First Al and Strom....Now Dick and Obama.
Fox News reported yesterday that Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidental candidate, Senator Barack Obama, are 8th cousins. The link was apparently found by Lynne Cheney, the VP's wife, while doing research for her memoirs about growing up in Wyoming. After hearing the news, two things came to mind: first, why is Lynne Cheney writing a book? Second, is there an obsession with finding familial relations between black and white politically galvanized figures or am I being just paranoid? Don't be surprised if this turns into a trend and is used as a tactic to secure the black or brown vote in 2008. I can see the headlines now:
Hillary Clinton and Rosa Parks - 9th cousins
OR
John Edwards and Cesar Chavez, Linked by Spirit & Blood.
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