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Barack Obama fever hits Ghana
ITN via Yahoo! News ^ | July 10, 2009

Posted on 07/10/2009 6:38:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A tumultuous reception is expected for Mr Obama, who will be honoured at a ceremony on Saturday, where he will meet the West African country's President John Atta Mills, and later address the nation's parliament.

US and Ghanaian officials have scheduled "watch parties" - radio broadcasts and video coverage in theatres, parks and other places - to accommodate those who cannot attend.

Many Ghanaian newspapers covered Mr Obama's upcoming visit with front-page headlines.

Mr Obama, the third US president in a row to visit the country, is the first US leader of African descent. His father was Kenyan.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; bho44; bhoafrica; ghana


1 posted on 07/10/2009 6:38:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is there a vaccine yet for ‘0bama Fever?’ I’d really rather not catch it. ;)


2 posted on 07/10/2009 6:39:42 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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LOL. NO but that could be as big a scam as carbon credits if you want to invent one! If we have a snake oil salesman as POTUS then their has to be a snake oil cure right??? Just send $19.99 for the Easy Miracle Cure Obama Fever Tonic......Get the Sham Wow Guy to sell it you’ll make a Million....


3 posted on 07/10/2009 6:43:08 AM PDT by jakerobins ( NO)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If Europe and Africa love DUh-bama so much, they can KEEP HIM!


4 posted on 07/10/2009 6:43:39 AM PDT by RasterMaster (DUmocrats - the party of slavery, sedition, subversion, socialism & surrender)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

For those who don’t know, Ghana is like Detroit, only not quite as backwards.


5 posted on 07/10/2009 6:43:51 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (If global warming didn't exist, Al Gore would have had to invent it.)
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6 posted on 07/10/2009 6:45:29 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Mr Obama, the third US president in a row to visit the country, is the first US leader of African birth.

There, that looks better

Kush

7 posted on 07/10/2009 6:45:51 AM PDT by Kush (Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings, for there is none worthy of the name)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hope he gets Ghanarrhea.


8 posted on 07/10/2009 8:30:23 AM PDT by KeyesPlease
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Yes, to laugh in Spanish is “reir” so if you laught at him in Ghana, its Ghanareir...


9 posted on 07/10/2009 9:44:17 AM PDT by watusa1775 (Famous man child loses grip on reality, oh, and Michael Jackson too.)
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