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Sen. Obama Heads to Africa for Five-Nation Tour (Gives Away $52 Million of Taxpapyers Money)
FoxNews.com ^
| August 17, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 08/21/2006 4:12:24 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
WASHINGTON — When Sen. Barack Obama heads to Africa for a five-nation tour this week, he will take with him a credential no other U.S. senator can claim — and one that may make Africans listen to what he has to say.
Obama departs Friday on a 15-day tour that will take him not only to his father's homeland, but also to South Africa, Congo, Djibouti and Sudan. While he has visited Africa twice before, this trip is certain to be different.
(snip) Earlier this year, Obama attached an amendment to a pending bill that would provide up to $52 million to the Congo while letting President Bush withdraw the assistance if the Congo makes insufficient progress toward democracy.
(snip) "They realize that he is truly a son of Africa and his election means something to them personally," Durbin said. "And I think we're going to find that he is going to be wildly received."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2006; 200608; africa; balakosama; barakobama; barforama; congo; congress; djibouti; obama; safrica; southafrica; sudan
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More of our taxpayers money flushed straight down a rathole!
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
You could be right, but I rather think that it is being provided to support our enemies against us.
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:15:04 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Everybody is a rocket scientist...until launch day!)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
he is going to be wildly received. I can't imagine why:
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:15:40 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
whats going to cost more, the 52 million aid package or the one week paid vacation for osama obama and his entourage?
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:17:32 AM PDT
by
mo
To: JohnLongIsland
whats going to cost more, the 52 million aid package or the one week paid vacation for osama obama and his entourage?Good question.
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:17:32 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Someone should inform OsamaObama that if it his homeland he should run for office there. Let him spend their money,
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:22:12 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(Ronald Reagan didn't turn me into a Republican....Jimmy Carter did that!!)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I am sick of liberal, racist grandstanders!!!!
And, we're supposed to think this is a good thing because . . . . . . . . . ????
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:43:33 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Perhaps he will meet the guy that got his mother pregnant and then abandoned them. His mother's white and the man who married her and raised osama obama as his own son is white. Why this guy considers himself 'African' is beyond me. Oh, wait, he's a politician. Never mind.
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:46:39 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Dig deeper, more ammo.)
To: JohnLongIsland
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posted on
08/21/2006 4:56:34 AM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
I think that Obama would make a good President... of The Congo.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
What a perfect little democrat he is - he's got the "other people's money" thing down pat.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
--appropriated by a Republidum Congress, with help from the Bush Administration--
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posted on
08/21/2006 5:21:32 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
--appropriated by a Republidum Congress, with help from the Bush Administration--
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posted on
08/21/2006 5:22:02 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Obama!! Stay there, we don't need you!
To: KenmcG414
How much is his Dead Beat Dad going to steal?
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posted on
08/21/2006 6:07:14 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
They realize that he is truly a son of Africa and his election means something to them personally," Durbin said. "And I think we're going to find that he is going to be wildly received."
um....isn't his mom white and wasn't he born in the USA ? and hasn't Durbin just slurred him ?
To: Virginia Ridgerunner; Admin Moderator
Admin Moderator: I misspelled 'Taxpayers' in the title heading during my rush to finish up the post and get to work. Can you please correct it for me? Thanks!
To: Eagles6
Didn't his father run out on the family? Why does he keep try to build up his father's image? He should hate what he did not praise him.
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posted on
08/21/2006 6:42:27 AM PDT
by
Tspud1
To: massgopguy
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posted on
08/21/2006 6:43:07 AM PDT
by
Tspud1
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