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NEWS FLASH - November 9, 2008 11:05 a.m. HST

New Honolulu Tourist Attractions: Obama Childhood Homes

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The future president’s first boyhood home is still standing on Kalaniana’ole Highway, in the Kuli’ou’ou area between ‘Aina Haina and Hawai’i Kai.

The yellow, four-bedroom, single-story home was built in 1948. Nani Smethurst, who has owned the home since 1979, said the place is essentially the same as it was when it was built, although it has been upgraded and landscaped by Smethurst, who is an architect.

The property also has a 450-square-foot cottage in the back that was built in 1953.

Smethurst said she recently noticed people coming around to peer at her home. Then she began receiving calls from local and Mainland newspapers inquiring about Obama’s first home.

“I didn’t know,” Smethurst said. “And then we got a call from someone saying did you know your home is Barack Obama’s first home. It seems that somebody knew. A lot of people, when passing through, would come take a look and maybe take pictures.”

She said someone posted the address on the Internet. That July posting contained a photocopy of what is most likely the first mention of Barack Obama ever published — a tiny, one-line birth notice in the Sunday, Aug. 13, 1961, edition of The Honolulu Advertiser:

“Mr. and Mrs. Barack H. Obama, 6085 Kalanianaole Highway, son, Aug. 4.”

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Smethurst said she recently noticed people coming around to peer at her home. Then she began receiving calls from local and Mainland newspapers inquiring about Obama’s first home

Kinda like going to see the manger where the first messiah was born.

Are we really going to have to listen to the Lame Stream Media put out this blather for 4 years? Can anyone remember how the Lame Stream Media spewed its adoration for John Boy Kennedy all the while keeping quiet the stories of his sneaking off to an adjacent hotel for sex with other than Jackie?

I am praying Alan Keyes will be sucessful.

Have you read the story? It is a horrible attempt at journalism filled with “could haves”, “might haves” and “possibly”. Freeper bvw did an excellent analysis of the article which appears in the long thread which started July 3,2008.”The Honolulu Advertiser” even states the birth announcement appeared in the August, 17th, 1961 edition of the paper when it can plainly be seen that the date was Sunday, August, 13, 1961. It also says the one line item when it was actually two lines. They ignored Jr’s own words in his book which appear on page 39 telling of the walking tours taken when his father visited in 1971, and I quote:”During our walking tours we went past the first home my grandparents lived in when they moved to Hawaii, a house I didn’t know about, the one before University Ave.” The house on the highway was 14 miles roundtrip fom the apartment on Beretania St. and it would have been impossible for Sr to walk 14 miles to view the “first home the Dunhams lived in when they moved to Hawaii in 1960” as he was recovering from a car accident in which he had injured his leg and was using a cane at the time. “The Honolulu Advertiser” also leads its readers to believe that Ann Dunham was living in Hawaii from the time of Jr’s birth when we know she was in WA state by the third week of August and remained there until 1963. The article which appeared in “The Honolulu Advertiser” is one of the worst examples of journalism I have ever read! Also “The Honolulu Advertiser” ignores the words of Rep Neil Abercrombie who said he often encountered Stanley and little Barry going for walks which would have been impossible considering Abercrombie lives close to the Beretania St apartment. Please also note that the article says Nani Smethurst has owned the property since 1979 which belies the assessor’s website mentioning a sale in 1992 and another sale in 1995. Finally going to Zillow the description given says the property is a 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom. The area is extremely high priced located along the ocean side of the island, too high priced even for a furniture salesman and his working wife, or for a struggling pair of university students!

Based on the year the home was built; 1948, the birth announcement residence was no more than 13 years old, when the Obamas/Dunhams called it home. The assessor uses the term; ‘effective date 1952’. Does this mean that this was the first year of occupancy, or the first year that taxes were due on the property? If so, 1951 may have been the first year of actual use of the home. The point being that the home was only lived in for about 10 years, at the time of BHO’s birth. Basically, to most people, it would be considered ‘a new home’.

From the Maui TV News article, we learn that Smethurst has been the owner since 1979. Slowly... working back in time.