So very sad. Someone just told me here at work. We need to win this for her, too.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Thank you great lady for giving us this wonderful man.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Let's see how the right-wing noise machine deals with this news. With their typical sensitivity, no doubt? (i.e. Brad Blakeman: Obama going off to Hawaii to visit granma). Expect this: Obama called her a typical white person. Playing the race card from the bottom of the deck at her expense. He says he loved her, but did he, really?!
iamevolved
· 1 year ago
I have already seen some of the right-wing noise. They claim this is all a hoax to get sympathy on Obama's side. Those people have no shame. None.
kh7463
· 1 year ago
OMG. That just defies human decency.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Well afterall white trash is as white trash does.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
Why does that not surprise me. Those people are disgusting...
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Obama doesn't need to get the sympathy vote; he is well ahead in the polls - dumbass Republicans. They see their own corruption and dirty tricks and project it onto others.
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Who cares what the right-wing FANATICS think.
I am going to be SO HAPPY on Wednesday seeing them be so happy seeing them cry and complain like little brats.
Best thing: we'll just press the IGNORE button!
slappymagoo
· 1 year ago
I anticipate a three pronged attack. First, people will insinuate that somehow, this was planned (which of course means something altogether heinous, that this woman's death was planned for political benefit). Then, some people will argue that it's "not fair," insomuch that such news should insulate Obama from criticism on the even of the election, when Republicans, really should be allowed to say whatever they want about Obama. And finally, the "sensitive" members of the GOP will argue that this means Obama can't possibly become President now, as he needs time to grieve. The irony that they've argued that a woman who raises a Down Syndrome infant has no time constraints to be Veep, but Obama won't be able to function out of grief, will be intentionally lost on them.
I say these things not because I want them to happen, but because I expect them. Far too many classless soulless goons in the GOP for my liking. Of course, FWIW, my sympathy goes to Obama and his family, and I hope that we as a nation can help pull off a victory that would make this woman proud of her grandson.
mungobuh
· 1 year ago
Rest in Peace.
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
Condolences to the Obama family.
Deacon_Blues
· 1 year ago
Someone on Kos said something just now that really hit the right note with me. Barack -- and by extension, America -- has a guardian angel now.
grandma
· 1 year ago
So glad he got to visit with her again and so sad she didn't live to see him President.
God bless her soul and Barack and family.
Bambleweeny57
· 1 year ago
Awful News. Even though she no doubt was proud, one more day to see Barack achieve the Presidency would have been welcome.
It's also very informative that the Obama campaign hid the Cancer story until the end, not looking to profit from it in any way. I doubt Republicans would have avoided a leak in such circumstances
I hope that Republican scumbag who sneered about him "visiting Grandma" the other week gets shamed on the air today.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
That was Brad Blakeman. Yes, a scumbag.
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
Best payback would be if this gives Obama another 5% points bump in voting tomorrow. Not that Obama would have wanted to exploit his grandmother's death, nor would I. I'm just saying that given the GOP scum's smearing Obama for his sorrow, they deserve to be crushed utterly.
skeptic
· 1 year ago
How sad that she was not able to see the final score!
Ken Clark
· 1 year ago
Oh I think she will have a front row seat for everything that happens tomorrow and will definitely be there to celebrate with us on January 20th.
fostert
· 1 year ago
That's really sad. I was hoping she'd make it to election day. But at least she can be proud of the great person she helped raise. We all owe her a great debt. And the best way to repay it? Get out and vote. Make her smile from heaven.
gallery
· 1 year ago
What a shame. It would have been wonderful if she had had the strength to hold on long enough to see her grandson become president. Maybe in her heart, she already knew.
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
Rest in peace, Madelyn Dunham. Thoughts and prayers to all of the family.
ckerst
· 1 year ago
The sense of pride she had in her grandson must have been comforting in her last days. She had to be an exceptional woman to have raised such an exceptional young man.
Rab
· 1 year ago
Sad, I'm dedicating my vote tomorrow to her memory.
michaelt
· 1 year ago
Sad.
PattyP
· 1 year ago
The CA GOP pre-emptively responded to Mrs. Dunham's death by filing a complaint against the Obama campaign for violating federal law by misusing his campaign jet - to go visit his ailing grandmother....
To clarify, the CA GOP did this before she died (or before they knew she died). But that really doesn't make it any less vile.
