I know! That was a rhetorical question.
From a Politico article entitled "Obama aunt leak raises questions":
HENDERSON, Nev. — Barack Obama did not know a relative was living in the United States illegally for the past nearly four years prior to today's Associated Press report, "but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed," the campaign said Saturday in a statement.
The Democratic nominee last heard from Zeituni Onyango, who attended his swearing-in ceremony to the U.S. Senate in 2005 and is a half-sister of Obama's late father, two years ago, when she called to say she was in Boston, the campaign said. Campaign officials said they did not assist her in getting a tourist visa and had not known that she was living in America.
Now, lets see. This is the aunt that Sen Obama highlighted in his memoir as being one of the most influential persons in his early life. Sen Obama invited her to his swearing in ceremony, she donated to his campaign, she told him two years ago she was living in Boston and...
...The Obama Campaign nor the candidate will not discuss this matter.
AND, it must be a Republican dirty trick to bring the matter up at this time. An investigation is necessary. Gimme a break...
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