On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Jerry Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
If Obama was supporting someone who was advocating that his followers kill Christians, that is a story no doubt. If Obama is somehow related to a person through family but not action or support, then there is no story. As to why Odinga would claim that Obama was his cousin, I think the obvious answer is that it raises Odinga's profile during a time that he was trying to obtain power in Kenya. > 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? The President of Kenya at the time hates Odinga with a purple passion. His row with Odinga turned the country into a virtual civil war before the crisis was finally resolved. I'm sure he accused Odinga and everyone even peripherally associated with him of a heck of a lot worse than campaigning. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:280255 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
