October 27, 2008 9:33 AM
Obama's closest adviser Iranian-born
Obama's relationship to Valerie Jarrett has been likened to Bush's to Karl Rove.
How much do you know about her?
From Iranian.com:
Obama's closest aide is Shirazi
Valerie Jarrett is a member of African-American and Chicago royalty. But her story and her life begin in the Middle East, not the Midwest. She was born in 1956 in Shiraz, Iran, about 570 miles south of Tehran. Her parents moved to Shiraz, known for its poets, wine and flowers, as part of a program that sent American doctors and agricultural experts to developing countries to help jump-start their health and farming efforts. Her father was on the staff of the brand new Nemazee Hospital, where Jarrett was born.
"She is one of our best friends, somebody who is practically a sister" to him and his wife, Michelle, Mr. Obama said in a recent interview. "I don't make any major decisions without asking her about them first." - from BlackAmericans.com
Do I think there is anything inherently wrong with someone born in Iran being top adviser to a President? Not necessarily. (one of my adopted children is half Mexican/half Iranian, btw)
However, the confluence of odd partners, the lack of solidly pro-American thinkers and the preponderance of anti-American ex-terrorists, Black Liberation people and radical Alinskyites is like the elephant in the living room that never stops growing even while the press ignores it.
There is such a thing as a tipping point - where the sum total of questionable associations and the lack of credible ones should prove finally compelling enough to shift public opinion.
Except that Obama's followers are by and large so taken with the image and the rhetoric that they don't care to find out what's beneath the surface. I remember reading a quote from one devotee/journalista that even if they announced that Obama had murdered his daughters, she would vote for him.
But Obamaniacs have the attitiude: My mind's made up! Don't confuse me with the facts!
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