Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor (not checking spelling on that), is a man from Kenya who has offered to marry Chelsea Clinton for 40 goats and 20 cows. This is the second time the man has extended an offer of marriage to Chelsea. He first proposed when Bill Clinton was President.
Hillary Clinton is currently visiting Kenya on a foreign policy mission. At a Nairobi town hall meeting, she was asked about the proposal made by Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor years ago when Bill Clinton was president.
Clinton responded that Chelsea is independent and will have to make up her own mind. She stated that she will pass along the offer to Chelsea, to the audience’s laughter.
Chepkurgor is very persistent. He then went on CNN and expressed his love for Chelsea to the whole world, as reported here.
He owns an electronics and computer store in Kenya. He is 39 years old, and by all accounts seems to be a decent man. The offer is apparently very generous, especially given the current economic climate.
However, he is already married, but that is not a problem in Kenya, where polygamy is legal. He claims to have checked with his first wife, and says she approved. However, I am guessing this may be a dealbreaker for Chelsea.
Chelsea Clinton will no doubt only marry this man if Kenya agrees to burn Barack Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate. (Sorry, had to get that in).
Photo: Kyle Cassidy (Multi-license with GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY 2.5)
August 8th, 2009 at 9:35 am
What a strange guy, If I were going to go after a presidential daughter it would have to be Jenna or Barbara Bush.
Just couldn’t handle Hillary for a mother-in-law
August 8th, 2009 at 9:49 am
So I’m guessing the obama and clintons are related now.
August 8th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Suuuure his current wife is ok with this! I bet she is plotting how to come upside his head with an iron skillet at this very moment !
August 8th, 2009 at 11:29 am
An Inconvenient Truth About The “Death Panel”
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/08/inconvenient-truth-about-death-panel.html
Keeping Big Brother Out of End-of-Life Decisions
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/07/death_in_the_casino_97806.html
Did Sarah Palin say Obama’s “death panel” might kill her baby?
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/did-sarah-palin-say-obamas-death-panel.html
August 8th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Republican Resurgence – Part II
http://blog.pos.org/2009/08/republican-resurgence-part-ii/
In June I wrote about the need for the Republican Party to act on the public’s increasing dissatisfaction over the level of government spending and their concern about the ever-increasing federal deficit. Our latest NBC/WSJ poll* shows this a real and growing opportunity, with the public starting to thaw on the GOP – at least when it comes to issues relating to the fiscal health of our country.
We asked Americans to tell us which party they think does a better job handling a series of issues. Of the eleven we tested, the Republican Party had the edge on six, and the Democratic Party on five. This result alone is a vast improvement as the last time these issues were tested the GOP held the advantage on just two (promoting strong moral values and the war on terrorism).
The news gets better. On each of the five issues the Democrats are perceived as handling better their margin has slipped, and of the six issues where the public gives Republicans the edge, the GOP has taken back control from Democrats in three:
Controlling government spending: In July 2007 (the last time we tested this issue) Democrats held a 16-point advantage, today Americans give the Republican Part a nine-point edge.
Dealing with taxes: Although Democrats only had a mere one-point lead on this in July 2008, the last time Republicans had the advantage was in January 2004 (2 points). Today by a seven-point margin the public perceives the Republican Party as better able to deal with taxes.
Dealing with the federal deficit: The public has swung from giving Democrats a 22-point advantage in January 2008 to giving the Republican Party a six-point edge today. The last time the GOP took the lead on this was in September 1997!
And, while the public still gives the Democratic Party a six-point advantage on dealing with economy, this is down 10 points from a year ago, and there are other measures that point to Republican opportunities. A plurality (43%) now think the economic stimulus package is a bad idea (compared to 34% who say it is a good idea), and less than three-in-ten (28%) say it will help the American economy a “great deal” or “quite a bit” over the next year. Two-thirds (67%) say it will help “only a little” or “not at all.”
And, our key question that reveals how Americans feel about all of this is basically unchanged from last month. A solid 59% (including the majority of independents) still say the president and Congress should “worry more about keeping the budget deficit down, even though it may mean it will take longer for the economy to recover,” compared to just 36% who say they should “worry more about boosting the economy even if it may mean larger budget deficits now and in the future.”
These numbers couldn’t be clearer. The public is greatly concerned about government spending and the federal debt, and they are starting to look to the Republican Party for alternative solutions.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Does anybody else think that Chelsea looks like Hannah Montana?
August 8th, 2009 at 11:38 am
That’s an insult to Hannah Montana
August 8th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Maybe Hannah disguises herself as Chelsea so know one will recognize her? It would surely keep the autograph seekers away.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:44 am
20 cows is a lot for chelsea … they should take the offer
August 8th, 2009 at 11:58 am
will somwone puhleaaaase give obama a lewinski so we can impeach him already …
a president calling out his brown shirts is NOT a good sign
August 8th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Oh, it appears the CBO’s estimate of the deficit caused by the health-care bill was off, by 1 trillion dollars!
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/08/cbo-missed-obamacare-cost-by-1-trillion/
August 8th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
“looks like Hannah Montana?”
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Maybe in that pic a little, but yeah that’s an insult to Hannah, though I never thought chelsea was unattractive.
Only a TRILLION Bryan?
August 8th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
when my wife and I retire, we were thinking of buying a bunch of goats and sheep and have a little farm. Now we know what a goat is worth.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Maybe the CBO should do a Town Hall.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
A trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.
Unfortunately, the direct costs will probably be minuscule compared to the indirect, overhead costs of a brand spanking new bureaucracy, not to mention the inevitable benefit-creep that politicians love so well.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I bid 1 goat.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
well, maybe auctions work differently in your part of the country, timv, but the bid right now is 40 goats and 20 cows. What would you do if you had the highest bid? Talk about relatives from hell, imagine billary showing up on your doorstep. Lock up your daughters and put your loose change in the wall safe.
August 8th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
you are right. Chelsea is too expensive for me.
August 8th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
so my mom passed away seven months ago, and i am now visiting my dad …
we won’t even go into the bathroom, which was a bio-hazard environment until i cleaned it today — what is with men and bathrooms?
i asked him if my sister who lives here bringing him food? he said, “she used to, but you’d be surprised what you can find in the frozen food aisle.”, nothing good comes after that sentence. i swear he is trying to give me an aneurysm.
his diet? rice krispies, frozen fish sticks, aple pie, beer, ginger ale, potato chips and instant coffee. he is like a 10 year old with a credit card!
plus, my mom’s car is gone and so isn’t her fur coat and jewelry. my sister is a dead woman … dead b!tch walkin, i believe is the expression
August 8th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Oh Lisa, sorry to hear that, sounds like dad needs a visit from Gordoon Ramsey.
August 8th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
thanks … we will se if my head explodes over the next few days
August 8th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
chelsea is not ugly
August 8th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I have two mangy chocolate labs and a neutered cat. Am I in the running?
No, Chelsea is not at all ugly, but look at those hands. She’s got man hands.
August 8th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
“What a strange guy, If I were going to go after a presidential daughter it would have to be Jenna or Barbara Bush.”
Shannon, he only has 40 goats and 20 cows. Sometimes one just has to settle.
August 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Jo …
Suuuure his current wife is ok with this! I bet she is plotting how to come upside his head with an iron skillet at this very moment !
The other wife might be glad to have him occupied with someone else – if you know what I mean.