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Obama's Surrogate Anti-Colonial Father

By Paul Kengor on 10.14.10 @ 6:09AM

Frank Marshall Davis was a pro-Soviet mentor to young Barack.

My friend and colleague, Dinesh D'Souza, has advanced an intriguing thesis regarding the roots of Barack Obama, arguing, in short, that to understand Obama, we must understand the anti-colonialism of his African father. Predictably, D'Souza's thoughts have brought the wrath of the liberal choir.

I'm not going to dissect D'Souza's argument. But I would like to add some important information: If Obama is indeed motivated by anti-colonialism, the source may be Frank Marshall Davis as much as, if not more than, Obama's father.

I come to this via a different route from D'Souza. My new book -- released the same day as D'Souza's, coincidentally -- examined the communist movement in the 20th century, and specifically how communists duped progressives and liberals. I determined, definitively, that Frank Marshall Davis was not a duped liberal but a duping communist. I show this at length, quoting Davis's weekly columns from the CPUSA organ, the Honolulu Record, and reprinting pages from Congressional investigations and from Davis's declassified FBI file, including a document that lists his Communist Party number: 47544.

As to their relationship, Davis was introduced to a teenage Obama in the 1970s by Obama's leftist grandfather, Stanley Dunham, who sought a father figure for Obama. Of all people to pick, Dunham chose someone summoned before the Senate in 1956 to testify to Communist Party associations.

In Dreams from My Father, Obama recalled fondly how Davis advised him on women, on race, on college, on life. He shared with Obama his "hard-earned knowledge." Numerous biographical accounts (from the left, and highly sympathetic) describe Davis as a "mentor," a "father" figure, and an "important influence" on Obama.

Those accounts avoid like the plague the fact that Davis was blatantly pro-Soviet and pro-Stalin. This is painfully evident in Davis's Honolulu Record columns. So shocking are those columns that they generated the longest chapter in my book. Davis, befitting CPUSA's disgusting position at the time, demonized the Democratic administration of Harry Truman. Davis took that position because it was Moscow's. As George Kennan described American communists, they "obeyed" the "master's voice" in the Kremlin.

That brings me back to D'Souza's thesis. I did not address Obama's father's anti-colonialism, but I can attest to its dominance in Davis's writings.

Consider a May 19, 1949 column, "How Our Democracy Looks To Oppressed Peoples," where Davis excoriated the Marshall Plan. Yes, the Marshall Plan.

"For a nation that calls itself the champion of democracy, our stupendous stupidity is equaled only by our mountainous ego," Davis complained. "Our actions at home and abroad are making American democracy synonymous with oppression." He added: "I have watched with growing shame for my America as our leaders have used our golden riches to re-enslave the yellow and brown and black peoples of the world."

Davis characterized the Marshall Plan as a "device" to maintain "white imperialism." This nefarious "oppression of non-white peoples everywhere" was purchased via Secretary of State George Marshall's "billions of U.S. dollars … to bolster the tottering empires of England, France, Belgium, Holland and the other western exploiters of teeming millions of humans."

In another column a few weeks later, on August 18, Davis stepped up the communist attack on "the double-talking Truman administration with its program for World War III." "The Truman doctrine in Greece and Turkey and then the Marshall Plan," were, claimed Davis, "based upon the continuation of colonial slavery by the ruling classes of Western Europe."

In his next column, Davis protested: "I shall not help England and France keep millions of my colored brothers in Africa and Asia in colonial slavery. Yet that is what our dividend diplomats ask of you and me when they demand our support of the bi-partisan Marshall plan."

Bad as this was, it's the tip of the iceberg.

Yet, there's a more sinister element, as suggested by a July 1935 document held in Comintern Archives in Moscow. That document ordered American comrades (like Davis, who, at that point, lived in Chicago), to go to Hawaii to agitate against Hawaii becoming part of the United States. The Soviets wanted the territory as a base of operations. What would be the party line? The document ordered American communists to claim there was a "growing discontent of the masses of the population in the Hawaiian Islands," resulting from "the regime of colonial oppression and the exploitation of American imperialism with its policy of militarisation of the Hawaiian Islands."

