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Investigate Barack's Kenyan
connections!
Michael Gaynor
February 14, 2008
With Joe Klein in the tank for Barack and Dick Morris calling
Odinga a client, the whole story has not been told and, for
America's sake, it better unfold (very quickly, for Hillary's sake,
not THAT quickly for McCain's).
Pamela Geller, Israel National News.com, January 9, 2008: "The
recent revelations of [Barack] Obama's ties to Raila Odinga in
Kenya are disconcerting... because Odinga is behind the terrible
violence in his country. It was he who instigated bloody riots and
killing after he lost the election. Obama's bias for his fellow
Luo was so blatant that a Kenyan government spokesman denounced
Obama during his visit as Raila's 'stooge.' And while there are
few angels in Kenya, Odinga is the source of great unrest and
turmoil; and the {Memorandum of Understanding] he signed with the
Muslim Council to institute sharia [Islamic law] is a
foreshadowing of a dark fate for Kenya."
Unsurprisingly, what Joe Klein left out of his Time article
extrolling Barack ("Obama's Other Life") is much more important
than what he included and he really spun like a top for the
liberal media darling.
Mr. Klein:
"One of the more extraordinary stories of the Obama campaign has
been playing out behind the scenes over the past week as the
candidate has been working on a daily basis to try to calm things
down in his father's homeland and his grandmother's home, Kenya,
where a contested election has led to riots.
"On January 1, two days before the Iowa caucuses, Obama left a
message for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. According to
Robert Gibbs, Obama's Communications Director, Rice called back
'as we were driving from Sioux City to Council Bluffs on January
1. They talked about the situation and Rice asked Obama to tape a
Voice of America message calling for calm.' Obama taped the
message on January 2, after a rally in Davenport, Iowa. He said,
in part:
'Despite irregularities in the vote tabulation, now is not the
time to throw that strong democracy away. Now is a time for
President Kibaki, opposition leader Odinga, and all of Kenya's
leaders to call for calm, to come together, and to start a
political process to address peacefully the controversies that
divide them. Now is the time for this terrible violence to end.
'Kenya's long democratic journey has at times been difficult. But
at critical moments, Kenyans have chosen unity and progress over
division and disaster. The way forward is not through violence —
it is through democracy, and the rule of law. To all of Kenya's
people, I ask you to renew Kenya's democratic tradition, and to
seek your dreams in peace.'
"On January 3, the day of the caucuses, he had a conversation with
Bishop Desmond Tutu, who had flown to Nairobi to see if he could
begin negotiations with the factions. In the days since his Iowa
victory, Obama has had near-daily conversations with the U.S.
Ambassador in Kenya or with opposition leader Raila Odinga. As of
late this afternoon, before his rally in Rochester, N.H., Obama
was trying to reach Kenyan President Kibaki.
"I haven't been able to talk to Obama directly about this — he is
sort of busy right now — but it does seem noteworthy that, in the
midst of the most amazing week of his life, Barack Obama has found
the time to do a some diplomatic scut-work. I suspect we'll be
seeing a lot of this sort of thing if he wins the nomination and
is elected President."
With Joe Klein in the tank for Barack and Dick Morris calling
Odinga a client, the whole story has not been told and, for
America's sake, it better unfold (very quickly, for Hillary's sake,
not THAT quickly for McCain's).
"I HAVE always believed in freedom, ...democracy, tolerance,
diversity, social justice and good governance....The strength,
resilience and spirit of the poor and disadvantaged of our country
motivated my actions. The people...deserve so much more than a
list of their problems. We have lived our lives under successive
governments that have lacked purpose and integrity. Now we need
solutions. We need action. We need leadership.
"Our country requires a different style of political leadership,
as well as a different style of politics. This means a willingness
to listen as well as to guide, a commitment to explain as well as
set out our choices, and the courage to spell out the costs as
well as the benefits of proposals and policies.
"I am weary of the failure of old policies and tired men. [The
country] is once again at the crossroads and a new society is
struggling to be born. We are on the side of the future, and [I
am] the only agent of change and hope But we cannot be agents of
change if we believe in 'business as usual' and if we are afraid
of making tough decisions and choices that will drive [our country]
forward...."
Senator Barack Hussein Obama?
No, Raila Amolo Odinga.
