guess they don't understand that christian charity starts at home first - get the woman off public assistance, and stop being such a burden to the nation."
Should the rest of the nation be held to that same standard? Should everyone who happens to have money be somehow obligated to support every relative they have, whether they are close or not? If not, why not?
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
8 Oct 10
After she got better? She didn't have a simple case of the flu..she has Guillan-Barre syndrome which is an autoimmune disorder that left her paralyzed. I don't believe that Kenya is famous for their medical care.
If, in fact, she and the president were close, one would think that she or someone on her behalf would have contacted him while she was living in a homeless shelter for two years before she got that little apartment she lives in. The reality is that Obama's family structure is very fractured due to multiple relationships by both of his parents so he does not have the traditional nuclear family where everyone is close, has personal relationships and helps each other out. From what I've read he barely has a relationship with her of any kind.
My husband and I both have huge extended families who we would help without a second thought if the need arose. I've also been married more than once but my grown children's father is still alive and they and I have maintained a relationship with him and most of his siblings throughout the years...including many cousins on that side of the family. This was not the case for Obama and his relationship with this aunt is similar to the one we have with one of their aunts who moved out of state a few decades ago. She did not maintain contact with me or them. If she fell on hard times we would have no way of even knowing about it unless another family informed us. Family is more than a blood line, in my opinion. It's a relationship, and as harsh as this may sound, I would not feel obligated to help this woman whose phone number I haven't had for over 25 years should she fall on hard times.
@afarrell1 (258)
• United States
8 Oct 10
I think the whole world should be held to that standard and it's not a foreign concept, many families help support one another. If you have money or not, if a member of your family is in need you are supposed to do all that you can to help them get back on their feet. According to her own words, she was going to go back to Kenya but was taken ill while here in the states and could no longer afford to go back after she got better. he could have at the very least helped her with that.
I'm not saying you have to support every relative you have, and if she is close enough to be a guest at both of his swearing in ceremonies I think she is close enough that he can assist her. Many people do help family members when they are in need - and being on welfare and having to take a check from the government is in need.
If your family doesn't help each other out in times of need, I don't think it's one that I would want to be a part of. It's nice to know that if I have a burden, they are there to help share it and I like wise will help them.
@RebeccaScarlett (2532)
• Canada
8 Oct 10
We have it even worse in Canada. A boat of people shows up illegally, some of the women got pregnant on the voyage on purpose because when they have the kid here the kid will be a Canadian citizen, then they will never be kicked out because it would be "cruel" to separate a child and its parents.
When they show up, does our government tell them to turn around because the war in their country has been over for years, so they are not refugees? No, they bring them in, feed, house and clothe them, give them free medical and dental, as well as phone calls home to the country they were so eager to get away from. They were getting things for free that I do not get despite working my butt off to pay the government 21.5% of my salary in taxes (and that's the lowest tax bracket!)
They also get free legal aid to argue their "refugee" cases.
And here's the thing: our court system is so slow by the time their hearings come up, they have already "disappeared" or found a Canadian to marry so they get to stay.
@afarrell1 (258)
• United States
8 Oct 10
the baby issue is not exclusively Canadian, they are actually nicknamed anchor babies here because they can be your tie to the US for all the reasons you site. Sometimes it sucks living in such an "enlightened" Nation.
@RebeccaScarlett (2532)
• Canada
8 Oct 10
We also have illegal immigrants here who have been charged with theft, assault, rape, etc, and been in an out of jail over 20 times, that we want to deport, but their home country won't take them back, so our tax dollars pay for their food, clothing. shelter, and lawyers while they're in jail. I don't have a problem with honest, hardworking people trying to get citizenship, but when you murder and rape someone while out on bail for raping someone else, I don't care if you were born Canadian, you should be kicked out. If no country will take you, you'd better learn how to swim really well! I know a lot of people don't agree with me, but we should be more sympathetic to the victims instead of the criminals, I think.
@cotton0821 (259)
• United States
8 Oct 10
To me, this is a classic example of a politician in full 'Do as I say, not as I do' mode. In fairness to Obama, they all do it to some degree.
The politicians tell us to dig deep to pay for the help needed by our fellow citizens-'It is the right thing to do'. This however never seems to apply to them. President Obama is a multi-millionaire chiefly from his book royalties. It would require an extremely small portion of his money to help his aunt out enough to keep her off of public assistance.
I would be more apt to feel good about the nation going into debt to supposedly help those in need, if Obama and all the other politicians would actually practice what they preach.
@afarrell1 (258)
• United States
8 Oct 10
I agree completely. Maybe if he routed a portion of the proceeds from the book about her brother?
@ThirdMillion (604)
• United States
8 Oct 10
This is just ridiculous. You're last sentence really summed up the whole situation. Thanks for sharing.