That was precisely Davis's position when he relocated to Hawaii, whether by orders, by personal beliefs, or both. And it isn't unreasonable to expect he might have shared such thinking with a bright teenager named Barack Obama. Bear in mind, Obama admitted to learning from Davis, including college advice -- his very next step. Obama describes his first days at college as hanging out with "Marxist professors," attending "socialist conferences," and "discuss[ing] neocolonialism."

Rather than heralding the American exceptionalism that sought freedom for the people of the USSR and Eastern Europe, Davis would have passed to Obama a very different narrative about America's place in the world, beginning with its alleged imperial-colonial sins.

This was the wrong side of history, but it was the side of Frank Marshall Davis. The remaining question is to what extent this affected Obama, then and still today.

About the Author

Paul Kengor is professor of political science at Grove City College. His books include The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism and the newly released Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century. His next book will examine Barack Obama's mentor, Frank Marshall Davis.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (94) | Leave a comment

Ken (Old Texican)| 10.14.10 @ 6:47AM

For Our Isolationists here.

www.americanthinker.com/2010/1.....a_pol.html

Tim*| 10.14.10 @ 8:25AM

OK Kenny !

Your source Zbiegniew Mazurak says , " American troops should be immediately withdrawn from Iraq."

http://zbigniewmazurak.wordpress.com/

Ken (Old Texican)| 10.14.10 @ 10:30AM

Hey, Tim*

Thanks for the link to his blog. Heh, he does go on doesn't he?

I had not registered his name in my mind until this morning over at the Thinker.

My goodness, his blog reads like a Santa's list doesn't it?
Again the truism...consider the source.

kindle man| 10.14.10 @ 10:42AM

Paul, why is your book not available on Kindle? Paper and ink is SOOOO inconvenient. Please release your book in Kindle (and other e-book) format.

Alan Brooks| 10.14.10 @ 8:52PM

I met Dinesh D'Souza twice (he's on the honorarium--er, lecture, circuit so much you can't miss him); he is something of an Indian Rajah, a bit of an oriental despot.

Cogito Ergo Sum Conservativum| 10.14.10 @ 9:36PM

Interesting comment, Alan.

I have seen him on several programs myself, and I find him something of an informed, well educated, logical MAN. I wasn't dissecting his racial characteristics. It is interesting to peer into the racially obsessed mind of a "progressive".

Alan Brooks| 10.15.10 @ 1:10AM

"progressive"

I'm too cynical to be progressive-- but so are you and Dinesh D'Souza.
Well who isn't playing a game; D'Souza's game is proving that even though he is probably more Indian than American, he is an American nationalist.

Not patriot-- Nationalist.

Alan Brooks| 10.15.10 @ 1:17AM

PS
"Interesting comment, Alan.
I have seen him on several programs myself, and I find him something of an informed, well educated, logical MAN"

D'Souza is more of a metrosexual than Obama; at least Obama has a deep booming voice. As with Clinton and Reagan, I like Obama more as time goes by, and dislike Rove and Cheney more.
notice UI didn't mention the Bushes? they don't count much:
the first Bush was a bridge to Clinton; Bush 43 was a bridge to Obama.

Robert| 10.15.10 @ 7:46AM

Alan, as a name-caller, you well fit the mold of "Progressive." And your specious rhetoric builds a bridge...to nowhere!

Oldefarte| 10.16.10 @ 2:01PM

Whatever he is or isn't, he's obviously smart enough to have completely NAILED the psychology of El Chosen One!!!!

scythe| 10.14.10 @ 7:16AM

America began as the THIRTEEN COLONIES. We were settlers, colonists. Then we rebelled. Doesn't that make us anti-colonial as well?

Davy Crockit| 10.14.10 @ 7:21AM

Yes, but in a good way.
US out of Texas!

Red Bubba| 10.14.10 @ 7:19AM

Congrats on getting in early.
The why-Obama-was-the-worst-president-ever book industry is the new engine of economic growth.

