I'm glad Obama finally made a visit to Kenya, birthplace of his father. His attention to anything "African" has been poor. Like President Clinton, President Bush made two separate trips to Sub-Saharan Africa. On one trip he visited three of the poorest countries in the world: Liberia, Rwanda, and Benin. He also made huge strides in HIV treatment and Trafficking in Persons (slavery) prevention. Under Obama, those programs have really limped along after great strides under Bush. I think many Africans expected more from Obama since he is half African, but were very disappointed. He's ignored Africa's problems, especially its fight against radical Islamists for the most part. Making a hash tag about kidnapped girls from a Christian school in Nigeria got his wife a lot of warm fuzzy points on the internet, but didn't save any Christian children.
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are you kidding? Every time he opens his mouth to defend the Afro-American population your gang of Republican thugs jump all over him. you included.The guy just can't do anything right according to you and the other racist types that seem to abound Listen he has what 16 months or so yet just ease off him and pick on Trump or one of the other jokes running You got enough material there for hundreds of pieces for your slated Republican blog but it is speak no evil of a Republican as long as he does jeaporize your chances of winning.
I guess you missed the first sentence. "I'm glad Obama finally made a visit to Kenya, birthplace of his father." The people of Africa had great expectations for this president--their hopes were dashed, just like black Americans. He catered to the rich, famous, and unions. Nothing has improved for black America, nothing for black Africa. But if anything, it shows politics is about power, not race. I don't know why the right complains about the expenses of Obama's travels. He hasn't travelled as much as Clinton and Bush (after his first year), and particularly has ignored Africa, claiming it was too expensive.
Liberals seem to think his only good quality is his race, so if you don't like his policies it racial.
"As Barack Obama makes what is likely to be his last presidential trip to Africa, an interesting narrative has emerged about his relationship with the continent: He has been a huge disappointment. The first black president—or the first Kenyan-American president, as he describes himself—has done less for the land of his father’s birth than his predecessor, George W. Bush, his critics say." Omar Mohammed, "Why Africa Loves Obama," But apparently, this perception is wrong, because Africa loves him anyway because "he exhibits global sensitivity."
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