(As the ‘Obama honeymoon’ rolls along obliviously in Europe & European mainstream media …)
In the run-up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, a continental African friend emailed the following to me. Today, and far into the future, different people will recall the 2008 U.S. election as “historic” for very different reasons.
You just can’t make up stuff like this…
> Subject: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF OBAMA
>
> what is the meaning of o b a m a
>
> O{ORIGINALLY}
> B [BORN IN]
> A [AFRICA]
> M [MANAGING]
> A [AMERICANS]
