Only small crowds greet Obama during Ghana visit

Yahoo News ^ | Sat Jul 11, 10:39 am ET | TODD PITMAN

[dila813]

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

[DennisR]

You are so right...

[Islander7]

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

[myknowledge]

Dubya did something better.

[UCANSEE2]

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.

[muawiyah]

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.

[gemoftheocean]

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