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This is not meant as anything profound, but I just feel very sad for Obama in being an orphan at a pretty young age ( 34y old ). His father died in the early '80s a broken man when Jr. was just 21y ( albeit little contact ) & I read the terrible story of his mother dying in '95 aged 52y of the terrible curse of Breast cancer ( took our beloved Louse Tricard recently ), when he said she spent her final months
( A terrible indictment of the American Health Care System - I knock our British "socialist" healthcare system, but it would never have happened here - if Prince or Pauper turns up at my consulting room, I can send either to best hospitals in London, free of charge & everything always paid for by govt. )
Win or lose, it's terrible for him not have had this quite extraordinary woman not have at least seen him at this time.
Also, I dearly hope his grandma survives for another 2 weeks, as it would be absolutely terrible if he had no maternal ancestors at all to see his possible triumph ( I'm quite biased - what do you expect ( ? ) I'm from Kenya )
Interesting links to his ancestors :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelyn_and_Stanley_Dunham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr.
( My father ( who was a policeman in Kenya until '69 ) told me an interesting story about the politics of Kenya in late '60s which does shed some light on Obama senior's catastrophic later life, but that's another post )
"more worried about paying her medical bills than getting well."
Win or lose, it's terrible for him not have had this quite extraordinary woman not have at least seen him at this time.
Also, I dearly hope his grandma survives for another 2 weeks, as it would be absolutely terrible if he had no maternal ancestors at all to see his possible triumph ( I'm quite biased - what do you expect ( ? ) I'm from Kenya )
Interesting links to his ancestors :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelyn_and_Stanley_Dunham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr.
( My father ( who was a policeman in Kenya until '69 ) told me an interesting story about the politics of Kenya in late '60s which does shed some light on Obama senior's catastrophic later life, but that's another post )