Condolences.

It's a shame she wont get to see election day, regardless of the outcome.

May she be blessed and find her reward.

Very sad. One day before, in all probability, her grandson will make history. RIP.

RIP

Sympathy to the Obamas.

Very sad.

dito

Lost my own Pappy to cancer, so I know what her struggle was like. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.

My condolences to the Obama family. Deepest sympathy.

I mourn with those who mourn.

RIP

My grandmother was more a mother to me as well. My condolences.

The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world. A loving parent, never to be forgotten by those who love her. Rest in peace.

I wish I didn't even have to issue this warning, but there's a lot of craziness going on.

Anyone who posts a nasty comment in this thread will lose their account instantly.

I pray for the repose of her soul, and for all who mourn her passing.

re: #2 Sizzlack

It's a shame she wont get to see election day, regardless of the outcome.

You're right. If you strip away the ideologies and disagreements, it's a remarkable thing to see your grandson rise up and run for President of the United States of America.

Cancer's terrible.

Sympathies to the Obama family. This bad news is coming at a highly stressful time for them all, and my prayers go out for them for comfort and peace in their hearts.

re: #16 Charles

I wish I didn't even have to issue this warning, but there's a lot of craziness going on.

Anyone who posts a nasty comment in this thread will lose their account instantly.

Excellent.

RIP

I thought he was supposed to visit her recently because she fell and broke her hip.

Then he waited a couple of days, then it was off the wires.

Let's keep it respectful

You know the saying, lizards... if you can't say something nice then don't say anything. At all.

Rest in peace, dear lady.

God bless.

R.I.P.

re: #16 Charles

I wish I didn't even have to issue this warning, but there's a lot of craziness going on.

Anyone who posts a nasty comment in this thread will lose their account instantly.

Ethical or moral consistency.

And just damn right.

May God comfort those who mourn.

re: #21 Ben Hur

RIP

I thought he was supposed to visit her recently because she fell and broke her hip.

Then he waited a couple of days, then it was off the wires.

I think he did get to see her, late last week.

Loss of a loved one knows no ideology, and grief cares not of creed nor race.
I wish Mr. Obama and his family solace and sincere condolences on this sad occasion.

RIP

My condolences (as I stated in the last thread) to Senators Obama and Durbin on their recent loses. However, it will not change my votes on Tuesday.

Rest in peace grandma

Never a good time, of course.

RIP and my condolences to Obama and his family.

she was an important part of his life, and from what I have read she sacrificed for him always. No greater love and all that. My sympathies to all the Obama family.

Ouch, how horrible.

Here's to her.

She helped to raise the child when the father was no where to be seen.

She got to see her grandson rise to the very highest echelons of American prestige and power and live the American dream. Whatever one may think of Barack, he still overcame enormous odds. The people who raised him deserve much credit.

May she be with God.

My condolences to her friends and family.

From what I've read, she was the bedrock, and the only decent human being in Obama's American branch of his family, typical white person that she was. It's a shame that he kept her incommunicado. I would have liked to have heard what she had to say.

Rest in Peace.

A sad day for Obama and his family.

I guess, in this context, Obama's visit to his grandmother was hardly political after all. I feel like this election has warped everyone's views on everything.

They just said he was notified this morning at 8AM..

re: #18 Cognito

You're right. If you strip away the ideologies and disagreements, it's a remarkable thing to see your grandson rise up and run for President of the United States of America.

Cancer's terrible.

It's a shame, regardless of the outcome tomorrow night, that she will not be here to see it.

And yes, cancer is terrible. Some battles are longer than others, with that of pancreatic cancer being the shortest and one of the nastier ones. It took my grandfather about 10 years ago now.

Sincere condolences to the Obama family. May G-d comfort the mourners among us.

Lost my ma to the big C a few years back. It's good that he got to see her one last time before she went. That's important.

mac :/

re: #16 Charles

I can't thank you enough for that statement.

God, bless her. Rest in peace.

re: #16 Charles

I wish I didn't even have to issue this warning, but there's a lot of craziness going on.

Anyone who posts a nasty comment in this thread will lose their account instantly.

Quoting this so people can see it once again, further downthread.

Very sad. RIP. Didn't his grandmother raise him?

She was probably the best thing that happened to Obama as a youth...

RIP.

Sad news, very sorry to hear about her passing.

Let us hold the Obama family in our prayers, pain and loss have no political affiliation. May God give them peace.

re: #47 Honorary Yooper

A lot of people are commenting on that... did someone say something unsightly? Because otherwise I can't really imagine anyone would.

We all go home.

re: #48 FrogMarch

Very sad. RIP. Didn't his grandmother raise him?

Pretty much from grade school through college. I'm unsure of the exact age.

RIP Mrs. Dunham and sincere condolences to the Obama family.

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal"

With heartfelt condolences to the Obama family,
Bob

R. I. P.

Condolences to the Senator and his family.

-WFH

My sympathy to those who mourn her passing.

re: #52 Cognito

A lot of people are commenting on that... did someone say something unsightly? Because otherwise I can't really imagine anyone would.

Someone in the last thread did say something a bit unsightly, but we seem pretty well behaved otherwise.

May the Lord bless the Obama and Dunham families during this difficult time.

Condolences to Obama and his family.

