Comments on: [updated] Righty blogs attack Obama assertion that uncle liberating Auschwitz is factually unlikely http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:11:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jill Miller Zimon http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76460 Jill Miller Zimon Wed, 28 May 2008 01:15:35 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76460 You may be "devestated" but you are also a lousy speller. :) You may be “devestated” but you are also a lousy speller. :)

]]> By: Joe Ritchey http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76458 Joe Ritchey Wed, 28 May 2008 01:01:28 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76458 Amazing you mean a story he clearly identified as a family legend passed down to him may have had a few factual errors? Gasp!! Does his mean all the stories my Grandpa told me might have some factual errors or that I may not remember them accuratly. I'm devestated. Chuckles. This is much ado about nothing. Rightys gasping for straws. Amazing you mean a story he clearly identified as a family legend passed down to him may have had a few factual errors? Gasp!!

Does his mean all the stories my Grandpa told me might have some factual errors or that I may not remember them accuratly.

I’m devestated.

Chuckles. This is much ado about nothing. Rightys gasping for straws.

]]> By: Jill Miller Zimon http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76454 Jill Miller Zimon Wed, 28 May 2008 00:47:27 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76454 It's an unfortunate gaffe and one sadly that a lot of people might make unless they have personal experience with the camps or family members who did. The one way around it would have been to just say that he had a close relative or someone important to him as he grew up, who'd been involved in the liberation of concentration camps and that the family story was one that mirrored a story of someone who suffers from PTSD etc. It’s an unfortunate gaffe and one sadly that a lot of people might make unless they have personal experience with the camps or family members who did.

The one way around it would have been to just say that he had a close relative or someone important to him as he grew up, who’d been involved in the liberation of concentration camps and that the family story was one that mirrored a story of someone who suffers from PTSD etc.

]]> By: Oengus http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76416 Oengus Tue, 27 May 2008 21:33:49 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76416 The Obama campaign later claimed that the Illinois senator was referring to his great uncle, and that he had in fact confused Auschwitz with the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. According to the campaign, his great uncle served in the 89th Infantry Division, and the unit was among those to liberate Ohrdruf on April 4, 1945 http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/27/recollection-of-obama-familys-service-missing-key-details/ http://www.89infdivww2.org/ohrdruf/ “As the story was told in my family” that actually makes it real and sincere. The Obama campaign later claimed that the Illinois senator was referring to his great uncle, and that he had in fact confused Auschwitz with the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp. According to the campaign, his great uncle served in the 89th Infantry Division, and the unit was among those to liberate Ohrdruf on April 4, 1945
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/27/recollection-of-obama-familys-service-missing-key-details/
http://www.89infdivww2.org/ohrdruf/

“As the story was told in my family” that actually makes it real and sincere.

]]> By: Lynda O'Neal http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76410 Lynda O'Neal Tue, 27 May 2008 20:59:59 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76410 It could very well be a great-uncle. I always called by great-aunt "aunt". That's the least problematic part of this saga. Bad fact-checking before such a major speech. It could very well be a great-uncle. I always called by great-aunt “aunt”. That’s the least problematic part of this saga. Bad fact-checking before such a major speech.

]]> By: Joseph http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76407 Joseph Tue, 27 May 2008 20:48:55 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76407 If we have the geneological data available to link Obama and Cheney as eighth cousins then it seems likely someone could do the research to find out if Obama did have an uncle who served in Europe during the war. Either way, I'm pretty sure American troops didn't make it up to Poland, so the Auschwitz part is probably not true- unless his uncle is Russian. But it's a family story- not something he supposedly experienced himself (like sniper fire) - so it certainly could have been Buchenwald or one of the other camps that his uncle saw. If we have the geneological data available to link Obama and Cheney as eighth cousins then it seems likely someone could do the research to find out if Obama did have an uncle who served in Europe during the war.

Either way, I’m pretty sure American troops didn’t make it up to Poland, so the Auschwitz part is probably not true- unless his uncle is Russian.

But it’s a family story- not something he supposedly experienced himself (like sniper fire) – so it certainly could have been Buchenwald or one of the other camps that his uncle saw.

]]> By: Lynda O\\\'Neal http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76404 Lynda O\\\'Neal Tue, 27 May 2008 20:42:15 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76404 Wow. Imagine if Hillary had said that. There would be hourly news updates, interviews with surviving Soviet Army vets who felt that they deserved an apology, etc. Wow. Imagine if Hillary had said that. There would be hourly news updates, interviews with surviving Soviet Army vets who felt that they deserved an apology, etc.

]]> By: P. Springer http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/comment-page-1/#comment-76403 P. Springer Tue, 27 May 2008 20:41:59 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2008/05/27/righty-blogs-attack-obama-assertion-that-uncle-liberating-auschwitz-as-factually-unlikely/#comment-76403 I wonder if he might have confused Auschwitz and Dachau? I agree, though, he'd better address this quickly. I wonder if he might have confused Auschwitz and Dachau? I agree, though, he’d better address this quickly.

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