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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I suspect this is the case, Ghana doesn’t want the repression that Obama fostered on the East Africa Side of the Continent.
You are so right...
"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.
"......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
Dubya did something better.
Clinton was the first 'black' white President they had seen.
Obama is just a 'white' black person, and they have seen plenty of those.
No one would rationally expect a big crowd for Obama anywhere in Africa.
You answered your own question. NO man is a prophet among his own people.. and these Africans ARE Barry’s people
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