i was really touched by this associated press story about obama's aunt in the weeks before christmas
Nation & World | AP Exclusive: Obama aunt anguished by separation | Seattle Times Newspaper
she's "anguished" over her "separation" from the prez, aunt zeituni "buries her face in her hands and sobbed" cuz she fears her "immigration woes have made her a political liability to her nephew"
"she's disabled and learning to walk again after being paralyzed for more than 3 months" due to guillain-barre
barack, michelle and the kids are her only family in america
her teeny public housing apartment is practically a shrine to barack with photos of them together in springfield where she felt more free to visit him
she obviously loves him
she also adores bush who once did her a kindness
"he is my number one man in my life because he helped me when i really needed that help," she emotes
barack, meanwhile, announced he didn't know she was here illegally
she also goes out of her way to defend barack's father who has been labelled abusive by a half brother
everyone slapped kids, she rationalizes, he had trouble with alcohol
he was strict but not abusive
she lived with barack's dad for a time, it appears, and helped raise the president's half siblings
heck, one of US should take her in if barack doesn't
have a heart