News of the death of Barrack Obama’s grandmother has been greeted with scepticism by the Republican Party who have called on Democrats to ’show us the body’ ahead of tomorrow’s long awaited poll.

Say a little prayer for Obama's dead Granny

Karl Rove, advisor to George Bush, said “This is quite obviously a stunt by Obama camp. They release news about his grandmother dying and all of a sudden every person who ever had a grandmother is going to vote for him. I bet she’s sitting in her hut in Haiti, doing voodoo on some poor unsuspecting victim, drinking the fresh blood of a recently killed chicken, and cackling like Aunt Jemima herself. I’d put any money you want on her being alive and well”.

The Democrats have issued a statement calling Rove’s remarks “crass beyond belief. This kind of electioneering might be acceptable to the Republican Party but to suggest we might fake the death of a very sick, elderly lady is beyond the pale”.

Fox News presenter Sean Hannity was also dubious about the timing of the announcement. “It’s all very convenient, isn’t it? One day before the vote she just happens to pop her clogs and who gets all the sympathy? Her grandson, that’s who. And he just happens to be running for President that very day. What a coincidence! Unless they show us a death cert or a YouTube video of her corpse then I think we’re right to be dubious”.

Americans go to the polls tomorrow with the Illinois senator the clear favourite over John McCain and special-needs running mate Sarah Palin who further dented their standing by claiming her labia had more foreign policy experience than Barack Obama.

“Bukkake is not foreign policy experience”, explained former President Jimmy Carter who will be supplying the peanuts at polling booths tomorrow.