Thanks, stockpirate.
“Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.” - Walter Winchell
“Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone, you don’t.” - Earl Wilson
Pinging anyway.
Check out #2, #16, #20.
An excerpt from The Obama Timeline.
http://www.colony14.net/id41.html
In 1960, Dunham emphasized her “free spirit” with this statement to high school friends, “I don’t need to date or marry to have children.” Teacher Wichterman later recalled that Dunham would question anything, asking “What’s so good about democracy? What’s so good about capitalism? What’s wrong with communism? What’s good about communism?” [408,527,612]
Dunham was apparently a “free spirit” sexually. One former friend said that “She couldn’t be the girl you went steady with, but she could be the one you spent time with.” That friend was not alone in that opinion. Dunham was also known to engage in inter-racial relationships; friend Susan Blake said that Dunham never dated “the crew-cut white boys.” [564,614]
Shortly after Dunham’s high school graduation in 1960, the family had abruptly left Washington and moved to Hawaii, where she briefly attended the University of Hawaii. Taking his daughter with him to Hawaii was perhaps Stanley Armour Dunham’s way of keeping an eye on her; he may have been reluctant to leave her behind at the University of Washington, after at least one “false pregnancy” scare. At the University of Hawaii in her freshman year, Dunham was described as shy and reluctant to participate in classroom discussions; out of the classroom she was friendly with the boys, frequently flirting and repeatedly touching them. [558,564]
Knowing of her sexual reputation, Obama, Sr. supposedly told Dunham, “It’s not mine” when she informed him, in December of 1960, that she was pregnant. Obama, Sr.’s classmates knew he had a wife in Africa. [564]
Dunham’s acquaintances recall that they often had difficulties knowing when she was telling the truth. One remarked that, “She would make you believe anything while you were face-to-face but, a few minutes after she’d leave, you’re realize what she said wasn’t very… realistic or true,” explained one. Another friend recalls joining Dunham for dinner with her parents. Dunham tells an incredible story about a car accident; her skeptical mother lets her finish the story and then says, “That never happened.” [564]
One birth theory speculates that Dunham’s parents were disturbed by the news of the pregnancy (understandably, considering the scandal an unwed pregnancy would bring in 1961), and likely tried to persuade her to give the child up for adoption and then claim she had miscarried. There is speculation that Dunham left Hawaii and gave birth to Obama in Washington State (or perhaps Canada) at a facility for unwed mothers, and then decided to keep the baby. She returned to Hawaii, registered the child’s birth, claiming the child was born at home in Hawaii (thus resulting in two different birth certificates for Obama), and then promptly visited a friend in Seattle that same month, August of 1961. Her friend recalls having to show Dunham how to change the diaper. Dunham collects food stamps for a time. [564]
Almost immediately after giving birth to Obama in 1961, Dunham returns to Washington State to attend the University of Washington, leaving her infant to be cared for by her mother, and leaving Obama, Sr. at the University of Hawaii. [527]
IMO that's why the medical records have not been provided other than the reported letter from his doctor that apparently maintains he is in good health. Medical records would contain blood group information that would blow the obama snr paternity out of the water...and negate the carefully constructed mythos of 'Dreams From My Father' -
thx lucy there are some good posts on there now.