Deborah D| 10.14.10 @ 7:36AM

Thanks for your research, Mr. Kengor. With you, Stanley Kurtz and Dinesh D'Souza...we're finally getting at the truth of this so-called president. If it feels like he hates the USA, it's only because he does. What was that old song from "South Pacific?" -- "You've got to be taught to hate and fear You've got to be taught from year to year It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught... To hate all the people your relatives hate." It's apparent that all of Obama's mentors taught him well to hate and fear America and Americans. Talk about child abuse. Talk about America abuse. Boy, those who voted for Obama (who, hopefully, are figuring out something about this Marxist) -- sure look silly about now. (Other than his fellow travelers.)

Anthony| 10.14.10 @ 10:44AM

I agree with Deborah completely. What is apparant, is that ALL of Obozo's mentors were America haters and had a healthy distain for Western Civilization.
Obozo had a distorted and perverted (perhaps literally as well) perspective of the country he is president of. His policies are ample evidence of his hatred for his country.
Regardless of its origins, he is dangerous to principles of America. And yes, we need to demand his actual birth certificate to determine his Constitutional qualifications to be president.
Obozo wants hand to hand combat, ok with us. Let's start with his actual background.

P.Smith| 10.14.10 @ 8:08AM

I read several other articles about Frank Marshall Davis and apparently along with being a communist he was also sexual pervert (for some reason liberalism and sexual deviancy seem to go hand in hand). Sex Rebel:Black was a book written by Davis under the pseudonym Bob Greene. In the book Davis admits to perverted sexual activity, bisexuality, rape and the seduction of children.

The fact that Davis was a mentor to Obama explains a lot about his behavior today.

As an aside, there is some thought that Davis may actually be the real biological father of Obama rather than Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., thus the true reason that Obama’s original birth certificate is missing.

Vince| 10.14.10 @ 2:44PM

Looks like somebody needs to go on the Maury Povich show. Frank Marshall Davis, YOU ARE THE FATHER!

Eric| 10.14.10 @ 4:43PM

At first glance it sounds strange but a quick look at the profiles and facial characteristics plus the reported statements that production of the real Obama BC would be embarrasing creates another vacum where a rock ought to be.

Ken (Old Texican)| 10.14.10 @ 8:15AM

For two years,
I have been calling him a communist, (pardon the shorthand).

Have you folks now come to believe me; that he is a communist...born and raised?

Deborah D| 10.14.10 @ 8:20AM

I called him a "Marxist" to a friend about a year and a half ago, and she laughed at me derisively. I told her..."I'm not stupid. I read. A lot!" She didn't laugh again. I still think she's one of his useful idiots, though. Very sad. Very scary.

Oldefarte| 10.14.10 @ 12:17PM

With all due respect, he/Obama is NOT a communist; rather he is an anti-colonist. Please research [and read when it's released in the future] D' Souza'swritings/statements/theories/upcoming book concerning the source of Obama's rage.

Oldefarte| 10.14.10 @ 12:19PM

Correction for above, sorry: anti-colonialist!

Old Joe| 10.14.10 @ 12:39PM

Obama was not mentored by his father, the anti-colonist, but instead by his Socialist Grandparents, and FM Davis. Therefore, I think there is a better chance that he is a communist than an anti-colonist. D'Souza's writings are speculation only. One other thought, he could be both.

MerryJ1| 10.14.10 @ 2:31PM

Yes, D'Souza's writings are "speculation only," but it's educated spec. D'Souza, who was raised in India, witnessed similar anti-colonialist activism and sentiments. He also investigated Obama's relationships and interactions in Hawaii and Indonesia, and the anti-colonialist activities of Obama's father and grandfather, as well as the grandfather's detention and apparent torture as a suspected (perhaps wrongly) Mau Mau collaborator in the late 1950's (and associative loathing for Churchill & England). He makes a compelling case in his book, "The Roots of Obama's Rage," which does not seek to dismiss the Socialist/Marxist allegations, but expands that explanation to provide a more comprehensive overview of Obama's otherwise inexplicable positions.

