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Geert Geel
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 Posted?-?03 Nov 2008?:? 23:26:18 ? 
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Grootmoeder Obama overleden
WASHINGTON - De grootmoeder van Barack Obama is overleden. Madelyn Dunham stierf op 86-jarige leeftijd “vreedzaam? na een strijd tegen kanker. Dat maakte de Democratische presidentskandidaat maandag aan de vooravond van de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen, zelf bekend.
Obama had ruim een week geleden nog zijn campagne onderbroken om in Hawaii afscheid van zijn oma te kunnen nemen. In de gezamenlijke verklaring met zijn zuster Maya Soetoro-Ng noemde hij zijn grootmoeder “de hoeksteen van onze familie?.
Dunham voedde Obama vanaf zijn tiende op toen zijn moeder in Indonesië werkte.
https://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/amerikaanse_verkiezingen/2369142/__Grootmoeder_Obama_overleden__.html?p=1,1
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Geweldig. Wat een timing. Dit had zelfs Kay van de Linde niet kunnen bedenken. Nu maar hopen dat ze het mensje niet kunstmatig in keven hebben gehouden, of dat er een vent met een kussen op z’n schoot naast haar zat te *kuch* waken, om haar te laten sterven, EEN dag voor de verkiezingen.... |
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Paul
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Posted?-?03 Nov 2008?:? 23:40:47 ?
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Wat een timing, dit geloof je bijna niet. De Obama campagne draait op volle toeren in ieder geval weer wat extra stemmen erbij van mensen die uit emotie/medelijden gaan stemmen op Obama.
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Kennedy
Ere Forumlid voor het leven
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Posted?-?04 Nov 2008?:? 00:58:22 ?
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Helaas voor jullie McCain, Balkenende vrienden...
zouden Conservatieven gesproken hebben van een Godswonder als het hén was overkomen, nu het bij hun politieke tegenstander gebeurt moet de wereld gewoon weten dat het natuurlijk een duivels complot is.
Komende dinsdag eens kijken hoeveel realisten dát geloven... |
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Abrahamof
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Posted?-?04 Nov 2008?:? 06:34:19 ?
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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama is seen posing with his maternal grandparents Stanley and Madelyn Dunham in an undated family snapshot released by his presidential campaign, February 4, 2008. REUTERS/Obama For America/Handout
En die oma was ook nog eens een verantwoordelijke hardwerkende blanke USA burger. Inderdaad; dat zal waarschijnlijk effect hebben op blanken die er moeite mee hebben om op iemand van een 'zwarte cultuur' te stemmen.
Maar niet getreurd voor wie er in bredere politiek zin mee zit: Obama stond inmiddels op een moeilijk in te halen plaats; je hebt soms dat alle geluk tegelijk komt, maar soms komt alle onheil tegelijkertijd. Lijkt wel een principe in mijn ervaring; zou dat toeval zijn, of zou er ook zoiets als sturend magnetisch toeval kunnen bestaan? Vergeet ook niet dat Bush_jr volgens de verwachtingen nooit president zou zijn geworden. Daar was echter ook nog wat sturing van boevenaf (niet door God, maar door God gezonden) toen ze een oorlogspresident nodig hadden. Nu is de rek eruit v.w.b. oorlogen, heeft de USA alle steun in zowat de gehele wereld verloren en heeft men een vredes-president nodig. Wel een grappig systeem; nu kan de USA weer gaan meedraaien in de internationale politiek en zelfs respect gaan ogen in landen waarmee het op oorlogsvoet stond. Het was immers niet de schuld van de USA en haar burgers, maar van de Bush-Cheney doctrine. En met de half (Afrikaanse) neger Obama, bestaat er haast geen betere kandidaat voor die opdracht. Zonder dat hilarische principe, zou de USA het voor het overgrote deel van de wereld voor minimaal decennia verbruid hebben. Zelfs vaderlands-lievende NeoCons zouden hem daarvoor dankbaar moeten zijn in het belang van hun land, maar ook dat Obama deels hun handen schoonwast.
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama comforts Alverna Gracy, 76, as he talks to a potential voter on the phone during his visit to a campaign field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. The visit came shortly after the Obama campaign released a statement saying that Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Jason Reed
AP *** VIDEO ***
 By Caren Bohan, Mon Nov 3, 2008 9:04pm EST
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - A subdued Barack Obama on Monday mourned his grandmother as a "quiet hero" who helped raise him, telling a campaign rally that her death had made the final night of his White House campaign "bittersweet."
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama hugs a volunteer during his visit to a campaign field office in Charlotte, North Carolina November 3, 2008. The visit came shortly after the Obama campaign released a statement saying that his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Jason Reed
As the Democratic candidate arrived in North Carolina for his second-to-last rally before Tuesday's election, he announced that Madelyn Dunham, 86, had died peacefully at her home in Honolulu after a battle with cancer.
Obama's Republican rival, John McCain, issued a statement of condolence and also offered best wishes to Obama.
Obama has often referred to Dunham, who helped his single-mother take care of him, as the rock of his family and someone who shaped his values.
A little more than a week ago, he left the campaign trail for a 22-hour trip to Hawaii to say goodbye to her.
"This obviously is a little bit of a bittersweet time for me," Obama told an outdoor rally under drizzly rain as tears rolled down his cheeks and his voice choked up.
"She was somebody who was a very humble person and a very plain-spoken person," he said. "She was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America. They're not famous. ... But each and every day they work hard."
