Posted on 03/01/2008 7:37:36 AM PST by Stoat
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.
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She seems to have an uncanny ability with those, doesn't she? Somehow, I'm guessing that Kenyan tribal elders who don't have insider trading contacts will not enjoy a similar success, although I have no doubt that Mrs. Bill Clinton will be delighted to assuage their hurt feelings with American taxpayer dollars if she's elected.
(((shudder))))
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)
Interesting analysis....but you don't think that such a move would cause her to be tarred as a 'RACIST!!' ?
The Hussein-Obama campaign would, I'll wager, leap upon such a move (through their surrogates, of course) as an "insensitive, racist act perpetrated against poverty-stricken, honorable African tribesmen".
Lets see how Hillary is made to deal with it.
She could always claim "There's no controlling legal authority"....that seemed to be an acceptable answer to the driveby media when Algore used it last time.....
They may but islam is a religion not a race all hillery has to do is ignore them and let obama and his minions keep bringing it up and it will hurt him more he will look thin skinned and childish more than he already is
I could envision her eagerly embracing a photo-op where she is presenting some diaper-clad Kenyans with a hundred head of cattle....she could play it as being 'evidence of her superior skills at dealing with international crisis situations' and of her 'skillful diplomacy'....and she could do it all without ever admitting guilt as to the photo's origin but couch it in terms of 'creating international goodwill'. She could play it into a bump in her poll numbers, which she desperately needs, particularly among black voters.
I could envision her eagerly embracing a photo-op where she is presenting some diaper-clad Kenyans with a hundred head of cattle....she could play it as being 'evidence of her superior skills at dealing with international crisis situations' and of her 'skillful diplomacy'....and she could do it all without ever admitting guilt as to the photo's origin but couch it in terms of 'creating international goodwill'. She could play it into a bump in her poll numbers, which she desperately needs, particularly among black voters.
I could envision her eagerly embracing a photo-op where she is presenting some diaper-clad Kenyans with a hundred head of cattle....she could play it as being 'evidence of her superior skills at dealing with international crisis situations' and of her 'skillful diplomacy'....and she could do it all without ever admitting guilt as to the photo's origin but couch it in terms of 'creating international goodwill'. She could play it into a bump in her poll numbers, which she desperately needs, particularly among black voters.
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