Now excuse me. I think I'm going to go have a good cry. For some reason, this is making me think about my grandmother and father.

Sincere condolences to Barack Obama and his family.

RIP, Mrs. Dunham, and sincerest thoughts for Barack and Michelle's daughters.

re: #52 Cognito

I haven't seen it here yet, but this election season, you know it's coming.

Condolences to him and his family.

re: #54 Honorary Yooper

Pretty much from grade school through college. I'm unsure of the exact age.

Yes, if i remember correctly, since his mother was gone much of the time, she raised him. Then he lost his mother. Not sure when the grandfather died.

Drudge is also reporting that Obama's Nevada campaign director had a heart attack and died.

My wife's been fighting cancer for two years, what a trooper;

RIP Ms Dunham

My sincerest condolences to the Obama family; she was a devoted grandmother who was there when she was needed.

May the Lord comfort you in your loss.

An aside:

It's been said a million times but contrast the response in this thread against the kind of garbage you see at other sites. It's a testament to the op that CJ runs and the quality of the posters.

So cheers to all of you and God Bless.

Americans of this caliber are truly the bedrock of our nation. I'm proud to be a supporter and poster here.

-WFH

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Good Grief!

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Drudge is also reporting that Obama's Nevada campaign director had a heart attack and died.

Oh my.

Obama Nevada Campaign Director Dies At 44
Family Spokesperson Says Terence Tolbert Died Of Apparent Heart Attack

If she could have lived one more day! Just one more day she could have reaped the amazing results of her mentoring her grandson.

My, one more day, how unfair.

Condolences to you and your own Senator Obama.

James Croak,
NYC

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Drudge is also reporting that Obama's Nevada campaign director had a heart attack and died.

Dang, and he was just 44 as well.

Terence Tolbert, the Nevada campaign director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign and a former top aide to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has died. He was 44.

A family spokesman says Tolbert died Sunday night in Las Vegas of a massive heart attack.

She left at just the right time - full of pride for her grandson's accomplishments, and none of the shame for what he'll make of it.

Vaya con Dios.

Someone just down-rated this post.

re: #67 greenmiler

My wife's been fighting cancer for two years, what a trooper;

RIP Ms Dunham

My wife's a two-year survivor, so I can relate.

My sincere condolences to the Obama family.
Rest in peace, Madelyn Dunham.

My condolences to the Obama and Dunham families and their friends.

"Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4

RIP, My condolences to the family

Forty-four? Awful. Man, I feel old.

re: #76 Charles

Someone just down-rated this post.

What cold-blooded asshole would do that? I hope it was a mistake.

re: #76 Charles

Someone just down-rated this post.

Who is steakneggs?

To Senator Obama and his family mine and Mrs. Loader hope for comfort and peace in your loss!

re: #76 Charles

Someone just down-rated this post.

steakneggs?

I express my condolences too. [*]

There's another one.

re: #84 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Who is steakneggs?

Someone who may soon be steakneggsinthegarbage.

Well here I will stop fighting ... gotta quit... can't fight a man who is mourning. I disagree with the Senator on various subjects, but his grandma from all reports was a decent woman. I think the world is a less gentle and generous place because of her passing.
Take care good lizards... tomorrow the fight for 08 may be over, but tonight I will lay down my shield and sword and pray for Sen Obama and his loved ones.

re: #66 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Oh, dear!

re: #72 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Obama Nevada Campaign Director Dies At 44
Family Spokesperson Says Terence Tolbert Died Of Apparent Heart Attack

Only 44? Goodness gracious, that is way too young. :-(

Prayers and sympathy for Mr Tolbert's family, as well.

Last week I was going through my computer's Address Book for the first time in years and making everything current and up to date. I had about a thousand people in it.
Then, alphabetically, I had to start deleting names.
Deceased. Deceased. Deceased.
And so it went.
Now I have about 900.
I found it very hard to do, even though I know that they were gone, and I had even been to their funerals.
It is because, to me, they are still here. They are with me every day. I think about them. I think about what they would think, or say, or do. I still raise toasts to them. We still talk about them at dinner, have a laugh, have a cry.

I simply can't pick up the phone and call them anymore, and that is a shame.

That is terrible news. Condolonces, BHO. :-(

re: #76 Charles

Someone just down-rated this post.

Might have been an accident. I've done that before.

Very sorry to hear this. Long life.

It's very, very hard losing a grandma, or a great-grandma. I don't know the background story of the family's relationships, but I hope Obama's little girls had the joy of knowing that they were adored beyond measure by this lady, and the pleasure of loving her back.

re: #88 Charles

There's another one.

Hmmm, never mind my previous comment.

Very sad.

Condolences. This woman helped raise him, and it's a shame she won't get to see the election.

re: #88 Charles

There's another one.

I only see steakneggs downrating the post when I click on the number.

(as of this point.)

re: #76 Charles

That's despicable. I'm in hopes it's a troll who recently entered the Lizard Lounge.

re: #72 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Obama Nevada Campaign Director Dies At 44
Family Spokesperson Says Terence Tolbert Died Of Apparent Heart Attack

OMD -

Condolences to Sen. Obama - AND - this is getting verrry eerrrie with both deaths in one day. -S-

re: #76 Charles

Someone just down-rated this post.

bad aim ?

re: #88 Charles

There's another one.

