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What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?  That is the most accurate, predictive model for his behavior. …  This a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president.

But instead of readying us for the challenge, our President [Obama]  is trapped in his father’s time machine. Incredibly, the U.S. is being ruled according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s. This philandering, inebriated African socialist, who raged against the world for denying him the realization of his anticolonial ambitions, is now setting the nation’s agenda through the reincarnation of his dreams in his son. The son makes it happen, but he candidly admits he is only living out his father’s dream. The invisible father provides the inspiration, and the son dutifully gets the job done. America today is governed by a ghost.

Mr. President, thank you.  You’ve honored these guys [U.S. troops in Iraq]. You’ve honored these women. You’ve honored these troops. And I’ve known you your entire eight years as president. I’ve never known a time when you didn’t care about — we disagreed on policy — but you deserve a lot of credit, Mr. President.

This afternoon, I spoke to former President George W. Bush.  It’s well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset.  Yet no one can doubt President Bush’s support for our troops, or his love of country and commitment to our security.  As I’ve said, there were patriots who supported this war, and patriots who opposed it.  And all of us are united in appreciation for our servicemen and women, and our hopes for Iraqis’ future.

I hear these [Democrats] saying [Obama is] like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested.  I mean, it’s crazy. …  The professional left … will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality.

Sunday MIRROR – The bustling operating theatre fell silent. Doctors and nurses stared at each other, stunned.

And, as he stood at his wife’s bedside and looked into the eyes of his newborn child for the first time, new father Francis Tshibangu’s joy turned to disbelief.

“I was clutching Arlette’s hand as they lifted Daniel from her,” Francis says.

“He was covered in blood… but then I saw his skin was white and his hair was blond. My jaw dropped open.”

In a million-to-one quirk of nature, Francis and Arlette, who have no white relations, had given birth to a white baby.

The genetic mix-up has baffled experts, who say Daniel is NOT an albino with no skin pigment – not to mention the parents, who already have a two-year-old black son, Seth. Francis adds: “My first thought was ‘Wow, is he really mine?’ “I was too stunned to speak and I could see the doctors ­looking at each other, thinking the baby couldn’t be mine.

“Then Arlette and I looked at each other and smiled and I knew he was. “I have been with my wife for three years so there was never a question of ­infidelity, but seeing his white skin was a surprise to say the least.