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LA Weekly profiles one of my favorite denizens of the blogosphere, the inestimable Juliette Ochieng.
Los Angeles blogger Juliette Ochieng has a lot in common with the man who might be the next president, Barack Obama. A lot.Both were born to Kenyan fathers of the same tribe (the Luo) from the same province (Nyanza), and both as boys came to America aboard the same airplane. Growing up, neither Ochieng nor Obama knew their fathers, who both abandoned their American mothers and left their American-born children behind. Both returned to Africa in the early 1960s and became friends, bonding at Kenyan bars over their favorite drink — Scotch. Both Ochieng's and Obama's mothers contracted ovarian cancer. (Hers survived it; his did not).
Both Ochieng and Obama were born in the U.S. in August 1961 — only weeks apart.But for someone with parallel beginnings, Juliette Akinyi Ochieng is quite different: Evangelical Christian. Working class. Military veteran. Pro-life. Conservative Republican. Ochieng went to Los Angeles City College, not Harvard. Although she was born in Chicago — Obama's political birthplace — she lives in South-Central Los Angeles, where she grew up. And since 2003, she has written a blog...
Which worthy blog you can find at the head of our blogroll list. Read the whole thing. And toss a few bucks at a worthy cause while you're at it, because some promises really should be kept even if the one who made them reneges.
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That was an interesting story.
I've always respected Baldilocks, as she seems to be a clear-headed voice on the right, and has actually gone out of her way to defend Obama from unfair attacks. As to Obama's promise, this really could hurt him, and frnakly, is disappointing as a matter of principle. Stunt or not, Obama made a promise, and he has yet to deliver. Strike against Obama.
He could very easily settle this, by funding the project. It's not too late. Surely righties would mock him for having to be reminded by a conservative blogger, but it's better than breaking your word. Heck, for all we know, maybe he..no never mind.
As to the issue of blacks dissenting from Obama, I felt some of that as well. I considered backing Clinton several times during the primaries, and may yet still vote for McCain. You can imagine what political conversations can be like.
"In the world you will find tribulation, but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world."
John 16:33