Don't sweat it -- I get the feeling some folks haven't figured out the ratings system. Instead of seeing it as a matter of approval or disapproval, they think, 'Oh, that's sad. Oh, that's quite sad, not positive at all.'

Every one has said all that is worthwhile, I will just add my sympathies and condolences to the Dunhams and Obama families.

re: #88 Charles

There's another one.

Charles, I suspect it might be from the new registrations today.

Condolences.

The irony of this happening the day before the election should not be lost. I'm sure Madelyn Dunham was full of pride over her grandson, but it was her time and she did not make it that one extra day.

Was she robbed of the obortunity of seeing her grandson elected or spared the opportunity of witnessing the greatest upset in modern day political history?

re: #67 greenmiler

G-d be with you.

Best wishes to her Ward; we thought ours was gone but its back; radiation sessions now

Condolences. I lost my mother to cancer several years back. It's a tough thing. Despite the craziness, sympathies and best wishes to the entire family.

Frankly, you should consider disabling non-related links in the spinoffs on posts like this. Somehow spam military videos leave a bad taste in my mouth.

steakneggs

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re: #93 rawmuse

I can't bring myself to delete a friend's number and email addy, though he's been dead almost three years, now.

It's like, if I do that, he's really gone. I just can't quite bear to do it.

I lost the only Grandmother I ever knew a couple years ago. It will always hurt. My deepest sympathies to the Obama family.

re: #88 Charles

There's another one.

I guess one could down-ding the passing. Maybe?

re: #95 bosforus

Might have been an accident. I've done that before.

Me too.

RIP to the tough, courageous lady.

Well, I just up-rated the post. Each vote counts.

Respectful & Heartfelt sympathies to the Senator's family.

Quite sad. My best to Malia and Sasha.

thanks Levi!

re: #112 Ward Cleaver

steakneggs

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Aha! Rotten steakneggs.

The second down-ding must have flipped. Only one now.

re: #111 JammieWearingFool

Frankly, you should consider disabling non-related links in the spinoffs on posts like this. Somehow spam military videos leave a bad taste in my mouth.

I've deleted them. Very very crass.

She worked hard to try to give her grandson a good start in life so that he might be able to go far.
I'm sure she was thrilled by how he turned out.
Condolences to her whole family.

re: #121 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Aha! Rotten steakneggs.

Tough steak and overcooked eggs.

re: #77 Ward Cleaver

G-d be with you, and yours.

Condolences to the Obama's. Grandparents can mean everything when a parent is missing. RIP Madelyn Dunham.

Senator, my family and send our sincere condolences to you and your family. God bless your grandmother, and I hope she is at peace.

My Condolences to The Obama Family.

I'll fess Up. I hit the wrong button when I went to look at how done rated this post. Thankfully it let me change it back.

re: #126 M. Bensson-Levi

G-d be with you, and yours.

Thanks. My grandmother passed from colon cancer, many years ago.

On a similar note!
I and my siblings were robbed of a grandfather ...
we never sat on his knee!
The union thugs killed him!
Therefore,my dislike of unions!
I will not comment on the "O" any further today!
Keep the faith Lizards!
Pray if your a mind too!

May the family be comforted.

re: #123 Charles

I've deleted them. Very very crass.

Thank you. A time and place for that stuff.

/Like every other thread...

re: #104 Cognito

I often have to stop myself from down-dinging things that are good posts, but bad news.

Condolences to Obama and his family. From what I hear, she was indeed a remarkable woman.

So sorry to hear this. I lost my last grandparent a couple years ago myself. :(

re: #54 Honorary Yooper

Pretty much from grade school through college. I'm unsure of the exact age.

ah - thanks.
I know a few people who were raised by their grandparents. Grandparents who take on the responsibility of child-rearing are special people.

A lot of people are commenting on that... did someone say something unsightly? Because otherwise I can't really imagine anyone would

Comments on some other blogs, that I won't name, are horrid. And seemingly unmoderated. Pleas through the forum and by way of direct email to remove such comments and possibly lock them have gone unheeded. It's sickening.

Things are much more civil here. Thanks to everyone for keeping the tone appropriate to this sad topic.

re: #137 FrogMarch

ah - thanks.
I know a few people who were raised by their grandparents. Grandparents who take on the responsibility of child-rearing are special people.

Here here..my hat's off to them.

RIP dear lady

re: #112 Ward Cleaver

steakneggs

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Sockpuppet?

re: #16 Charles

I wish I didn't even have to issue this warning, but there's a lot of craziness going on.

Anyone who posts a nasty comment in this thread will lose their account instantly.

I imagine the "tin foil hat" types are saying some outrageous things. It makes me wonder how the other side expects us to react to this news.

My condolences.

Anyone else using Safari having the 'new comments' button take them back to the front page?

All politics aside, how proud she must have been to have a grandson running for the highest office of the land. Condolences to the Obama family on their loss.

re: #129 fri

My Condolences to The Obama Family.

I'll fess Up. I hit the wrong button when I went to look at how done rated this post. Thankfully it let me change it back.

That is one feature I am very grateful that Charles put into the system.

Thanks for that ability, Charles.

It's also now confirmed that the remains found last month were indeed those of Steve Fossett.