Oldefarte| 10.16.10 @ 2:04PM

Then why did El Chosen One write a book about HIS FATHER [and correspondingly NOT WRITE A BOOK ABOUT DAVIS], if he is a communist and not an anti-colonalist??????????????????

michigander_sandusky| 10.14.10 @ 8:18AM

It really escapes me why people like Frank Marshall Davis would have supported the Soviet Union model of communism. Didn't they realize that in a purge they would be one of the first ones to die or be sent to the gulag?

Anthony| 10.14.10 @ 10:52AM

Come on my friend, these people are delusional. Hating America is the sin quo non of their entire existence.
Davis could never admit the reality of your observation about the Russian gulags and how the Soviets actually perceived Blacks.
Remember, these are the same morons who swear by Anthropogenic Global Warming and were willing to be human shields to prevent the invasion of Iraq.
You cannot reason with insanity.

Eric| 10.14.10 @ 4:47PM

Anthony, that has to be the most succinct explanation I've heard yet. I hope to plagiarize your words. With permission of course.

Anthony| 10.14.10 @ 5:17PM

Eric, Granted, with pleasure. You honor me.

Margie| 10.14.10 @ 12:37PM

michander_sandusky,

Their zeal consumes them.
But not a zeal for the Lord, heh.

I've read many accounts of where the Communists during the reign of Hiter and Stalin threw each other in jail and killed each other. That's where the term "useful idiot" came about, isn't it?

The Commies turn on each other and like the Mob, there is no honor among friends.

The Devil consumes himself.

Harry Flashman| 10.14.10 @ 8:26AM

There has been some speculation that the late Frank Marshall Davis was more than just a mentor to the young Barack Obama.

Was he Obama's biological father?

Indications that have been mentioned include a purportedly fictional memoir of Davis that recounted his sexual relationship with a young woman named "Ann" that began when she was underage, the documented close association of Davis with grandfather Stanley Dunham, the poem "Pop" written by the current president at a young age and a cursory comparison of photographs of the current president with photographs of Davis and photographs of the late Kenyan Barack Obama "Sr."

What is the truth?

Could it ever been determined?

Does it even matter in any significant sense?

One fact that cannot be questioned is that virtually the entire paper trail of the current president's existence continues to remain deeply hidden away in a tight shroud of secrecy.

Barack Obama's original typewritten long form birth certificate, school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers, medical records, passport history, Illinois state senate tenure records, presidential campaign foreign donor lists and other relevant records and documents have all never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of objective scrutiny, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations.

The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a substantial sum on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material.

American voters remember that the Obama 2008 campaign promised that their administration would uphold the highest ethical standards with a particular emphasis on transparency and accountability.

A vast majority of these voters believe that the process of running for the office of President of the United States should be the toughest public job interview on the planet.

Barack Obama could not be hired as a janitor in a federal building with the amount of verifiable background information that he has provided.

A computer generated laser printed short form version of a birth certificate that a child could have forged was posted on the Obama 2008 campaign website, but it only served to intensify the filings and requests to see the original typewritten long form document, which has never been released or allowed to be scrutinized.

They also produced a one page letter from a physician attesting that Barack Obama was in excellent health for a man of his age.

This constitutes the complete extent of any release or disclosure of any records or documents from Obama's past. Virtually the entire paper trail of his existence continues to remain deeply hidden away.

The mainstream media has given Barack Obama a remarkable free pass on this basic issue of personal truth and transparency. It has become customary in modern times for presidential candidates to allow for the release and scrutiny of the substantive body of their personal records and credentials, indeed up until 2008 in large measure precisely because of a strong interest from the mainstream media.

The candidacy of Barack Obama changed all of that. It is entirely appropriate to consider why he received such a special exception from this necessary traditional practice.

In their eagerness to "make history" by covering the campaign of the man whom they were clearly interested in helping to become the first black president, the mainstream media failed in their essential national responsibility, namely to report on significant events with thoroughness and impartial objectivity. They ignored their duty to search for the truth and should be regarded with disdain by all people who value information in a free society.

