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Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana is snub to Kenya, his ancestral home
The Times ^
| July 10, 2009
| Jonathan Clayton
Posted on 07/10/2009 6:15:09 PM PDT by george76
Barack Obama, Kenyas most famous son, may have a deep attachment to his ancestral homeland but he is not letting emotions rule his head. On his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since his election, he has snubbed his fathers birthplace by choosing to go to Ghana.
The Kenyan Government and its notoriously corrupt and quarrelsome ministers are not happy...
Kenya has been left to ponder what might have been. In the heady days of Mr Obamas ascent to the White House, politicians particularly those from the Luo tribe of his late father had envisioned an African-style special relationship.
Kenyas elite whispered of preferential trade and investment deals, increased business opportunities and an image-boosting first visit to their country by an incumbent US president...
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; barack; barackobama; barackthekenyan; bc; bho44; bhoafrica; birthcertificate; ghana; kenya; kenyan; obama; snub
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:15:10 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
Obama doesn’t want to draw too much attention to the fact that he’s a Kenyan.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:16:00 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: george76
Ancestral home? I.e., native land.
To: george76
He is probably worried his butcher relative Odinga will want to hang around him....maybe they could both talk about how they exchanged email on how to fool the folks with that hope and change bilge.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:18:45 PM PDT
by
dforest
(Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
To: Arthur McGowan
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:19:28 PM PDT
by
hiho hiho
To: LucyT
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:19:40 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
had envisioned an African-style special relationshipIn other words... money. More hopeandchange stuff alert...
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:21:25 PM PDT
by
John123
(Turn on your teleprompter Obama and read your lips... "No New Taxes!!")
To: george76
Kenya just got thrown under the bus.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:22:59 PM PDT
by
Third Person
(0bama is a Little Lebowski Urban Achiever)
To: george76
Barack Obamas visit to Ghana is snub to Kenya, his ancestral homeThat's OK this whole administration including the Czars is a snub to the constitution.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:28:30 PM PDT
by
YankeeReb
To: george76
Not even gonna say hello to your brother....You could at least drop bye and give him a Hut-Warming gift..C’mon.......Barry
To: george76
On his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since his election, he has snubbed his fathers birthplace by choosing to go to Ghana. There.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:34:39 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(You're either in or in the way.)
To: george76; Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; PhilDragoo; Candor7; BP2; MeekOneGOP; ...
Thanks, george76.
Kenyan
.... Unless he was born in Ghana.
There was a large, black, ex-pat group living in Ghana, including Maya Angelou, and may be why his sister is named Maya. The Ghana black ex-pat community was full of Malcolm X friends and supporters ... who also believed in Pan-Africanism.
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posted on
07/10/2009 6:36:02 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
The real baby daddy (uncle Frank) would be proud of Barry!
To: george76
Oh my......hopefully they’ll get so upset they send us his BC...........
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:05:01 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: Sioux-san
If you get a chance take a look at the picture of Malcolm X — the resemblence is uncanny.
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:08:56 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 ! Sarah for President 2012)
To: coconutt2000
I agree with you and The Times has the wrong spin on this one- Barry wouldn’t put one foot in there because of the consequences and we know what those are
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:12:03 PM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
To: george76
0bama doesn't want the MSM to see all the statues Kenya has erected to himself as their NATIVE SON.
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:34:35 PM PDT
by
HighlyOpinionated
(Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann in 2012. With Liz Cheney as Secretary of State.)
To: PhiKapMom; LucyT
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:36:52 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
To: Fred Nerks; Sioux-san
Thanks, Fred Nerks.
Pinging Sioux-san to #18.
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:39:23 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: LucyT
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posted on
07/10/2009 7:49:35 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(FAIR DINKUM!)
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