Obama’s Ancestors

It seems that Obama’s ancestors – from mother’s side – owned slaves.

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.

Now that’s a big-big-big-big-big-deal isn’t it?

BTW: Jefferson owned slaves as well. As did George Washington. As did, etc.

How is this relevant?

A spokesman for Obama responded:

“While a relative owned slaves, another fought for the Union in the Civil War,” campaign spokesman Bill Burton said last night. “And it is a true measure of progress that the descendant of a slave owner would come to marry a student from Kenya and produce a son who would grow up to be a candidate for president of the United States.”

Then we have this:

The records could add a new dimension to questions by some who have asked whether Obama – who was raised in East Asia and Hawaii and educated at Columbia and Harvard – is attuned to the struggles of American blacks descended from West African slaves.

Un-un-un-un-un-believable.