Obama's Cuz.....Raila Odingo

[Mike]

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Let's Hope Obama's Followers Don't Act Like His Cousin's If He Loses


Barack Obama is not the first one in his family to run for president. His cousin ran for President of Kenya, and here's what happened when he lost.



By mid-February 2008, more than 1,500 Kenyans were killed. Many were slain by machete-armed attackers. More than 500,000 were displaced by the religious strife. Villages lay in ruin. Many of the atrocities were perpetrated by Muslims against Christians.
The violence was led by supporters of Raila Odinga, the opposition leader who lost the Dec. 27, 2007, presidential election by more than 230,000 votes. Odinga supporters began the genocide hours after the final election results were announced Dec. 30. Mr. Odinga was a member of Parliament representing an area in western Kenya, heavily populated by the Luo tribe, and the birthplace of Barack Obama's father.



Guess who helped him campaign?


Initially, Mr. Odinga was not the favored opposition candidate to stand in the 2007 election against President Mwai Kibaki, who was seeking his second term. However, he received a tremendous boost when Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Kenya in August 2006 to campaign on his behalf. Mr. Obama denies that supporting Mr. Odinga was the intention of his trip, but his actions and local media reports tell otherwise. 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.



You know what would have happened had Odinga won?


In return for Muslim backing, Mr. Odinga promised to impose a number of measures favored by Muslims if he were elected president. Among these were recognition of "Islam as the only true religion," Islamic leaders would have an "oversight role to monitor activities of ALL other religions [emphasis in original]," installation of Shariah courts in every jurisdiction, a ban on Christian preaching, replacement of the police commissioner who "allowed himself to be used by heathens and Zionists," adoption of a women's dress code, and bans on alcohol and pork.


And you know what Obama said at Odinga's campaign rallies?


"Kenyans are now yearning for change!"



Gee, where have we heard that before?


Read more at the Washington Times

[kolanuraven]

[Mike]

[jigs]

will the anti gun people now become anti machette people too??

[Mike]

[Vision]

[hopalong]

Guess kolo has a headache from all those rolling eyes to answer.,
The post is way over her head anyway, but then what isn't,