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"Obama Sr.'s Hawaii transcript is currently missing from our collection."

"I can remember the rumors about her and another class-mate who were involved with and married African-American men."

"Since we know that many of these students did not come to the East-West Center until September 1961, the group picture had to have been taken after Ann and child had left Obama for Seattle in late August 1961."

Everything, and I mean absolutely everything, reported, told or otherwise written about Obamugabe is a lie. He is a man with no past and apparently no friends. If this was a Hollywood movie, it would be totally scripted from beginning to end. His birth, his education, his religion, his morals, his politics are all made-up from whole cloth and served to the public on a silver screen..................

Amazing; what we do not know; still. . .

In reading just a few comments at AT; how people so easily believe; in the most basic premises of Obama's life; while reading of the subterfuge. It is so deep; the mind, has a hard time, getting down to it. Personally, trust nothing about his history; or that of his Mother; OR his 'girl friend's' recall; that his Grandmother was racist; or the 'fact' that he is indeed, the son of Barack Obama; and ad nauseum other 'factoids' so shared.

Clearly; Obama had a 'sperm donor'; and came from 'somewhere'. As well; it is apparent; that more than a few guiding hands on his shoulder; in a 'push/pull' as he makes his way - and most likely, barely - through higher education and onto full political life.

(Today; as President he appears as no more than a hired gun to take out America; and think those who hired him; had the 'hands on'; early on.)

Whatever the case; would be nice to have this creation myth figured out before 2012; but just as clearly; this will not happen.

Meantime, kudos to all; who so painstakingly; are trying to piece the truth of Obama; into a factual history.

Treasonous shame on those who do precisely the opposite. Propagandists; useful idiots; lazy or careless researchers Et Al. . .

A case in point is the story of how Obama Sr. (going forward, "Obama") and Ann Dunham met in a Russian class. Maraniss goes into elaborate detail as to why Obama would take a Russian class while ignoring the very real possibility that the whole story is hogwash.

Liberals can get away with 'stupid' because the press has a vested interest in protecting the illusion that liberals are smart.

The suckups at the New York Times would catch this if it had come from a conservative about a conservative. But the reporters of the MSM lack integrity... and the ability to 'see' that which doesn't benefit liberals.

[Maraniis] fails to mention that in Obama's immigration documents, he misidentifies his presumed child as "Barack Obama 2nd" and gives his address as "c/o Univ of Hawaii." Obviously a very caring father!

Actually, if one examines the writing on this form it is clear that Obama Sr. did not write in the name of any child.

There are two handwritings on the form. There is a faded handwriting, which is no doubt Obama Sr.'s.

In the faded handwriting, Obama Sr. writes that he is married, and that his wife's name is Ann Obama. He then writes "Honolulu, Hawaii" in the next line which he may be using to write the address of his wife, which the form asks for but he did not write in in the box above it.

On top of that, there is a darker, sharper handwriting. It is in this other handwriting that "USC" and "Legal Separation 2 mos ago" is written and "Has one?" under social security no. Obviously, Obama Sr. would not write "Has one?" in this box. Also, he would not have used the initials "USC" which is INS abbreviation/jargon for U.S. citizen. The person who wrote the later handwriting tends to use a mix of upper and lower case, like using a lower case "e" in a word containing upper case letters, whereas Obama Sr. uses completely upper case letters.

It appears to me that the words "Barack Obama 2d 2 yr USC" are written in the other darker, sharper handwriting.

This is probably someone at the INS filling in further information on the form not originally supplied by Obama.

Truth advances in stages. Maraniss brought out things that nobody else did. Somebody else will bring out things that he missed. No need for somebody to be b*tchy about it, especially somebody at the American Thinker.

Sally Jacobs's The Other Barack has the story about the Russian class as well. If you took one semester or one year of Russian, you wouldn't be fluent enough to put it on your resume either, so I wouldn't discount the story out of hand because Barack Sr didn't claim fluency or proficiency in the language.

What's interesting is that Barack Sr. was hanging out with people who later became high-flyers in the US government -- Robert Ruenitz at the Foreign Service, Arnold Nachmanoff at State and Treasury, both CFR members.