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Only small crowds greet Obama during Ghana visit
Yahoo News ^ | Sat Jul 11, 10:39 am ET | TODD PITMAN

Posted on 07/11/2009 8:07:50 PM PDT by dila813

ACCRA, Ghana – The lucky ones saw him waving from behind the bulletproof glass of his passing vehicle for a few fleeting seconds. The others, like the rest of the world, just watched President Barack Obama's visit on TV.

Despite the huge excitement and anticipation surrounding Obama's first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as president, only relatively small crowds came out to meet him in Ghana's capital. The absence of any big public event outdoors, heavy security that blocked roads, and uncertainty over which routes Obama might take combined to keep large crowds away.

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KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoafrica; bhovisit; ghana; obama
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To: GVnana

I suspect this is the case, Ghana doesn’t want the repression that Obama fostered on the East Africa Side of the Continent.


21 posted on 07/11/2009 10:35:01 PM PDT by dila813
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To: married21

You are so right...


22 posted on 07/11/2009 10:39:05 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable, and unambiguous clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: dila813
Yes, I remember, thanks to Free Republic.

"Under President Bush, Africa has got more from U.S. foreign policy than
any previous American presidency," Ghanaian Foreign Minister Akwasi
Osei-Adjei told Reuters in an interview before Bush's arrival.

Bush of Africa

"......Mr. Bush hasn't gotten much credit for this among the American public,
but, as a BBC interviewer noted yesterday, his approval rating in Africa is
in the 80% range, which is astonishingly high....."

February 15, 2008

23 posted on 07/11/2009 11:46:29 PM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Islander7

Dubya did something better.


24 posted on 07/12/2009 1:10:42 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: John W
Maybe the second black American president isn’t that big of a deal to them.

Clinton was the first 'black' white President they had seen.

Obama is just a 'white' black person, and they have seen plenty of those.

25 posted on 07/12/2009 6:12:32 AM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Sir Clancelot
The answer is that in Africa it can safely be said they've seen black politicians and they know what they're generally about.

No one would rationally expect a big crowd for Obama anywhere in Africa.

26 posted on 07/12/2009 8:59:31 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Sir Clancelot

You answered your own question. NO man is a prophet among his own people.. and these Africans ARE Barry’s people


27 posted on 07/12/2009 3:19:59 PM PDT by gemoftheocean (...geez, this all seems so straight forward and logical to me...)
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