Mike Huckabee falsely claims that President Obama grew up in Kenya (then his PAC issued a correction---he grew up in Indonesia). This shtick (taking shots at Obama's upbringing for political gain) is so old that its beyond tiresome. The obvious point is to continue to paint him as a mysterious "other" relative to the "hard working" citizens of America's heartland (read: white).
A question that I have is whether the fact that Obama wasn't born in Kenya invalidates the Huckster's point about the President's perspective on the Brits (since didn't grow up in Kenya)? What exactly is the President's perspective on the British? And, quite frankly, if Kenyans do have a negative view of the British, who can blame them? Are the Kenyans supposed to view the Brits as some type of saviors? From what I understand about the colonization of Africa, the Africans didn't exactly call the Europeans to come down and take over!
I don't even have the energy to attempt an analysis. Bottomline is that the 2012 Presidential Race should be a doozy.
A question that I have is whether the fact that Obama wasn't born in Kenya invalidates the Huckster's point about the President's perspective on the Brits (since didn't grow up in Kenya)? What exactly is the President's perspective on the British? And, quite frankly, if Kenyans do have a negative view of the British, who can blame them? Are the Kenyans supposed to view the Brits as some type of saviors? From what I understand about the colonization of Africa, the Africans didn't exactly call the Europeans to come down and take over!
I don't even have the energy to attempt an analysis. Bottomline is that the 2012 Presidential Race should be a doozy.
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