Sunday - March 02, 2008

Do birds of a feather all sing the same song too?

Please folks, stop me if you’ve heard a story like this before recently. Somewhere. Anywhere. Maybe in Denmark perhaps?

Kenyan elders have demanded an apology from Washington ahead of a planned protest over the controversial photograph of the American presidential hopeful Barack Obama in traditional Somali dress.

The picture, which appeared on an American website, showed the Democratic front-runner donning a white headdress and robes during a visit in 2006 to the north-eastern town of Wajir.

The photo took centre stage in an increasingly acrimonious race for the White House, with Mr Obama’s aides accusing his party rival Hillary Clinton’s camp of “the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering” after it was published.

Mr Obama, whose late father was from western Kenya, has fought a whispering campaign by fringe elements who wrongly say that he is Muslim and have even compared his surname to that of al-Qa’ida’s leader, Osama bin Laden.

The dispute has angered many in Kenya who resent the implication that Mr Obama did anything wrong during his visit. Wajir residents plan to demonstrate after Friday prayers today to show their support for the Illinois senator. Mohamed Ibrahim, who attended a crisis meeting in Wajir yesterday by clan members who hosted Mr Obama, said: ”The US government must apologise to us as a clan and the old man. We have been offended and we cannot afford to just watch and stay silent.”

He said it was essential that Mrs Clinton “clear her name” too. The old man in question was the retired chief Sheikh Mohamed Hassan.

If there was no apology, the elders would demand the expulsion of US troops based in the town of Garissa.

But ... oh noooo ... don’t you even go thinkin that O-blama just might have some connection to the islamofascists over there. You know, the ones tearing the country apart over the recent elections, the ones “expressing displeasure and frustration” with the government by barricading Christians in their churches and burning them alive. The ones who just happen to be islamic and who just happen to belong to the Luo tribe. Just like Daddy Obama did.

Nope, can’t think thoughts like that. Cuz if you do, then all these pure innocent African types who all just happen to be named Mo-ham-head, will get their diapers and turbans in a twist over some pictures that just happen to be suddenly offensive. Spontaneous riots in Paris by “troubled youths” scheduled for Thursday.

Nothing to see here, move along.

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Posted by Drew458     on 03/02/2008 at 11:14 PM   
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