Orange_Juice
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Is he embarrassed about his family or their past?
South Florida Times: Miami , Broward, Palm Beach, Breaking News & Weather at SFLTimes.com - Some of McCain's black relatives support Obama
South Florida Times: Miami , Broward, Palm Beach, Breaking News & Weather at SFLTimes.com - Some of McCain's black relatives support Obama
Some of McCains black family members say they are not sure exactly where they fall on the family tree, but they do know this: They are either descendants of the McCain family slaves, or of children the McCains fathered with their slaves.
White and black members of the McCain family have met on the plantation several times over the last 15 years, but one invited guest has been conspicuously absent: Sen. John Sidney McCain.
Why he hasnt come is anybodys guess, said Charles McCain Jr., 60, a distant cousin of John McCain who is black. I think the best I can come up with, is that he doesnt have time, or he has just distanced himself, or it doesnt mean that much to him.
Other relatives are not as generous.
Lillie McCain, 56, another distant cousin of John McCain who is black, said the Republican presidential nominee is trying to hide his past, and refuses to accept the familys history.
After hearing him in 2000 claim his family never owned slaves, I sent him an email, she recalled. I told him no matter how much he denies it, it will not make it untrue, and he should accept this and embrace it.
She said the senator never responded to her email.