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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (54261)	11/4/2008 7:26:49 AM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224705

I saw the video, a collection of clips, and I'm not certain what I'm looking at. There are scenes where Obama is speaking with Odinga at his side, and Odinga appears to be making the most of the Obama visit, but are they campaign events or something else? The dancing scenes seem to be pretty common way visitors are greeted. As I replied to someone else, the video poster appears to have posted some pretty over the top, sick material so I'm not inclined to take his Odinga video at face value. Finally, what would Obama have to gain from associating with Odinga or getting involved in Kenyan politics? Absolutely, positively nothing. Zero benefit. Huge downside. Obama, a pretty clever politician, is running for president of the United States of America, the most powerful post on the planet. Why in the world would he get involved in an a third world political event with no strategic significance? I don't see any dots to connect. The following is from the Seattle Times (the link also debunks some anti McCain junk): A third popular Obama "tip" has to do with Raila Odinga, the Kenyan prime minister and former opposition leader who claimed that Obama was a distant cousin. The reports surfaced after a political crisis in Kenya in which many international observers believed the vote was stolen from Odinga. As the international community rallied behind the opposition, Obama spoke to Odinga briefly on the telephone. The media has ignored stories about the relationship between the two men because there's no real evidence that one exists. But the story suggests that Obama campaigned for Odinga and funneled money to his campaign and that they're close allies. The story also subjects Odinga to the same sort of rumor that afflicts Obama: that despite Odinga's professed Christian faith (the Kenyan prime minister is an Anglican), the two men are conspiring to institute Muslim law ... in Kenya. A range of officials has denied almost every detail of the rumor, and the story more or less debunked itself in October when anti-Obama writer Jerome Corsi released an e-mail purporting to be a message from Obama to the Odinga camp. The problem: The e-mail clearly was not written by a native English speaker. seattletimes.nwsource.com I respect your right to believe what you wish, and my post is unlikely to change your mind, but this Odinga thing seems to be yet another weird allegation, one of many against both Obama and McCain during the campaign, that is unsupported by corraborative evidence.