CNN Anchor Gushing About Obama’s Visit To Africa Gets Smack Down From African Reporter

Proof • July 12, 2009

The CNN anchor in question, Don Lemon, wanted to gush about an unprecedented response to Obama’s visit to Africa, but he doesn’t get a lot of help from a reporter who is actually from Africa.

DON LEMON, ANCHOR CNN NEWSROOM: And Nkepile, I was watching you yesterday on the “Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer when President Obama was arriving, and they were doing the dancing, and all of the people who were running up to him. For a western leader, I know when presidents come over there, they are usually warmly received. But for a western leader, have you ever seen anything like this? Is this unprecedented?
NKEPILE MABUSE, CORRESPONDENT: It’s not unprecedented. When President Bush was here, you will remember, in February, there were people who were drumming, there were dances, and President Bush joined some of them. So, it’s not unprecedented. This is a truly African welcome that is given to anybody whether they are from Africa or anywhere else in the world, Don.
LEMON: So, they welcome everyone. It doesn’t matter. That’s just part of how the people do it, right?
MABUSE: Indeed, Don.

I like how he goes from talking about the “unprecedented” response to Obama to saying that “it doesn’t matter” when it’s pointed out that they reacted the same way to Bush.
Would that we had more reporters like Nkepile Mabuse here in America to deflate the Obama adoration the media gets off on now and then.

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http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

It’s not unprecedented.

Poor Don; buy a clue!
e4bannan

Poor Don. He doesn’t get to watch much news. He works at CNN. He should have steered the conversation towards Michelle’s beautifully toned arms and impeccable fashion sense for the save.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Are they going on a date night somewhere in Africa. That’s news we need to know.
http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

The CNN Reporter was getting agitated with the reporter. Nice, good to see that not everyone is drinking the Barry O kool aid.
robert108

Nice CNN spin.
carrick

WOOF:

G W should go back to Africa.
He’s not getting any love here.

Pffft.

Wouldn’t expect WOOF to admit that Bush has done more for Africa than any president before him.

Graciousness to a deposed enemy is not something that liberals can claim as one of their stronger assets.

If they could drive every conservative out of power using dirty tricks like they did Palin, they’d be on it right now.
badlands4

Color me jaded by the overwhelming love fest for the President by the media, but I didn’t see any gushing going on…shrug
http://tomdavis.weebly.com/ tom

fair enough too. this guy deserves to criticized.
jimmypop

cnn reporter; ‘but…but..but…hes black and that should mater! im a racist, why isnt everyone else?’

where was the ‘why didnt he visit his uncle?’ question?
Hannitized

I didn’t see any gushing going on either. For all we know, he could have T’d that up to deliver the message loud and clear for Bush fans.

Really Rob, you are hypersensitive.

ODS.
jimmypop

I didn’t see any gushing going on either. For all we know, he could have T’d that up to deliver the message loud and clear for Bush fans.

Really Rob, you are hypersensitive.

ODS.

LOOK AT HIS BODY LANGUAGE at the bery moment when she says ‘It’s not unprecedented.’ HE ACTUALLY JUMPS UP!!! its laughable!

then look at his face… he goes from ‘BARRY IS AWESOME! to ‘well, whatever, bitch. youll never be on tv again.’
http://aresay.blogspot.com/ Aresay

The mainstream media wouldn’t do it. So we are trying to get your important messages to the American people. 67 This post is a suggested read at, http://aresay.blogspot.com/ and in our mainstream media section
Hannitized

I think you are reading into it.

It seems to me that they are trying to demonstrate that Obama is getting no special treatment, to avoid racism charges from the maniacs on the right.

To me, it looks like he shuffled in his seat. I do it all the time in meetings and it is not because I was “smacked down”. His facial expression did not change one bit. That says more to me that him moving.
ellinas

He asked if it was unprecedented, she said no it is not.
What is the big deal?
jimmypop

I think you are reading into it.

It seems to me that they are trying to demonstrate that Obama is getting no special treatment, to avoid racism charges from the maniacs on the right.

To me, it looks like he shuffled in his seat. I do it all the time in meetings and it is not because I was “smacked down”. His facial expression did not change one bit. That says more to me that him moving.

face it, your man got pimped on national tv.
Hannitized

It just looks like the guy was trying to emphasize that everybody gets treated equally, and that Obama was not getting special treatment.

He asked a question, she said no, and then he clarified that they do it for everyone.

Seems to me, if he was gushing for Obama, he wouldn’t be EMPHASIZING the fact that he got no preferential treatment.
WOOFX

G W should go back to Africa.
He’s not getting any love here.

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