And my uncle saved the world right after he swam the Atlantic

Campaign says Obama mistaken on Nazi camp


May 27, 2008 2:29 PM (57 mins ago) By CHRISTOPHER WILLS, AP


NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Barack Obama's campaign says the candidate made a mistake when he said a great uncle helped liberate the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War II.

Obama said Monday that his uncle was among the first U.S. troops at Auschwitz. But Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet forces.

The campaign said Tuesday that he named the wrong camp. They said it was actually Buchenwald.

Aides said his grandmother's brother, Charlie Payne, helped liberate a Buchenwald sub-camp in April 1945 as part of the 89th Infantry Division.

Critics had been questioning Obama's original comment mentioning Auschwitz.


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He has to go back quite far to find anyone who did anything in the military. Sad.



He just goes on with his imaginary world. We can't eat the food we want (PERHAPS SENATOR because instead of planting wheat and rice, farmers are planting ethanol for fuel, thus causing world hunger Senator), sliding all the way over to his comments to the Weslyan graduating class - to shun the world of consumerism and wealth, to depart from the path that leads to making money and instead focus on public service - like he and his wife did ($1million plus a year).

he doesn't lie exactly, he just makes stuff up and because you can't have your hero failing to the same vices you use to attack everyone else, you have to omit his 'gaffes' ... which is different than a lie by ... not much.

Next he can tell us his grandfather knew Patton, fought with Custer, and wanted to save MLK but he was tied up by the KKK and only escaped in time to save a little girl from being run down by a large steamroller. he and Hillary should go on the road with their stories.




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