Posted on 01/12/2009 8:59:02 AM PST by yankeedame
What are these? A THREE-legged stool and a traditional Luo oxtail fly whisk are some of the household items that could bring a new feel to the Oval Office, courtesy of Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother. Sarah Obama, who at 86 still lives in a modest house in the family's ancestral village of Kogelo, has been packing presents ahead of her grandson's January 20 inauguration as the 44th president of the United States.
Quoted in the Standard newspaper, she said she had hoped to bring him a traditional spear and shield from her Luo tribe when she flies to Washington on Friday with some other family members.
"But I have been told that due to security reasons I will not be allowed to board a plane with it," she explained.
Sarah Obama, the president-elect's step grandmother, has become a national celebrity since the Illinois senator - the Hawaiian-born son of a Kenyan father and white American mother - launched his bid for the White House.
"The day I was waiting for has finally come... I cannot hide my joy," she said. "I am going to be Kenya's ambassador during the occasion and I will live up to the expectations." ......
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Guess, I'm asking for DNA evidence. Just too much unknown about him.
If his Granny gets that spear to the White House. who be gonna chuck it. And will that make them the spear chucker in chief.
[We are surrounded by idiots!]
Truer words were never spoken.
I don't think that Obama actually lived, for an extended period, in Kenya. I understand, from the article below, that he visited three times. Here is a picture of his step grandmother's home. In my opinion, although it is certainly better than the accommodations enjoyed by brother George, it hardly represents a mansion and there is even mention that it has no running water of electricity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24kristof.html?_r=1
They had a TV special on it and there was a tour of the mansion.
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