Obama not eager to go hunting with his cousin

"I don’t want to be invited to the family hunting party," Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., jokedWednesday night to Jay Leno about news that Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney are distant cousins. And on Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., acting as if she is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Obama told Leno that Clinton wasn’t the first person in Washington, D.C., to declare "mission accomplished" a little too soon.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

21 Comments

  1. Rox
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 11:57 am | Permalink

    “Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney are distant cousins.”

    Priceless!

    I do feel a little sorry for Dick though. A gay daughter and a black cousin. Could things get any worse for him? I pray they do! :)

  2. Jed
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

    As much as I like Obama, I’m just not sure I could bring myself to vote for anybody even distantly related to the Bush administration and Cheney in particular!

  3. gster
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 12:31 pm | Permalink

    Obama’s first response to the news: “Thank God there’s no family resemblance!!”

  4. J R
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

    I happen to be a cousin to Abraham Lincoln myself.

    Know your blogger.

    Heh heh. It would be nice to know the context of the relation. Maybe a Thomas Jefferson similar thing?

  5. Kansas
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

    I do feel a little sorry for Dick though. A gay daughter and a black cousin. Could things get any worse for him? I pray they do! :)

    Posted by: Rox | October 18, 2007 at 11:57 AM

    I would recommend that you never run for office. You’re not politically correct enough.

  6. stumper
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 1:02 pm | Permalink

    I would pay top dollar to witness a hunting party with both dick and obama it it. Now that would be priceless!

  7. The Phantom
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 1:45 pm | Permalink

    I’m afraid the Obama would be the prey. Dead I Dick would love it though!

  8. TDT
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 2:00 pm | Permalink

    Personally, I liked his comment referring to “mission accomplished”. That was funny. I still haven’t made up my mind who I am voting for, so I don’t like someone assuming they have it in the bag, even Senator Clinton.

  9. Rox
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

    “I would recommend that you never run for office. You’re not politically correct enough.”

    You have nothing to worry about, Kansas. I’ve never aspired to something that low. ;)

  10. The Phantom
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 2:45 pm | Permalink

    Dick says sorry Obama, but I’m not into possum huntin.

  11. awinters01
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 2:50 pm | Permalink

    Thanks I needed that laugh!

  12. delsol
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

    JR, Obama’s mother is white.

  13. J R
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 6:24 pm | Permalink

    I thought his mom was Phillipino.

    Maybe that is Tiger Woods.

    I don’t follow Obama alot.

    Running for President because people thought you did well in one speech doesn’t much impress me.

  14. Jed
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 7:18 pm | Permalink

    JR,Next to a president who’s misspoken every speech he ever gave, it can’t hurt to have one really good speech under your belt.

  15. Kansas
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 8:10 pm | Permalink

    Obama’s mother I believe, is from Wichita or at least lived in Wichita.

  16. The Phantom
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

    He Is a very literate person and well spoken. Oh, no, what did I just imply!

  17. delsol
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 9:00 pm | Permalink

    I thought his mom was Phillipino.

    Maybe that is Tiger Woods.

    I don’t follow Obama alot.

    Running for President because people thought you did well in one speech doesn’t much impress me.

    Posted by: J R | October 18, 2007 at 06:24 PM

    Maybe you think that because you just admitted you’re not really paying attention?

    Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, what the hell, they all look the same to you, I guess!

  18. writerdog
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    I have not seen where it has been said. Is Cheney and Obama related through his mother’s side or his father’s?

  19. Econ101
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 10:54 pm | Permalink

    Obama’s signature is helping to raise money for a very worthy cause:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Harry-Reid-Rush-Limbaugh-Smear-Letter_W0QQitemZ260170172469QQcategoryZ4105QQcmdZViewItem

  20. American Way
    Posted October 18, 2007 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

    Early prediction: Obama sucks.

    He will not even be close to Billary in the election.

    It’s nearly midnight, and liberals have scrolled over this thread.

    The media has decided for them.The party has decided for them.

    It’s Hillary!!!

  21. Jamie Lee Martin
    Posted October 19, 2007 at 1:17 am | Permalink

    I am a 3rd cousin of Obama. His mother is from Wichita, however they moved to Augusta while she was quite young. My father and his mother would play together. She married a man from Hawaii. I am not sure the exact nationality. BUT get your facts correct before you make ignorant comments.