Hillary Clinton promised a Kenyan man to pass along his ''very kind offer'' of 40 goats and 20 cows for her daughter Chelsea Clinton's hand in marriage.
Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor, a man of modest means, originally made the offer in a letter to Bill Clinton when all three Clintons traveled to Africa in 2000. He has not given up hope, telling CNN, "I've waited for a long time. I'm still waiting to meet her and express my love for her."
Get the new PD toolbar!But Chepkurgor may be running out of time, as rumors abound that Chelsea, 29, is marrying her boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky at the end of August on Martha's Vineyard. Hillary Clinton has repeatedly denied rumors that her daughter plans to get married this summer.
At a town hall in Kenya on Thursday, CNN's Fareed Zakaria said to the secretary of state, "A Kenyan city councilman said he offered Bill Clinton 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter's hand in marriage five years ago; he is still awaiting an answer. I thought on this occasion, if you think in the current global economic climate . . . it's not a bad offer?"
"Well my daughter is her own person. She is very independent, so I will convey this very kind offer," responded a smiling Clinton, drawing applause from the audience.
However, Hillary might want to reconsider the matter, as Chelsea would actually be Chepkurgor's second wife. While he waited for an answer from his true love, Chepkurgor married another woman in 2006. "My wife has no problem with this," he insists. "She listened to the answers given by Hillary and did not complain."
Polygamy is legal in Kenya, but Chepkurgor asked the CNN reporter, "Is that allowed in your side of the world?"
While I know that Chepkurgor's long, unrequited love for Chelsea cannot be easily replaced -- current wife excepted -- if he's willing to marry another single American girl, he could consider me.
I'm not sure, though, what my Dad would do with 40 goats and 20 cows in his backyard in Baltimore.
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I need a little assistance. I have reason to believe that some of my neighbors and friends have been exercising free speech and may possibly be in disagreement with some of O'Bama's policy or intentions. Someone told me that O'Bama's Politbureau has set up a website or email address so that these people can be turned in, and their names and addresses turned over to The Committee for State Security(KGB). If any of you out there know that email address, I'd appreciate you posting it so I can turn these people's names and addresses over to the proper authorities. Thanks for you help.
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ttpp23
7:03AM Aug 8th 2009
I suggest that you forward all your spam to the white house as well. biden could most likely use some Viagra.
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bunniedoll
7:32AM Aug 8th 2009
WHY on earth would you want to report your neighbors for exercising their 1st Amendment rights? That's what this country is all about....freedom! If you like Obama, that's fine and good, but don't act higher than thou and take their rights away to protest and voice their opposition to a man who is of socialistic/marxist mind and who wants to take away and has already taken away many of our freedoms! Be careful what you wish for, because it may come back to bite you in the behind!
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cjjanis001
7:33AM Aug 8th 2009
Its sad to see republicans accusing Obama of the very things Bush did, but sadder when you know Obama is not doing them. The very idea that Obama is controlling these town hall meeting is so stupid its funny. So if he's controlling them how are health insurance paid thugs getting in? Easy because they are open not like the Bush years where crowd where hand picket after going thought a vetting process and protesters where fenced off in "free Speech Zones" 2 miles from the events. You people deal in lies and smears and are afraid the truth will get out. You are afraid people will see you all for what you are anti-American thugs who won't allow the debate on the bill to happen and are blocking the info from people so they can make up their own minds.
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J.M.
7:38AM Aug 8th 2009
For some reason this smacks of the last 8 yrs. under Comrade Bush! My phone has finally quit clicking when someone calls. Surveil this!
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Marie
7:39AM Aug 8th 2009
WHY would you want to report your neighbors for using their 1st Amendment Rights? That's what makes this country so great.....FREEDOM! We have a right to voice opposition when we feel our leaders are not doing what we expect of them. If you are for Obama and his policies, that's fine. But do not infringe on our 1st Amendment rights!
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cjjanis001
7:46AM Aug 8th 2009
So this is the kind of reporting Melinda likes? What trash, this conservative hobit looking wench is as worthless as her lame posts.
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ruttroh24
7:48AM Aug 8th 2009
Barry0, I'm not sure your neurons are firing right. You may need more assistance than you think.
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Ray
8:26AM Aug 8th 2009
If I turned everybody that disses Obama in to the wh I would be typing all day and night.
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pgorski751
8:44AM Aug 8th 2009
bunniedoll, et. al.
Do you not understand satire?
Thanks, BarryO for the laugh. I'm not sure what was funnier, your post or the responses!
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middleclass
8:45AM Aug 8th 2009
I think that was extremely generous.
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Wes and Anne
8:55AM Aug 8th 2009
you are an idiot
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omega6742
9:00AM Aug 8th 2009
You may first want to consider that you are incorrectly spelling your presidents name. Its "Obama", and for living in this country, you should know that if he has your approval or not. This entire comment section is a joke. You people have nothing better to do than sit here and make jokes about the government. If you think you know better, run for office, smart-ass.
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William
9:03AM Aug 8th 2009
yea the kgb everyone... *Christ*
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pmhmerc
9:03AM Aug 8th 2009
Actually that sounds like such a good idea and you will of course include your own name or have one of your neighbors do that. I will also share that I got an Email from one of my daily information sources, and they had included a link to forward their newsletter along to the president after I finished reading it. And since we are all so stupid :) perhaps we should just start forwarding anything that contains the words "health care" since he thinks none of us can read and understand HR3200.
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rescarb0928
9:03AM Aug 8th 2009
Your exactly right (KGB)
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pmhmerc
9:08AM Aug 8th 2009
bunniedoll 7:32AM Aug 8th 2009 WHY on earth would you want to report your neighbors for exercising their 1st Amendment rights? That's what this country is all about....freedom! If you like Obama, that's fine and good, but don't act higher than thou and take their rights away to protest and voice their opposition to a man who is of socialistic/marxist mind and who wants to take away and has already taken away many of our freedoms! Be careful what you wish for, because it may come back to bite you in the behind! ..............................HE IS BEING FASCITIOUS, AND MANY MAY BE DOING WHAT HE IS SUGGESTING. IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS EMAIL FOR HIS DIS-INFORMATION GROUP, MANY PEOPLE WILL TRY TO HELP HIM GIVE THEM A LITTLE BUSY WORK!
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quadia
9:20AM Aug 8th 2009
Am I the only one who thinks "Barry O" was being facetious? To me, that sounded like a tongue-in-cheek humor.
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shelly
9:40AM Aug 8th 2009
I disagree with most of obama's crap,but I do live in America and I do have freedom of speech and will use it.Our Founding Fathers are most likely rolling around in their graves wondering what has happend to their beautiful country.I wish obama the best ,but hope and pray that he doesn't screw up this country.I will not put my trust nor my faith in obama ,but in my Heavenly Father who is the only one that can change this country if we the American people will get down on our knees and pray and turn our eyes toward Him.
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sandman71322
9:41AM Aug 8th 2009
ill put you on my list and you can put me on yours . well see which one comes out first................see you in the camps