President’s uncle giggles in court

Massachusetts – A giggling Onyango Obama – the president’s illegal alien half uncle – made a brief appearance in Framingham District Court today on charges he was drunk when he nearly struck an unmarked police cruiser last month. Obama, 67, was visibly amused at the media spectacle, stifling laughter several times before his 30-second court appearance where a judge set a Nov. 17 pre-trial conference. Onyango, who had a valid driver’s license and Social Security card when he was arrested, was in the U.S. illegally having already faced a 1992 deportation order. When he was arrested by Framingham police on suspicion of drunken driving he suggested his first call should be to the White House.  more