Apparently, the leader of the Kenyan opposition party, Raila Odinga, claims to be a cousin and close friend of Barack Obama, and from all indications he is right. his first ever trip to Kenya, in August of 2006, he rallied in support of Odinga at public forums. Obama even called him a few times in the middle of his critical New Hampshire campaigning. In Some more details:...........................
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Personally, I don't care if Obama is black, white, hispanic, Chinese, male or female, young or old. But he is involving himself with dangerous allies very early in his career. It's unimaginable to think that America's leading presidential contender is a "close friend and cousin" of, and is actively consulting with, someone like this during his presidential campaigning.
It is also unimaginable that he has said almost nothing about this seemingly perfidious relationship. And what's worse, his mesmerized Democratic Party and the press corps have decided not to ask.