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AP declared Obama “Kenyan-Born”
(The Post & Email)
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
Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate
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.
Duckworth working to win | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
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 — FOXNews.com - Ryan Drops Out of Ill. Senate Race - You Decide 2004
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)

tomder55

politics is the art of the possible . they knew they could not forge a nation if they took a hard position on slavery. They put into the Constitution the means to change it .I do not consider it morally incorruptable ,but yes it is indeed worthy of guiding today's thoughts because the founders knowing humans are flawed creatures devised a governing principle that assumed that that the government that governs least governs best.
I still hold that position that States are soverign in our system. The Civil war was indeed about slavery ;but the constitutional position disputed was a states right to disband the union. As for the spark that caused it ;I still mostly blame the Supreme Court for acting imperial . Had they let the Missouri compromise stand slavery would've peacefully withered on the vine.
Fine I hope a jihadi immigrant gains control of Australia's government . Perhaps in your system with a weak executive it is of no concern. But in our system the executive is also Commander in Chief so indeed there are national security issues at stake in the provision.

The only thing I have to say about your inane rant against Bush is that every move made was transparent and debated excessively and thoroughly in our Congress ;in the courts ,and in the media. I would remind you that your PM ;who must explain himself, checks and balances, in rigorous debate...was part of the coalition of the willing.

paraclete

Speaking of insane rants, whatever I may think of Americans and their misguided government I would not wish Jihad and over through of their order on them. Your rant demonstrates how childish you are. Our executive is not weakened by having to explain itself, it is strengthened and just like yours our head of state is commander in chief. That role is largely cerimonial except in time of war and is not used as an excuse for unilateral action.

Every now and again we have a politician who says me too. I don't doubt John Howard's judgement was upset by being in Washington on 9/11 and being infected by the hysteria of the American people and he was a very able demigog, a highly experienced parliamentarian but supporting you in Afghanistan is one thing and being lost in the momentum in Iraq is another. Many were taken in by the lies concocted by Bush and his cronies. In any case Howard was bought with an FTA

tomder55

How can you say we acted unilaterally when we had Australia as an ally ?
The coalition acted on consensus opinion based on the best intelligence available at the time. NO ONE disputed the intel ,even the opponents of the action taken . What we call that in America is Monday morning quarterbacking .It's a football analogy .Everyone is an expert in hindsight.

This conversation has drifted from the silliness of questioning the current POTUS constitutional qualifications to a silly Bush rant. BDS must be a chronic pandemic .

paraclete

Now I see why you wanted us along for the ride. I can see how a thousand troops make a big difference in a desert.

Who is NO ONE. We had an Australian in the defense department tell us it was all nonsense.
Andrew Wilkie - Independent Candidate for Denison
What you are saying is Bush cronies and I include Tony Blair and John Howard in that group didn't dispute the intelligence because it suited their purpose

galveston

Clete, it's clear you don't like Bush.

Do you love Obama?

paraclete

I'm just watching, he has a silver tongue, I'm waiting for him to achieve some of the rhetoric. I don't think he has proven he's not part of the party machine yet.

I think he is right on health care, everyone has a right to at least basic care without having to take out a mortgage. Whether he could get that without materially altering the structure remains to be seen. As to the stimulus, how is this different to the usual boondoggles and subsidies?

As far as Bush is concerned, I believe he did the wrong thing in Iraq and Afghanistan, too much of daddy's unfinished business and besides he wasn't smart, not true leadership material. A smart leader would have made sure he finished off Bin Laden before moving to another theatre. We shall see if Obama has learned anything

tomder55

This is all more Monday morning quarterbacking . Even leaders who opposed the war like German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Egyptian President Hosni Mubark were convinced that Iraq had WMD .If there was solid evidence that there were none then why wasn't that presented in the long runup to the war ?
We didn't even hear a peep out of most people until the war became difficult.

paraclete

Come on, Tom, you know that they didn't want to know, Saddam Hussein wasn't a serious threat except in his own mind. Bush bought the rhetoric and the bill of goods sold to the US by the Iraqi in exile. You and I both know there was more to this and we have debated it in various forums for eight years. There were people like Wilkie but they were told not to rock the boat. Bush had his own agenda and unfortunately the platform from which to launch it. So Saddam may have been doing some research but whatever he had he got rid of long before the invasion. According to one of his generals it is buried in the Syrian desert so there were no WMD in Iraq and no reason for the invasion

excon

Hello again, tom:

Yes, it is. But, speaking of Monday, your quarterbacking is off kilter, too...

You throw up your hands, look around wide eyed, and proclaim that the whole world believed he had WMD's... But, you don't blame the guy who was IN CHARGE when that BOGUS intelligence got produced and then got relied on.. Bizzaro, really.

Then you count the days AFTER we were attacked and say, look, he kept us safe.... All the while pretending that he wasn't IN CHARGE when we were attacked....

It's just kinda funny how you look at stuff...

excon

paraclete

Ex it's all ancient history now but Bush was asleep at the wheel on 9/11. This is sad but true. He was actually an object of fun with a TV show lampooning his life in the White House. A leader held up to ridicule. Now they want to tell us he changed overnight from buffoon to statesman.

Another truth is that whatever is on the leadership comes down on the people, so the spirit of slumber that afflicted Bush also afflicted his people. I'm not surprised when I find some are still slumbering on.