RIP, Mr Fossett

re: #65 Beach Lover

His mother sent him to his grandmother at age 10. His mother wanted to study cultural anthropology and he was in the way. This contributed to his feelings of abandonment. So Grandma to the rescue. He's lucky he finally found time to go see her, he missed his mother passing away from cancer in '97 because he dawdled and she went way quicker than expected he said.
There was a link on the Chicago Tribune about his mother- Stanley Ann Durham- but it expired. The whole history on his maternal side of the family. You all haven't researched it already- the day before the election?
Here is another one from Chicago- [Link: www.swamppolitics.com...]
Kudos to us Lizards at LGF who don't post the garbage the Kos crumbbuns or Huffington hotheads do. We are a shining example and dang proud of it.

re: #120 greenmiler

Da Nada.

I can still remember, how my great-grandfather had passed, hence my big compassion. He lived over 100 years, he was a soldier before the 2nd WW, and resistance member during the Nazi occupation. He was a great man in my family...

As far as I can tell, Obama's grandmother was the ONLY significant person in his life who was not communist or at least communist-leaning.

Obama's...

Father (Barack Obama Sr.) -- a Kenyan socialist
Mother (Ann Dunham) -- Went to a hard-left high-school in Seattle where she was taught The Communist Manifesto and indoctrinated into communist thinking at a young age.
Stepfather (Lolo Soetoro)-- Indonesian communist sympathizer
Childhood/young-adult mentor (Frank Marshall Davis) -- Hardcore Communist
Adult Mentor (William Ayers) -- Hardcore Communist
Pastor of 20 years (Jeremiah Wright) -- Marxist theologian

Thank heavens for Madelyn Dunham, probably the only person who ever taught Obama some sense!

re: #147 Intrepid

It's also now confirmed that the remains found last month were indeed those of Steve Fossett.

RIP, Mr Fossett

I'm glad that his family finally has closure. Some families never get that.

re: #135 beholden

Condolences to Obama and his family. From what I hear, she was indeed a remarkable woman.

She does seem like the only member of Obama's birth family who put his well-being above their own.

re: #76 Charles

Someone just down-rated this post.

Who is that? Has it ever posted?

re: #139 moishe62

What are you thinking?!

This is a case where, if you've nothing good to say, you don't say anything at all.

re: #69 wong fei hung

An aside:

It's been said a million times but contrast the response in this thread against the kind of garbage you see at other sites. It's a testament to the op that CJ runs and the quality of the posters.

So cheers to all of you and God Bless.

Americans of this caliber are truly the bedrock of our nation. I'm proud to be a supporter and poster here.

-WFH

well said

Seven posts in four years? We won't miss that one.

Having lived through the deaths of my own parents and grandparents over the years, I feel for Senator Obama, who has lost his final parental link at a much younger age than I did.

And here was his grandfather Mr. Dunham, easy to see where he got his facial bone structure, and the ears too :)

Image: obama-grandfather.jpg

re: #144 eschew_obfuscation

Anyone else using Safari having the 'new comments' button take them back to the front page?

I had some of the buttons do that to me earlier today on IE7. It was a bit erratic as they would work most of the time for their purpose, and then, seemingly randomly, send me to the front page.

My prayers for Obama and his family on the passing of their grandmother.

1922 - 2008
86 Years, that is allot of history for sure. May she rest in peace.

re: #156 Dianna

What are you thinking?!

This is a case where, if you've nothing good to say, you don't say anything at all.

I'm thinking moby. Seven posts in four years.

re: #147 Intrepid

It's also now confirmed that the remains found last month were indeed those of Steve Fossett.

RIP, Mr Fossett

I had a real bad feeling about that when they found his plane. Shame, considering his other exploits and attempts (such as balloning around the world).

re: #103 Shug

bad aim ?

Why not? When I went to click the number, my mouse slid a little. I just caught it before I clicked on the - . But then, Charles does provide the ability to negate it.

re: #161 Honorary Yooper

I had some of the buttons do that to me earlier today on IE7. It was a bit erratic as they would work most of the time for their purpose, and then, seemingly randomly, send me to the front page.

That more accurately describes my symptoms as well...thanks.

re: #144 eschew_obfuscation

Anyone else using Safari having the 'new comments' button take them back to the front page?

Only happened on IE7 this morning for me. I download Safari a few hours ago, seems to be running fine (and a bit faster).

sympathies to the Obama family. Losing a loved one is never easy.

re: #164 Ward Cleaver

I don't care about politics at the moment.

Good heavens, what is the matter with some people?

Condolences to the Dunham and Obama families.

However tomorrow turns out, it's a pity that this lady did not live to see it. It's certainly a historic day, although, yes, I hope her grandson does not prevail.

re: #39 M. Bensson-Levi

From what I've read, she was the bedrock, and the only decent human being in Obama's American branch of his family, typical white person that she was. It's a shame that he kept her incommunicado. I would have liked to have heard what she had to say.

Rest in Peace.

Maybe it was her cancer and not Obama that kept her incommunicado?

re: #155 Outrider

Who is that? Has it ever posted?

steakneggs. Twice, since August, but I have seen it downding a lot of other posts and comments. It's someone's sockpuppet.

