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kpete

(72,003 posts) Tue Aug 5, 2014, 08:28 PM Aug 2014

LOL!!! - - - MSNBC reports that Obama backs Africa summit because he’s ‘from Kenya’

NBC White House Correspondent Chris Jansing incorrectly reported Tuesday that President Barack Obama wanted to have a successful U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit because he was “from Kenya.”

“The White House clearly, I assume, hoping that this will be part of president’s legacy given his background,” MSNBC host Joy Reid noted while introducing Jansing.

“Yeah, the fact that he’s from Kenya,” Jansing agreed. “And that fact that when he was elected there were expectations from the African continent that he would do great things for them. This is a concerted effort by this administration to get American companies to invest.”

Following Jansing’s remarks, Reid added that the president’s father was from Kenya, but did not directly contradict the correspondent.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/05/oops-msnbc-reports-that-obama-backs-africa-summit-because-hes-from-kenya/

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LOL!!! - - - MSNBC reports that Obama backs Africa summit because he’s ‘from Kenya’ (Original Post) kpete Aug 2014 OP

Dumb as rocks as usual malaise Aug 2014 #1

"investments"... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #2

The West has been exploiting Africa for centuries malaise Aug 2014 #3

She needs some sleep, I think. Raine1967 Aug 2014 #4

Error? No, she's just auditioning for Fox 'news'. "Mis-spoke"....bullshit- she said it clearly. AlinPA Aug 2014 #5

Whatever. n/t Raine1967 Aug 2014 #9

Fox 'news' is her next stop. AlinPA Aug 2014 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #7

She has four eyebrows. OilemFirchen Aug 2014 #8

Gawd the stupid.. President Obama's father is from Kenya.. met his mother in Hawaii and Cha Aug 2014 #10

malaise

(269,099 posts)

1. Dumb as rocks as usual

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 08:32 PM

Aug 2014

This is all about China who is way ahead of everyone else in terms of investments in Africa.
Imagine after centuries of the West raping Africa of her people and her resources, it is the Chinese who are building a transcontinental railway across Africa.

The summit is a desperate act.

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

2. "investments"...

Reply to malaise (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 08:33 PM

Aug 2014

The west is suddenly worried that someone else is going to exploit Africa more before it can...

malaise

(269,099 posts)

3. The West has been exploiting Africa for centuries

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 08:37 PM

Aug 2014

Ask Cecil Rhodes et al.
Like all the exploiters China too will take but at least Africa will have a continental railway.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)

4. She needs some sleep, I think.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 08:42 PM

Aug 2014

as in a serious rest, I remember watching her when I lived in NY and she was known as Chris Kapostasy. She was really a great reporter.

I makes me sad to see her make such a horrendous error.