Democrat incumbents at all levels of government, as well as rank and file voters, might well demand to know exactly how Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and the rest of their party leadership allowed a person who was obviously given only the most cursory sort of vetting to become their presidential nominee.

Opinion polling consistently finds that authenticity is the character trait that is most important to American voters in electing and trusting their leaders and legislators. That a candidate or elected official really is who they say they are and truly believes in what they claim are their beliefs and are not a phony or a fraud or a hypocrite or a liar.

Barack Obama's true origins, past associations, idealogical convictions, behavioral influences and ongoing relationships are matters of great concern to a fast growing number of people of all political persuasions who just want to know the truth about this man.

What is being hidden and why are they hiding it?

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 10:19AM

haha. You birther clowns are endlessly amusing. A few years ago I had to get a new passport and I needed to provide my birth certificate. All that I got was a computer print out. Tell me-am I real? Was I actually born in NY? Or is it possible that I'm actually a Kenyan anti-colonialist, marxist, communist, islamist, anti-american, muslim sleeper agent, but that unknown government agents are actively conspiring to preserve the illusion of my citizenship so that I can one day become president? What are they hiding?

RacerJim| 10.14.10 @ 10:44AM

If the issue wasn't as serious as it is I'd say you Obama minions are infinitely funny. The computer print out Obama and his minions claim as proof positive he meets the U.S. Constitution's "natural born Citizen" criteria isn't accepted by the Department of Hawaii Homelands as prima-facie evidence of having been born in Hawaii. Moreover, if Obama's father is who Obama claims he was then because his father never was a U.S. Citizen of any type Obama CANNOT be a "natural born Citizen" per at least four legacy SCOTUS cases. PERIOD. END OF DEBATE.

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 10:47AM

der der der. The birth certificate that was issued by Hawaii isn't accepted by Hawaii? Oh, that makes perfect sense to me. Keep the jokes coming.

2Anglico| 10.14.10 @ 11:11AM

der der der... that is the new debate tactic from the Harvard debate team, right?

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 11:13AM

This isn't a serious debate.

2Anglico| 10.14.10 @ 12:25PM

Don't worry, nobody takes you seriously!

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 12:45PM

You're the one arguing that a conspiracy has existed since the day Obama was born to hide the facts of his foreign birth in order to facilitate his eventual election to the presidency (presumably as a plot to undermine America). Don't worry-I wasn't expecting you to be a serious person.

Big Leo| 10.14.10 @ 11:14AM

My father was a naturalized citizen at the time I was born. He wasn't at the time my sister was born. So this means I can be Prez and she can't?

Don't be ridiculous.

Dustoff| 10.14.10 @ 11:09AM

You do know that the B/C idea was started from the Hillary camp.

Yes even YOU can Google it.

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 11:14AM

Assuming that's true, so what?

Maxwell| 10.14.10 @ 11:09AM

Must be so funny that I am not laughing. For every job I have held I had to give a copy of my birth certificate which detailed both parents name, time and date of birth, foot prints, hospital and doctors name, copy of my social security card, copy of my collage transcript listing all of my courses, final GPA (2.169 and I was lucky to get that!), a copy of my degree from the U. of Akron ('73). I'm just a grunt so rules must apply to just me.

Big Leo| 10.14.10 @ 11:15AM

Really? I've held a several Federal, State, and local government jobs, as well as private employment, and nobody' seen my footprints, hospital and doctors name and so forth for sixty years. Are you sure you're in America?

philmon| 10.14.10 @ 12:39PM

"actually a Kenyan anti-colonialist, marxist, communist, islamist, anti-american, muslim sleeper agent, but that unknown government agents are actively conspiring to preserve the illusion of my citizenship so that I can one day become president? "

Is he "Kenyan"? No. Islamist? No. A Muslim Sleeper agent? No. Is he a Marxist? Absolutely. Is he anti-colonialist? Ditto. Read his first book. Is he anti-American? Well he's anti-colonialist, and he views America as a neocolonial power ... so ...yeah, he's anti-American in my book. All the nonsense about sooper secret sleeper stuff, thought, I think is just that.

