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Mike Huckabee: Obama grew up in Kenya
SeeBS ^ | 3-1-11 | Lucy Madison

Posted on 03/01/2011 6:40:40 PM PST by Mozilla

In a radio interview on Monday, potential 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee repeatedly claims that President Obama grew up in Kenya.

A spokesman for Huckabee later told CBS News that the former Arkansas governor misspoke.

In an interview on WOR's "The Steve Malzberg Show," Huckabee made reference to Mr. Obama's "having grown up in Kenya" and spoke of him growing up "with a Kenyan father and grandfather" - despite the fact that Mr. Obama grew up largely in Hawaii and barely knew his father at all.

In responding to Malzberg's question about whether "we deserve to know more about this man" and his origins, Huckabee responded that "I would love to know more."

"What I know is troubling enough," Huckabee said of the president. "And one thing that I do know is his having grown up in Kenya, his view of the Brits, for example, very different than the average American."

A spokesman for Huckabee later said the former governor "meant to say the President grew up in Indonesia."

In the interview, Huckabee also pointed to the fact that Mr. Obama in 2009 returned a bust of Winston Churchill to the British Embassy, describing the act as "a great insult" to the British. (He did not mention that the bust had been on loan.)


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KEYWORDS: americanafricans; certifigate; huckabee; indonesia; kenya; muslim; naturalborncitizen; obama; obamafamily
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To: Stepan12
The Obama Clan was greatly affected by slavery.

That is, when the English ended it (as much as they could) in Kenya and Mombasa, the Obama Clan lost its livelihood. The Luo were heavily involved with the Arabs in the slave trade on the wholesale end.

81 posted on 03/02/2011 8:44:22 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Odd, but I never had to ask, "Who, or what exactly is Dwight Eisenhower?")
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To: Joe Marine 76; Stepan12
Fellows, these racial musings are IMHO quite pointless.

In Africa, the blackest of people can consider themselves "Arabs," because they are Muslims. Therefore they somehow feel "racially" superior to their equally black compatriots who are Christian, or animists.

This is the story behind the Sudanese Civil War. There is no physical difference between a northern Sudanese and a southern Sudanese. The same with the Luo in Kenya, who worked for centuries as slave catchers for Arab traders. But then the Masai consider themselves racially superior to the Kikuyu and the Luo (and us).

Hutu? Tutsi? They can tell each other apart. We can't. Every African country is rife with these tribal distinctions. And yes, there is an Arab admixture in the gene pool in those countries where the Arabs have traded for over 1,000 years, just as there is in Saudi Arabia, where Arabs have intermarried with their African slaves for millenia. They also intermarried with their white slaves from Europe. Put a suit and a haircut on an African, a Saudi, a Kenyan and you are not going to be able to track any of them them through Penn Station in the US.

IMHO, this tracing of the Obama/Soetoro racial gene pool is interesting bar talk, but a distraction.

PS: I have lived and worked in East Africa and the ME. It is never wise to pursue a discussion of this nature with the natives!

82 posted on 03/02/2011 9:04:16 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Odd, but I never had to ask, "Who, or what exactly is Dwight Eisenhower?")
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To: LesDowrey
One of two things is happening: 1) Huckabee is starting to wise up to what real conservatives think or the more likely... 2) Huckabee is really thinking about running for President so he is tacking to the right more and more each day.

3) Huckebee only sees $$ now.

83 posted on 03/02/2011 9:07:09 AM PST by SeeSac
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To: Oakeshott

Man, talk about racist and stuck on stupid.

Hey fool, it isn’t about where the cretin was born, its about who he was born TO. The son of a British man, who is NOT an American Citizen can NEVER from the instant of conception (!!!) be a Natural Born Citizen of the United States. EVER. One must, MUST have two parents who are citizens AND be born on the soil of our nation in order to be a Natural Born Citizen of the United States.

Is Obama a citizen, most likely, but no one is certain because he has hidden the PROOF of that status. So literally all we have is his word that he is, and the man is a liar, a politician and an usurper. I don’t trust him as far as I could throw that anti-American wife of his.