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
I take it back. May the GOP and the vile McCain lose by an additional 20% points. Crushed isn't enough. Grind them under our heels.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
Everyone VOTE tomorrow, and let's make Mrs. Dunham proud...let's make her Grandson the President of the United States...
grandma
· 1 year ago
Yes we will !
houstonray
· 1 year ago
And on Wednesday it will be Yes we did!
grandma
· 1 year ago
Amen !
FunMe
· 1 year ago
Helleluyah!
scytherius
· 1 year ago
Oh HELL yes!
Ruttle
· 1 year ago
How utterly tragic. She helped raise a good man. I wish she could have had just a little longer.
Hardy_Haberman
· 1 year ago
My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
I am so very sorry she didn't live to see her grandson make history.
Fireblazes(CheetohsandCatfood)
· 1 year ago
She did, because a grandma always sees her grandkids as they truly are.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Lovely thought.
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
My thoughts to the Obama family.
OT - I found out about an hour ago my 93 year old dad has been giving pant-loads of money to the "McCain Palin Victory Team".
I confronted him with this knowledge and we had a minor debate. My rage was contained to boil just under the surface.
My hands shake knowing he has been an enabler to this monster called The Republican Party for years and years. HE has been financially complicit.
I will not be able to lok at him for a while.
This election means the world to me. To have this amount of hope for goodness, something we have not had under the Bush War Machine inc. is real.
grandma
· 1 year ago
I hear ya....one in my family is voting McCain ....where the hell are their values is what I say.
FunMe
· 1 year ago
I love how we progressives/liberal are more fogiving. That makes us better persons - absolutely!
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
Yes we are! Unfortunately, that trait has had a hand in how we liberals got in this mess.
We indeed are the "good guys" and good gals.
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
Their so-called values have everything to do with money, little else.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Patrick, it will be easier to forgive him when Obama wins tomorrow. My mother supported Bush - twice. After the election, I might be able to forgive her.
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
I have had to endure photos of my mom and Nancy Reagan laughing joyfully while Ronny was not acknowledging the full scope of the AIDS epidemic.
I have had to endure Phyllis Schlafly coming over for cocktails when I was a kid.
I could go on and on ... but I won't.
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Very sad indeed. I'm sure this is the woman who, along with his mother, taught Barack about dignity and self-respect.
And before the Rethugs start a bunch of shit about how Barack told the story of his grandmother using racial slurs, let me tell you: I loved my grandmother with all my heart, but she was human, and she had an attitude about race I could not tolerate. But she grew up that way in the south, in a different time and would not change, even as I tried to reason with her. On one hand, she felt grateful to the black couple who rented a house to a woman with 6 kids during the depression when no one else would--but on the other hand, she felt compelled to call Dr. King "the devil" because he preached equality.
White people can be really screwed up about race, and it's time we acknowledged it. We're all human, and we all want the same thing in life. How you treat others is your final judgment--nothing else.
HelenaMontana
· 1 year ago
Same with my father-in-law. He was a wonderful, generous, kind person and I loved him dearly, but for most of his life he was the biggest racist I ever met. However, toward the end of his life, I think he came to see that people are people and skin color really has nothing to do with the person inside.
grandma
· 1 year ago
CNN just read a statement from John and Cindy Mcain...
A very nice statement I must say.
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
Empty predictable platitudes.
falloch
· 1 year ago
Sorry, but that's the whole thing about death, esp death of parents - you say they're 'empty predictable platitudes' but actually they're not - they're just ways of people communicating to people they don't know very well some sympathy/empathy about the loss of a loved one. When I lost my dad after a long bout with cancer, I appreciated every morsel of sympathy that people sent me, every letter and card - that's what helped me through the next few weeks - and I'm not a particularly fluffy or sentimental individual. Even sympathetic words from avowed enemies can be appreciatedand/or interesting - and for some reason probably the most sincere words you'll hear from an enemy, probably because they are reminded that they, too, are not immortal.
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing your personal thoughts.
HelenaMontana
· 1 year ago
Oh, that is so sad. I was hoping she's be able to hold on through the election, at least, so if he wins, he'd know she knew. Bless his heart.
grandma
· 1 year ago
John and Cindy McCain released this statement:
We offer our deepest condolences to Barack Obama and his family as they grieve the loss of their beloved grandmother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them as they remember and celebrate the life of someone who had such a profound impact in their lives.
