2008.10.25
I pointed to a story on McCain's ancestry the other day, so here's an old one about Obama's grandmother --
USA Today:
Obama's grandmother blazed trails.
"Durham, now 85 and living in Honolulu along with
her granddaughter and Obama's half-sister, Maya
Soetoro-Ng, had two obstacles to overcome in Hawaii
[in the 60s and 70s] -- being a woman and being
part of the state's white minority."
2008.10.20
I have roots in the Deep South myself, so I found this story on the McCain family's Mississippi background very interesting --
WSJ:
Two Families Named McCain.
"The black and white McCain families have long
acknowledged their shared history at Teoc, a name
that applies to both the plantation and the
now-sparse community around it. A cousin of the
senator still owns 1,500 acres of the original
2,000. Sen. McCain's younger brother, Joe, and
other white McCains have attended family reunions
organized by the African-American McCains."
Tailsteak:
I like my women like I like my coffee ...
