According to African Press International, headquartered in Norway, the wife of the Democratic nominee for president had a few choice words for them regarding their coverage of her husband. Railing about “racists” and “internet bloggers” and saying Obama was born in Hawaii and adopted by his stepfather, Michelle Obama insisted that fact did not make him “unpatriotic.”
“African press International is supposed to support Africans and African-American view,” and she went to state that, “it is strange that API has chosen to support the racists against my husband. There is no shame in being adopted by a step father. All dirt has been thrown onto my husband’s face and yet he loves this country. My husband and I know that there is no law that will stop him from becoming the president, just because some American white racists are bringing up the issue of my husband’s adoption by His step father. The important thing here is where my husband’s heart is at the moment. I can tell the American people that My husband loves this country and his adoption never changed his love for this country. He was born in Hawaii, yes, and that gives him all the right to be an American citizen even though he was adopted by a foreigner; says Michelle Obama on telefon to API.”
So, is the only “news” associated with this story Mrs. Obama’s personal phone call, or is the adoption admission a bombshell, of sorts? After all, Barack’s “Fight the Smears” site has already admitted his Kenyan dual citizenship. What’s up with all that? How does Phillip Berg’s lawsuit demanding proof of citizenship fit into all this? And why did M.O. call API? No offense, but how many Americans use API as their primary news source? Anyway, they don’t seem to be afraid to ask questions, that’s for sure. Inquiring about Dr. Jerome Corsi’s recent detainment in Kenya, Michelle Obama had this to say:
When API asked Mrs Obama to comment on why Dr Corsi was arrested by the Kenyan government and whether she thought Kenya’s Prime Minister Mr Raila Odinga was involved in Dr Corsi’s arrest, she got irritated and and simply told API not to dig that which will support evil people who are out to stop her husband from getting the presidency.
When asked who she was referring to as the evil people, she stated that she was not going to elaborate much on that but that many conservative white people and even some African Americans were against her husband, but that this group of blacks were simply doing so because of envy.
Michelle O also had something to say about the persistent Muslim rumors surrounding her husband:
On Farakhan and his ministry, Mrs Obama told API that it was unfortunate that Mr Farakhan came out the way he did supporting her husband openly before the elections was over. That was not wholehearted support but one that was calculated to convince the American people that my husband will support the growth of muslim faith if he became the president, adding “even if my husband was able to prove that he is not a Muslim, he will not be believed by those who have come out strongly to destroy his chances of being the next President. Do real people expect someone to deny a religion when 80 percent of his relatives are Muslims?; Mrs Obama asked.
I have pretty much left this Odinga/Obama story alone until now, not really knowing what to make of it. Besides, whether or not all, or any, of the dirt currently being thrown at Obama sticks, my reasons for rejecting his candidacy have more to do with what I’ve personally witnessed that he has said and done. But since Michelle has so graciously opened the door…
*NOTE: I knew something about this story was tickling my brain! Remember when Michelle Obama “let it slip” that Barack’s mother was unwed when he was born? Now this. What’s up with the “accidentally on purpose” dribbling out of personal information by the candidate’s wife? Curiouser and curiouser, hmmmm? From MSNBC, July 10, 2008:
His own mother, she said at the beginning of her remarks, was “very young and very single when she had him.”
