Senator rebukes Kenya's corruption (2006 Obama)

Chicago Sun Times ^ | August 29, 2006 | BY LYNN SWEET

[Islander7]

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Sen. Barack Obama delivered a lecture on Monday against graft and patronage hiring, ethnic-bloc voting that does not yield the best and brightest government leaders, and political families who hoard the spoils of power. But his focus was not the scandals surrounding Chicago's City Hall or public corruption probes in Springfield. Or the political tribes of Madigan, Stroger, Hynes and Daley.

Rather, at the University of Nairobi in a speech televised live, Obama used the platform he has as the wildly popular son of a Kenyan to tell this nation their freedom is jeopardized by public corruption.

"My own city of Chicago, Ill., has been the home of some of the most corrupt local politics in American history over the years,'' Obama said, "from patronage machines to questionable elections.''

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Appears with candidate

Obama appeared with opposition leader Raila Odinga -- a Luo running for president -- at stops on Saturday in his father's native district.

Mutua, in the CBS2 interview, said Obama may have been caught up in ethnic politics with Odinga "using Sen. Obama as his stooge, as his puppet.''

[Islander7]

[truthluva]

"I have to tell you, that as someone who lives outside of Kenya, the notion that at this stage in the nation's development there would still be politics primarily based on arguments between Luo, Kikuyu, Kamba and Maasi doesn't make any sense,'' said Obama, ticking off the names of the larger groups.

Tries to bring them 'together'...

"Maybe if everybody was rich, we could afford to have these arguments.''

Then tears them apart with class warfare. This man is true Alinsky

[DAC21]

This is a peace of the Corsi puzzle that he is putting together in regards to Bambi supporting his radical “Sharia Law” Cousin in this election.

Corsi on Hanity and Combs come Monday, don’t miss it.

This is going to be a fun 28 days

[Jazz1968]

I fear for Corsi,I really do!

[gop4lyf]

Since when is he against ethnic block voting? Aren’t 95% of “ethnic” blacks block voting for him?

[9YearLurker]

I love how he says ‘we’, as if he is just a Kenyan ‘who lives outside of Kenya’.

[Lorianne]

Well, he’s right about Kenya (and every other African nation). Hope his words can change things slightly.

[SERKIT]

"My own city of Chicago, Ill., has been the home of some of the most corrupt local politics in American history over the years," Obama said, "from patronage machines to questionable elections.''

Said with pride, I'm sure!