Kenya deporting US author of anti-Obama book

NAIROBI, Kenya - The American author of a best-selling book attacking Barack Obama as unfit for the presidency was being deported from Kenya on Tuesday, a criminal investigations official said.

Jerome Corsi, who wrote "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," was picked up by police Tuesday for not having a work permit, said Carlos Maluta, a senior immigration official in charge of investigations.

He was briefly detained at immigration headquarters before being brought to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for deportation, said Joseph Mumira, head of criminal investigations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

It was not immediately clear when he would fly out. A message left on Corsi's mobile phone was not returned.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said the campaign had no comment.

Corsi had been scheduled to launch his book Tuesday in Kenya, where the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate is wildly popular. Obama's late father, whom he barely knew, was a Kenyan economist and the candidate is considered by many Kenyans as a native son. Minibuses are emblazoned with his picture and vendors sell T-shirts bearing his image.

Obama was born in Hawaii, where he spent most of his childhood raised by his mother, a white American from Kansas.

Corsi's book claims the Illinois senator is a dangerous, radical candidate for president and includes innuendoes and false rumors — that he was raised a Muslim and attended a radical black church.

Obama is a Christian who attended Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, and his campaign picks apart the book's claims on the Obama campaign's rumor-fighting Web site, FightTheSmears.com.

According to a statement announcing Corsi's visit, he arrived last week at the invitation of Christian missionaries concerned about the rise of Islam. Corsi was planning to file daily dispatches all week, the statement said.

Obama's Kenyan uncle, Said Obama, said he was unaware of Corsi's detention and had no comment. A government spokesman did not return calls for comment.

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Excellent move by Kenya, but this could be bad for Obama's ambition to become the next United States president.
We do not want this fight to be between Kenya (blacks) and McCain.

Haha. I love KENYA!!!!

Not to take anything away from Kenya; but I would have preferred Kenyan government not to have given this idiot a visa in the first place; to avoid all this unnecessary distraction.

they have just handed McCain a bullet to fire in this negative campaign era

no biggie.

Nothing can touch Obama until he gets inside that White House.

they have just handed McCain a bullet to fire in this negative campaign era

THIS IS TRUE!

But the good news is: Obama's camp is being maintained by group of extremely intelligent entities; I'm sure that this new development will be handled appropriately by this team.

I say, NO BIGGIE!

On the other hand, Kenyan government must also be very careful. They should throw this idiot on the plane as soon as possible and move on (it shouldn't be a big deal, USA does the same thing daily).
Do not waste time and they must be systematic as much as possible; any unnecessary hesitation could send a wrong message and jeopardize the smooth relationship with USA.

in effect they will be reminding americans that barack hussein obama is a kenyan born in hawaii and brought up in indonesia. with all those undecided voters,whites 99% of them, he he he heeee

the primaries with hillary shoulda told u something, undecided voters at the last munite tend to vote against obama. if we go by that and add the undecided today as mccain's votes, john the maverick will be leading in almost all the states

Big B1:




On the other hand, Kenyan government must also be very careful. They should throw this idiot on the plane as soon as possible and move on (it shouldn't be a big deal, USA does the same thing daily).

They should waste no time at all and get rid of the idiot ASAP.

toshmann:

in effect they will be reminding americans that barack hussein obama is a kenyan born in hawaii and brought up in indonesia. with all those undecided voters,whites 99% of them, he he he heeee

the primaries with hillary shoulda told u something, undecided voters at the last munite tend to vote against obama. if we go by that and add the undecided today as mccain's votes, john the maverick will be leading in almost all the states

I fear to agree with you cos the truth really hurts but i do honestly wish Obama whoops McCains' ass.

in effect they will be reminding americans that barack hussein obama is a kenyan born in hawaii and brought up in indonesia. with all those undecided voters,whites 99% of them, he he he heeee

the primaries with hillary shoulda told u something, undecided voters at the last munite tend to vote against obama. if we go by that and add the undecided today as mccain's votes, john the maverick will be leading in almost all the states 

Obama's team would either systematically denounce Kenya's action (for the sake of Americanism) or indirectly, but totally detach themselves from the whole episode.

@toshmann: you must keep in mind that Obama's camp is being managed not by greedy insensible high school drop-outs (like McCain's camp). I have confidence that this new development would be handled by this magnificent team appropriately.

Big B1:



Obama's team would either systematically denounce Kenya's action (for the sake of Americanism) or indirectly, but totally detach themselves from the whole episode.

@toshmann: you must keep in mind that Obama's camp is being managed not by greedy insensible high school drop-out (like McCain's camp). I have confidence that this new development would be handled by this magnificent team appropriately.

those greedy insensible high school drop outs have won 7 out of the last ten presidential elections in the US. they will do it again. already, just yesterday, one day into operation swiftboat, the topic is gradually changing, rev wright is back to discussion, ayers, etc are back, in three days, the polls will drop again. wanna bet?

toshmann:

those greedy insensible high school drop outs have won 7 out of the last ten presidential elections in the US. they will do it again. already, just yesterday, one day into operation swiftboat, the topic is gradually changing, rev wright is back to discussion, ayers, etc are back, in three days, the polls will drop again. want to bet?

well, mccain is loosing so he is bringing back old negative news.

the kenyan government can be best described as a tyrannical one. corsi's views though leftist are his opinions and should be respected. in the final analysis they are just giving john mccain some arsenal to pepper the obama campaign team with and making corsi more popular. the same kenyan govt. docked a regional maritime boss because he suggested the hijacked ukranian ship in somali waters was headed for sudan. today we can see his arrest was not only illegal but rather a cover up for the clandestine activities of the kenyan defence ministry. tell me what democratic rights president kibaki wants to protect when EU election observers demand the removal of the kenyan electoral boss, following gross electoral malpractices http://connectafrica.

toshmann:

in effect they will be reminding americans that barack hussein obama is a kenyan born in hawaii and brought up in indonesia. with all those undecided voters,whites 99% of them, he he he heeee

the primaries with hillary shoulda told u something, undecided voters at the last munite tend to vote against obama. if we go by that and add the undecided today as mccain's votes, john the maverick will be leading in almost all the states

toshmann:

those greedy insensible high school drop outs have won 7 out of the last ten presidential elections in the US. they will do it again. already, just yesterday, one day into operation swiftboat, the topic is gradually changing, rev wright is back to discussion, ayers, etc are back, in three days, the polls will drop again. want to bet?

And you tried to potray yourself as an independent/undecided dude. It's obvious that you belong to the right. Are you a Republican?

yes, i'm a republican

I do believe that the media decided to cross some unnecessary T's and dot unnecessary I's.

James Corsi can not disobey immigration rules in a foreign country merely because he wrote a book on Obama.

He should go and apply for work permit.

I give Raila Odinga thumbs up for doing a clean job. It is what it is, until James Corsi procure's a work permit there is no shred of "evidence" suggesting that this has to do with Obama's roots.


No serious electorate will decide how to vote based on Mr Corsi's book given his 2004 history with John Kerry, let alone how Mr Corsi is treated abroad.