Dick Cheney, George Bush and Barack Obama Related

[zenkidori]

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,302509,00.html

WASHINGTON — Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President Dick Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him "cousin."

Eighth cousin, that is.

Lynne Cheney, the vice president's wife, revealed this tantalizing bit of political trivia during a television interview today.

She said she uncovered the long-ago ties between the two while researching her ancestry for her latest book, a memoir titled, "Blue Skies, No Fences."

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton offered a tongue-in-cheek response to the revelation, saying, "Every family has a black sheep."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10172007...ma__cheney.htm

October 17, 2007 -- Who says Barack Obama doesn't have what it takes to be president? Turns out, he's a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush.

The vice president's wife, Lynne Cheney, announced her discovery yesterday while hawking her new book, "Blue Skies, No Fences," on MSNBC.

When asked if she would support Hillary Rodham Clinton because she is a woman, Lynne Cheney said, "I have to admit to a certain bias here . . . Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins."

Mrs. Cheney said that it was "an amazing American story that one ancestor . . . could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths."

Then asked if she supported Obama she quickly said, "No."

Obama's camp made light of the family ties. "Every family has a black sheep," said spokeswoman Jen Psaki, with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

The Chicago Sun-Times revealed the genealogical link in early September, claiming that the shared ancestors were Mareen and Susannah Duvall, 17th century immigrants from France.

The newspaper, however, claimed that the senator from Illinois and the vice president were 11th cousins.

The Duvalls are Obama's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, and Cheney's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents, the paper said.

George W. Bush and Obama, meanwhile, are 10th cousins once removed - linked through a 17th century Massachusetts couple, Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole, according to the Sun-Times.

let the conspiracy theories begin...

[Twerp128]

Everyone is related when you go back that far.

[No Boss]

I can't wait to hear people saying they won't vote for Obama because of this.

"OMGZ we don't want another Cheney!"

[zenkidori]

Originally Posted by Twerp128

Everyone is related when you go back that far.

Maybe in Indiana.

[Twerp128]

Originally Posted by zenkidori

Maybe in Indiana.

There's an easy test to see who's inbred around here. Just ask them this simple question, who is the points leader in NASCAR at the moment? If they answer Jimmie Johnson you know they uh, we'll I think this smilie says it all

Wait how did I know the answer?

[tigger]

Originally Posted by Twerp128

Wait how did I know the answer?

Bum bum bummm!

If I hear anyone bring this up in a serious political discussion, I will bitch slap them. Full out, hand print on the face, bitch slap.

[No Boss]

Originally Posted by Twerp128

Wait how did I know the answer?

As soon as I got this this part here:

If they answer Jimmie Johnson

I thought the same thing...

[Goose+]

We're all related Peace