Well, my mom is Isaaq all the way; on both sides of the family. And yet she's a big fan of Siyaad Barre and his wife..she told me how she used to be called maamo-Khadiijo, that she was an older woman, "madow aswad ah", quite tall, that he was shorter than her when he stood next to her etc.
I think she's even part of a mareexan club in FB, WTF.
Just a few days ago she made me listen to a Siyaad Barre speech talking about how beeraley, shacabka iyo ciidanka should cooperate. And other nonsense which I forgot now. It was like 2-3 mins long but she replayed it for me like 3 times. She also mentioned at the end, how "burco iyo hargeysa" can't become a wadan.

My blood was boiling so much, but I let go since she's hooyo. Ilaahow amuuraha sahal, waad aragtaaye.