The Nazi death camp that Barack Obama's great-uncle actually helped liberate

[Maimonides]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/the-nazi-death.html

Barack Obama, at a Memorial Day event in Las Cruces, N.M., credited his great-uncle, Charlie Payne, as being among the U.S. troops who liberated the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.

The trouble with that bit of history is -- as the Republican National Committee pointed out today -- is that the Soviet Red Army was the military force that liberated the World War II death camp.

The RNC seized the opportunity to fire off a news release, saying that “unless his uncle was serving in the Red Army, there’s no way Obama’s statement yesterday can be true. Obama’s frequent exaggerations and outright distortions raise questions about his judgment and his readiness to lead as commander in chief.”

The Obama campaign soon acknowledged that the Democratic candidate made a mistake. It explained that Obama’s great-uncle was in the 89th Infantry Division that helped liberate another notorious death camp, Buchenwald. Obama, the campaign said, “is proud of the service of his grandfather and uncles in World War II -- especially the fact that his great-uncle was part of liberating of one of the concentration camps at Buchenwald.”

All of which raises the question: What's worse, Obama's apparent gaffe or the RNC pouncing on a Holocaust-related historical mistake for political advantage?
-- Stuart Silverstein

Looks like no matter what gaffe happens the mainstream drive-by media will clean up after Obama.

And yes I put the name of the reporter in bold so we can see who the enemy is, self-hating Jews are the greatest threat to Israel and America.

[MassuhDGoodName]

You mean to tell me that there were [censored] in the Soviet Army?

                                                                                      

[Raede]

I did a little research:

In his campaign's apology, they mentioned the name of his great uncle.  Charlie Payne.

So I checked out his family tree information online to find a Charles W. Payne from Kansas, who would have been around 18 at the time America entered WWII.  So far, so good.  But then I checked out the Kansas military records for a Charles W. Payne.  There are two of them who fought in WWII.

But both of them were in the navy.  The 89th infantry of the ARMY liberated Buchenwald.

So...flat out liar?  Looks like it.

My blog post on this

[Ultra Requete]

Barama is either moron, lier or comie agent. I'm afraid he's all that and more.