Obama was so right to make sure he spent time with her before she passed on. But what an emotional blow on election eve for the candidate from Illinois. He has survived this campaign with remarkable emotional maturity and self-control. I just wish this didn't have to add to it. None of his parents will witness tomorrow. But somewhere my faith teaches me: they know already. Maybe Toot couldn't wait for the actual results. Maybe she's now a few steps ahead even of Chuck Todd. May she rest in peace. She did good.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
Awww, that was well done. I like the 'being a few steps ahead of Chuck Todd' part...nice touch.
RIP sweet lady, RIP.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
Another DISGUSTING comment I've been reading on some comments on news articles, is that she died the other day but they kept it a secret and then said it was today so that it will help with the vote. I guess a variation on the 'hoax' theme someone mentioned earlier...
These people have no shame, no decency, no standards at all.
A crushing defeat/landslide will make me feel a whole lot better...
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Wasn't that the first time he visited her in 20 years? Even crocodiles can cry...
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Fuck you, you hypocritical bastard. Get off this site.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Ditto
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Ditto my answer above......
Busboy
· 1 year ago
What makes me hypocritical?
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
busboy, you really are a sorry excuse for a human being.
I bet your kids humor you by even speaking to you... hopefully you didn't lose all their inheritance in the market, or you might not hear from them again.
what a sad bitter man you are.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
My kids are hardworking Americans who have no intention of letting the government take their hard won savings and income and giving it to some crackhead sitting on the corner under a lampost. Enjoy your life on welfare. This is probably as good as it gets for you...
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
like I said... a bitter old man.
if you've instilled your world vision in your children, they're waiting for you to die so they can get their inheritance.
and, like I said, I hope you didn't lose it in the market... or they'll probably drop you like a hot rock.
why give you charity in their association?
.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Damn Busboy, I never, ever imagined you to make such a cold-hearted statement. Didn't you say you had one son that is a Dr. or something like that?. Weren't you proud the day he got that diploma? I would think the woman who raised this man was incredibly proud to see her mixed race son achieve so much and possible within 24 hours be the president of the USA.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
I'll bet even money that, if Obama loses? He won't even attend the funeral. That's my assessment of Obama. He's a "face" case....
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Oh, for god's sake, I never took you to be a person consumed with hatred, no matter what right wing policies you spouted here. You have had your moments, but none so vile as this. Honestly, you should be ashamed of your statements, but I guess you are not.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Bb, please retract your statement.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
OK, I retract the statement,; and the statement about not attending the funeral. But, I do it only because Mirth is one of the few honest liberals who puts her money where her mouth is. And, on that note, I wish you all a good night....
mirth
· 1 year ago
Thank you for the retractions and for saying a nice thing about me.
I know that your love of sparring sometimes overrules your actual feelings and this may be one example. I also know that you are not as heartless as your comments about Obama and his grandmother suggest.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Are you sure? It takes a very special kind of person to go to a left wing blog and make those kinds of statements about the death of family member. I have lost all respect for Busboy.
ladylawyer
· 1 year ago
You're obviously not human...putting aside whether you like Senator Obama or not, the death of someone's grandmother is beyond this election. Your comment was totally disrespectful to his family.
anarchy
· 1 year ago
my sincere condolences to the Obama family.
Mrs Dunham instilled a sense of decency and honor in the young Barry Obama - and I, for one, am so very grateful to her for that even though I didn't know the woman.
Rest In Peace and watch over him from now on with love and pride.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
my thoughts and condolences go out to the Obama family...
sorta OT, who was the mcsame lacky who chastised Obama for visiting his Grandmother last month? someone should stick a microphone in his face and as for a comment, pointing out the crack about how much fuel a 767 uses. I wonder if he'd show any emotion at all.
.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
....or pull out a cross and see if it burns onto his skin...
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Oh, I find this so incredibly sad, the before her grandson is surely elected president. Just breaks my heart.
Older_Wiser
· 1 year ago
Barack is going to be speaking at UNC-C at about 6:30. I'm going to find a link.
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
The troll in this thread is sickening. It is well established that Obama visited Hawaii regularly BEFORE he even started running for President. To come into a thread about a person who just died and to inject negative and misinformed partisan smears is beyond the pale. The actions of a small and petty (at best uninformed) person.
We owe Madelyn Durham a massive debt of gratitude for making Barack Obama the man he is today. I disagree with him as he is corporate moderate, but just that he has the character, character and intelligence to defeat McCain (if he does), I think we owe so much his grandmother and how she raised him. God bless her.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
I am so sorry to hear about this. thank you dear Mrs. Dunham...