But it is a valid question to ask ... what ARE they hiding, and why? Not terribly important questions to me at this juncture, but certainly valid ones. And I am more than just a tad curious. But the other issues above are more than worrisome enough.

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 12:57PM

I suppose one could be both anti-colonialist and a neocolonialist. But why do you think Obama views America (negatively) as a neocolonialist power?

As far as the college transcripts and stuff, I suspect that they're hiding that Obama was a lousy student in college and that he got into Harvard Law because of affirmative action. That's just my guess, though.

Texas Ted| 10.14.10 @ 4:52PM

It's amusing that the wackos here think it's OK to throw the British out of America but not for the Kenyans to throw the British out of their country despite the massacres and executions.

And with Obama raising the game in Afghanistan and slaughtering yet more innocent people the idea that he's a 'negative neocolonialist' is stupid. It's business as usual for the US.

believer| 10.16.10 @ 9:35AM

Texas Ted- Africa for Africans is what your talking about, seems you think its OK for the blacks to take away property from whites in Africa but would scream if whites did the same thing in Europe or America. As for Afghanistan, apparently it went over the top of your head why we went there in the first place. I agree that we should leave but for a differant reason, those people are too backward to learn to live without killing. They have thousands of training bases to teach how to kill anyone thats pro western, if your so in love with the innocents in Africa and the middle east go spend a year there, I suspect you'll come back home with the same feeling that Mohammed Ali did when he went to Africa, just glad to be home.

John II| 10.14.10 @ 11:20PM

"As far as the college transcripts and stuff, I suspect that they're hiding that Obama was a lousy student in college and that he got into Harvard Law because of affirmative action. That's just my guess, though."

Well--yes, the Professor is obviously an unaccomplished lightweight. Which sparks a few questions, DReddie. Who are "they" to whom you refer as "hiding" something? Are you thinking "conspiracy"?

Myself, I'm not much interested in the birther business--except that it DOES fit the pattern you concede in the transcript business, so that MY guess would be that Obama & Co. are being coy about the birth certificate so as not to have their response to that issue contrast too sharply with their unprecedented censorship of the college records.

Your guess is plausible, but strangely acquiescent. Given the Professor's transparent narcissism, we must surely suppose that, if the records were anything to crow about, he'd be crowing endlessly. And given his ridiculous gaffes and inarticulateness whenever the teleprompter fails, and given as well his frequently demonstrated ignorance and ideological inflexibility, your guess seems all the more credible.

But why the acquiescence, DReddie? And what do YOU call it when the media are so collectively incurious and so manifestly eager to burnish the image of a public figure? Is "conspiracy" too harsh a term when applied to the advocates of a censoriously lockstep politico-cultural disposition?

DRed| 10.15.10 @ 10:52AM

What-ho, John.

By 'they' I suppose that I meant Obama and whoever in his administration the other 'they' have asked for the release of his college transcripts.
Conspiracy? No, not at all. A conspiracy implies something illegal. Obama is well within his legal rights to not release his college transcripts.

I'm not sure how you think Obama and co are being 'coy about the birth certificate'. The birthers KNOW that Obama was born outside of America, and the evidence is really irrelevant to them. If Christ descended from heaven bearing Obama's birth certificate to them in the ark of the covenant they'd find something to compalin about.

As far as my acquiesence, I don't particularly care how Obama did in college. For what little it's worth, he did very well in Harvard Law, which is more difficult, and now that he's actually been president for awhile, I don't find his academic career to be important at all.

Finally, when the media are collectively incurious and manifestly eager to burnish the image of a public figure, I call it business as usual. You pay attention to it now because you're prejudiced when it comes to Obama, but they did the same thing for W.

John II| 10.15.10 @ 10:50PM

Actually, the Professor did rather well for himself both at Columbia and at Harvard. Whether he did well or not neither one of us is permitted to know. Logic suggests that he did very poorly indeed.

And no, the media didn't do the same for W. The media did exactly the opposite for W.