I have been a nervous wreck these last few days as the election approaches, as I see close family members who tell me they will vote for Obama, and myself more convinced than ever that BHO is at the very least, a socialist, and most likely a radica leftistl. Nonetheless when you read about the death of someone's grandmother, who was the only relative Obama had who didn't abandon him (both of his parents did, and his maternal grandfather was a loser of a drunk) you have to feel some sympathy for the candidate. Perhaps he will reflect. Perhaps in the likely but unfortunate circumstance he gets elected the memory of this person will help him to moderate his most radical impulses. So I pray for Senator Obama. He is a human being, after all, and pray for his grandmother as well. Sometimes you don't really reconcile your relationship with someone until after they die. In distancing himself from the rabid hater Jeremiah Wright, Obama used the example of his grandmother as a cheap moral equivalent for his own political gain. I am sure she forgave him. Perhaps from heaven, she can steer him to the path away from playing the race card. Sigh. talk about mixed emotions.

Madelyn and Stanley Dunham

Madelyn Lee Payne
b. October 26, 1922
d. November 3, 2008 (aged 86)

R.I.P.

RIP Madelyn

I'm sure the Kos Kids are hovering close by, waiting for a nasty comment, but this isn't about politics, its about a dear person who passed away.

Godspeed

I didn't know his grandmother was dying of cancer. The only reference I saw was that she was recovering from hip surgery. Perhaps this explains why he didn't take his daughters with him to see her that last time. My own grandmother died of cancer and was in so much pain that the morphine only slightly dulled her pain while leaving her mentally incoherent. I would never subject young children to that.

From all accounts of her, his winning or losing wouldn't change her pride of his accomplishments, but I'm sorry she couldn't live to see the election.

My sincerest sympathies go out to the Obama family.

re: #164 Ward Cleaver

I'm thinking moby. Seven posts in four years.

Ward, you should see some posts at a few other sites, ones that usually share most of the sentiment expressed here. I just tiptoed over and read at a few - it's appalling what is allowed to be posted.

I'm so glad that we hold ourselves to a higher standard of decency here.

I am very sad to hear this. It is not easy losing a grandparent. My condolences to the Obama family. I am glad he got to see her before she passed away.

RIP

R.I.P.

Koheleth: (king salomon)
we are like fish in a bowl; anytime we might be removed, not knowing why, the mystery of life...

Condolences to the Obama family.

re: #168 Walter L. Newton

Only happened on IE7 this morning for me. I download Safari a few hours ago, seems to be running fine (and a bit faster).

The only thing I don't like about Safari is that there isn't a full screen mode that you get in FF or IE by tapping the F11 key. Yeah, I'm picky.

'steakneggs' also dinged down the post about the Pope meeting Stephen Hawking. Apparently another mean-spirited creationist.

This one is out of here.

Politics aside, there is nothing but sadness in news like this...my mom even asked me this morning, "What happened with Obama's Grandma? She was so sick last week but now we haven't heard anything." 2 hours later, the alert came on FoxNews, and my instantaneous, no time to think reaction was, "What an absolute shame that she didn't make it to election day, after watching his meteoric rise her whole life." I certainly don't agree with his politics, but wouldn't wish a loss like this on anyone, especially the day before the most stressful of your life - only good thoughts and prayers sent the way of his family.

re: #144 eschew_obfuscation

Anyone else using Safari having the 'new comments' button take them back to the front page?

No problem here.

I do think it is a good thing that Mr. Obama got to see her before she went, and that he had time to mentally prepare for her passing.

Mr. RMO's and my loss a few weeks ago of a dear friend and neighbor was tragically sudden, and only by the grace of God had we had a nice visit with her only two nights before.

Also for the Nevada gentleman and his family, my sympathies.

re: #175 abolitionist

Madelyn and Stanley Dunham

R.I.P.

Gosh..she lived a long time..
Lord..grant her peace and eternal happiness in your presence..

I missed it...Are people actually saying lewd comments on this thread?

I saw the news break on TV waiting in line at the grocery store. Condolences to the Obama family. From everything I ever read or saw on Madelyn Dunham, she was a very good woman.

Just a crushing loss for the Senator and his family at such an inopportune time. All condolences. This election seemingly taking on operatic proportions.

re: #186 Charles

'steakneggs' also dinged down the post about the Pope meeting Stephen Hawking.

This one is out of here.

Steakneggs, we hardly knew ye...which is probably a good thing.

re: #151 zombie

As far as I can tell, Obama's grandmother was the ONLY significant person in his life who was not communist or at least communist-leaning.

Obama's...

Father (Barack Obama Sr.) -- a Kenyan socialist
Mother (Ann Dunham) -- Went to a hard-left high-school in Seattle where she was taught The Communist Manifesto and indoctrinated into communist thinking at a young age.
Stepfather (Lolo Soetoro)-- Indonesian communist sympathizer
Childhood/young-adult mentor (Frank Marshall Davis) -- Hardcore Communist
Adult Mentor (William Ayers) -- Hardcore Communist
Pastor of 20 years (Jeremiah Wright) -- Marxist theologian

Thank heavens for Madelyn Dunham, probably the only person who ever taught Obama some sense!

A thousand up-dings, dear Zombie.

re: #175 abolitionist

Madelyn and Stanley Dunham

R.I.P.

Wow, The senator looks just like his grandfather!