All Comments
I am going to be SO HAPPY on Wednesday seeing them be so happy seeing them cry and complain like little brats.
Best thing: we'll just press the IGNORE button!
I say these things not because I want them to happen, but because I expect them. Far too many classless soulless goons in the GOP for my liking. Of course, FWIW, my sympathy goes to Obama and his family, and I hope that we as a nation can help pull off a victory that would make this woman proud of her grandson.
God bless her soul and Barack and family.
Even though she no doubt was proud, one more day to see Barack achieve the Presidency would have been welcome.
It's also very informative that the Obama campaign hid the Cancer story until the end,
not looking to profit from it in any way.
I doubt Republicans would have avoided a leak in such circumstances
I hope that Republican scumbag who sneered about him "visiting Grandma" the other week gets shamed on the air today.
It would have been wonderful if she had had the strength to hold on long enough to see her grandson become president.
Maybe in her heart, she already knew.
Thoughts and prayers to all of the family.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/3/141...
OT - I found out about an hour ago my 93 year old dad has been giving pant-loads of money to the "McCain Palin Victory Team".
I confronted him with this knowledge and we had a minor debate. My rage was contained to boil just under the surface.
My hands shake knowing he has been an enabler to this monster called The Republican Party
for years and years. HE has been financially complicit.
I will not be able to lok at him for a while.
This election means the world to me. To have this amount of hope for goodness, something we have not had under the Bush War Machine inc. is real.
We indeed are the "good guys" and good gals.
I have had to endure Phyllis Schlafly coming over for cocktails when I was a kid.
I could go on and on ... but I won't.
And before the Rethugs start a bunch of shit about how Barack told the story of his grandmother using racial slurs, let me tell you: I loved my grandmother with all my heart, but she was human, and she had an attitude about race I could not tolerate. But she grew up that way in the south, in a different time and would not change, even as I tried to reason with her. On one hand, she felt grateful to the black couple who rented a house to a woman with 6 kids during the depression when no one else would--but on the other hand, she felt compelled to call Dr. King "the devil" because he preached equality.
White people can be really screwed up about race, and it's time we acknowledged it. We're all human, and we all want the same thing in life. How you treat others is your final judgment--nothing else.
A very nice statement I must say.
We offer our deepest condolences to Barack Obama and his family as they grieve the loss of their beloved grandmother. Our thoughts and prayers go out to them as they remember and celebrate the life of someone who had such a profound impact in their lives.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/03/obama-grand...
Madelyn Payne Dunham RIP
Obama was so right to make sure he spent time with her before she passed on. But what an emotional blow on election eve for the candidate from Illinois. He has survived this campaign with remarkable emotional maturity and self-control. I just wish this didn't have to add to it. None of his parents will witness tomorrow. But somewhere my faith teaches me: they know already. Maybe Toot couldn't wait for the actual results. Maybe she's now a few steps ahead even of Chuck Todd. May she rest in peace. She did good.
RIP sweet lady, RIP.
These people have no shame, no decency, no standards at all.
A crushing defeat/landslide will make me feel a whole lot better...
I bet your kids humor you by even speaking to you... hopefully you didn't lose all their inheritance in the market, or you might not hear from them again.
what a sad bitter man you are.
if you've instilled your world vision in your children, they're waiting for you to die so they can get their inheritance.
and, like I said, I hope you didn't lose it in the market... or they'll probably drop you like a hot rock.
why give you charity in their association?
.
I know that your love of sparring sometimes overrules your actual feelings and this may be one example. I also know that you are not as heartless as your comments about Obama and his grandmother suggest.
Mrs Dunham instilled a sense of decency and honor
in the young Barry Obama - and I, for one, am so very
grateful to her for that even though I didn't know the
woman.
Rest In Peace and watch over him from now on with
love and pride.
sorta OT, who was the mcsame lacky who chastised Obama for visiting his Grandmother last month? someone should stick a microphone in his face and as for a comment, pointing out the crack about how much fuel a 767 uses. I wonder if he'd show any emotion at all.
.
It is well established that Obama visited Hawaii regularly BEFORE he even started running for President.
To come into a thread about a person who just died and to inject negative and misinformed partisan smears is beyond the pale.
The actions of a small and petty (at best uninformed) person.
I feel sorry for you, Busboy.
http://johnrj.livejournal.com/986.html
thank you dear Mrs. Dunham...