Barack Obama's Grandmother Passes Away
by Jonathan Singer, Mon Nov 03, 2008 at 11:55:59 AM EST
Madelyn Dunham, Barack Obama's grandmother who played a large part in his upbringing, passed away today according to the Associated Press. Our thoughts go out to the Obama family.
Update [2008-11-3 17:18:46 by Todd Beeton]:Stay classy, California Republican Party.
From HuffPo:
"Senator Obama recently traveled to Hawaii to visit his sick grandmother. This was the right thing for any grandson to do -- at his own expense -- but it was not travel that his campaign may fund," said California Republican Chairman Ron Nehring in a statement Monday."In Senator Obama's own words, his travels took him 'off the [campaign] trail for a day.' The trip featured no campaign events of any kind its 22-hour duration and his decision to travel was 'not driven by political concerns,' according to an Obama spokesperson. Since the trip's purpose was entirely and admittedly personal, the fact that he made campaign telephone calls and talked with staff aides while traveling does not convert this purely personal trip into a proper campaign expense. Therefore, the Obama Campaign violated the FEC's ban on 'personal use' of campaign funds when it paid over $100,000 for the Campaign's charter to fly to Hawaii without obtaining reimbursement from Senator Obama."
I can only assume that this complaint came before her death was made public although the CRP is so morally bankrupt, I'd put nothing past them.
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