This article is written completely on strawmen. the idea that travel to Africa was “difficult” in 1961 is preposterous.
We already know Annie was in Kenya at the time of the birth. She missed a flight getting back. Maybe she beat it out of there soon enough to get back to Hawaii prior to the birth, maybe not.
“We already know Annie was in Kenya at the time of the birth...”
How do we know this? (I’m not challenging you; I’m sincerely interested.)
No we don't.
This is like the "US citizens couldn't travel to Pakistan in 1981" nonsense.
Birtherism is problematic because some birthers mix fact with speculation and outright lies.
What's a fact is that "Obama" won't release his birth certificate, or doesn't have one. Nobody can go wrong pounding that home.
If you have ANY evidence that Stanley Anne Dunham was in Kenya, EVER, prior to August 4, 1961 I'd love to see it.
Just as long as it isn't a link to another birther nut website.
No we don't.
This is like the "US citizens couldn't travel to Pakistan in 1981" nonsense.
Birtherism is problematic because some birthers mix fact with speculation and outright lies.
What's a fact is that "Obama" won't release his birth certificate, or doesn't have one. Nobody can go wrong pounding that home.
If you have ANY evidence that Stanley Anne Dunham was in Kenya, EVER, prior to August 4, 1961 I'd love to see it.
Just as long as it isn't a link to another birther nut website.
“We already know Annie was in Kenya at the time of the birth. She missed a flight getting back.”
How do we know this?
Since I’ve never seen evidence that she was in Kenya I will have to stick with my instincts. She was certainly more “liberated” than I was at that age but when I was 17 there would have been no way I would have left my mommy that close to birth! I’ve seen no real proof that Stanley Ann & Sr ever really lived together as a happily married couple. I suspect it was arranged just to give the baby a name, so no reason for her to leave her comfortable life.Just sayin’.......
If you had real evidence that he was born there, it would override other considerations.
But in the absence of any hard evidence, there's nothing amiss in pointing out that travel to Africa was not as easy or as common as it is today.
While such a trip would have been physically possible, it would be irresponsible to leave the impression that could have been undertaken as easily as it would today.
We already know Annie was in Kenya at the time of the birth.
What is the evidence for that?
So, if that is true, why would Barrack Obama's paternal grandparents bother going to Hawaii right after she had visited? That is what would have had to happen since Sarah Obama adamantly has said she was in the hospital when Barrack was born if she wasn't referring to a hospital in Kenya when she made the claim.
Barrack's paternal grandfather was poor and disabled. How would he and his wife paid for a trip to Hawaii? Why would they bother spending the money to go to Hawaii to see their third grandchild born?