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Yes, that is true as well. The publisher's catalogue bio that described Obama was Kenyan born was almost certainly written by Barack himself. The publisher got an exec to fall on her sword and take responsibility for inadequate fact checking, which no one not in the pay of the Clintons or the DNC actually believes. And even then, it should be noted that the gal who threw herself under the bus only took responsibility for, again, inadequate fact checking. NO ONE has ever acknowledged writing the piece.

Because the author was BHO himself.

For the record, I think BHO was born in Hawaii. But he was initially dual nationality Kenyan-American, and he later became dual nationality Indonesian-American. That's why his passport, college admissions and financial aid documents would be interesting.

I have always had some sympathy for the young Barack on these points. His mom was a hotpants grad student whose pregnancy was probably a mistake; had abortion been legal at the time, BHO would never have been born. She clearly had no time or interest in raising a child. He was abandoned by his father. His Indonesian stepfather was a mixed bag but probably the most responsible adult in his early life. He ended up getting shipped off to be raised by the grandparents. He was a talented kid but he also ran with the wrong crowd, smoked a lot of dope, and seemed aimless.

I subscribe to the theory that he was a young man in search of an identity, and I suspect that he tried several on for size before settling on the BHO we came to know. It seems likely that in his early adult years he may have tried to pass himself off as exotic and foreign. The accidental American with a Kenyan father and Indonesian upbringing probably didn't blink an eye about playing around with questions of nativity and citizenship. I think he has tried to be a good father to his daughters, and given his own upbringing, that is probably something of which he is acutely conscious. That and political radicalism are the only real things in his life.

Maybe he has always carried an American passport. But we really don't know.