Rest in Peace

re: #186 Charles

'steakneggs' also dinged down the post about the Pope meeting Stephen Hawking.

This one is out of here.

Thank you .. Hawking is like a genius..who is without guile

My nephews lost their grandpa this weekend -- my sister's dad-in-law. Also to cancer.
Mr. Obama, my sincerest condolences, I am truly sorry for your loss. May your grandmother rest in eternal peace. May you and your family be comforted by the prayers of friends and family.

I don't want him to win tomorrow, but to lose someone this close, this influential on the eve of what could be the greatest triumph of anyone's life has got to be devastating. A win for him tomorrow will be poignant and bittersweet.

My thoughts and prayers for him and his family in this time of mourning.

re: #95 bosforus

Might have been an accident. I've done that before.

I've quickly glanced over a post, hit the up-ding and then realized their statement was way too strong and didn't really say what I agree with. In fact, I did that over the weekend! It was someone that got their hand slapped by Charles ~ boy did I feel stupid!

re: #172 zelnaga

Maybe it was her cancer and not Obama that kept her incommunicado?

We'll never know. However, I've had all too much experience witnessing loved ones die of various forms of cancer, and two months from death, four months, six months, a year, victims are quite able to function and communicate. Something other than cancer prevented this. Mind, it may have been of her own volition, but it was not because cancer had debilitated her beyond the point of communication.

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

re: #202 Maximu§

You know EXACTLY what they would say.

I am so sorry to hear she died today . . . , she seemed like a really nice person . . . , she sure did love her grandson!

re: #202 Maximu§

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

At the very least, they'd have to delete practically every comment on the thread.

re: #202 Maximu§

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

Think back to when Tony Snow passed away...

irrespective of politics , that is so sad!
and possibly on the day before her grandson gets elected to the office of leader of the free world.. the most powerful position on the planet.

condolences to Obama and his family.

re: #206 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
My thought exactly...
We loved TonY!

re: #151 zombie

As far as I can tell, Obama's grandmother was the ONLY significant person in his life who was not communist or at least communist-leaning.

Obama's...

Father (Barack Obama Sr.) -- a Kenyan socialist
Mother (Ann Dunham) -- Went to a hard-left high-school in Seattle where she was taught The Communist Manifesto and indoctrinated into communist thinking at a young age.
Stepfather (Lolo Soetoro)-- Indonesian communist sympathizer
Childhood/young-adult mentor (Frank Marshall Davis) -- Hardcore Communist
Adult Mentor (William Ayers) -- Hardcore Communist
Pastor of 20 years (Jeremiah Wright) -- Marxist theologian

Thank heavens for Madelyn Dunham, probably the only person who ever taught Obama some sense!

And as sad as this passing ALREADY is...that's a very good point, too bad she's the only one who won't be around to influence him during a possible administration. All that's left are the...well, the left.

re: #202 Maximu§

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

I saw a few very lewd cartoons and drawings making fun of Palin's young infant son with Down's. That was a new low in political rhetoric.

re: #202 Maximu§

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

That's why we're Lizards, and they're not.

re: #183 2by2

Koheleth: (king salomon)
we are like fish in a bowl; anytime we might be removed, not knowing why, the mystery of life...

I am so sorry, but that has reminded me of this...

I am so ill.///

Thank God for grandmas! My mother-in-law has watched my children for me since they were very young. I don't know what I'd do without her.

re: #206 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Didn't they have "nice" things to say when Heston died?

re: #202 Maximu§

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

Think about 180 degrees from what we have here on LGF.

re: #39 M. Bensson-Levi

From what I've read, she was the bedrock, and the only decent human being in Obama's American branch of his family, typical white person that she was. It's a shame that he kept her incommunicado. I would have liked to have heard what she had to say.

Rest in Peace.

Well, if she went to Heaven, you can bet she actually has a much better view of the matter now. Like being lifted out of the economy seat, where there's a buncha large-ish people with big hats in front of you and the stage, and being placed into the best balcony seat in the building and given a set of opera glasses.

My dear mother-in-law passed away two years ago. Within one year, all of my married daughters and my daughters-in-law gave birth to five little girls, all named Sarah after their beloved "Bubbie."

re: #214 NYCHardhat

Didn't they have "nice" things to say when Heston died?

Him also. Detestable pukes reside at Kos, Huffpo, and DU.

re: #214 NYCHardhat

Didn't they have "nice" things to say when Heston died?

Yeah, very nice. They were so nice, in fact, they'd have been deleted PDQ here. As they did when Tony Snow passed away, and as they most assuredly did when Ronald Reagan passed away.

At least he got a chance to see her one last time. And at least, given the chance, he took it. It's not politics uber alles, with Obama.

The prospect of an in-your-face unsportsmanlike-conduct celebration on election night, which may never have been in the works, is now even more unlikely. Should he win, the win will come at a time of sober reflection.

Winning an election seems like it would be just hugely exhilarating. But even with no personal clouds hanging over the win, anyone worthy of a win has to experience some gut-clenching misgivings. This must go through the winner's head:

Now, it's all on me. I had better get my game face on and go do a good job, and it won't be easy.

re: #206 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Think back to when Tony Snow passed away...

