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To: mlo

Leaving behind the photo silliness, let me address the topic of the thread.

So we have here a June 2004 article from a Kenyan newspaper about Jack Ryan’s resignation from the U.S. Senate race, which refers to Illinois State Senator and U.S. Senate hopeful Obama as “Kenyan-born.”

Two possible interpretations present themselves:

1) Despite decades of Obama’s efforts to conceal his Kenyan birth, an unknown unbylined reporter for the East African Standard, who somehow knew the *real* truth about obscure Illinois State Senator Barack Obama’s birthplace, dropped that information into a modified AP article about U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ryan; or

2) The unbylined Kenyan reporter made a factual mistake.

A quick application of Occam’s Razor, plus the fact that the unbylined reporter didn’t know how to properly spell “Barack,” tells me which side I’m coming down on.


410 posted on 10/15/2009 8:51:45 AM PDT by LorenC
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To: LorenC; LucyT; Fred Nerks
The unbylined Kenyan reporter made a factual mistake

There have been at least 5 articles referenced in this thread that call him "Kenyan-born". Interestingly, several of these articles have been scrubbed after the fact, which has also been demonstrated conclusively. The articles are all from reputable news organization, such as The Telaegraph (UK). Some date from 2004 and others date from 2006.

Occam's razor suggests that the truth is that Obama was born in Kenya, and that Obama has been actively trying to "correct" this fact in all of the major media. This is the same case of the alleged COLB, which they had to post many versions until they got one that looked even quasi-legitimate. If you check out democratic-aligned sites, you will find that they have offered a "Kenyan Birth Certificate Generator," which is indicative of their efforts to continually generate false and misleading documents.

Before you make any more silly assertions, I recommend that you familiarize yourself completely with the "long thread" ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2306351/posts ). Only after you have mastered the subject matter there should you even consider any further posts.

425 posted on 10/15/2009 9:57:16 AM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: LorenC
A quick application of Occam’s Razor, plus the fact that the unbylined reporter didn’t know how to properly spell “Barack,” tells me which side I’m coming down on.

By November of 2004, this same Kenyan paper had already dropped the "born in Kenya" angle.

Kenya celebrates Obama win

Hmm... No mention that Obama was also born in Kenya? Maybe Holder had a talk with them. It's a conspiracy!

437 posted on 10/15/2009 10:54:16 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: LorenC

Barack 0bama Jr has ads from a few years ago spelling his name “Barrack”, just like his purported father always spelled his name.

No prize.


443 posted on 10/15/2009 11:00:41 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Asato Ma Sad Gamaya Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya)
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