Lame reply, DReddie. It's your bias that's at issue, not mine. Professor Obama is, objectively speaking, a scoundrel. THAT's my bias: I don't like scoundrels--and as Aristotle says in the Politics, a bad man cannot be a good leader.

But the question remains: what precisely is YOUR bias that pushes you to make such a ridiculously refutable remark as you do in your last sentence?

Lidusha| 10.17.10 @ 10:17AM

I wonder whether FBI or other agency (of course not the one headed by Big Sis) conducted an investigation on our "Messia".
Has anybody watched
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jhx_2TqffE

Louis Jenkins| 10.14.10 @ 2:45PM

Dear Harry:

Can't tell you what to believe, but I'm of the birther persuation too. Unfortunately, even though the crowd here is tough, you won't get much traction. The best we can hope for is to rid ourselves of the strangle hold these uber-liberals have on this great nation. But even though the pundits say we will win big come Nov. we have a lot of work to do in an attempt to reform the legislation they have wrought. I believe we can tie the Pretender n Chief up in knots provided we win and win big.

Oldefarte| 10.16.10 @ 2:16PM

Harry, Your excellent posting is pure fact, and my question from same is not only who he is, but why is he now president. Considering a person of extremely modest financial means, how was he able to attend the expensive private schools [Princeton, Harvard,etc] and, if tuition loans were acquired, how was he able to repay same by working as a lowely paid community organizer in Chicago? Also, ignoring his quest for power, was he financially supported [including paid tuitions] in order to one day have him successfully place into the job he now holds for a subversive reason by persons unknown??????????????

Ken (Old Texican)| 10.14.10 @ 8:41AM

Harry,
A splendid summary, and a perfectly posed question.

Deborah,

Have you gotten my book yet?
Have you ever read speculative fiction? Orson Scott Card is the best in that genre. What he does is start with a what if what if and what if?

Deborah D| 10.14.10 @ 8:46AM

You'll have to fill me in on the book, Ken. Now that I got my daughter married last weekend, I might actually have some time!! :)

Ken (Old Texican)| 10.14.10 @ 8:59AM

Congratulations, Deborah!!! Wish her the best from me.
You can get the book on line and download it to your hard-drive or just leave it on your e-mail server. www.texassaidno.com

paul| 10.14.10 @ 9:11AM

Jack Cashill is the expert in this whole sorry story!

Howard| 10.14.10 @ 9:25AM

Interesting article and interesting commentary, especially from Mr. Flashman. I didn't know Obama's grandfather, Dunham was a lefty. Not very surprising, but, perhaps not "a typical white person" as BHO has commented upon. Also, I did know that Davis was a Red, but I had not idea he and BHO had contacts going back into BHO's formative years. So, the leftist tilt began way before college. I also didn't know the extent of the limited "official" paperwork that is available. People hide things for a reason.

mary| 10.14.10 @ 10:24AM

Ever since I first saw Frank Marshall Davis's photo, I have believed that he was Barack's biological father. Obama, Jr. has not resemblance to Obama, Sr. or Stanley Dunham. He looks just like F. M. Davis, who bragged about tagging a young white girl.

victor| 10.14.10 @ 1:00PM

Same spirit, slightly different flavors:

Communism
Marxism
Socialism
Totalitarianism
Authoritarianism
Progressivism
Leftism
Neo-Nazism
Anarcihism
Fascism

The Devil has many faces, and the Bible says he appears an an angel of light (tries to imitate God), his day of final Judgment is drawing ever closer. And his minions (above) can't hide, either.

Tim*| 10.14.10 @ 8:09PM

You probably meant Anarchism .
And , Anarcho-capitalism , also known as “libertarian anarchy” or “market anarchism”or “free market anarchism” is a libertarian and individualist anarchistpolitical philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and the elevation of the sovereign individual in a free market. Economist Murray Rothbard is credited with coining the term. In an anarcho-capitalist society, law enforcement, courts, and all other security services would be provided by voluntarily-funded competitors such as private defense agencies rather than through taxation, and money would be privately and competitively provided in an open market. According to anarcho-capitalists, personal and economic activities would be regulated by the natural laws of the market and through private law rather than through politics. Furthermore, victimless crimes and crimes against the state would not exist.

