Imagine for a moment that one of the brothers of George W. Bush were accused of the attempted sexual assault of a teenager. Wouldn’t that have been the basis for some embarrassing headlines and close scrutiny of the family? Good grief – the Bush girls drinking while underage (a pretty minor offense, common among college students) was the source of a major brouhaha early in their father’s presidency.

So why was the underlying story missed by the press last year at the time of the election? And why is the US media not giving it major coverage?

BARACK OBAMA’s half-brother has been refused entry to Britain after reportedly being accused of an attempted sex attack on a 13-year-old girl on his last visit. Samson Obama, who runs a mobile phone shop in Nairobi in Kenya, was on his way to the president’s inauguration in January when he tried to stop over in Britain to visit relatives. But he was turned away by immigration officers who declined to issue a visa on the grounds of deception.

Is this a case of sloppy reporting? Or is it a case of double standards at work – of trying not to embarrass Obama or not caring about incidents involving Democrats? And especially given other issues involving this particular Obama, will the press dig a little bit deeper into his life, his ideology, and his relationship with his half-brother?

And then there is the fact that he was traveling on forged travel documents. Why didn’t OUR border security people pick that up? Or is there a special policy waiving normal border checks for members of the Obama family?