Clinton’s White House aides complained about all the British press clips the "Clinton haters" used to start up negative coverage in the United States. Here’s one for the Barry Era: From the London Times comes an embarrassing report on a Kenyan sibling of Barack Obama, one who couldn’t land in London en route to his half-brother’s inauguration:
BARACK OBAMA’s half-brother has been refused entry to Britain after reportedly being accused of an attempted sex attack on a 13-year-old girl on his last visit.
Samson Obama, who runs a mobile phone shop in Nairobi in Kenya, was on his way to the president’s inauguration in January when he tried to stop over in Britain to visit relatives. But he was turned away by immigration officers who declined to issue a visa on the grounds of deception.
Biometric tests carried out at East Midlands airport showed that he was linked to the attack on a girl in Berkshire last November but never charged, according to a report last night. Further checks identified Samson as the half-brother of President Obama, leading to a hurried call to the White House.
A Home Office source told the News of the World: "This was obviously an extremely sensitive issue when it was flashed up by the database." Officers had noticed that one of the documents that Samson had supplied with his visa application was false which led them to make further inquiries, according to a Home Office spokesman.
Details on the database suggested that he was the same man who had been arrested by police in Berkshire after approaching a group of young girls, including a 13 year-old, and allegedly trying to sexually assault one of them, the News of the World reported.
He then followed the girls into a cafe where he became aggressive and was asked to leave by the owner. Police were called and Samson was arrested. He reportedly gave officers false identification details and supplied his mother’s address in Bracknell.
A quick Nexis check shows there's been almost no media coverage of a Samson Obama over the last two years, so at least he wasn't the subject of a gooey feature anywhere.
One might say this isn't much of a family connection -- but it is a half-brother. I'd venture that if American media outlets found it newsworthy that President Bush's niece Noelle falsely tried to grab a prescription for Xanax in 2002, a teen-sex controversy over a half-brother might be worth a few sentences.
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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Gee, I guess every next president
April 11, 2009 - 23:33 ET by Scout FinchGets a free pass on errant siblings. If the press doesn't make proper hay outta Obama's bro, they should keep their mouths shut for all subsequent presidents.
A 13 year old girl? Really? Samson can't find a woman his own age? Don't let'im in here.
No Scout, that would only
April 11, 2009 - 23:39 ET by MightyMouthNo Scout, that would only apply to liberal democratic presidents. As we all know, conservatives, being the moral equilivants to Jesus Christ must fall on their swords (or crosses, whichever appliles).
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
You know, MM, Delsa (below) brings up a good point
April 11, 2009 - 23:53 ET by Scout FinchThe most embarrasing sibs belong to Democrat presidents. With Jimmy we had to suffer Billy. With Bill Clinton, we had to suffer Roger. With JFK we had to, and STILL, have to suffer Teddy.
Stop the madness!!!
Yes Scout...
April 12, 2009 - 00:09 ET by MightyMouth..."Stop the madness" . Too bad the "madness" is controlled by the MSM (NB notwithstanding), and we all know which way they lean!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Billy
April 12, 2009 - 09:28 ET by RukusAt least Billy Carter was funny, his beer was aweful but he was a running joke. : )
Gary
"Things can only bother you if you let them bother you" -My Dad
And I thought
April 11, 2009 - 23:45 ET by Delsathe Clintons and the Carters were ...
Oh never mind
What if?
April 11, 2009 - 23:52 ET by parrotheadgiOnly if his name was Samson Palin, this would be news worthy.
Yeah, right.
April 11, 2009 - 23:56 ET by Scout FinchTwo teens caught up in an out-of-wedlock baby (and fully supportive family) vs. a full-grown man seeking sex with a 13 year old girl.
What will People magazine have to say about this???
(...cue crickets)
This man is a pedophile.
April 12, 2009 - 09:39 ET by SeashellThis man is a pedophile. CAN U IMAGINE if this was a member of the Bush, Palin, or Cheney family? Remember all the media regarding Cheney's gay daughter? But Obama has a half brother who is a pedophile-we hear nothing.
Seems the 'false
April 11, 2009 - 23:53 ET by bigtimerSeems the 'false identification details' must run in the family.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Scout
April 12, 2009 - 00:24 ET by DelsaRemember Hillary's brother? Was his name Hugh or something?