You took my comment! That was my thought exactly when I read the "what would the kos kids say?" post...remember back to when Tony Snow, and even Reagan, passed, and you'll have a taste of how they'd respond today. Vile to even think - and conservatives are called the haters, I've never ever understood where that comes from. Obama has probably gotten more love and condolences on this site today than on many of his so-called 'supporters' sites, who are probably using this chance to say, "Oh, and those lizards are probably over there bad-mouthing Madlyn!"

i've thought a lot abt. his gramma. she seems like a remarkable woman.
who clearly loved her grandson and took him in when his parents didn't want him. i hope she had joy in life and i hope she rests in peace now.

re: #210 JohnAdams

That is why the Left is who they are and we are who we are. They have no sense of class or repect.

I want to extend my sincere sympathy to the Obama family, especially the little girls. This campaign has been hard on them and now they have lost their great grandmother. A grandmother is a very special thing. We may have issues with our parents but always love our grandmother.

May what you have tried to teach him by your example of your love and compassion as a grandmother find it's way into his soul. RIP Madelyn Dunham
your work and toil on this earth is over. Amen.

To the family. Deepest condolences.

To those who typed things that got deleted...shame on you.

R. I. P.

Madelyn Dunham, dear lady, your work here is done. May you rest in peace now. Condolences to the Obama family.

re: #219 Honorary Yooper

Yeah, very nice. They were so nice, in fact, they'd have been deleted PDQ here. As they did when Tony Snow passed away, and as they most assuredly did when Ronald Reagan passed away.

The things those animals say about the dead they disagree with is only one step away from wishing them dead, and two degrees away from killing actually them.

re: #224 notutopia

That is beautiful. Very apprapro.

re: #224 notutopia

And Amen.

Notable on her own:

Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham was born on October 26, 1922, in Peru, Kansas. She attended the University of Washington as well as UC Berkeley working several jobs in between. After moving to Hawaii she began working for the Bank of Hawaii where she later became the bank’s first female vice-president.

re: #219 Honorary Yooper

I was at an Orioles game the day after Reagan died. The announcer called for a moment of silence. An entire stadium of people suddenly falling silent is really striking. But what amazed me most was when the moment was up, the entire stadium gave Reagan a standing ovation that lasted for several minutes. It was the most touching moment I have ever seen in a sports venue (and yes, that includes the Phillies winning!). I still get teary thinking about it.

re: #217 Alouette

How sweet.

I really hope the 2012 election doesn't gear up until say, 2012. this has been very emotionally draining.

re: #232 arethusa

The man was my favorite.

re: #232 arethusa

That's pretty extraordinary for a politican.

re: #195 CapeCoddah

Wow, The senator looks just like his grandfather!

Yes he does.

re: #151 zombie

Upding!

re: #234 Blue Eyed Music Lover

I really hope the 2012 election doesn't gear up until say, 2012. this has been very emotionally draining.

Um... it starts Wednesday.

First and foremost, my heartfelt condolences to the Dunham and Obama families. Death is blind to politics, and the loss of a loved one should be equally nonpolitical. The warm sentiments expressed here reinforce my belief in the American heart and the high moral character of the Lizard Army.

I'll try restrict my political comments here, saying only that I'm positive that, were the situation reversed, the reaction of the opposing party would be...less positive.

My vote tomorrow goes to McCain, but my condolences today go to Obama and his family.

RIP Madelyn.

re: #232 arethusa

I was at an Orioles game the day after Reagan died. The announcer called for a moment of silence. An entire stadium of people suddenly falling silent is really striking. But what amazed me most was when the moment was up, the entire stadium gave Reagan a standing ovation that lasted for several minutes. It was the most touching moment I have ever seen in a sports venue (and yes, that includes the Phillies winning!). I still get teary thinking about it.

That's awesome!

re: #234 Blue Eyed Music Lover

I really hope the 2012 election doesn't gear up until say, 2012. this has been very emotionally draining.

Nope. It starts on Wednesday. Constant election cycle. Makes you wanna barf.

re: #238 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Um... it starts Wednesday.

I'm afraid your right FBV...I'm not up to it!

My deepest sympathies to the Obama family. What terrible news.

re: #234 Blue Eyed Music Lover

I really hope the 2012 election doesn't gear up until say, 2012. this has been very emotionally draining.

I've had some pretty strongly worded debates with family members, all of whom I treasure much more than an election win. I can't wait until its over so we can return to talking about sports or our kids.

She was a true and awesome grandmother. RIP

O/T but unbelievable!-

U.S. Treasury Department to Host
Shariah Compliant Financing Forum!

By Brigitte Gabriel

Dear RJ,

This Thursday, in association with the Islamic Finance Project of the Harvard Law School, the U.S. Treasury will be hosting a forum entitled “Islamic Finance 101.”

You read this correctly. As the humorist Dave Barry writes in many of his columns, “I am not making this up.”

Indeed, despite the fact that we in ACT! for America and others have been warning about the infiltration of shariah (Islamic law) into our society for some time, to witness how quickly it is happening causes me to tremble inside.

Our own U.S. Treasury is hosting a forum aimed at educating “staff from U.S. banking regulatory agencies, Congress, Department of Treasury, and other parts of the Executive Branch.”

So what is Shariah Banking you ask?

Sharia banking was created by radicals like Sheik Qaradawi, a terrorist who today is banned from entering the United States and Great Britain. Who today leads international Islamic Finance agencies. How does he describe Shariah Finance? 'I like to call it Jihad with money, because God has ordered us to fight enemies with our lives and our money.'

