Politically Motivated? Linking Palin to Princess Diana and Obama to Brad Pitt

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The discussion centers around the ancestry of political figures Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, highlighting their connections to notable historical figures. Palin is linked to royalty and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which contrasts with Obama's connections to celebrity and former Vice President Dick Cheney. The conversation suggests that these ancestral ties may be presented in a biased manner, favoring Palin's image as a leader with presidential roots, while framing Obama as superficial. Participants question the motivations behind the article's focus on these specific connections and hint at potential biases from the genealogy source used. The mention of Mormons running the genealogy site adds another layer of skepticism regarding the objectivity of the information presented.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081009/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_politics_palin_ancestry

" We all have millions of cousins "

Palin is linked to a princess and a popular democratic president - Roosevelt - in the meanwhile Obama is linked to a superficial superstar and a republican vice president - Cheney.

Royalty is in her roots to contrast her folksy image , Roosevelt for a genuine tendency to serve the people ... all the while Obama is superficial and a Republican - who many blame for the current economic crisis.

Palin has presidency in her roots while Obama has vice presidency in his roots.

I'm not declaring anything here. Is this article biased towards Palin , could it be that they deliberately mentioned these four particular people when they could have picked others? Again

" We all have millions of cousins ".
 
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What a flattering foto of the woman...yikes.

Yeah, they are 10th cousins....woop-de-do. They should have kept going back further to the tribe of monkies that she doesn't believe in.
 
GCT said:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081009/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_politics_palin_ancestry

" We all have millions of cousins "

Palin is linked to a princess and a popular democratic president - Roosevelt - in the meanwhile Obama is linked to a superficial superstar and a republican vice president - Cheney.

Royalty is in her roots to contrast her folksy image , Roosevelt for a genuine tendency to serve the people ... all the while Obama is superficial and a Republican - who many blame for the current economic crisis.

Palin has presidency in her roots while Obama has vice presidency in his roots.

I'm not declaring anything here. Is this article biased towards Palin , could it be that they deliberately mentioned these four particular people when they could have picked others? Again

" We all have millions of cousins ".

You don't suppose that the Mormons who run the geneology site might have any bias...?

Just goes to show that you can't beat the old Urim and Thummim.
 
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