Samson
April 12, 2009 - 01:04 ET by slickwillie2001More current picture in this article: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk
Agree this would be the leading item in the news if Samson was a Palin. Has anyone collected the names and whereabouts of all the Bamster's brothers and sisters? Does anyone even know how many there are?
I guess this is just another illustration of the problems that can be caused by single parent families and parents that don't take responsibility for their children. With a proper mother and father in a nuclear family, little Barrky might have turned out a lot better.
Does anyone even know how
April 12, 2009 - 03:16 ET by SeashellDoes anyone even know how many there are?
No, they keep popping out of the woodwork. Very strange.
Annoying how the media beat
April 12, 2009 - 02:53 ET by mostlymoderateAnnoying how the media beat the crap out of Palin over simple issues concerning her family. Will they attack Obama's family the same way?
I found an interesting lil tidbit today I never knew (I am sure most of you knew this). This from the BBC: Barack Obama Sr left his son when he was two years old and lived most of his life in Kenya, where he fathered a number of other sons and a daughter with three other wives.
Had this been the Bush family, it would have been ALL over the news. You know it and I know it.
mostly --- that's true. The
April 12, 2009 - 04:10 ET by Jack Bauermostly --- that's true. The thing is "Obama's" birth name is Barack Dunham, because his mother was never legally married to his father.
The President's father was a bigamist. Before he came to America, Obama Sr. (aged 18) married his first wife Kezia in what is often described as a "tribal" marriage. (1) (see below) A LEGALLY RECOGNIZED CEREMONY BY BRITISH COLONIAL/KENYAN LAW
They (he and Kezia) had four children together, two before he went to Hawaii, and two after he returned to Kenya from the United States.
Obama Sr. never divorced Kezia, who now lives in Bracknell, Berkshire, England.
Therefore he was still married to his first Kenyan wife when he went through a bigamous American "marriage" with Barack's mother, Ann Dunham.
They could not have had a legally recognized marriage in the US, and he broke US law.
Also... you might ask, if Barack Jr's father wasn't a Muslim, as he often claimed, how did he manage to rack up three wives concurrently? That would be a Muslim only practice in Kenya.
MARRIAGE LAW BACKGROUND (BRITISH, KENYAN & US)
(1.) Barack Obama Sr.'s first marriage has been described as "tribal" as if to say it doesn't count. That is incorrect.
Kenyan Law under both British colonial rule and under the 1963 constitution recognizes FOUR marriage systems: Christian or Civil, Mohammedan, Traditional African, and Hindu.
Now even if it was claimed that Obama's first marriage was a common law marriage and not subject to an official divorce to terminate, think again.
Here's the basis for Common law or Informal Marriage regarding immigrants in the USA.
In many parts of Africa,
April 12, 2009 - 12:52 ET by CamelopardalisIn many parts of Africa, there are several Christian men involved in polygamous marriages as well as Muslim men.
In many parts of Africa,
April 13, 2009 - 02:07 ET by Dan The Man 2In many parts of Africa, there are several Christian men involved in polygamous marriages as well as Muslim men.
Sin is sin, It is a sin to have more than one wife in Christianity unlike Islam which one can have many wives. Any man who has more than one wife and proclaims himself Christian is deluding himself. I bet you think Obama is a Christian also. He is not although he professes to be.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
The difference is that
April 13, 2009 - 04:06 ET by Jack BauerThe difference is that under Christianity polygamy is not allowed. Under Islam polygamy is encouraged as a tenet of their religion.
Which makes you want to ask of the President -- if the United States is not a Christian nation, they how come Muslims cannot have five wives in the America?
Had this been the Bush
April 12, 2009 - 05:50 ET by motherbeltHad this been the Bush family, it would have been ALL over the news. You know it and I know it.
Well, you have to understand, they had their hands full covering the mother of Sarah Palin's daughter's boyfriend!!
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Samson McCain, Samson Bush, Samson Palin...
