python cassandra will not create a keyspace : OMG

How does what create a keyspace in cassandra using python?

    from cassandra.cluster import Cluster
    cluster = Cluster(['cassandra.sucks.com'])
    session = cluster.connect()
    
    session.execute('CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS kong')

    

    File "cassandra/cluster.py", line 1998, in cassandra.cluster.Session.execute (cassandra/cluster.c:34869)
      File "cassandra/cluster.py", line 3781, in cassandra.cluster.ResponseFuture.result (cassandra/cluster.c:73073)
    cassandra.protocol.SyntaxException: <Error from server: code=2000 [Syntax error in CQL query] message="line 0:-1 mismatched input '<EOF>' expecting K_WITH">

