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Kenyan Birth Claim “Just a Marketing Gimmick”
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 19 May 2012 | John Semmens

Posted on 05/20/2012 10:46:54 AM PDT by John Semmens

The revelation that a promotional brochure produced in 1991 by Barack Obama’s literary agency touting his “Kenyan birth” was called “just a marketing gimmick” by Press Secretary Jay Carney.

“The president was trying to persuade a publisher to give him a book deal,” Carney explained. “Naturally, he wanted to make the sale, so the fact that he embellished his resume shouldn’t come as a big surprise to anyone. Come on, making yourself look bigger and better than you really are is standard procedure if you hope to survive in our competitive culture. I mean, is there anyone who hasn’t lied under similar circumstances?”

To those that might harbor suspicions that the reported Kenyan birth could be true, Carney suggested that “even if it were, I think the point is moot. The president has shown that he is fully capable of handling the job. Any deficiencies he may have had on paper have been more than offset by his on-the-job performance for the last three years. Besides, I think the statute of limitations on the whole ‘natural born citizen’ issue has expired.”

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news posts you can find them at...

http://azconservative.org/2012/05/18/obama-gains-key-reelection-endorsements/


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: birthers; birthplace; blogpimp; embellishment; hawaii; indonesia; kenya; naturalborncitizen; obama; satire
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1 posted on 05/20/2012 10:47:00 AM PDT by John Semmens
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I think Obama being born inKenya is a Big Fat True !!!!


2 posted on 05/20/2012 10:48:55 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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Hey John. I think you left out the second half of the post. You know, the part with the satire in it. :)


3 posted on 05/20/2012 10:49:44 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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trouble is he lies about everything


4 posted on 05/20/2012 10:50:46 AM PDT by jrd (DO AWAY WITH THE EPA)
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His American Citizenship is also a marketing gimmick obviously. Only problem is that it is also a felony.
5 posted on 05/20/2012 10:54:31 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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Carney suggested that “even if it were, I think the point is moot.”

Progress.


6 posted on 05/20/2012 10:55:46 AM PDT by ILS21R (John Locke: When the social contract is broken, the people must revolt.)
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So, the Congressman was right when he blurted out, “You lie” during Obama’s State of the Union address. But it is not important that Obama lied to us, the important thing is that we can never believe him again.

Oh, I almost forgot. There is also a YouTube video in which Michelle Obama stated that Obama’s home country is Kenya. Well, perhaps we can believe Michelle. As far as I know she has never retracted her statement.


7 posted on 05/20/2012 10:56:01 AM PDT by Saltmeat
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OK... here is the $10,000 question... Obama’s “marketing” there was used as a prop to his election, to him being annointed for his path to power.

THEY CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.


8 posted on 05/20/2012 10:57:25 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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Even if the birth thing cannot be solved, who is this thing? There has not even been a tinkling of a truth. He is a communists black Muslim and to that there is no doubt. As for the rest he has acted like a criminal twisting and violating our Constitution and laughing all the way.


9 posted on 05/20/2012 10:58:19 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: dayglored; John Semmens
I think he did too. For that matter what part is satire?

; )

10 posted on 05/20/2012 10:58:46 AM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Coulter, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et al., STFU. Thank you.)
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even if it were, I think the point is moot. The president has shown that he is fully capable of handling the job. Any deficiencies he may have had on paper have been more than offset by his on-the-job performance for the last three years. Besides, I think the statute of limitations on the whole ‘natural born citizen’ issue has expired.”

Clearly, the Constitution has no meaning for this regime. The issue isn't whether or not he can "handle the job." The issue is whether he constitutionally qualified for the job. AND THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR THAT, YOU !@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%$%^&*()_)(*&^%$!!!!!

11 posted on 05/20/2012 10:59:27 AM PDT by Jemian
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I’m going to put extra butter on my popcorn...


12 posted on 05/20/2012 10:59:40 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live athrough it anyway)
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Kenyan Birth Claim “Just a Marketing Gimmick”

Translation - "We just lied to people to deceive them into spending money buying the book! Everybody does it!"


13 posted on 05/20/2012 11:00:42 AM PDT by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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To: Jemian

Oh. Satire. Truthfully, I missed that. Seemed all plausible. Sad.


14 posted on 05/20/2012 11:02:08 AM PDT by Jemian
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To: John Semmens; All
yeah! /s...thxs, for the ping.
really folks...it's ALL an "wag the *insert*" (dog/pill/penis :) White Hut operation
.. of course; the WH, wants the distraction(s)...

"IT (REALLY IS ABOUT) THE (SORRY) ECONOMY, STUPID!"

15 posted on 05/20/2012 11:02:30 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA. DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; different flie$". :^)
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To: al baby
Carney and I just won't agree on anything. He is a shill, liar, and an obfuscatorial idiot, not to be trusted.
16 posted on 05/20/2012 11:03:21 AM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: skinkinthegrass
d@ng!.. forgot to add, (dog/birth certificate/pill/penis :)

17 posted on 05/20/2012 11:08:20 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA. DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; different flie$". :^)
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To: John Semmens

Found this yesterday. Looks like the New York Slimes forgot to scrub an article from October 2007. Interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2


18 posted on 05/20/2012 11:09:46 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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If Obama doen’t get buried in this election with a landslide of unequaled proportions in any election ever, Capitalism is dead!!!
These actions and comments excusing the actions if they are true are mind boggling. That is probably the strategy of their campaign. Say and do things so outrageous, the public’s eye is taken off the major points of which one is the point on Obama’s head.
If the Republicans win and control congress in the November elections, we had better be screaming to prosecute the actions of this administration and it’s willful disregard of the Constitution at every opportunity. If they don’t pay attention to the laws of the land the only thing left are vigilantism. This country was developed with the assistance of the gun. It probably need a good dose of it again.


19 posted on 05/20/2012 11:15:31 AM PDT by bramps
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I think the statute of limitations on the whole ‘natural born citizen’ issue has expired."

The US Constitution is our nation's statute of limitations, and it's being trampled into the ground by Democrat communists.

20 posted on 05/20/2012 11:15:55 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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