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It's too good to pass up. Especially, that it got corrected just as he was gearing up to run for president.

Which is consistent with my view that no one had reason to pay much attention to the thing before then.

But the fact remains, she must have got the idea in her head somehow,

How about the idea "born of a father from Kenya" (i.e., having a Kenyan heritage) got conflated to "born in Kenya?" as this was all short and simple and not something commanding much scrutiny given the limited audience and purpose?

I know people have a great need to find a furtive, cynical motive in these things. But often the innocuous one is much simpler. Hello, Mr. Occam.

No mention of the father; it’s all about Obama Jr:

‘“Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister, he attended Columbia University and worked as a financial journalist and editor for Business International Corporation.Vetting34

He served as project coordinator in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, and was Executive Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago’s South Side. His commitment to social and racial issues will be evident in his first book, Journeys in Black and White.”’

But to get back to the pathological liar issue. It really is foundational to the whole discussion. If, on the one hand, Obama had a long and solid history of telling the truth, one would still find the many contradictions and anomalies in his records troubling. Yet one would give an honest person the benefit of the doubt, and try hard to reconcile his various issues.

But when a man has proven himself to lie pathologically, to lie when he speaks, to lie without compunction or guilt of any kind, that does make it different. In fact, it makes all the difference. Unless and until you, CpnHook, can admit that Obama’s lying is such that it indicates a serious underlying personality disorder, there will always be a fundamental disconnect. You will be defending what you believe is an honest man of integrity, while I will be discussing a pathological liar. There is no way those two narratives can even overlap, much less find resolution.

"How about the idea "born of a father from Kenya" (i.e., having a Kenyan heritage) got conflated to "born in Kenya?"... "

You Obama supporters really are marked with A POWERFUL DELUSION.

Read this excerpt:

... However, evidence to indicate that Obama war born in Kenya is plentiful and it goes significantly beyond the 1991 version of the brochure. - Despite claiming the passage about Obama’s birthplace being Kenya was a mistake, the listing still maintained that Obama’s birthplace was Kenya until after Obama became a U.S. Senator.“Goderich’s statement fails to explain why the “fact checking error” persisted for sixteen years, through at least three different versions of Jane Dystel’s website, and through at least four different versions of Obama’s biography,” reports Breitbart.com. - The literary agency also updated the text in June 1998, but the part about Obama being born in Kenya was retained. - The text was again updated in February 2005 to reflect the fact that Obama had become a Senator, but Kenya was still listed as his birthplace. - After an April 2007 modification of the text, the passage still read Obama, “was born in Kenya.” - As Steve Boman reveals, the Dystel & Goderich agency asks its clients to submit their own biography, meaning it’s virtually impossible the listing of Obama’s birthplace as Kenya could have been a “fact checking error” on behalf of the literary company itself. - During a speech about HIV, First Lady Michelle Obama said she and Barack Obama “visited his HOME country of Kenya.” Watch the clip below. Michelle says Barack's Home country is Kenya - full statement ( 0:31 ) - In 2008, Obama’s paternal step grandmother appeared to indicate publicly that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. In an interview conducted by American Christian minister Ron McRae, Sarah Obama was asked,‘Were you present when your grandson was born in Kenya?’ ” McRae testified in his sworn statement.“This was asked to her in translation twice, and both times she replied,“Yes! Yes she was! She was present when Obama was born.” - Another source who met Sarah Obama told World Net Daily,“I have keenly and attentively listened to the tape over and over again, and I can confirm from Sarah’s own confession that Barack Obama was born in Kenya in her presence.” - A separate Kenyan government official agreed, stating,“I have listened to the tape. The preacher asked whether Barack Obama was born in Mombassa, and the translator asked the same. When she said Mombassa, it was like a surprise, and those there thought she could not have meant to say Mombassa.” - When New York Times bestselling author Jerome Corsi traveled to Kenya to investigate the claims, he was almost immediately kicked out of the country by Kenyan officials. - When Kenya’s National Security Intelligence Service investigated claims that Obama was born in Kenya, officials in Nairobi found “relevant birth records may have been removed or were missing.” - Obama has deep political connections in Kenya. From 2006 onwards he rallied in support of Islamist Raila Odinga in Kenya, helping him impose Sharia law. When Odinga lost the Kenyan election in 2008, his supporters rioted, unleashing a wave of violence. Despite the bloodshed, Obama used his influence to aid Odinga in retaining his position as part of a coalition government. Obama and Odinga Campaign in Kenya ( 4:01 ) For the mainstream media to IMPLY that the 1991 brochure is the “source” of the claim that Obama was born in Kenya IS COMPLETELY INACCURATE. Not only was that brochure updated many times right up until 2007,with the information about Obama’s birthplace being Kenya RETAINED, but there are NUMEROUS OTHRR FACTORS which ALL INDICATE that Kenya could indeed be Obama’s homeland.