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What most people know is that the Associated Press (AP) is one of the largest, internationally recognized, syndicated news services. What most people don’t know that is in 2004, the AP was a “birther” news organization.
How so? Because in a syndicated report, published Sunday, June 27, 2004, by the Kenyan Standard Times, and which was, as of this report, available at
http://web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm
The AP reporter stated the following:
Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations.
This report explains the context of the oft cited debate, between Obama and Keyes in the following Fall, in which Keyes faulted Obama for not being a “natural born citizen”, and in which Obama, by his quick retort, “So what? I am running for Illinois Senator, not the presidency”, self-admitted that he was not eligible for the office. Seeing that an AP reporter is too professional to submit a story which was not based on confirmed sources (ostensibly the Obama campaign in this case), the inference seems inescapable: Obama himself was putting out in 2004, that he was born in Kenya.
The difficulty in finding this gem of a story is hampered by Google, which is running flak for Obama: because if you search for “Kenyan-born US Senate” you wont find it, but if you search for the phrase without quotes you will find links which talk about it.
For those who believe what they see, here is the screen capture of the page from the Kenyan Sunday Standard, electronic edition, of June 27, 2004 — Just in case that page is scrubbed from the Web Archive:
Readers should take note that this AP story, was syndicated world-wide, so you should be able to find it in major newspapers, archived in libraries world-wide. If any reader does this, please let The Post & Email know, so that we can publish a follow up-story. You can scrub the net, but scrubbing libraries world-wide is not so easy.
Hanen of Sentinel Blog Radio broke the public news of the existence of this AP story at on October 14, 2009 at 12:31 pm. However, The Post & Email can confirm that a professional investigator had uncovered this story months ago, and that certified and authenticated copies of this report, meeting Federal Rules of evidence, have already been prepared and archived at many locations nationwide.It should be noted that on January 8, 2006, the Honolulu Advertiser also reported that Barack Hussein Obama was born outside the United States.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html
A Chronology of Deceit
One can now ask an important question which has not yet been emphasized enough: “Just when did Obama begin to publically claim he was born in Hawaii?” This question is distinct from the question, “Just where in fact was Obama born?”, and from the other question, “What do official documents say about where he was born?”
Regarding his claims, we can summarize what is known:
1. As of Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, Obama’s Campaign was putting out that he was born in Hawaii. This is known from the introductory speech given by Prof. George A. O. Magoha, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, on the occasion of a speech given there by Senator Obama that day. (One presumes that the Vice-Chancellor was given notes from the Obama campaign, as is customary on such occasions)
2. From the newspaper reports above, it is clear that the Obama campaign was putting out that he was born in Kenya, or overseas, during the period of June 27, 2004, until January 8, 2006.
3. In October of 2004, during the ABC Chicago Affiliate’s broadcast of the Obama-Keyes debates, Obama openly admitted — he conceded — that he was not a natural born citizen. (C-Span aired the uncut version of the debates, which contained this exchange, in the second half of April, 2005)
4. It is known from a classmate of Obama at Harvard University, that while at Harvard, Obama at least on one occasion admitted that he was born in Kenya. (This friend went on record on a call in radio program in Idaho in early July, 2009)
If any reader can find a link which documents a claim to a birth location before Aug. 28th, 2006, which differs from this timeline or which supports it; please let The Post & Email know of it, by posting it in the comment section below.
In a follow up report, The Post & Email has published a brief analysis of the Google Newspaper archive, which shows that Obama’s story changed after June 27, 2004.
Finally, that the AP did cover this story, reprinted by the East African Standard, can be seen from the citation made to AP stories about it (Jack Ryan dropping out of the race), in the following contemporary news articles, which however are incomplete:
June 25, 2004 — http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,123716,00.html
June 26, 2004 — Bellview News Democrat
June 26, 2004 — AP Online Story by Michael Tarm
June 25, 2004 — AP Syndicated Story by Maura Kelly Lannan
(Second Source on June 26, 2009, which cites Associated Press Special Correspondent David Espo and reporter Dennis Conrad as contributors to this report)
(Third Source, The Ledger, print edition of June 26, 2009: partial republication)
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Since the Constitution says natural born citizen OR a US citizen, this point really is moot. It’s like arguing that since he wasn’t a citizen at the time of the ratification of the Constitution he shouldn’t be President (read Article 2, people). I don’t like him either, but let’s fight the bad ideas instead of this straw man.