April 12, 2009 - 05:01 ET by Red Jeep... would have been discovered and outed well before election day, but a Samson Obama, Samson Kennedy, or a Samson Clinton, nah. It is just too bad that a half black, of questionable citizenship status, who has not lived in America all his life, has become the first "black president." Guess none of the blacks, excuse me, African-Americans, whose families have lived here for generations weren't worthy enough for this honor. Not even a peep out of Jesse Jackson.
One cannot blame a good muslim for seeking "uncovered meat."
April 12, 2009 - 05:37 ET by Army BratThe koran makes it clear that a muslim man cannot be held accountable for doing what comes naturally to a cat. Attempting to consume uncovered meat.
This is how the muslim world views a woman...girl in this case, who walks around without a male relative to insure her safety. She's just acting for it...even a 13 year old.
He was simply following the teachings of the koran and the hadiths.
In the news...a mother attempted to have her 8 year old daughters marriage to a 47 year old man ended. She was denied that request by a Saudi judge. Just the tip of the iceberg folks...tip of the iceberg.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
Coming soon to a
April 12, 2009 - 05:57 ET by motherbeltComing soon to a neighborhood near you:
Sharia law. Not by conquest; but by capitulation.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Newsworthy?
April 12, 2009 - 07:06 ET by GeneralAlDear Mr. Tim, Obama's or rather the Teleprompter Messiah's brother being accused of a sexual assault is not newsworthy. Its not newsworthy if he bows to a king or doesn't know if Austrian is a language or how many US states there are. Quit being so nitpicking and give the man a chance. After all, he's only been President for four years. Oh wait, campaign time doesn't count.
The real newsworthy items are the dog hes getting for his kids and what mosque, er church they will attend in Washington.
Now thats newsworthy!
The real newsworthy items
April 12, 2009 - 07:39 ET by motherbeltThe real newsworthy items are the dog hes getting for his kids and what mosque, er church they will attend in Washington.
And I'm looking for him to take forever to find a church.
Politico has this:
Come Easter Sunday, President Barack Obama will attend a local church
for the first time since taking office, but aides say that won’t
necessarily be the church he and his family join.
The White House wouldn’t say where Obama will be on Sunday – but did
say that the Obamas search for a more lasting spiritual home in the
capital has been going on for some time.
After all, he was never picky about getting to a service while campaigning. Maybe he just won't pick one, in order to avoid criticism over his choice.
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
...
April 12, 2009 - 07:54 ET by dervishMaybe he'll just fly Rev. Wright in on the weekends for a private family service.
Might as well...
April 12, 2009 - 18:09 ET by Army BratMaybe he can get the guy that makes his pizzas on the same flight...reduce that carbon footprint some... pathetic.
"Turn your thermostat down while I have a guy flown here to make me and mine a Pizza pie.
As Mel Brooks said..."It's good to be the King." The hypocrisy of this man knows no bounds.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if he chose a mosque... as a way to reach out to "moderate islam"...whatever that is.
Islam is a lie and truth is killing it.
...the Obamas search for a
April 12, 2009 - 09:46 ET by Seashell...the Obamas search for a more lasting spiritual home in the
capital has been going on for some time.
How can that be if: Come Easter Sunday, President Barack Obama will attend a local church for the first time since taking office,
That's my point, seashell.
April 12, 2009 - 10:58 ET by motherbeltThat's my point, seashell. They didn't have to have a "permanent" church to attend a Sunday service somewhere!
I'm Catholic, and if my family moved to a new town (which we have, many times) we would find somewhere to attend Mass on Sunday. It might not be the parish that we join, but we would not simply write off going to Mass until we picked a permanent parish.
They, or he, simply didn't care enough to go.
Now we're supposed to get all excited over the fact that he soon will "pick" a church to join.
Will it have to be one that accepts abortion at all stages and allowing a born-alive infant to die?
Good luck with that, Mr. President!
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
mb, Not sure, is there a "First child Molech church" in DC?
April 12, 2009 - 12:04 ET by upcountrywaterDescriptions of the idols used to worship the god differ as well. While they are usually made of bronze and consist of a man's body with the head of a calf,
the body is portrayed in one of two ways. One depiction shows the god
with its arms outstretched and a hollow chamber in its stomach. A fire
was lighted in the chamber and allowed to heat the metal arms and
hands. After priests sufficiently heated the statue, an infant, usually the first-born of a
family, was placed on the burning hands. The instinctual flailings of
the infant would eventually cause the baby to fall into the fire in the
stomach.
