Most of the basis for this comes from Baraks book which was a book about a mixed race kid growing up in the America's in the 60's and 70's and not feeling comfortable with either group.
The anti-colonial BS comes from the assumption that because his father came from Kenya somehow that makes him anti-colonial. That Barak is captured by his Kenyen (read black) core. The equivalent would be if you had a parent that you never knew that came from Poland somehow you would be deeply anti German.
The story is far fetched at best and easily preys on those who may have racist tendencies. Their are lots of valid reasons to be against President Obama but this half baked conjecture is not one of them. In my mind it reflects more poorly on those who cite it then it does on Obama.
Your post reeks of the signature of a reliable Democrat voter....the kind who has gone so long without thinking that it is now default.
You have no way of rebutting the several posts that pin the tail on this Leftist donkey in the people's house other than the predictable....
........."RACISM!!!!"
Can't begin to tell you how intimidated I am.
So as to give you another reason to to insert your fav exclamation:
1. . In August and September 2006, Senator Barack Obama traveled to South Africa, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Chad and Kenya as a congressional delegation of one (Codel Obama) (“Codel Obama” The Hill 9/7/2006) While in Kenya, Obama consistently appeared at the side of fellow Luo Raila Odinga (“your agent for change’), who was running for President. (“Senator Rebukes Kenya’s Corruption” Chicago Sun Times 8/29/2006) Because of his African heritage, Obama was treated as a virtual “Head of State” in Kenya While campaigning with Odinga, Obama was openly critical of governmental corruption under President Mibaki –usually a fair, if undiplomatic, criticism from an objective observer.
However, KibakiÂ’s government has been better than most---and Odinga has his own corruption issues.(
“Loud and Populist, But No Political Outsider” The Guardian 12/29/2007)
Obama’s partisan support for Odinga was considered so transparent, that the Kenyan Government spokesman, Alfred Matua, complained of political posturing to aid Odinga’s election chances: “It is very clear that the senator has been used as a puppet to perpetuate opposition politics,"(“Walking The World Stage” Newsweek 9/11/06) And, “...we earlier thought he was mature in his assessment of Kenyan and African politics,” Mutua told AFP. (...)
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2. Mr. Odinga and Mr. Obama were nearly inseparable throughout Mr. Obama’s six-day stay. The two traveled together throughout Kenya and Mr. Obama spoke on behalf of Mr. Odinga at numerous rallies. In contrast, Mr. Obama had only criticism for Kibaki. He lashed out against the Kenyan government shortly after meeting with the president on Aug. 25. “The [Kenyan] people have to suffer over corruption perpetrated by government officials,” Mr. Obama announced.
Mr. Odinga and Mr. Obama had met several times before the 2006 trip. Reports indicate Mr. Odinga visited Mr. Obama during trips to the U.S. in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Mr. Obama sent his foreign policy adviser Mark Lippert to Kenya in early 2006 to coordinate his summer visit. Mr. ObamaÂ’s August trip coincided with strategizing by Orange Democratic Movement leaders to defeat Mr. Kibaki in the upcoming elections. Mr. Odinga represented the ODM ticket in the presidential race.
Mr. Odinga and Mr. Obama’s father were both from the Luo community, the second-largest tribe in Kenya, but their ties run much deeper. Mr. Odinga told a stunned BBC Radio interviewer the reason why he and Mr. Obama were staying in near daily telephone contact was because they were cousins. In a Jan. 8, 2008, interview, Mr. Odinga said Mr. Obama had called him twice the day before while campaigning in the New Hampshire primary before adding, “Barack Obama’s father is my maternal uncle.”
Mr. ObamaÂ’s judgment is seriously called into question when he backs an official with troubling ties to Muslim extremists and whose supporters practice ethnic cleansing and genocide. It was Islamic extremists in Kenya who bombed the U.S. Embassy in 1998, killing more than 200 and injuring thousands. None of this has dissuaded Mr. Obama from maintaining disturbing loyalties.
HYMAN: Obama's Kenya ghosts - Washington Times
3. Should ObamaÂ’s cousin, Raila Odinga, the leader of KenyaÂ’s violent Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), a Marxist and Socialist political party with strong Islamic fundamentalist leaning be permitted to enter the U.S. to attend ObamaÂ’s inauguration?
Should Obama
4. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6eVVVKFHu0&feature=fvwrel]Obama and Odinga Campaign in Kenya - YouTube[/ame]
