This dude is ready to be president. He's got the midas touch - the rock star karma, if you will. And not just in Kenya. But, here too. This guy could beat any republican you can name, IMO.
I know this is a little fluff piece, but remember when we had presidents like this?
Cheering Throngs greet Senator Obama in Kenya
Obama goes back to his father's native Kenya
By C. Bryson Hull
Sat Aug 26, 11:52 AM ET
KOGELO, Kenya (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Barack Obama returned to his ancestral village in west Kenya on Saturday as thousands of cheering well-wishers thronged to greet the rising political star in America's Democratic Party as a native son.
After flying into Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria, Obama drove 100 km (60 miles) northwest to the village where his father was born and buried for the highly anticipated climax of his two-week African tour.
Unlike his last visit in the early 1990s when he traveled by public minibus with chickens in his lap, this time Obama reached the verdant village in a motorcade with police escorts.
"People of Kogelo, thank you!" he said in the local Luo language to rapturous applause as he stood on a table to greet thousands gathered on the football pitch of the Senator Obama Primary School, renamed in his honor.
A carnival atmosphere prevailed as residents banged drums, sang songs and waved flags reading "Obama we love you."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060826/pl_nm/kenya_obama_dc_3
I know this is a little fluff piece, but remember when we had presidents like this?
Cheering Throngs greet Senator Obama in Kenya
Obama goes back to his father's native Kenya
By C. Bryson Hull
Sat Aug 26, 11:52 AM ET
KOGELO, Kenya (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Barack Obama returned to his ancestral village in west Kenya on Saturday as thousands of cheering well-wishers thronged to greet the rising political star in America's Democratic Party as a native son.
After flying into Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria, Obama drove 100 km (60 miles) northwest to the village where his father was born and buried for the highly anticipated climax of his two-week African tour.
Unlike his last visit in the early 1990s when he traveled by public minibus with chickens in his lap, this time Obama reached the verdant village in a motorcade with police escorts.
"People of Kogelo, thank you!" he said in the local Luo language to rapturous applause as he stood on a table to greet thousands gathered on the football pitch of the Senator Obama Primary School, renamed in his honor.
A carnival atmosphere prevailed as residents banged drums, sang songs and waved flags reading "Obama we love you."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060826/pl_nm/kenya_obama_dc_3