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I am not a “birther” if birther means I think Obama was born in Africa. I have always been skeptical of this claim. First, why would a pampered and privileged young white female go to Africa near her due date? And then the logistics of getting back to America with a new baby by the time the birth was officially registered in Hawaii would be difficult to pull off to say the least. That said, I am very much an anti-anti-birther. It is entirely legitimate for people to want to see the “long form” birth certificate, and there is ABSOLUTELY NO legitimate reason why Obama shouldn’t release it.
But that said, I have been interested in Obama’s rather murky background, and his refusal to release other important documents. It is entirely reasonable to conclude that the reason he has been unwilling to release so many of his records is because he is hiding something. Did he self identify as Muslim at some point in the past? Did he self identify as a citizen of Indonesia? Were his grade so poor that it would reveal his admission to Harvard Law to be a clear cut case of Affirmative Action?
Whatever the case, the liberal media is definitely covering for the guy. One thing that has intrigued me is the growing evidence that his first book, Dreams From my Father, was ghostwritten by Bill Ayers. You know, that guy Obama said he barely knew.
Here is a good article from the neo-con but widely read American Thinker by a literary critic who is analyzing one of Obama’s alleged undergraduate poems. He addresses many of the issues above.
I too had wondered if Barack Sr. was really Obama’s father. They look nothing alike. And I had read before the speculation that Frank Marshall Davis might be his father. But Obama does look very much like his alleged African half brother, so I do think Obama Sr. was probably his real father, although he played almost no role in his life.
Via Christopher Manion at LewRock.
Addendum: Here is a link to all of Jack Cashill’s American Thinker articles. He has done some good work on Obama’s murky origins, and they deserve review.