Some of McCain's black relatives support Obama

[Dystopian]

In the rural Teoc community of Carroll County, Miss., where the ancestors of Sen. John McCain owned enslaved Africans on a plantation, black, white and mixed-race family members unite every two years for their Coming Home Reunion, on the land where the plantation operated.

Some of McCain’s black family members say they are not sure exactly where they fall on the family tree, but they do know this: They are either descendants of the McCain family slaves, or of children the McCains fathered with their slaves.

White and black members of the McCain family have met on the plantation several times over the last 15 years, but one invited guest has been conspicuously absent: Sen. John Sidney McCain.

“Why he hasn’t come is anybody’s guess,” said Charles McCain Jr., 60, a distant cousin of John McCain who is black. “I think the best I can come up with, is that he doesn’t have time, or he has just distanced himself, or it doesn’t mean that much to him.”

Other relatives are not as generous.


edit to insert: racist pig.
Rather interesting.....more:
South Florida Times
http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2041&Itemid=42





peace~

[ej510]

1. I don't believe he wants to get anywhere near his slave master past

and it's probably for political reasons.

[Faryn Balyncd]

9. ". . . .the McCain campaign had asked them not to speak to the media about the reunions, . . . ."

W.A. “Bill” McCain IV, a white McCain cousin, and his wife Edwina, are the current owners of the land. Both told the South Florida Times that they attend the reunions. They also said the McCain campaign had asked them not to speak to the media about the reunions, or about why the senator has never acknowledged the family gatherings. . . . . .

[roguevalley]

10. my mom, to her ENORMOUS shock, found out her family on one

side owned slaves. I would go, to know their descendents and to apologize. This would be good for all concerned to show that the
past was wrong and the present and future can be rewritten toward
something good.

[nc4bo]

11. That would take a certain amount of courage to do...

that Sen. Mccain has never once contacted these people, even though several relatives on the white side have, tells me just what type of man Senator John S. Mccain really is - and it's not a good one.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. And yet the McCain campaign hammers Obama about his long lost brother in Kenya

and his horrible "plight" and how Obama isn't helping him.

:eyes:

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. Um, why would you apologise for something you didn't do to someone to whom it wasn't done?

I don't buy the idea of generational guilt, it's a bit too close to the whole 'sin of Adam' thing.

[Imagevision]

2. If I was chartreuse and related to Mccain I still would vote for Obama!

[my2sense]

3. Interesting family history

he has. He'll never acknowledge these relatives. So much for honor.....

[Dystopian]

5. Yes, very interesting...

I had no idea...the family history is news to me.
This is sad....in his mind, they don't exist.
Makes me think more about his obvious disdain for Obama.


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[Kind of Blue]

4. I think my head would explode if there was ever one good thing

printed about McAsshole. This family matter could have been a positive thing for him in just acknowledging the truth about their existence. But no, the Asshole ALWAYS goes out of his way to take the low road. Thanks for posting the article. Instead of it being about the Asshole, to me it's more about how Americans can take such a horribly divisive thing as slavery and use it to bring a family together.

[Dystopian]

6. I'll have to find out more today....

A few weeks ago a woman I work with was telling me about her family history. She's from Texas. Her great-grandfather owned seven planataions...The workers were emancipated slaves. When he died, he left all the plantations to those who worked the soil. It wasn't about not leaving it to family, it was his moral obligation. He felt that they had the right to the land, and his children never uttered a word...it was simply expected.
Can't recall which relative was close to Booker T. Washington, and helped him with educational issues at Tuskegee.
The black and white families are still close to this day....
She's a lovely woman, with the most wonderful stories....

Too bad McCain wasn't this kind of man....

peace~

[Kind of Blue]

7. "Too bad McCain wasn't this kind of man...."

Yeah, the asshole really is the Black Sheep of the family.
I, for one, really really love the stories of the families coming together. It could add so much to healing the nation just hearing about them. I mean the stories must be endless and wish it could be an ongoing documentary on the History Channel or something. When talking about race relations in this country, I can't think of a better way to start because it starts off with the premise of inclusion and could show, besides being dangerous, how silly racism is.
Here's a ridiculously sad one. I think it was on Oprah or PBS that I saw the Monticello branch of the Thomas Jefferson family finally admit that the Black and White descendants of Sally Hemmings were not just rumors. My head really exploded when their spokesman (as curly red headed and freckly as his ancestor) said they'd known and secretly accepted it all along, but denied their existence all these years because acceptance would have meant they had the right to be buried in the Jefferson family plot. :wtf::wow::banghead:

[Dystopian]

12. Thank you....

This is a part of history that I missed. I was aware of Thomas Jefferson's relationship and fathering a child, but never got the entire story.....It is heartbreaking that the family denied this because of a burial plot. I really have no words.....

We have the ugly stories, and yet there are some inspiring stories as well....
Again, thank you for this piece of history...The race factor is a part of my life as my grandson is biracial, and he's very proud of his heritage....He's only ten, but very excited about Barack. He's coming to vote with me.
We have a date on November 4, 2008. He knows how historic this is, yet we talk about how Barack is a good man first, a black man secondary.....

peace~

[Faryn Balyncd]

8. “After hearing him in 2000 claim his family never owned slaves, I sent him an email,” she . . . . .

Lillie McCain, 56, another distant cousin of John McCain who is black, said the Republican presidential nominee is trying to hide his past, and refuses to accept the family’s history.

“After hearing him in 2000 claim his family never owned slaves, I sent him an email,” she recalled. “I told him no matter how much he denies it, it will not make it untrue, and he should accept this and embrace it.”

She said the senator never responded to her email.........

[Blaq Dem]

16. A DNA test will make huge statement

A DNA test showing a black/white connection would be hard to refute. That's how Sally Hemmings descendents proved their ancestral ties Thomas Jefferson.

[Blue Diadem]

14. So his brother Joe has gone, but McCain still won't acknowledge them.

Thanks for posting this story. I never knew his family history other than hearing about the military service. It's sad that he refuses to acknowledge his family and even sadder that he's requested they not speak to the media about their reunions.