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barack's family, we're not in kansas anymore

0 comments | Saturday, December 15, 2007

Barack Obama has an interesting family. It sounds like something out of a Wes Anderson movie. His mother, Stanley (yes Stanley), was an atheist and a feminist before these things were much talked about or cool (if in fact they are cool today). His grandparents were Unitarians, his paternal grandfather didn't want white blood diluting his family, and there's a whole bunch more. I don't like to post articles without making my own imprint on a post, but I found this to be a very unusual piece about a politician's unusual family...

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