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MOO-LAH!KENYANS TELL HILL: PAY US IN COWS FOR OBAMA INSULT (or goats or camels...)
The New York Post ^ | March 1, 2008 | GEOFF EARLE

Posted on 03/01/2008 7:37:36 AM PST by Stoat

Furious Kenyan tribal elders said yesterday that they may slap Hillary Rodham Clinton with a fine for her campaign's alleged role in publicizing photos of Barack Obama wearing a turban - and it must be paid in cows, goats or camels.

The elders, steaming over the Obama photo smear on the other side of the world, announced plans to convene a traditional tribal court to deal with the matter.

The court could require Clinton to pay a fine in livestock, which is of great value in the far-flung Wazir region of Kenya. The photos were taken there during a visit by Obama, whose father was born in the area.

"We will go ahead with this case whether Sen. Clinton or Democratic Party leaders turn up or not," Mohamed Ibrahim, a member of the clan that hosted Obama during his 2006 trip to the country, told Reuters.

"This whole thing can be avoided only if an apology is made," he added.

But Clinton knows her cows - she recently suggested in Texas that Obama was "all hat and no cattle," and has made a mint investing in cattle futures in Arkansas.

The elders earlier this week called on Clinton to "clear her name" in the controversy.

The photos of Obama - wearing a turban and white tribal robes that are traditional in northern Kenya and Somalia - got worldwide attention after the Drudge Report posted them on the Web, along with a report that said the pics came from Clinton staffers.

Obama has battled a whisper campaign by those who wrongly say he is Muslim, and his aides accused Clinton's campaign of "the most shameful, offensive fearmongering" after the photographs were published.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; cows; hillary; hillaryclinton; kenya; kenyanelders; obama; somalielder; turbanphoto
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To: rickmichaels

Young goats Fur Shur.


21 posted on 03/01/2008 7:52:47 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Stoat

Yesterday I read a similar article in The Independent, a British paper.I tried to post it but the source doesn;t allow posting on FR.
You can search the web for the article with this title.

Kenyans: ‘Apologise for Obama photo’

Make sure you read the last line which I quote below...

“If there was no apology, the elders would demand the expulsion of US troops based in the town of Garissa.”


22 posted on 03/01/2008 7:54:50 AM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: Stoat


Considering the circumstances, we've informed Chelsea that
since she's now part of the team it's time to step up.
We hope she really enjoys Kenya.

23 posted on 03/01/2008 7:56:11 AM PST by michigander (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Issaquahking

“Get a hold of yourself man. That would be a picture of a cow with mad cow disease!’

Know how you can tell if a cow has mad cow disease?

It go’s Moooooo,damn it.


24 posted on 03/01/2008 7:56:48 AM PST by BigCinBigD (")
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To: BigCinBigD

:)


25 posted on 03/01/2008 7:59:49 AM PST by Issaquahking
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To: Stoat; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
She could pay them in birds:



26 posted on 03/01/2008 8:04:11 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
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To: kalee
“If there was no apology, the elders would demand the expulsion of US troops based in the town of Garissa.”

It seems that the Kenyan 'elders' would prefer to have al-queda members in the town instead of American troops.  We should let them have their wish.

"Oh, you want us to return and clean up the terrorist trash that moved in while we were gone?  Sorry, we're busy elsewhere....helping people who appreciate the blood that we spill every day in order to make the world a better place."

27 posted on 03/01/2008 8:04:52 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

Can anyone explain what the elders are complaining about? Do they take umbrage at being photographed? Do they consider their tribal clothing a private matter? Do they resent being used in a political attack on a man they consider kin? I know that some consider their suit insincere, but what is the alleged insult?


28 posted on 03/01/2008 8:07:32 AM PST by xenophiles
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To: xenophiles
Can anyone explain what the elders are complaining about?

From the article:

"Kefa Otiso, a Kenya expert at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, said the use of the photos for political purposes is a sensitive subject because it mocks the generosity of the tribal leaders, who were honoring Obama by dressing him in the clothing of a clan elder. "

Stoat translation:  "Tribal elders see an opportunity to get several thousand head of cattle for free"

29 posted on 03/01/2008 8:16:32 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat

“It seems that the Kenyan ‘elders’ would prefer to have al-queda members in the town instead of American troops. We should let them have their wish.”

