Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Cheney and Obama are cousins

Only took a few minutes to find my first post!
[T]he stunning announcement made yesterday by Lynne Cheney, who said that the very white vice president from Wyoming is in fact the eighth cousin of Obama, the Senate's only African American member. She said she discovered the link, traced back to a Huguenot who figured prominently in Maryland history, while researching her latest book.

[Obama's] campaign made light of the tie, without confirming it. "Obviously, Dick Cheney is the black sheep of the family," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.
Who gives a fuck?!

Full article from The Washington Post.

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