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To: usmcobra
Actually according to your transcript the translator corrected Sarah...

OGOMBE: No, Obama was not born in Mombasa. He was born in America.

Why is it that the translator Ogombe saw fit to correct her or prevent her from answering that question truthfully?

Firstly, where do you get the idea that Ogombe is correcting HER? If you listen to the tape, Obombe translates McRae's question about Mombasa to Sarah, there's some discussion in Swahili, and then Ogombe translates back the response. A couple of questions later, he even explicitly states that he's translating her response, not correcting in her place: "Hawaii, sir. She says he was born in Hawaii."

And as I've said before, McRae had a translator on the scene, the pseudonymous 'Reverend Shuhubia.' If Ogombe was mistranslating or interjecting inappropriately, 'Shuhubia' never spoke up to say so. And he's heard on the tape at other times, so he must've been okay with the translation.

But all that's beside the point. null & void said that there have been "relatives" who witnessed a supposed birth in "Nairobi." He used that as an argument, and it's utterly false. If you're attempting to redefine "relatives" from plural to singular, and "Nairobi" to "not Nairobi," then you're going a long way to changing what null actually wrote in order to avoid admitting he lied.

765 posted on 05/17/2010 6:42:57 AM PDT by LorenC
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To: LorenC

Post the actual transcript including what was actually said in Swahili.

I know you have it, let’s see it.

Who was Ogombe, and who did he work for?

The line I quoted came from you, it is his response not her’s to the question of Obama’s birthplace, which every Kenyan well tell you is Kenya.


766 posted on 05/17/2010 7:08:44 AM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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