AP: Obama's Kenyan Grandmother to Attend Jan. 20 Event

[flpoljunkie]

Obama's Kenyan Grandmother to Attend Jan. 20 Event
Published: January 6, 2009

Filed at 2:09 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother will be among the millions of people in Washington for the Inauguration.

Sarah Obama, the mother of Obama's Kenyan-born father, will join representatives from the Kenyan government, African Union and African diplomats for an unofficial inaugural ball on Jan. 20. Organizers say Kenya's foreign minister and the Boys Choir of Kenya also plan to travel to the United States for the invitation-only event at a Washington-area hotel.

Obama was born in Hawaii to a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya. Obama's father left when he a child and died in 1982. Obama was not especially close to his African family although he visited them on a 2006 trip to Kenya.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/06/washington/AP-Obama-Grandmother.html

[nsd]

1. Minor error in the article...

Sarah Obama was the stepmother, not the mother, of Obama's father.

[Clio the Leo]

13. But Barack Sr. thought of her as his mother...

.... and I think that's why they wrote it that way. ;)

[GreenInNC]

2. Think she will bring his birth certficate from Kenya?

:sarcasm:

[JayMusgrove]

5. And hand it to Atty Berg, to make sure he has something to ...

present in court.

Yeah, I love the humor of this.

But I don't like Berg.

[Clio the Leo]

14. More like a cast iron skillet....

... to whomp him upside the head with.

Did I just say that? ooh ... violence ... never the answer! (but it would be funny)

[davidpdx]

8. Ah...I was going to post the same thing jokingly

damn you beat me to it.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Awesome!

[Colobo]

4. Good stuff!

[K Gardner]

6. Oh my goodness.. that gives me chills. I'll never be able to stop crying on Jan 20th.

[EraOfResponsibility]

7. K & R'd n/t

[Window]

9. That's fantastic!!!

Tears for the beauty and amazement of the entire, wondrous realization that Obama has been chosen to be our 44th President.

[goclark]

10. Yes.We.Did.It

:bounce:

[Brazenly Liberal]

11. Aw, geez, here come the tears again!

How many years into this presidency will we have to go before it's safe to wear mascara?

[Clio the Leo]

15. ha ha.....

... best post of the day, and I just got up!

[Clio the Leo]

12. Yay Granny Sarah!!!

The woman just looks so darned huggable....