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

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The discussion centers on the genealogical connections of Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, highlighting Palin's links to royalty and Franklin D. Roosevelt, while contrasting them with Obama's associations with celebrity Brad Pitt and former Vice President Dick Cheney. Participants question the potential bias in the article that emphasizes these specific figures, suggesting that the choice of ancestors may reflect a political agenda. The conversation also touches on the credibility of genealogy sources, particularly those affiliated with the Mormon Church.

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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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