Posted on 06/30/2013 11:22:39 AM PDT by ColdOne
President Barack Obama's trip to Africa has largely been ignored by the U.S. media, and for good reason: it seems to have no real purpose.
While attention to Africa is long overdue, the president is announcing no new strategy, concluding no significant agreements--merely announcing a new investment in African power generation, which African companies are arguably capable of funding and carrying out themselves.
Much of his trip to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania consists of sightseeing with his family--and an entourage of 1,000, at a cost to taxpayers of $60 to $100 million.
Consider the reason Obama gave reporters about why he is visiting Cape Town on Sunday:
His schedule on Sunday begins with a flight to Cape Town and then a helicopter ride to the museum on Robben Island.
Obama visited when he was a senator but this time is bringing his family. He said he's eager to teach them about Mandela's role in overcoming white racist rule, first as an activist and later as a president who forged a unity government with his former captors.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
And not a peep out of the republican’ts.
That's a complicated question, but Obama Adm always aims for two-fers or three-fers.
1) Pumping up his rightfully deflated image by;
a) Sucking the blood out of Mandela's memory before he is dead. Didn't Obama get a scare and change Africa trip to leave earlier than planned? Then, when he learned that the Mandela family wasn't going to grant him access to Mandela for a photo op, he announced in punk fashion that he didn't need no photo-op with Mandela.
Does that remind anyone of Obama's other recent punk statement, after suffering humiliation: ""No, I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker,"
b) ) Sucking the blood out of Mandela's and RFK's memory with his Cape Town speech.
2) Michelle and kids and 1000 attendants needed a VACA (where did I see 1000 attendants?)---with enough scheduled appointments to justify $100 mil "business trip"
3) Obama VACA ---Breaking: Guess Who Else Is In South Africa? Reggie Love!
4) What MamaDearest said... in posts 22 & 70
Bookmark posts 22 & 70.
Thanks for the ping. Makes me feel like at least someone is paying attention to what’s going on with as much concern as I have. There’s a lot of connecting dots and certainly the MSM isn’t going to to connect them or even try.
Buying some hash to smoke at their next White House party?
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