In August 2006, Barack made his third trip to his thrice-married
Muslim father's homeland, Kenya, and publicly spoke in the Kenyan
capitol, Nairobi, in favor of his host, Odinga, enthusiastically
enough to be denounced by a Kenyan government spokesman as
Odinga's "stooge," as Ms. Geller reported.
Odinga claims to be Barack's paternal first cousin (a much closer
relationship than Barack "enjoys" with Vice President Cheney).
BBC News, January 8, 2008 (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7176683.stm ):
"Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is a cousin of
US presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
"Mr Odinga told the BBC's The World Today that Senator Obama's
father was his maternal uncle."
Most American probably now know that Barack's father was a Kenyan
Muslim and many know that Barack's Muslim paternal "grandmother"
is following the 2008 presidential race from Kenyan.
But that's about all that's generally known about Barack's Kenyan
relatives.
Voters should know much more, and sooner rather than later.
Barack has acknowledged Vice President Dick Cheney as a cousin on
his mother's side, albeit without any sign of affection.
The full extent of Barack's tie to Odinga seems to be something he
prefers not to acknowledge.
Barack should tell the voters about cousin Raila as well as cousin
Dick.
Odinga is not a household name in the United States, of course,
but it is in Kenya.
Wikipedia: "Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a Kenyan
politician. He has served as a Member of Parliament since 1992,
was Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002, and was Minister of
Roads, Public Works and Housing from 2003 to 2005. He was the main
opposition candidate in the disputed 2007 presidential election.
Odinga is the son of the first Vice President of Kenya, Jaramogi
Oginga Odinga; his brother, Oburu Odinga, is also currently an
MP."
Odinga was running for president of Kenya while Barack was running
here in the United States.
Wikipedia:
"Odinga launched his presidential campaign in Uhuru Park in
Nairobi on October 6, 2007, which saw a record attendance in this
or any other venue in independent Kenya. The police estimated an
attendance of close to 450,000."
Just as Barack (author of Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race
and Inheritance, a memoir published in 1995 after Barack was
elected the first African-American president of the Harvard Law
Review but before his political career began), has been trying to
distance himself from his father's religion (Islam), Odinga has
tried to distance himself from his father's politics (socialist).
Wikipedia: "At his website, Raila lists himself as a social
democrat, thus making distance from his father, who was openly
socialist. His party, the LDP, is affiliated to the Liberal
International."
Odinga's official website (
www.raila07.com
) bills him (no kidding!) as "the People's President" and "your
Agent for Change" and has links to "Register for Change" and "Vote
for Change."
Odinga ran unsuccessfully for president of Kenya in 2007, claiming
that "[w]ith [his] candidacy, Kenyans finally have the opportunity
to reject 'politics as usual'...and vote for positive change" and
he "is the only candidate that represents the kind of change that
Kenyans have been yearning for."
Do those lines seem familiar?
Odinga's slogan: "Make the right decision — together, let us
realize that dream of our nation."
Odinga says that his "social, political and economic
agenda...embraces education, social empowerment, the environment,
health and infrastructure."
Odinga says that he believes in "fiscal responsibility, effective
institutions, rule of law and good governance" and insists that
the private sector "must be managed with prudence."
Odinga's very strong on generalities!
But his website included this very interesting specific nestled in
the section on the professional life of Odinga's wife Ida: "Many
women in prominent positions today passed through Ida's hands
during her tenure as a teacher....includ[ing] Auma Obama, sister
to US Senator Barack Obama. and a UK social worker."
Note: Odinga reportedly cut a deal for the Muslim vote in Kenya.
Wikipedia: "In 2007 Raila Odinga was rumored to have signed a
memorandum of understanding with the National Muslim Leaders
Forum, NAMLEF. Kenyan Muslim leaders denied that the MOU promised
to introduce Sharia for Muslims if it won elections, but said its
deal with the Orange Democratic Movement was to end the current
discrimination against Muslims."
The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya posted on its website a
photographic copy of the Memorandum of Understanding, dated and
signed on August 29, 2007, between Odinga and Shiekh Abdullah Abdi,
chairman of the National Muslim Leaders Forum of Kenya.
