Who are these people?

[MoonGod]

If all the residents of Goree Island were rounded up and sent to a stadium...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030708/pl_nm/bush_africa_anger_dc_1

... then who are these people?



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030708/170/4me02.html

[imax2268]

1. good point...

:shrug:

[Aaron]

2. Can bush give an eloquent speech?

The article says:
"He then gave an eloquent speech..."

I have not seen many of his speeches. I can't stomach them. But I don't recall any the one's I've seen being eloquent. I'd describe them more as 'folksy' or something like that. Poor journalism or have I just watched his bad speeches?

[MoonGod]

3. Oh... it was quite eloquent...

... He boldly stated his opposition to slavery.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030708/168/4mc01.html



President George W. Bush (news - web sites), left, shakes hands with residents as Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, right, looks on, after delivering a speech on Goree Island, off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday July 8 2003. President Bush paid homage Tuesday to African slaves who passed through the port Goree Island. (AP Photo/J Scott Applewhite)

[SoCalDem]

4. Fron the article

.....White House officials said the decision to remove the locals was taken by Senegalese authorities. But there was no doubt who the residents blamed.


"We never want to see him come here again," said N'diaye, hiking her loose gown onto her shoulders with a frown.


As the sun rose over Goree before Bush's arrival, the only people to be seen on the main beach were U.S. officials and secret service agents. Frogmen swam through the shallows and hoisted themselves up to peer into brightly painted pirogues.


...snip

On Tuesday, shutters on the yellow and red colonial-style houses remained shut. The cafes were closed and the narrow pier deserted, apart from security agents manning a metal detector, near the sandy beach. A gunship patrolled offshore..........

[MoonGod]

5. I know.. that's why I'm asking...

... those pictures were taken during/after his speech at Goree Island... and at least one caption claims the people in the picture are "residents"

[baffie]

6. I'm guessing they were "bussed in"

That's the usual repub tactic.

[MoonGod]

7. Yeah... but where from?

If this was in the US, you know they'd all be campaign contributors, Republican party leaders/activists, or members of some organization which endorses (profits from) Bush.

But who do they get in Senegal to act as Bu$h's audience and pose for photos?

[SoCalDem]

8. They probably round up family members

and hold them "hostage" until after the photo-op ... Screw up and * will take the family members back to "work on the pig farm "..wink-wink"

[sandnsea]

9. Local dignitaries

Everyplace has some group who is *important* enough to be allowed to mingle freely. The rest were stuck in the stadium.

[izzie]

10. I once had a friend and her father was very high up in gov in Can

She would visit him and her mother in different countries. And was told no white people even talk to these people, we ride around in air cond. cars as the countries smell and live behind tall stone walls. We never talk to the every day people. And yes all white countries are the same. Scary right? Looked like Bush was laying on the hand in the first pic. Clinton would meet every one as he seems to like that and is interested in every thing. Bush likes money so people are just a side line.