molson_golden2002 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 This is American History! http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=c...1&Itemid=42 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. 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. Although Charles is uncertain who will get his vote for president, several of John McCain’s black and white relatives are supporting his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 That would make for a great reality show. The Black McCains against the White McCains, kind of like the Hatfields versus The McCoys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 So what you are saying is that both candidates are ignoring their black family members, right? And one of them is ignoring long lost cousins, while the other is ignoring his half-siblings and grandmother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Isn't that Obama's cousin Odinga, that he campaigned for in Kenya? The guy that wanted to bring Kenya under Sharia law? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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