Huckabee made a mistake. He obviously is as ignorant of the real issue here just like you are. So I find it ironic as all heck that you in YOUR ignorance of the facts and issues at stake is calling Huckabee a racist and the rest of your insults.

The irony is that everything you accuse Huckabee of, you yourself are guilty of.

So, who’s the fool? You or Huckabee? Answer, you BOTH are.

We here don’t wonder why our nation is int he state it is. Its because of Americans like you. Ignorant fools who don’t take the time to understand the issues or their consequences.


84 posted on 03/02/2011 9:16:30 AM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais beatha do cheal deanaimha)
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To: Oakeshott
If Obama does not feel comfortable with a bust of Churchill, I understand that perfectly. If Churchill locked-up my grand daddy and Churchill’s men called my 50 something year old grand daddy “boy”, I wouldn’t want his mug near me.

A joke is a very serious thing.
Winston Churchill

85 posted on 03/02/2011 9:33:45 AM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Kenny Bunk

Kenny, what truly bugs the hell out me that the fraud in The White House continues to present himself as something he is not. You’re right, I’ll just let it go, I guess.

I do appreciate your explaining the nuances of the “physical differences and tribal distinctions,” etc. Seriously, I learned something.


86 posted on 03/02/2011 10:24:48 AM PST by Joe Marine 76 (Semper Fi!)
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To: Darksheare

“What is wrong with being an Arab?”

“ALLAHU ACKBAR!!” hmm.. there’s one clue.

“Nobody chooses how he/she is born.”
That does not entitle people to the Presidency of the United States just because you feel sorry for them.
It is not a lottery, nor is it to be awrded to people who aren’t fit for office just because you feel sorry for the little third worlder.

” There are scores of African muslims that convert to Christianity.”
Yes, and they end up persecuted, or outright murdered or it.
Your point?

“But even if Obama is a muslim, is that against the US constitution?”

You crack me up.
You know nothing about Islam, do you?
Islam has its own law called Shariah that forbids muslims from folowing other laws.
Like, our Constitution.
It is forbidden, shariah is to be the only law for muslims.
So, YES it IS against the constitution by their own admission and via their own law!


So I guess it was a mistake for President George W. Bush to appoint a Muslim (Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad) to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations? He WAS confirmed by the US Senate and he did serve in that position, Koran and all!


87 posted on 03/02/2011 10:29:08 AM PST by jamese777
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To: jamese777

Shariah law is the law of islam.
Shariah law forbids all other laws.
You can try to pick, argue, or troll all you want.
But the facts are as presented.


88 posted on 03/02/2011 10:30:39 AM PST by Darksheare (Dear Interdimensional Monstrosity, I fear our relationship has taken a turn for the worse...)
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To: jamese777

Straight from the quran, the three major translations:

002.191
YUSUFALI: And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith.
PICKTHAL: And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers.
SHAKIR: And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.

002.193
YUSUFALI: And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practise oppression.
PICKTHAL: And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except against wrong-doers.
SHAKIR: And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.

005.033
YUSUFALI: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;
PICKTHAL: The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;
SHAKIR: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement,


It should be pointed out that in the eyes of Islam, anyone who doesn’t follow Islam is deemed an oppressor, an infidel, a pagan, etc etc etc.
Those who profess to be muslim and yet do not follow what the Quran says are heretics and aposttes to their faith.


89 posted on 03/02/2011 10:40:29 AM PST by Darksheare (Dear Interdimensional Monstrosity, I fear our relationship has taken a turn for the worse...)
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To: Danae

Does it give you a modicum of satisfaction to know that the troll to whom you are addressing your remarks [Oakeshot] Got the Zot? Kablooie. No more troll.