The memorandum specified 14 actions, listed a) through n), that
Odinga would take as Kenyan president including: b) within 6
months re-writing the Constitution of Kenya "to recognize Shariah
as the only true law sanctioned by the Holy Quran for Muslim
declared regions"; c) dismissing the Commissioner of Police "who
has allowed himself to be used by heathens and Zionists to oppress
the Kenyan Muslim community"; and g) within one year facilitating
the establishment of a Shariah court in every Kenyan divisional
headquarters [that is, throughout Kenya, not just in "Muslim
declared regions."].
It is undisputed that Odinga became politically ambitious long ago
and spent many years in jail.
Wikipedia:
"[Odinga] was placed under house arrest for seven months after
being suspected of collaborating with the plotters of a failed
coup attempt against President Daniel Arap Moi in 1982. [Odinga]
was charged with treason and was detained without trial for six
years.
"A biography released in July 2006 suggested that [Odinga] was
more involved in the coup than previously thought. After its
publication, some MPs called for [Odinga] to be arrested and
charged, but the statute of limitations had already passed and,
since the information was contained in a biography, Raila could
not be said to have openly confessed his involvement.
"Released on February 6th, 1988, he was rearrested in September,
1988 for his involvement with the Kenya Revolutionary Movement
(KRM), an underground organization pressing for multi-party
democracy in Kenya, which was then a one-party state.
"[Odinga] was released on June 12th, 1989, only to be incarcerated
again on July 5th, 1990, together with Kenneth Matiba, and former
Nairobi Mayor Charles Rubia. [Odinga] was released on June 21st,
1991, and in October, he fled the country to Norway alleging
government attempts to assassinate him."
The Personal Life part of the Wikipedia article on Odinga revealed
that his older son is named after Fidel Castro and his younger
daughter after Winnie Mandella and reported that he "claims to be
a cousin of... Barack Obama through the latter's father, Barack
Obama Sr., who [he] claims was his maternal uncle" and that "Obama
Sr. did come from the same Luo community as Odinga."
Maybe that's why Barack is willing to meet with Fidel without
precondition!
Odinga's Marxist father sent him to school in EAST Germany during
the Cold War.
This information shines a new light on National Journal's
designation of Barack as the most liberal United States Senator.
Right Truth (
http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2008/01/obamas-sharia-c.html
):
"Obama's Sharia Connections in Kenya
"I think everyone needs to take another look at Barack Obama, his
history, his church and his continuing connection to sharia law in
Kenya:
Obama appears to have sided with opposition leader Raila Odinga,
head of the same Luo tribe to which Obama's late Muslim father
belonged.
Obama's older brother still lives there. Abongo 'Roy' Obama is a
Luo activist and a militant Muslim who argues that the black man
must "liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European
culture.' He urges his younger brother to embrace his African
heritage.
Beyond family politics, these ties have potential foreign policy,
even national security, implications.
Odinga is a Marxist who reportedly has made a pact with a
hard-line Islamic group in Kenya to establish Shariah courts
throughout the country. He has also vowed to ban booze and pork
and impose Muslim dress codes on women — moves favored by Obama's
brother.
With al-Qaida strengthening its beachheads in Africa — from
Algeria to Sudan to Somalia — the last thing the West needs is for
pro-Western Kenya to fall into the hands of Islamic extremists.
Yet Obama interrupted his New Hampshire campaigning to speak by
phone with Odinga, who claims to be his cousin. He did not speak
with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki.
Would Obama put African tribal or family interests ahead of U.S.
interests? (continue reading at Investors Business Daily)
"On Jan. 1, the world learned from major news sources that some
churches and their occupants were burned in Kenya by Kenyans who
didn't like the outcome of a recent election. The media failed to
report that these were MUSLIMS killing and destroying Christians
and their churches.
Why do the Muslims back the more left-leaning Odinga? Like
leftists in Europe and America, Odinga and his faction want to use
Islam to oppose Christianity, which is seen as an impediment to
the left's agenda. [snip]
We are talking about objectivity and its dire lack in the media.
It seems pretty clear that the mainstream media have two reasons
for omitting the details of the story:
1. They sympathize with Islam because it is the 'enemy of the
enemy,' namely, Christianity.
2. They are cowards hoping to avoid a confrontation with Islam in
their home countries. (WND)
"I suggest a number 3. That Barack Obama is a media darling, has
direct connections to Kenya and Odinga, and the press doesn't want
American voters to be aware of this connection."
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