President Obama's brother lives in a Nairobi slum

[Earl]

Why doesn't he help his brother out? Is it bullshit?

Obama's slumdog brother: Meet the hopeless drunk from a Nairobi shanty town who is the U.S. President's BROTHER | Mail Online

[Ben]

Why should he help him?

[Earl]

Because not doing so is being used against him for starters.

[Alpha]

So the guy claims...

[timey]

Do we actually know that he is actually his brother?

[Earl]

No we don't, the Mail are stating it as a fact but it could be complete horse shit for all I know.

[Ben]

Half brother.

Family of Barack Obama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[timey]

George received little attention until being featured in an article in the Italian language edition of Vanity Fair in August 2008, which portrayed him as living in poverty, shame, and obscurity. The article quoted George Obama as saying that he lived "on less than a dollar a month" and stated that he "does not mention his famous half-brother in conversation" out of shame at his poverty. In later interviews George contradicted this picture. In an interview with The Times, he "said that he was furious at subsequent reports that he had been abandoned by the Obama family and that he was filled with shame about living in a slum." He told The Times, "Life in Huruma is good." George Obama said that he expects no favors, that he was supported by relatives, and that reports he lived on a dollar a month were "all lies by people who don't want my brother to win." He told The Telegraph that he was inspired by his half-brother. According to Time, George "has repeatedly denied…that he feels abandoned by Obama." CNN quoted him as saying, "I was brought up well. I live well even now. The magazines, they have exaggerated everything… I think I kind of like it here. There are some challenges, but maybe it is just like where you come from, there are the same challenges."

[Earl]

Obama is the most powerful man in the world, and he can't even help out his own flesh and blood. That doesn't really put him in a good light if you ask me.

[timey]

Maybe he doesn't want helping. And we don't know what the relationship is. I know I'd balk at giving my brother anything as I'm pretty sure he wouldn't help me out in a similar situation. Not all families are the same.