Kenyans tell Hill: pay us in cows for Obama insult

[Enrique]

rag though it is, you gotta give the Post credit for its front pages...


http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03012008/news/nationalnews/moo_lah__99907.htm



March 1, 2008 -- WASHINGTON - Furious Kenyan tribal elders said yesterday that they may slap Hillary Rodham Clinton with a fine for her campaign's alleged role in publicizing photos of Barack Obama wearing a turban - and it must be paid in cows, goats or camels.
The elders, steaming over the Obama photo smear on the other side of the world, announced plans to convene a traditional tribal court to deal with the matter.

The court could require Clinton to pay a fine in livestock, which is of great value in the far-flung Wazir region of Kenya. The photos were taken there during a visit by Obama, whose father was born in the area.

"We will go ahead with this case whether Sen. Clinton or Democratic Party leaders turn up or not," Mohamed Ibrahim, a member of the clan that hosted Obama during his 2006 trip to the country, told Reuters.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. Most Stupid Thing I've Ever Heard.

[Skidmore]

31. What's stupid about the Kenyans feeling insulted because

Hillary and her Republican campaign staff implied that Kenyans are terrorists?

[MonkeyFunk]

36. They did nothing of the sort

first, the Clinton campaign didn't release this - it was on the 'net long before it blew up last week. Second, nobody in the campaign said anything at all about terrorism.

You're just making shit up out of whole cloth.

[woolldog]

38. I suggest you tell that to the Kenyans who feel HRC insulted them.

Hillary Clinton: ready to alienate the rest of the world on day one!

[MonkeyFunk]

39. How does that make the claim true?

how nonsensical.

[woolldog]

37. Nice to see the respect you have for other cultures.

[MonkeyFunk]

40. Being from another culture automatically makes one

right? How silly.

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. are they going to give them Mark Penn as compensation?

[Enrique]

3. lol

it says "cows, goats or camels". Nothing about pigs. :shrug:

[mikekohr]

9. No, they'll give them Linda Tripp

[Double T]

4. LOL!!! Sounds like a bunch of BS to me.

[Missy M]

5. The really silly thing is....

they are claiming it's a smear for Obama to be wearing THEIR traditional garb. Shouldn't it be Drudge who has to come up with some livestock?

[mckeown1128]

6. That is just it. It isn't THEIR traditional garb.

It was somolian garb. And, the point wasn't that he was wearing it. It was that the picture was being used in a derogatory way. You know "be afraid."

[Missy M]

7. Why is Somolian garb derogatory?

A lot of visiting politicians are photographed wearing that countries national dress. Sometimes they look silly to us but it's no big deal.

[EFerrari]

13. Because the context was an Islamophobic smear. n/t

[mckeown1128]

17. Don't play dumb....

It isn't the outfit it is the message that critics are trying to portray by posting the picture. There is nothing wrong with the outfit. There is something wrong with encouraging racial and religious bigots by posting the pictures the reaffirm the bigot's fears.

[Justyce]

8. I thought surely this must be something from The Onion....

:eyes:

[Prefer]

10. Who owns the New York Post and

what is their underlying idiology?

[Enrique]

16. Rupert Murdoch

and you can guess the politics...

[robbedvoter]

28. yeah, here they are:

[robbedvoter]

27. Guys who endorsed Obama? Can't have it both ways...

[provis99]

33. sort of a backhanded endorsement

a quick glance at the cover looks like the Post endorsed a guy who ran a cop sex ring.

[bread_and_roses]

11. Given current events, cows may be worth more than $$...

...I say they're smarter than most of us.

[Deja Q]

12. Cows are not currency! They are sacred!

[pscot]

14. In India they are sacred

I Kenya they are fungible assets.

[Kittycat]

19. That's Hindu law - not muslim law.

My stepdad is Indian, and my uncle persian (both christians, but raised in their originating countries). Talk about interesting family get-togethers.

[Recursion]

22. Cows are one of the oldest forms of currency

Many ancient currencies' names, incidentally, are linked to their language's word for "cow" or "sheep".

[Deja Q]

23. And, worth more than a dollar these days!

[Recursion]

24. Except for the worthless downers we will now have to eat

:(

Thank you, FDA...

[dailykoff]

15. Sounds like they didn't buy the "Obama did it" line

or the "GOP did it" line. Busted!

[Enrique]

20. the Post is supporting Obama

and (massive understatement alert) they're not exactly known for keeping their editorial position out of their news reporting.

By the way, having the Post support him is something Obama is not especially proud of, I would think.

[dailykoff]

26. I'd have thought they'd back Clinton too,

because she's pals with Murdoch, but I have a hunch they'll be backing McCain in the general.

[robbedvoter]

30. And if NY Post sez it, itr must be so - somethimes they can't even report games scores right

[dailykoff]

32. That's another question,

though a valid one. Do you have any evidence that it isn't true?

[Unsane]

18. Clinton can pay in cowshit (because she's full of it).

[theHandpuppet]

25. And you have "Obama-Clark" in your sig line?

Riiiiiiight.

[Unsane]

29. um, what?

Are Clark and Hillary the same person?

[Recursion]

21. "There must be a lot of camel debt"

I love Blackhawk Down...

[MoonRiver]

34. lol

You can't make this stuff up! :crazy:

Hillary should ask Kenya, "Is it ok if they're mad?"

[Beacool]

35. Are they for real??????????

Besides, they should sue Drudge who publicized the photo in the first place.

Way too funny and surreal!!!!!!!!!!


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