Dunham helped raise Obama from the age of 10 while his mother was working in Indonesia.
Obama said after his Hawaii trip that he had been flooded with cards, flowers and well-wishes from around the country, and he regularly thanked crowds at his campaign rallies for their prayers.
"It brought our grandmother and us great comfort. Our grandmother was a private woman, and we will respect her wish for a small private ceremony to be held at a later date," the Illinois senator and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said in a statement.
The statement described Dunham as "the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances."
Dunham had followed Obama's presidential bid with great interest.
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama comforts Alverna Gracy, 76, as he talks to a potential voter on the phone during his visit to a campaign field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. The visit came shortly after the Obama campaign released a statement saying that Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Jason Reed
MCCAIN OFFERS PRAYERS
In a statement, McCain and his wife, Cindy, offered prayers for Obama and his family "as they remember and celebrate the life of someone who had such a profound impact in their lives."
"We mourn his loss and we are with him and his family today," McCain later said at a rally in Roswell, New Mexico.
Obama thanked McCain for his comments at the Charlotte rally, saying it was "incredibly gracious" of him. He also toned down the political rhetoric in his speech, giving the Arizona senator credit for breaking with his party on issues like torture.
Obama affectionately called his grandmother "Toot" -- short for "tutu," the Hawaiian word for grandmother.
He spoke of her often on the campaign trail, mentioning that she worked in a bomber assembly plant during World War Two. Later, she worked as a secretary in a bank and was eventually promoted to vice president.
She helped put Obama through private school in Hawaii and Obama has often credited her with instilling in him the Midwestern pragmatism she acquired as a Kansas native.
Just after issuing the statement announcing his grandmother's death, Obama stopped at one of his campaign offices in Charlotte to visit volunteers. Though he seemed more downbeat than usual, he made some calls encouraging voters to get to the polls.
One volunteer, surprised at seeing him there, broke down in tears and he gave her a long hug but did not mention the news about his grandmother until the rally later on.
(Additional reporting by John Whitesides; editing by David Alexander and Mohammad Zargham)
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama is pictured on the phone with a potential voter during his visit to a campaign field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. The visit came shortly after the Obama campaign released a statement saying that his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama speaks on the phone with a potential voter as a volunteer (R) takes his picture during his visit to a campaign field office in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. The visit came shortly after the Obama campaign released a statement saying that his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had died after a battle with cancer. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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Abrahamof
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Posted?-?04 Nov 2008?:? 10:21:38 ?
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Oeps; die oma was ook nog eens van het Mid-West platteland; Amerikaanser kan het haast niet:
 By Michael Finnegan - November 4, 2008
Reporting from Charlotte, N.C. -- In a presidential race that has never lacked for drama, another riveting scene unfolded on the eve of the election as Barack Obama teared up before a crowd of 25,000 on a rain-drenched football field.
Madelyn Dunham, the 86-year-old grandmother who helped raise Obama and was ill with cancer, died early Monday in Honolulu, just hours shy of an election he had prayed she would survive to witness.
The Democratic nominee learned of her death while doing radio interviews from his hotel room in Jacksonville, Fla. He did not mention it at a raucous rally a few hours later.
But in Charlotte, Obama offered a tribute that brought a hush over the field.
"Look, she has gone home," Obama said, his voice hoarse. "And she died peacefully in her sleep with my sister at her side, and so there's great joy as well as tears."
Obama's voice cracked, and tears rolled down his cheeks. It's "hard for me to talk about," he said.
"I want everybody to know, though, a little bit about her," he went on. "Her name was Madelyn Dunham, and she was born in Kansas, a small town, in 1922, which means that she lived through the Great Depression. She lived through two world wars. She watched her husband go off to war, while she looked after a baby and worked on a bomber assembly line."
Obama called his maternal grandmother humble and plain-spoken, then wove her story into the speech he usually gives with little variation.
"She was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America, who -- they're not famous, their names aren't in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard," he said. "They look after their families. They sacrifice for their children and their grandchildren. They aren't seeking the limelight. All they try to do is just do the right thing."
"North Carolina," he said, his voice blasting from loudspeakers across the University of North Carolina field, "in just one more day we have the opportunity to honor all those quiet heroes all across America. . . . We can bring change to America to make sure their work and their sacrifice is honored."
As Obama moved on to familiar passages of his speech, he dabbed his cheeks with a white handkerchief. Even without his loss, emotions were running high on his closing-day dash from Florida to North Carolina and Virginia.
At his Charlotte headquarters, Obama, who would be the first African American president, told volunteers, "I hope you guys feel like you've been making a little bit of history here. If we take North Carolina, we win this election."
Alverna Bracy, a 76-year-old black volunteer, sobbed and shuddered. "This is the best surprise I've ever had since my babies were born," she said as Obama put his arm around her.
The day was not without levity. MTV ran a half-hour "Ask Obama" special. One question led him to suggest that it was a waste of time to worry about passing laws against people wearing their pants too low. "Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants," he said.
After Obama's weekend of campaigning in Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri and Ohio, it was hard to tell whether mourning or fatigue had distracted him at his Jacksonville rally. Republicans, he told the crowd, were "spending a lot of money here in Ohio."
When the crowd protested with groans and shouted reminders that he was in Florida, Obama corrected himself. "I've been traveling too much," he said as supporters booed at his confusion.
"Listen," he joked. "They've been spending a lot of money in Ohio too."
Finnegan is a Times staff writer.
Times staff writer Kate Linthicum contributed to this report.
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