Barack Hussein Obama’s half-brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, 26, was found living in a “two metre by three metre shack” in the ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi, Africa, according to The New York Post and The UK Telegraph. Apparently, The Washington Post and The New York Times decided it wasn’t news that’s fit to print.

The mesmerized media show no sign of stopping the margin of victory they’ve given Obama in the presidential race as reported recently by the Media Research Center.

But, the following day Barack blasted John McCain for having too many houses. Both papers devoted liberal space to it (pun intended) including flattering photos of Obama—the one with the $1.6 million Chicago mansion—not the one with the shack, lest you’re confused about which Hussein.

And once again, neither paper mentioned Obama’s homeless brother. Nor was there any mention that McCain doesn’t have a brother living in a shack, or that the McCains acquired their houses without the help of a convicted felon.

The Post’s column, “Obama Jumps on McCain House Comment,” opens with Obama mocking McCain for not knowing “how many houses he owns.” According to Obama, “John McCain has seven homes.” The Post actually calls McCain’s response “damning.” “Damning”? You’d think it’s McCain’s brother who’s living in the shack. But there’s no “damning” shack attack at Barack.

The Times political blog, “Obama Counts McCain’s Houses,” includes a list of McCain’s properties, some of which are separately owned by McCain’s wife, Cindy, and mentions her estimated worth at “$35 million to $100 million.”

Neither paper mentions that shortly after her husband’s election to the U.S. Senate, Michelle Obama became vice president for external affairs at the not-for-profit hospital center where she’s employed, and received an annual salary increase from $121,910 to $316,962. So much for the Obama’s concern for lowering the cost of health care.

Both papers quoted the McCain campaign’s response to Obama: “Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses?”

The Post doesn’t name the convicted felon as Tony Rezko, a Chicago slumlord, AKA, a shack shyster. The Times mentions how “Tony Rezko’s family helped the Obamas on the house deal,” but doesn’t confirm that Rezko is the convicted felon.

Obama tried to get his audience to identify with him: “But if you're like me, and you got one house … you might have a different perspective.” I’m guessing the other Hussein does.

Obama referred back to last Saturday night’s forum at Saddleback Church when John McCain mentioned that rich might be defined as somebody making $5 million dollars. According to tax records, Obama’s “household income jumped from $991,296 in 2006 to $4.2 million in 2007,” mostly from his two best-selling books. Continued...