90 posted on 03/02/2011 10:44:23 AM PST by Fantasywriter
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To: Darksheare

Straight from the quran, the three major translations:

002.191
YUSUFALI: And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith.
PICKTHAL: And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter. And fight not with them at the Inviolable Place of Worship until they first attack you there, but if they attack you (there) then slay them. Such is the reward of disbelievers.
SHAKIR: And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.

002.193
YUSUFALI: And fight them on until there is no more Tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in Allah; but if they cease, Let there be no hostility except to those who practise oppression.
PICKTHAL: And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except against wrong-doers.
SHAKIR: And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.

005.033
YUSUFALI: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;
PICKTHAL: The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter theirs will be an awful doom;
SHAKIR: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement,


So I guess it was a mistake for President Bush to appoint Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and for the US Senate to confirm him in that position?


91 posted on 03/02/2011 11:06:35 AM PST by jamese777
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To: Darksheare

Do I understand this right? We’ve actually got people—at least one, anyway—using FR to shill for Islam?

If this is the case, we’ve hit a new low.

Thanks for quoting the apt sections of the koran. A good muslim is one who kills infidels. A bad one is anyone who refuses to kill them. It’s extremely difficult-to-the-point-of-impossible, incidentally, for ordinary muslims to be sure of getting their perpetual virgins and beautiful young boys. One of the only known ways to be certain is to die in the act of killing infidels.

Convenient, no?


92 posted on 03/02/2011 11:08:24 AM PST by Fantasywriter
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To: Joe Marine 76
Joe, I feel your pain.

But my 100 year-old doctor uncle tells me, "All pain eventually ends. All bleeding stops. When? That's the real question."

You are right. He ain't right. The real question is, "What do we do about it?" "The When?" Seems to be 2012. In the meantime, it's a if we're on political chemotherapy with very bad side effects, with no real doctors in sight.

93 posted on 03/02/2011 11:12:19 AM PST by Kenny Bunk (Odd, but I never had to ask, "Who, or what exactly is Dwight Eisenhower?")
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To: Kenny Bunk

Well said, Kenny.


94 posted on 03/02/2011 1:26:17 PM PST by Joe Marine 76 (Semper Fi!)
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To: Joe Marine 76
Now before I get blasted, this is what the article states: Obama is 50% Caucasian from Mama, 43.75% Arab and 6.25% African Negro from “Senior.”

You are correct.

Now let's 'refine' your equation further . . . . .

As a race - - - - Arab is considered CAUCASIAN. . . Therefore:

That equates to:

7/8 ths CAUCASIAN.

His kids are more African-American (just the facts - makes no matter to the discussion)(via) Michelle than HE IS. . . .

Corrections are welcome - flames are ignored.

95 posted on 03/02/2011 2:11:39 PM PST by Freeper (Obama - Please STOP representing MY country!)
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To: Freeper; Joe Marine 76
I will need a little than you posts to convince me that this a caucasian ...


96 posted on 03/02/2011 2:20:08 PM PST by SeeSac
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To: SeeSac

Wow, in that photo of Barack Senior, he REALLY is completely different in all facial structure and features from little Barack. I do not think a casting director would EVER cast them as father and son because it’s not believable. Weird.


97 posted on 03/02/2011 2:22:15 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: SeeSac

As I Said Flames are ignored!


98 posted on 03/02/2011 2:23:50 PM PST by Freeper (Obama - Please STOP representing MY country!)
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To: Fantasywriter

Yes, we’ve had muzzy trolls on FR for awhile.
And you have it correct, a good muzzy is one who kills infidels because he is commanded to do so.
One who does not follow what their prophet said is considered a heretic and worse than an apostate.

Welcome.
The quran is full of self damaging quotes for those who deal with pro-muzzy trolls.


99 posted on 03/02/2011 6:03:28 PM PST by Darksheare (Dear Interdimensional Monstrosity, I fear our relationship has taken a turn for the worse...)
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To: jamese777

Now be a nice little troll and dance for me!


100 posted on 03/02/2011 6:04:02 PM PST by Darksheare (Dear Interdimensional Monstrosity, I fear our relationship has taken a turn for the worse...)
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