Dr Jaiteh, well well, i never knew you are this keen on PDOIS, but nice to know any way. as for the new yorker, i am not that confident with the united states political landscape as you are. the two terms for mister bush or forest and his continuous war mongering and the incompetence on the economy, i think we over rate the awareness of the the American voters.
  as for the demonising of the Obamas, there is  two sides to it. watching CNN and sky news, some people do buy the idea that Obama is suspect, the caricature is just what i refer to as "testing testing". the media is in charge Dr jaiteh, make no mistake about that. yes, our own Dracula aka giyo lanka is a non-starter. he came to power through force, what do you expect from a man with very low level of education and surrounded by yes sir bossers. kopar nda wal seekers from morning to mid-afternoon. as for the pdois issue, i have said it here over and over, that their message is misunderstood, why? your guess is as good as mine. that party need a complete overhauling in terms of dissemination of their message. a leaf out of Obama's book, recruit as many youngsters as possible, utilise the Internet, be friendly and accessible, don't let staunch supporters comments irritate would be supporters. the party's good message is hanging some where. i am not a season political party
 supporter. i can vote for a party that i am happy with, this depends on the complete message.
  when people allow themselves to be demonise, the end result is usually ugly. have you watch, films like America under siege, air force one, etc, depicting the Arabs as what the hollywood film makers wanted them to be? what happen next is strange relapse of security and then retaliations and continuous killings. Dr jaiteh, i fear domonisers, throughout human history, catastrophes are presided by the band of demonisers and then hell break loose. fear them also, whether they are in the advance u.s or backyard Kanilai. they are have one agenda and one goal. the gun crimes among black youths in u.s and UK is not an accident. watch out.

Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Suntou,
I am sure you have heard during the early days of PDOIS or there after, 
that its leaders were a bunch of godless communists. That, they do not 
believe in God's existence and that any god-fearing Gambian should not 
vote for them. That view is still not far fetched to imagine in many 
parts of the country. Of course missing from the argument is their 
life's work of selfless service to the country even at the expense of 
their own wellbeing. And I can venture to say that most Gambians who 
know them would tell you that few Gambians, past and present would match 
brothers Halifa, Sam and Sidia in their moral character and love of that 
country. But still the same will hesitate voting for them for fear that 
God will not be pleased.

While the new world isn't that different from old we left behind, when 
it comes to politiking, be assured that Americans unlike Gambians do not 
shy away from using the same "freedom of speech" clause to say their 
mind on what others write (the New Yorker magazine included). The 
paper's has been take to task and believe me the message has been 
received loud and clear. An guess what, no one feared being abducted by 
agents of the state/the king.

Malanding






SUNTOU TOURAY wrote:
> watching the news cast today, Mr obama and his wife have been depicted as terrorist and islamist sympathisers and the wife a black panther. at what length will conservative America accept that obama is a christian and an American regardless of his faith? 
> why should obama be depicted this way? i know you folks (Gambian American) are quiet but this is not funny, you are breading in the U.S and when leaders can be demonise in the name of press freedom, always be on your guard. this debate is going some where.
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