Everything in me wants to shout from the highest house top “Will enough Americans wake up in time? Have our leaders become so blinded with greed that they are willing to sell our soul, and endanger our national security, in exchange for Arab money?”

re: #200 poopeedoo

I've quickly glanced over a post, hit the up-ding and then realized their statement was way too strong and didn't really say what I agree with. In fact, I did that over the weekend! It was someone that got their hand slapped by Charles ~ boy did I feel stupid!

Yeah, that's never fun.

re: #245 JohnAdams

Had my first every (even close to) cross words with my neighbors yesterday about the election.

Went over later and apologized.

re: #242 calcajun

Nope. It starts on Wednesday. Constant election cycle. Makes you wanna barf.

Look at the bright side; either way, win or lose, Sarah Palin begins her 4-year run for the Presidency tomorrow.

(I'm assuming John McCain will retire at the end of his 1st term)

RIP.

Prayers for the repose of her soul, and for comfort to her family and friends.

Just one day away from what was going to probably be the proudest day of her life...

re: #248 bosforus

Your avatar scared the poop out of me when I was a child. Remember watching that on my grandmothers lap. Just got a little "extra" sadder.

My condolences to the Dunham and Obama families. My she rest in Peace.

Maybe God in his wisdom choose to take her now thinking her Grandson was going to win. I pray for her soul. I also pray God sees fit to deny Obama the Presidency.

re: #238 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I know. I can dream, can't I?

re: #192 JohnAdams

Just a crushing loss for the Senator and his family at such an inopportune time. All condolences. This election seemingly taking on operatic proportions.

Its story lines like this that keep me away from the Opera.

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

re: #247 Ozark Mountain Daredevil
Ahem ...No one can buy or sell MY SOUL!
Their souls have been for sale for long long time!

re: #250 Crusty

Look at the bright side; either way, win or lose, Sarah Palin begins her 4-year run for the Presidency tomorrow.

(I'm assuming John McCain will retire at the end of his 1st term)

This does not obviate the fact that we are going to be putting up with this election crap for '4 more years'.

re: #250 Crusty

Look at the bright side; either way, win or lose, Sarah Palin begins her 4-year run for the Presidency tomorrow.

(I'm assuming John McCain will retire at the end of his 1st term)

I like Sarah, but I think she will be vilified by the left and its partners in the mainstream media so badly by 2012, that she will be merely an asterisk to history.

re: #249 Fat Vegetarian

Had my first every (even close to) cross words with my neighbors yesterday about the election.

Went over later and apologized.

Several neighbors across the street from me have Obama signs up. I had a few beers with them the other night as we passed out Halloween candy. The election never came up. They're great people. Many Obama supporters wouldn't even know what a Kos Kid was.

re: #258 Charles

I agree with Marcos. Huh.

re: #258 Charles

You can't polish a turd.

Forgive me if someone has already mentioned or discussed this - seems like I never hit a post until there are 200+ comments, and I can't always read them all - but has anyone seen if McCain or Palin has commented? Just curious - I'm sure McCain will do/say something classy, like when he put out his ad congratulating Obama on his nomination, I was SO impressed with him for doing that - but was just wondering if anyone had seen anything specific.

Family sadness and loss aside, this does indeed add a tragic twist to this campaign, making it harder on both candidates, for very different reasons, of course- everyone will be waiting for McCain to do or say something they can call 'insensitive' or something, even though he's never been anything but kind and decent towards Obama and his family.

re: #258 Charles

Ugh, disgusting. Best of luck to Free Republic on getting rid of that garbage.

/should employ the policy you adopted for this thread.

re: #264 M. Bensson-Levi

Not sure whether to laugh at that, or get reeeaallly uncomfortable.

Rest in peace.

how sad and poignant. RIP Ms Dunham.

partisanship ends once we get down to the basic human level, where we're all the same.

re: #258 Charles

No one escapes death. Perhaps they have forgotten this.

RIP Mrs. Dunham

If no one else has said it, i just want to go on record saying how much I admire all the grandparents the world over who have raised grandchildren. I know they do it with love , but it is never easy, there is always pain and loss of some sort involved and if they are anything like me, their energy level is not what it was when they raised their own kids.

So I salute Mrs. Dunham and I pray for the family's comfort and - whatever happens - I pray Mr. Obama is deeply touched by remembrance of her love for him.

re: #258 Charles

[Link: www.dailykos.com...]

" I am so angry at these people I can't see straight."

but then , thats what the left is all about. being angry. ALL THE TIME...

couldnt the Kos Kid just like IGNORE the freepers - just for once?

re: #202 Maximu§

I can't help but wonder what Huffpo or DailyKos would say if John McCain's or Sarah Palin's Grandmother passed away.

It is so hard to work out my feelings now, but this is the place on the road where we have a chance to learn what we really are. The mentality and emotions of Obama, including his politics, were impressed on his earthly personality well after his birth, and sometimes I wonder if there but for the grace of God, so might have gone I. It takes a lot of scraping down of that which has been impressed upon us by our environment and circumstances to find the unconditioned soul within us all, and that is what I try to find union with Obama tonight.

re: #273 paint-right