RallyeJo,
Hi. I am not really a “birther”, so to speak, but I did have questions that seemed to not be answered regarding Obama and his birthplace and what-not. I found this particular article on a blog site and brought it here.
I did this because I read all the links. It seems obvious, after reading the links, that something is amiss regarding Obama and his birthplace. I care about this only because, well, if he lied about it and had news stories manipulated and “updated” to cover his tracks, then he isn’t worthy to be our President.
Right now, to me, it’s not so much an issue I am pursuing to have him removed from office due to birthplace, but moreso a simple look into his life to see if he has been lying to us from the get-go.
If it is discovered that he has been lying this whole time and had a bunch of people lie for him as well…hmm…well, let’s just wait and see how this unfolds. I’m as patient as ever, so I am in no hurry. I can easily out-wait anyone.
In the meantime, however, YES!, let us fight the bad ideas, absolutely!
The grandfather provision of the “natural born Citizen” clause provides an exception to the “natural born” requirement for those persons who were citizens at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, but had been born as British subjects before the American Revolution (or were born after the Revolution, but before 1787). Without this exception, ten subsequent presidents would have been constitutionally ineligible to serve.
Leave it to admin. It is a true historian. Always a pleasure to learn something new from you!
Usually that is true. But, in this instance, I wish it was the “historian” in me… but this time, it was actully wikipedia because I was just being lazy. lol
WIKIPEDIA?! Areyoukiddingme?
Shock, confusion, disillusionment…I’m crushed.
Okay, I’m over it. You are still admin and still worthy of our respect and not a little fear, too. lol
RallyeJo,
I’m not a birther either, but I also don’t like it when facts just seem to be so contradictory. 1…The Constitution doesn’t say natural born OR a US citizen–that’s false. It says “a person must be a natural-born citizen of the United States…” ***edited to clarify what you must have been referring to*** It has a clause that says, or a US Citizen , And if you’ve been living out of the country, you’ve got to be a resident back in the states for at least 14 years, since the time that you came back to the states. (I’m not saying he is or isn’t, just clearing up the Constitutional issue you raised.) *note that military bases, etc, still constitute a “natural born citizen” I presume because you are out of the country out of duty to your country, and not of your own volition.
There are MANY facets to the argument and ensuing conspiracy theory. The most compelling one is actually, in my opinion, whether or not the parents OF A CHILD NOT BORN IN THE UNITED STATES are able to pass on citizenship to their child. The non-birther argument is that his mother was a citizen, and so she passed it on. But the birther argument is that because they do not believe he was born in the US, and his mother was only 18 at the time of his birth, she does not qualify for automatically passing on citizenship. The reason behind this is because the law of the land at the time (which has since been changed) required that if only one parent was a US citizen at the time of the birth, that parent must have resided in the US for at least 10 years–5 of which had to be AFTER they turned 16. So if by some fluke a foreign birth was proven, then this would be the argument that would “win.” Because in that case, his mother wouldn’t have qualified to pass on his citizenship.
And then there are also those who say that because when he went to Indonesia they did not allow dual citizenship, so they say that he would have had to relinquish his US citizenship (which they say is proven by school records to have been done by his parents). Let’s see…what else…ahh, the use of an Indonesian passport to travel to Pakistan in the early 80’s and they say he was not “naturalized” after returning from Indonesia in the first place. And last but not least…his Kenyan grandmother is reportedly videotaped saying she was in the delivery room, in Kenya, when he was born.
And of course, “non-birthers” claim that none of this is relevant because of the birth announcement in the Hawaii paper from the date of his birth. Their claim is that someone would have had to foresee that he would run for President and plant the notice there to ensure his legitimacy. It is kind of far fetched. But still, I’m a facts kind of girl. I’d like to see the facts, supported by the actual long form birth certificate, just to shut up all the debate one way or another. If it really is a ridiculous claim, we should be concentrating on much more important issues.
I’m not trying to sway you one way or another, just trying to present what the arguments are that birthers support.
When I first heard he was born in Africa, I thought –Why are they letting him run for office — now I get it — to destroy the rest of the Constitution — duh!
He should be impeached and all of his idiotic executive orders and signed laws should be rescinded and McCain made president. But Noooooo, that won’t happen. Why? Too much money is backing the little creep. No wonder he’s for opening the borders and the world — that way he won’t have to worry his dirty little secret will be found out.