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Thinkingabout

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23. This is a RW talking point, why does the many in the GOP believe Obama is from Kenya.

Reply to rtracey (Reply #18)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 09:04 AM

Aug 2014

Welcome to DU but we don't like RW talking points.

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NBC’s Jansing on Obama Meeting African Leaders: Helps That ‘He’s from Kenya’ [View all] Garthem Aug 2014 OP

I laughed when i heard it. bravenak Aug 2014 #1

Meh...sounds like she just misspoke. It's minor. stone space Aug 2014 #2

Perhaps she did just misspeak, however Sherman A1 Aug 2014 #4

I'll go with looking silly. But not with misinformed. stone space Aug 2014 #7

misspoke PatrynXX Aug 2014 #28

She said "The fact that he is from Kenya..." does not sound like she misspoke. She had to be AlinPA Aug 2014 #32

I get corrected by students when I misspeak while teaching calculus. stone space Aug 2014 #37

As an African American Shits not funny to me shows still how some white people are ignorant bigdarryl Aug 2014 #3

White people make mistakes. Guess what? Black people make mistakes, too. (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #40

I'm pretty sure that people in Africa CJCRANE Aug 2014 #5

Maybe now, before that Qaddafi called Obama 'son of Africa' multiple times, look where it got him jakeXT Aug 2014 #6

The difference between Chris and Fox News is... Cooley Hurd Aug 2014 #8

Yes, she did. eom LittleGirl Aug 2014 #19

No, either Joy Reid or someone in her earphone corrected her brush Aug 2014 #24

I wish that I had somebody to whisper in my ear when... stone space Aug 2014 #38

You don't have to be perfect . . . brush Aug 2014 #50

One of the other people on the show corrected her. Jansing called it a fact that he is from Kenya. AlinPA Aug 2014 #33

She obviously failed civics liberal N proud Aug 2014 #9

Do you have evidence for this? Her high school transcripts, perhaps? (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #41

I believe the video is just that. liberal N proud Aug 2014 #42

I watched the video, but didn't see any mention of her hs grade in civics. (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #43

Then she must be a birther liberal N proud Aug 2014 #44

I don't know her, but you seem to be just making this up. stone space Aug 2014 #45

She is the one that said Obama was from Kenya liberal N proud Aug 2014 #46

Does it make you feel superior when others make mistakes? (nt) stone space Aug 2014 #47

You make me laugh liberal N proud Aug 2014 #48

It is obvious many on here heaven05 Aug 2014 #10

Why the exxuses? Because I don't want folks coming down on me like this... stone space Aug 2014 #39

He is rtracey Aug 2014 #11

I lived in Germany for 2 years. Am I from Germany? n/t tom_kelly Aug 2014 #12

was your parents and family living there? rtracey Aug 2014 #16

His father is native Kenyan - he is not. TBF Aug 2014 #15

why is it such a big deal rtracey Aug 2014 #18

It's a big deal because he is the president of the US TBF Aug 2014 #22

This is a RW talking point, why does the many in the GOP believe Obama is from Kenya. Thinkingabout Aug 2014 #23

How can you say she misspoke when she actually said "The fact that he is from Kenya..."? AlinPA Aug 2014 #34

Please give your definition of "misspoke". AlinPA Aug 2014 #35

President Obama is not from Kenya. PADemD Aug 2014 #17

great rtracey Aug 2014 #20

People who value truth CARE PADemD Aug 2014 #21

So we can count on you from now on . . . brush Aug 2014 #26

Well the juries sure aren't going to stop it TBF Aug 2014 #29

"for us as Progressive" TBF Aug 2014 #30

He's not from Kenya. brush Aug 2014 #25

Well, either way, he's not from 'Murka KamaAina Aug 2014 #49

This is Why the Media has No Credibility, to Me. n/t orbitalman Aug 2014 #13

I believe that she mis-spoke, but... MarianJack Aug 2014 #14

You are right as rain. Also, it looked like a ballyhoo Aug 2014 #27

Another white person "mis-speaks" about a black person. How unusual. jtuck004 Aug 2014 #31

"President Obama", I would imagine. stone space Aug 2014 #36

Imagination is a wonderful thing. There are whole political parties built on it. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2014 #51