[Vision2020] State Verifies Obama's Birth Certificate

[No Weatherman]

Chas:

The BBC reported that familial relationship between Odinga and Obama.

Gratian flatly denies the relationship, calling it a smear.

You claimed, "The BBC reports nothing that contradicts Gratian. . ."

I don't understand what you don't understand.


On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 06:59, No Weatherman <no.weatherman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "The BBC reports nothing that contradicts Gratian, who merely provides
>> the extra detail that he was privy to by virtue of having been a close
>> participant versus an observer."
>
>> But the BBC report states:
>
>> "Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is a cousin of US
>> presidential hopeful Barack Obama."
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7176683.stm
>
> That the BBC reports Odinga's kinship claim is a contradiction?  It
> would be a contradiction if the BBC were averring Odinga's claim,
> which it has not done here.
>
> And:
>
>> "Mr. Obama and Mr. Odinga are not cousins, and efforts to assert
>> otherwise have been described as "stretched to the point of
>> ridiculousness" by an independent fact checker."
>> http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/17/no-ties-to-terrorism/
>
>> Gratian clearly contradicts the BBC, yet you declare "The BBC reports
>> nothing that contradicts Gratian. . ."
>
> See above.
>
> Chas
>