UPDATES to follow at end of story
UPDATE #1 - working
“The intention of writing to you this open letter is to appeal to you to confirm that we had a talk because it is the only right thing to do now, so that we avoid any embarrassment should the whole tape be aired unedited.”
BREAKING
Editor Addresses Open Letter to Michelle Obama
Concerning Her Phone Call to API
From African Press International Chief Editor KorirAn open letter to Michelle Obama after API’s discussion with a CIA official in Oslo:
I have decided to write this open letter and to refer you to our telephone conversation the day your husband was having a debate with his opponent in New York. This has to be an open letter because the story is already out there and many Americans are crying for the truth about what we discussed.
I know our discussion was not meant to harm your husband’s candidacy nor was it meant to derail the US Presidential elections in any way. We both know that our talk was - a sister to brother talk - black to black person talk - in the African perspective. The problem came later when we listened to the taped recording of our talk. API thought it wise to publish some of the contents that are not inflammatory. API did the best to select that which could not cause any chaos and we in API did not expect that waht we chose to publish would have the impact it now has had in the last five days.
Many Americans have surprised us in the way they take the interview very seriously. We want to respect them - as we have promised from day one - to let them know the truth in what transpired between yourself and us. We have realised that the American people want to know you well before you probably become their first Lady.
The intention of writing to you this open letter is to appeal to you to confirm that we had a talk because it is the only right thing to do now, so that we avoid any embarrassment should the whole tape be aired unedited. You are well aware of our discussions touching on thorny issues like Iran’s good trade relationship with Kenya and the fact Kenya may play a role in mending the relationship between Iran and the US so that healthy trade relationship may be achieved if your husband gets the presidency. Remember the length and the depth of our talk on other issues of importance in this hotly contested election where as you have stated - is an opportunity for the black people to start being proud of America and to be patriotic.
API was disappointed that one of your husband’s spokespersons rushed to the press to deny that you had called API. It is best that they check with you first before jumping to conclusions as if they control your private calls everyday.
API is interested in handling this matter in a good and reasonable way so that we may not be forced to release the tapes in its entirety. We do not want to be party to causing unnecessary chaos before the elections. If you just come forward and confirm that there was a call you placed to API, that will enable API to be out of it and nobody will continue to demand that we air unedited tape, but that we can release the one with information that is already known to the public.
We will appreciate solving this matter this way in order to avoid unnecessary law suits that may come about.
It is my apology to you that we did not let you know that the conversation was being taped, and yet I expect you to know that being a public figure, such may happen.
We have decided to write to you after our discussion today with a US CIA official in Oslo.
African Press International has retained Phillip Berg of Berg v. Obama, to represent it legally.
To the whack jobs on both the Left and Right: we shall see what develops in the next few days.
Chief Editor Korir sees the Obama campaign’s denial and raises one audio tape.
UPDATES, continue reading: African Press International: Open Letter to Michelle Obama from API Chief Editor
by Mondo Frazier
Source: African Press International: Open Letter to Michelle Obama from API Chief Editor
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIs that for real? It reads like it was prepared by a 5th grader.
Sean, why do you have to make fun of a foreigner who doesn’t have the same command of the English language that you have??? Look at the United States, we all speak differently, and I’m not just talking about ‘us’ as in different ethnic backgrounds, I’m talking about the different areas of the United States. Southerners have a different way of speaking from those up North, New York alone has a different way of speaking (Bronx and Brooklyn), look at how many people make fun of the way Sarah Palin talks.
My in-laws are from Sweden and they are both very educated people, they have a wonderful command SPEAKING in English (with slight accents), but when they write a letter it comes out differently. Give the Editor a break here!
And if this story is true ~ Kudos for the open letter to Michelle Obama. And I can’t blame you for wanting to purge yourself of the smear the Obama camp has thrown onto you by calling you liars, so I can see why you would want to make the tapes public.
I’ll withhold judgment (spelling? it doesn’t look right) until the tapes are released, but I have a nagging doubt in that the same lawyer that brought the ‘Obama is not a citizen’ lawsuit is also representing African Press. But I just have a very suspicious nature. No offense.
And, yes, Sean, I realize that I don’t have a great command of the English language either, so I’ll call myself a Kindergarten student and save you the trouble!
This could be a hoax, or it could be true. I guess we’ll know when API decides to produce the tape.
But as far as I’m concerned, the story is not beyond possibility. don’t you ever, ever dare say anything negative about Senator Obama.
Jesse Jackson, Pastor Wright, Michelle Obama, and Louis Farrakhan have all given warning that Senator Obama might not view non-blacks in an equal and just manner. Relationships with Bill Ayers, Acorn and Tony Rezco have also warned us that Senator Obama might use corrupt methods to obtain his objectives.
But don’t you dare think any of it might be true, and heaven help you if you talk to anyone about it.
An Obama Presidency frightens me for this very reason.
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I am definitely NOT voting for Obama, but I have to voice my doubts about the API. If they have the tapes, they need to get them out in the public. This stalling game is silly, and it makes them appear as if they are bluffing.
Being from Illinois, we get to hear a bit more of the political silliness that goes on within our state. There is thought (or lack thereof)that Senator Dick Durbin would keep Obama from going “crazy liberal”. My God! Durbin is to Liberal as Kellogg’s is to corn flakes. What idiot conceived that notion??? I am not a strong supporter of McCain, but I can certainly tell the difference between the frying pan and the fire!. In all the elections I’ve been through, I have never seen a more bitter, hate filled race for president. Obama is not ready for presidency. Maybe in 8-10 years, but NOT now. Our economy is titering on the brink and our country can’t afford a second term of another Jimmy Carter. Wake up people! If you’re not concerned, you’re NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!!!
API says they’re in conversation with FOX News on a release. Problem is… FOX News says they’ve had no conversation with API on any Michelle Obama audio. Oops.
dear michelle obama i want to first say god bless you and your family you andthe president have been a great source of inspiration for me i all but had given up on love and to see you and barack openly show us how much in love you really are as let me know its ok to love again i am now engaged to a wonderful man named bruce i watch you and barack and when i begin to feel shy or introverted seeing you is when i begin to open up to him more freely i just wanted to say thank you for your spirit and god bless
Speaking of First Lady Michelle Obama:
Michelle Obama is a racial-minority individual, and in her heart and mind she inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
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