Dana, It wasn't just anyone claiming Odinga was his cousin. Odinga says he is Obama's cousin. Now, Odinga may be lying. If he is lying, that is a newsworthy story. Why is he lying? Why isn't Obama calling him out for lying? If he is not lying, it is a newsworthy story for the already mentioned items.
As far as campaigning, the cbs2 clip says the Obama was never far from Odinga's elbow while he was in Kenya. The president of Kenya accused Obama of campaigning. Why would he accuse Obama campaigning? On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ok so > > someone says Odinga is Obama's cousin, but there is no evidence for > this (and we seem to be talking about something mroe remote than > second cousin at best anyway) > > someone says Obama campaigned for Obama, but we have no evidence for this > > for all I know odinga claims to be my cousin too... > > ::shrug:: > > > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > "Didnt I post a snopes on this the first time you posted it?" > > > > Dana, > > > > I do not know if you posted a snopes link or not. I never saw one, but I > > don't read every post. Sometimes I don't read cf-community for weeks at > a > > time. > > > > The snopes article does not deny that Odinga claimed Obama is his cousin. > I > > have never claimed that Odinga is Obama's cousin. All the snopes article > > does is verify what I the link that I posted: That Odinga claims Obama > as > > his cousin. The snopes article verifies that Obama made public > > appearances with Odinga in 2006. > > > > The money donation thing I'll concede since an Obama spokesman said he > > didn't give money to Odinga. I'll concede that Obama didn't ask Dick > Morris > > to help Obama either since Morris said he did it of his own free will. > > > > Back to the nature of this thread, it was suggested that people might > find > > it newsworthy that Obama has relatives in Kenya. Likewise, some people > > might find it newsworthy that the formerly imprisoned for insurrection, > > communist, muslim prime minister of Kenya, whose followers rioted and > killed > > many Christians after he lost an election, claims to be Obama's cousin, > > especially considering that Obama has contacted him and given speeches > with > > him. Obviously you don't. > > > > Here is a link to a CBS2 news clip at youtube that shows excerpts of > Obama > > in Africa. Part of the clip talks about the president of Kenya accusing > > Obama of campaigning for Odinga: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpvLV3d1Eq4&eurl > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280252 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