Nothing new under the sun..
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Mother/Seashell~
April 12, 2009 - 17:01 ET by Georgia GirlProbably a lot of the reason he hasn't "chosen" a church yet is because "the chosen one" doesn't want to be pinned down to any kind of certain morality, especially now that he's in office. He seems to always want to (to borrow a Hawaiian phrase) "hang loose" so he doesn't have to take any personal responsibility and can do as he pleases, without any accountability or negative consequences.
Maybe he just won't pick
April 13, 2009 - 02:11 ET by Dan The Man 2Maybe he just won't pick one, in order to avoid criticism over his choice.
Attending church and joining the church body are two different things. Perhaps it is better he does not join any church while in office and not only for political reasons. I do know that my church would not accept him as a member because of his apostasy.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Bulletin:
April 12, 2009 - 08:49 ET by VinncyGGeorge Bush's 1/5000 of a brother was caught smoking in a hallway in school. After a horrendous media blitz of unfathomable size the family stated they will have a response by 4:00PM today. The NY Times insists that comments be made immediately to quell the anger across the country.
Another Yuckkie to me!
April 12, 2009 - 09:27 ET by Rod PatrickThere's really something wrong with Barack's lineage. Something THOROUGHLY AWFUL and DIRTY.
CBS's dig of the Palins is so amateurish compared to digging the evil stuff of the Man sitting in the WH.
It's an infection...
April 12, 2009 - 18:11 ET by Army BratCalled islam.
islam is a lie and Truth is killing it.
RP &
April 12, 2009 - 18:27 ET by bigtimerRP & AB....
Yep!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
If only this child molester
April 12, 2009 - 09:34 ET by TEIf only this child molester had been Sarah Palin's hairdresser's next door neighbor's half-sister's third cousin's mail man's uncle's dentist's mayor's half brother then we would have had a very big story dutifully "reported" for weeks and weeks by ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN, MSDNC, ESPN, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, NPR, US magazine, People magazine, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated (with terrorists) Press, al Reuters, al McClatchy, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, ....
Samson is a half brother 'by
April 12, 2009 - 09:57 ET by SickofLibsSamson is a half brother 'by blood.'
Unlike the Palin sister-in-law smear of last week.
I'm sure CBS's Harriet Smith, Chi Chi R. and Invader Chen will be doing a multi-part series on this story starting Monday.
0bama drama
April 12, 2009 - 10:28 ET by upcountrywaterThis is well typical typical....left good, right bad.
So he got can't get to UK, Is he in US now? Well at least he has more business experence than his 1/2 of 1/2 first bro.
maybe this video will shed some light on the family that is called the first family..
I'm my own grandpa
May make one laugh, Gosh it's Easter, Hope all you all have a restful day.
Who knows the video just might be a basis for a counter suit, against all the /USA birth deiners.
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Upcountry
April 12, 2009 - 12:36 ET by UpNorthMaybe they flew him into the US and he's living in public housing, with Auntie Zetuni, awaiting 10 years of hearings and postponements to determine if he should be deported or allowed to claim political asylum?
UP, He has a good business doing moble phones,
April 12, 2009 - 12:46 ET by upcountrywaterin his home,able to buy airline tickets..
If he tried to start the business here, Permits, licence, fees,taxes... yes he need public housing..
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Are you guys on the up and up?
April 13, 2009 - 13:29 ET by BlondeSorry, coudln't resist.
:)
I hope he fails, too.
To be completely fair
April 12, 2009 - 15:35 ET by Kat Outta the BagI have two half-brothers from my father's first marriage whom I am not at all close to and in fact I haven't seen them in at least 15 years. If they were to do anything bad, it has nothing to do with me.
That said, I agree that if the MSM is going to constantly go after anyone remotely connected with Sarah Palin's family, then they should at least acknowledge this incident.
"Sarah Palin's mailman's
April 13, 2009 - 13:26 ET by RR GOP"Sarah Palin's mailman's sister's half brother was, according to Governor Palin's hairdresser's second daughter's ex-boyfriend (not the last one the one before that one) says..."
Now THAT'S NEWS!!!!
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).