I guess it's theoretically possible that at some point somebody in the Immigration and Naturalization might have noticed that Obama Sr. listed a wife in Kenya on one form and a wife in Hawaii on a later form, but I don't think it was necessarily something Barack Sr. needed to worry about that much.
Somebody who did might just have assumed that he'd gotten a divorce in the meantime. Obama Sr. probably wasn't going around announcing that he had two wives, so nobody would be looking to get him for polygamy.
The idea that he went with Stanley Ann to Kenya to get away from troubles just isn't that convincing. His troubles were probably bigger over there than in Hawaii (as hers would be if she had gone).
There is much that will be uncovered in this saga of detective work and peeling away of the onion. I imagine that someone who would like a Pulitzer will unravel the truth of Obama's past. I have my own theories and many questions unanswered. I would start with what did Stanley Ann reveal to her friend on Mercer Island when she showed up there with Baby Obama to attend the University of Washington, the summer of 1961? Anybody make a visit to Susan Blake, a former Mercer Island City Mayor, to find out what Stanley Ann told her in regards to where she was before she came to Mercer Island? Here is a photo and entry for Susan Blake as she appeared in a Voter's Pamphlet for the November 2, 1999 GENERAL ELECTION:
Appointed to Mercer Island City Council in May, Susan seeks a four-year term. As a 43-year resident, she brings leadership, knowledge and understanding of the community and strives to maintain the Island's livability for the future.
PUBLIC POLICY EXPERIENCE: • 5 years, Planning Commission- developed regulations for Shorelines Management Act, Critical Lands Ordinance and Town Center Design; • 5 years, A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) citizen advisory board- recommended Trust Fund grants resulting in 750 new affordable housing units in east King County; • Member, Comprehensive Plan Task Force, wrote City 30-year plan for Growth Management Act; • 10 years, Mercer Island School Board- served 6 years on State School Directors Legislative Committee and National School Boards Association task forces in Washington, D.C.
PRIORITIES: Resolving Town Center parking problems, encouraging vitality in the CBD, increasing affordable work-force housing regionally, clarifying land-clearing, and tree protection ordinances and involving citizens in policy making.
CAMPAIGN ADDRESS: 3206 80 AV SE, #5, Mercer Island, WA 98040 TELEPHONE: (206) 232-5277