Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Romney Is Going To Win This Election

Moses, Thanks for articulating this. I think you are spot-on with the
self-loathing diagnosis of Bangura. No matter how much you hate a
fellow Black man, you wouldn't condone racism towards him. Mwalimu
Bangura is a self-loathing Afrikan!

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Moses Ebe Ochonu <meochonu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gloria, it is not the Ghadaffi factor, can't be, because Bangura's
> opposition to Obama started in the 2008 election cycle, years before
> Ghaddafi's demise. Simple chronology doesn't support that theory. In that
> cycle he was more rabid and even more endorsing of racist attacks on then
> candidate Obama than he is now (Shola, take note--you aint seen nothing yet
> compared to 2008). There's no need to speculate too much about the Bangura
> conundrum. The simple answer is that, for reasons best known to him,
> including what he claimed to be then senator Obama's vote on some issue
> regarding Sierra Leone's post-war indictments, he wants Obama defeated. It's
> as simple as that. Obama could be running against Hitler or a donkey and
> Bangura would be passionately rooting for the latter as long as it results
> in Obama's defeat. Such hatred, such pettiness, such unscholarly removal
> from elementary logic. You have to hate someone so much to be willing to
> vote for his opponent, against EVERYTHING you claim to stand for and against
> your professed pan-African and progressive ideals/interests. Either that or
> you have been a closet conservative, neocon self-hater and pretending to be
> something else.
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> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History)
> <emeagwali@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:
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>> Where is the logic?
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>> A. Maybe Bangura is anticipating a position in the Republican
>> party, perhaps as Education Secretary.....
>> but under Romney and Ryan that unit, and many more, may be
>> eliminated. But then again there
>> are other possibilities for public office that may explain this level
>> of passionate support .
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>> B. Maybe Professor Bangura thinks that Romney is a pacifist and
>> would wage less wars than Obama.....
>> but we know that Romney can hardly wait to start the next war.
>> ....... against Iran this time around -
>> and he has not spoken against the drone wars.
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>> C. Maybe our distinguished Professor believes that Mormons and
>> Muslims share a similar faith....
>> but the only big thing they have in common is the letter M. Romney
>> would reject zakat
>> and label it social welfare ..................
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>> D. The Gadaffi Factor?
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>> Professor Gloria Emeagwali
>> Prof. of History & African Studies
>> History Department
>> Central Connecticut State University
>> New Britain
>> CT 06050
>> www.africahistory.net
>> www.vimeo.com/user5946750/videos
>> Documentaries on Africa and the African Diaspora
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>> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shola Adenekan
>> [sholaadenekan@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:44 AM
>> To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Romney Is Going To Win This
>> Election
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>> Mwalimu Bangura,
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>> So you are happy that some White folks will be racist towards a fellow
>> Black man! Waoh, I wonder if you ever step back to think of your
>> logic! How do you make sense of what you post on Obama vs Romney? You
>> like Afrikan people but you support White racism!
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>> You must be very proud, sir!
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>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Abdul Karim Bangura
>> <theai@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > This election is now down to Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia,
>> > states
>> > with 75 to 95% white populations. Expect the Bradley and Wilder Effects
>> > this
>> > time!!!
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>> > Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
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>> > North Carolina: Romney 51%, Obama 48%
>> > Polls Reflect Voter Reality, Not Pundits' Preoccupations By Scott
>> > Rasmussen
>> > Just 14% Rate The Economy As Good or Excellent
>> > Voters Trust Romney 50% to 43% Over Obama on Economy
>> >
>> > Friday, October 12, 2012
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>> > The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows
>> > Mitt
>> > Romney attracting support from 48% of voters nationwide, while President
>> > Obama earns the vote from 47%. Two percent (2%) prefer some other
>> > candidate,
>> > and three percent (3%) are undecided. See daily tracking history.
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>> > Nearly all of the responses for this survey were taken before last
>> > night's
>> > debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Romney's running mate,
>> > Wisconsin
>> > Congressman Paul Ryan. Eighteen percent (18%) of Likely U.S. Voters rate
>> > the
>> > vice presidential debate as Very Important to their vote.
>> >
>> >
>> > Speaking of debates, Scott Rasmussen notes in his new weekly syndicated
>> > column that Polls Reflect Voter Reality, Not Pundit's Preoccupations.
>> > The
>> > Political Class, he writes, believes the race for the White House was
>> > turned
>> > upside down by the president's weak performance in last week's debate,
>> > but
>> > "the reality is that a very close race shifted ever so slightly from
>> > narrowly favoring President Obama to narrowly favoring Mitt Romney.
>> > Either
>> > way, it remains too close to call."
>> >
>> >
>> > New polling shows Romney ahead by three points in North Carolina and
>> > Obama
>> > still up by one in Ohio. Currently, the president has a 237-181 edge in
>> > the
>> > Electoral College. However, 10 states with 120 Electoral Votes remain in
>> > the
>> > Toss-Up category and are likely to decide the election.
>> >
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