Ha ha! It never ceases to amaze me, the kind of irrelevant partisan crap people dredge up and try to position as an "issue."

Barack Obama's father abandoned him and his mother when Barack was 2 years old. The man went on to father half-siblings by various women around the world. About 20 years after abandoning Barack and his mother, he fathered this particular half brother in Kenya. When they met, this brother said it was like meeting a total stranger. The reason for that is that he IS a total stranger --- a grown man in a foreign country.

What does Barack owe a man who is a total stranger whose only connection is that he was fathered by the same man who abandoned Barack and his mother 45 years ago? Nothing. His choice to help or not help this stranger is his own and between those two. Who knows if this person asked for or even wanted anything from Barack? Who knows whether Barack offered anything and whether it was accepted or refused? Who knows what kinds of cultural factors might be involved with giving and receiving charity in Kenya? Who knows what kind of person this man is or whether any one of us would want to help him under similar circumstances after we met him? We don't know, so who are we to judge?

People painting this as Obama "refusing" to help his "brother" are presuming to know more about their relationship than they really know. It's basic irrelevant partisan bullshit. Move on to a real issue.