I don’t think the Christian Kenyans would appreciate that.


30 posted on 03/01/2008 8:38:03 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: sageb1
I don’t think the Christian Kenyans would appreciate that.

Undoubtedly true....in which case they should 'persuade' the Kenyan tribal elders to be more hospitable to the American troops who are protecting them from just that very fate.

31 posted on 03/01/2008 8:41:52 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
l          o          l

32 posted on 03/01/2008 8:49:29 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Stoat
Hillary, "I'll pay them in cows!"




33 posted on 03/01/2008 8:55:15 AM PST by Lady Jag (Always look on the bright side of life)
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To: Stoat
Thanks, I missed that line. But I still don't see how circulating the photo is mockery.

Another line is even more baffling:

Hussein Ali, a 32-year-old unemployed man outside Jamia Mosque in the capital Nairobi [how lazy can a reporter get?], told Reuters: "Obama's enemies are trying to portray him as a terrorist, saying all Muslims, and especially Somalis, are dangerous men."

This is just silly. Saying that a turban or other traditional Somali clothing is the garb of murderers would indeed be an insult, but nobody said that. Saying that many Americans would believe such an idiotic idea is an insult to Americans, not Somalis, and Clinton's people didn't even say it out loud. (And furthermore, Somali men, like men in many cultures, might be a little insulted if someone said they were not at all dangerous.)
34 posted on 03/01/2008 9:12:09 AM PST by xenophiles
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To: Stoat

Sorry, no camels, goats, or cows are available. Would a few pigs do?


35 posted on 03/01/2008 9:16:56 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Scrape the bottom, vote for Rodham!)
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To: xenophiles
Thanks

You're quite welcome :-)

But I still don't see how circulating the photo is mockery

I would suggest that when a hotly-contested political campaign and the potential for millions of dollars (as well as several thousand head of prime cattle) in an unearned windfall are all at stake, seemingly innocuous things that would otherwise be overlooked are suddenly and magically found to cause offense, particularly when you have hysterical, emotional issues such as racial and cultural politics at play and particularly when it involves the one political party that has so very forcibly inflicted the sickness of divisive racial politics and 'the cult of the perpetually offended' upon not only the United States but on much of the rest of the planet as well.  In such a foul, seething cauldron of money, greed, ego and unhinged, apoplectic hysteria you're bound to have incidents like this crop up now and then.

It's still early in the year and there's lots of time until the election, after all.  Plenty of opportunity for more 'offensive incidents' to recur between now and November.

This is just silly.

Agreed, and I would imagine that you are looking at these events through the lens of sanity, reason and coherence.....none of which lend themselves particularly well to anything involving the Dems   :-)

36 posted on 03/01/2008 9:43:18 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Fresh Wind
Sorry, no camels, goats, or cows are available. Would a few pigs do?

Somehow, I'm guessing that they would be far too offensive for the Kenyans.....

 

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37 posted on 03/01/2008 9:50:11 AM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Stoat
Furious Kenyan tribal elders said yesterday that they may slap Hillary Rodham Clinton with a fine for her campaign’s alleged role in publicizing photos of Barack Obama wearing a turban - and it must be paid in cows, goats or camels.

If she dose not pay them I see this as a win for hillery

you have two candidates one dressed as a muslem (obama )
and one who is willing to stand up against them (hillery)

38 posted on 03/01/2008 9:51:38 AM PST by mouser (run the rats out its the only hope we have)
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To: Stoat

Tip to Hillary!™:

Invest in cattle futures...


39 posted on 03/01/2008 9:51:48 AM PST by null and void (I slept better when I thought our betters actually were better...)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
And all we said nobody wanted Code Pink. I guess we were wrong.

LOL! Perfect.

Ya know? Legally, you can't deport someone born here.

OTOH, exile...

40 posted on 03/01/2008 9:54:22 AM PST by null and void (I slept better when I thought our betters actually were better...)
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