Obama's mother's family owned slaves....

[samintx]

is this going to make any difference in the black vote? what they don't dig up during campaigns.

[Effin Haole]

They will have to go over the family records of just about every person in elected office then.

It's a non-issue.

[samintx]

Edwards and McCain's family were slave owners and some were trying to make something of that....guess all the potentials were slave owners. My family came from Ky and Mo but not slave owners as I have checked my geneology. They just had beaucoup kids to do the work!

[MGS_forgot_password]

Geez, we have 512 great-great-great-great-great grandparents. So one had owned slaves? (probably more) Who cares? What does that have to do with him?

[cbelt3]

he should apologize and promise to never, ever do it again. And then step down from the election.

You see, it appears that, according to the US media, only 'he who is without sin' is allowed to run for President.

Of course, JC wouldn't be able to , because his mother wasn't married to his father.

[modelamac]

Are you preparing for a Trivia contest?

[BigGuynRusty]

All of my ancestors provided the transportation, Amistad.
And enslaved the Mayans.
Nothing I could, or can do about it.

BGnR
The biggest failings of mankind are.:
1. Reliving the past with lament.
2. Worrying and dreading the future.
Live for now, plan for tomorrow.

[Seacrest]

In their defense, all the cool kids owned slaves back then.

[cbelt3]

so a slave was essentially the iPod of the 18th and 19th century ? And a cell phone too ? Eww- I'm envisioning Paris Slutton at this point with her 'accessories'...... must... erase .. brain....

[Panopticon]

[quote samintx] Obama's mother's family owned slaves....
...is this going to make any difference in the black vote? what they don't dig up during campaigns.
WTF is the black vote???

Why do folks inject race, religion, ethnicity, or other 'classifications' into everything? Is it just ignorance, lack of education, or just coming from the shallow end of the gene pool?
We are ALL Americans. One anonymous, color-blind vote each.

What's 'dug up' next? Was some distant relative a Nazi, Indian Fighter, Confederate soldier, or (shudder) a Colonial Tory? Really 'efffin sad mindset there.
As BGnR noted, not a damn thing you can do about the long, distant past.