It is obviously important to Obama as he strongly supported Raila Odinga and campaigned for him (which of course an American Senator should never get involved in a foreign political campaign) when he went to Kenya in 2006. And when Odinga was seeking power in 2007 Obama kept in constant contact with him.

Raila Odinga has blood on his hands, and since Obama was so involved in his campaign so does Obama.

I am not a “starter/throw away family” child. I grew up in a very stable family situation. But I have been familiar with the situation through fiction and even some real life acquaintances over the years.

I can’t even imagine how painful it must be to be in the situation of being a “starter/throwaway family” child. It must evoke some extreme and complex feelings and emotions. Playing that card by saying that “Obama doesn’t take care of his own brother” when the two probably never even met each other would I think bring up complex feelings upon people in similar situations and might force them into the Obama camp even if politically they would be inclined to go the other way.

And what I worry about isn’t the poor guy in the shantytown but Obama’s father was quite prolific and left in his wake family all over the place, many who have arisen to prominent positions in strange places. And then we have his stepfather. And while indeed Obama might personally feel no attachment to them, he might use the genetic link to them to form alliances with them.

What this whole thing tells you though is that Obama has Daddy Issues. From what I have read they are powerful, complex and they effect every aspect of his life. And in that way I guess it is an issue but it must be handled delicately as there as lots of people in America who have similar “Daddy Issues” although perhaps not to the extreme that Obama has.

Obama’s dad after abandoning Obama and his mother went on to have other marriages. And other children.

Members of “starter families” which are more and more common these days are rightfully upset when some guy in his youth has a family who quite honestly was a rotten father to them. Later on he gets divorced and when he is more mature gets married again and becomes a pretty good father to the children of his new marriage. To the children of his former marriage still he basically abandons them.

So, why should “starter children” feel any sense of loyalty to children their father might have sired after being abandoned by him.

Well how it plays out with Obama is that the Press dug out some poor guy in Kenya who happened to have Obama’ father as his father. SO yeah, technically that makes them half bothers but I don’t even know if Obama knew this guy existed.

And even if he did, why should Obama feel any sense of brotherly love or loyalty to the guy. Why should he feel anything to all the people his father might have sired after abandoning him and his brother.

So, I believe the whole Obama doesn’t take care of his brother thing as being petty lame. And it alienates all those “starter children” out there who feel what Obama is going through deeply.

There, here is the one and only time I will defend “the One”. The guy might be biologically his half brother but that doesn’t mean he needs to treat him any differently than a stranger.

http://www.nation.co.ke/InDepth/AmericaVotes/-/464300/479410/-/ny9pu0z/-/index.html

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/479236/-/3lxqis/-/

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/478228/-/tkxwlk/-/

http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117/ARTICLE/3503/2008-10-10.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cEZkKZkwnU

And Obama was in constant contact with Raila Odinga throughout that entire time.

You have that comparison with Hitler. You have the Cult of Personality comparison about how Obama seems to have the same type of effect upon his followers that Hitler had upon his.

And you have the comparison with Hitler that they both took office during a time of great financial crisis within their respective countries.