Posted on 05/27/2008 9:25:13 AM PDT by wsjreader
Oh, yes, I’ll bet it’s a Hillary supporter who edited the Wikipedia entry so quickly — this is why Shrillary is still in the race — she’s just waiting for the next gaffe or worse that may finally convince the Superdelegates that Obama is unelectable.
I think he is lying about meing a Muslim.
Why wouldn’t he invent an “uncle” for a speech on Memorial Day?
Any lie, any time, all the time==politician.
Ralph Dunham would have been too old for ETO duty.
Most likely, the fable in question accreted about the service record of Charles Payne, Obama’s grandmother (the white one he threw under the bus)’s brother.
Name Service Service # Registration Place Comments
Dunham, Ralph E. Inducted 28 May 1942, Army 37203549 Registered, order # 1180 Mound City, Linn Co. (Board # 1) Serial # also assigned to Lawrence W. Solomon
Dunham, Ralph E. Inducted 28 May 1942, Army 37203549 Registered, order # 1180 Mound City, Linn Co. (Board # 1) Serial # also assigned to Lawrence W. Solomon
Dunham, Stanley A. Enlisted 18 June 1942, Army 17056069 Unregistered Augusta, Butler Co. (Board # 2)
BHOs grandfather and great-uncle.
Obama’s great uncle Ralph would have been 26, if he was indeed drafted, in 1942. We’ll have to get more info.
Unfortunately, we also have the following Paynes to consider:
Payne, Charles A. Inducted 11 April 1942, Army 37255144 Registered, order # 2043 Lyons, Rice Co. (Board # 1)
Payne, Charles E. Inducted 9 June 1943, Army 37531353 Registered, order # V11125 Augusta, Butler Co. (Board # 2)
Payne, Charles J. Inducted 12 September 1942, Army 37223827 Registered, order # 11191 Wichita, Sedgwick Co. (Board # 3)
Payne, Charles L. Enlisted 1 October 1942, Army 0498672 Registered, order # U-894 Fort Scott, Bourbon Co. (Board # 1)
Payne, Charlie L. Inducted 1 February 1941, Army 39076059 Unregistered Kansas City, Wyandotte Co. (Board # 3)
A lie told often enough becomes truth -- Vladimir Lenin.
But if you want Stalin, I'll give you Uncle Joe:
BTW If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. -- Joseph Goebbels.
This actually appears to be the case, and the camp was Buchenwald and not Auschwitz. He just misspoke. The problem is, he sure does do that a lot.
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