Remember all the bitching and moaning because the “far left mainstream media, in cahoots with the ‘Democrat’ party and international communism” looked into polygamy in Mitt Romney’s genealogy? Ahem.
According to the research, one of Obama’s great-great-great-great grandfathers, George Washington Overall, owned two slaves who were recorded in the 1850 Census in Nelson County, Ky. The same records show that one of Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmothers, Mary Duvall, also owned two slaves.
Let’s see…
From OW we got the following pearls of wisdom out of the Romney thread:
and
and
From Duros we got:
While everyone else in the thread condemned the media (without resorting to characterizations of the media as “far left”, “in cahoots”, or “communism”).
I’ll repeat that this stupid practice by the media is disgusting no matter who the victim is.
I suppose now we’ll see OW and Duros do the same…finally.
Wait, his mother’s ancestors used to own slaves?
That’s shock…
oh wait, most African-Americans have slaveowner ancestors in their lineage, for some peculiar reason…
Would you care to back that up?
I’ll repeat that this stupid practice by the media is disgusting no matter who the victim is.
Dude, what’d I say?
I agree with you. The media as a whole needs a hard re-boot, no question about it.
JWG,
“most” is possibly an exaggeration on my part. But a USA today article on DNA ancestry research by African-Americans indicates that 30% had a white male ancestor.
does this mean Obama is really not black enough?