US Senator Barack Obama, left. planting an African Olive Tree at Uhuru Park Naiorbi, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, On the right is Nobel Peace laureate, Wangari Maathai. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Posted on 08/29/2006 2:15:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
US Senator Barack Obama, left. planting an African Olive Tree at Uhuru Park Naiorbi, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, On the right is Nobel Peace laureate, Wangari Maathai. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Again...what has this guy done...other than get elected in a gerrymandered district?
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize laureate and environmentalist Wangari Mathai (R) speaks after a tree planting ceremony together with U.S. Senator Barack Obama in Nairobi's Uhuru park August 28, 2006. Obama, the son of a Kenyan and a rising star in the Democratic Party is currently visiting four African countries to help spur political and economic development on the continent. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (KENYA)
When was the State of Illinois gerrymandered?
"Again...what has this guy done...other than get elected in a gerrymandered district?"
Not that I'm an Obama fan, but what does a statewide Senate race have to do with gerrymandering?
With USA and Kenyan flag behind him Barack Obama, the only African-American in the US Senate, speaks to students at University of Nairobi, Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. Obama urged Kenyans to take control of their country's destiny by opposing corruption and ethnic divisions in government during a policy speech at the main university in his father's homeland. He warned that Kenya and other African nations will never thrive if their citizens cannot count on the government to deliver services fairly, regardless of their tribal background or ability to pay bribes. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, pool)
How many electoral votes do they have? Or was he there to invite the entire continent to come to Chicago?
Don't worry, they're all registered to vote in Cook Co.
That whole story is ELECTRIFYING!!! I might have to ask for tomorrow off so I can contemplate what his trip means to Americans and our future tax dollars..hmmnnn?? We need someone like him to come on to the scene and raise our taxes for whatever enlightened reason he can come up with.
My thoughts immediately went in this direction. Of course they have relatives here. And, who knows how many "citizens of the world" vote in our elections via absentee ballots and who knows what else.
He's a very enterprising politician in that great Chicago tradition.
It doesn't matter. That he's perceived as local boy done good is enough, hopefully to inspire the younger generation to take charge and make something good of their country. I did like that he used his position and fame to speak bluntly of the Kenyan government's corruption.
I don't like his politics in America of course, but there is a lot about the man to like.
"Obama never lived in Africa-he was born in Hawaii"
What part of that don't these people understand? He is an American, not an African.
To hear Democrats, this guy is the "second coming". He's "local" in Hawaii, Kenya and his home state. While living in Hawaii he attended one of the best and most expensive private schools in the state and led a more than common lifestyle. I'm waiting for his "miracles".
"Even if Obama leaves no dollars in his trail, that simple message will be more than sufficient."Look for a new round of emails from Nigeria saying that Obama did leave money and they want to give it to you.
What do the trips that most of our congresscritters take abroad do for us?
Seems mom had more of an influence on this man than dad did. Is the Senator planning any tree plantings in Kansas?
yep, amazing this "local boy makes good" thing for Kenyans. His dad got his mom pregnant, and had little involvement with his son. Wonderful role models, one and all. Yep, let's give him a hero's welcome.
He has to return to the "homeland" and develop a little hyphenated-American credibility. He's as much white as black but only seems to acknowledge the black half. Of course, that's the half Democrats pretend to care about so it makes sense.
Zero. They should be outlawed.
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