Do your homework .

ABNCP| 10.14.10 @ 1:13PM

Big Leo what world are you living in? Getting my first Top Secret clearance from the Air Force involved a DD Form 398. It was several pages long and required detailed information all the way back into my childhood. I had people tell me FBI types came to them with questions about information I had filled out on that form. One of the police in my home town told me they were asked if I had a police record. And of course in order to enlist in the USAF I had to produce an original birth certificate etc. During the Clinton administration the story was the Hillary could not have received a security clearance because of her background had she not been the President's wife.
Of course who knows about the real background of this incomptent boob we have in the White House since he refuses to allow WE THE PEOPLE
any access to this information. Wonderful, roll on November!!!

wayne tallaksen| 10.14.10 @ 1:59PM

Some made the point wondering why the Democratic party seemed not to even give Obama a decent vetting out. Well one easy answer (follow the MONEY)! And as far as I can see next to the influence of money from the Unions is one George Soros! Who as far as I know the number 1 cash cow for the Democrat party and creator of just about all 527s Media Matters and other pro-leftists Orgs. Now as to why Obama hides all his scholastic records? Maybe he does not have the highest IQ of any other U.S. President. So that goof ball Michael Beschloss Presidential historian said he had the highest IQ ever. And Imus asked how high is it in which Beschloss replied I do not know! And or maybe he is afraid of leaving a trail to his true benefactors who put this (Manchurian Candidate)in power. And as to where he was born or who his daddy is? You do not have an army of attorneys keeping all this covered up for nothing!

Banjo| 10.14.10 @ 2:16PM

From the Daily Telegraph:

"Davis, a close friend of Obama’s mother and his maternal grandfather, published an autobiographical, pornographic book, “Sex Rebel:Black,” under the pseudonym “Bob Greene.”

Marshall admitted to having written the book, which he said describes factual sexual encounters that he and his wife had with minors and other couples. “I could not then truthfully deny that this book, which came out in 1968 as a Greenleaf Classic, was mine,” said Davis. The Telegraph states that, “In the introduction to Sex Rebel, Davis explains that although he has “changed names and identities…all incidents I have described have been taken from actual experiences.”

Marshall’s book describes, in lurid detail, his sexual encounters, including multiple group encounters with his wife and a 13 year old girl: “I’m not one to go in for Lolitas. Usually I’d rather not bed a babe under 20. But there are exceptions. I didn’t want to disappoint the trusting child. At her still-impressionistic age, a rejection might be traumatic, could even cripple her sexually for life.”

Davis described how the encounters with the child, who he called “Anne,” would materialize: “Anne came up many times the next several weeks, her aunt thinking she was in good hands. Actually she was. She obtained a course in practical sex from experienced and considerate practitioners rather than from ignorant insensitive neophytes….I think we did her a favour, although the pleasure was mutual.”

Mark Anderson| 10.14.10 @ 2:26PM

Mr. Kengor,
I didn't know you had such a birther following, you must be so proud.

Goldwaterite| 10.14.10 @ 2:46PM

A very cogent hypothesis on your part, Paul.
By synthesizing it with Dinesh D'Souza's contribution in Forbes, a pattern is developing.
A strange footnote: During Obama's first month in office, the bust of Sir Winston Churchill was unceremoniously removed from the Oval Office and returned to the British Embassy. I believe that such a gesture was much more than spring cleaning.

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 5:43PM

Obama returned a loaned bust of Churchill to the British and replaced it with a bust of Abraham Lincoln, ergo he is anti-American. Wonderfully logical.

Cogito Ergo Sum Conservativum| 10.14.10 @ 9:58PM

DRed, your comments fly in the face of logic. I have read and re-read the post from Goldwaterite, and try as I might I see no comment from him that returning the bust of Churchill was in any way unAmerican. I reread the atticle by Paul Kengor, looking for anything to support your illogical comment. No such comment from him. I believe the reference is to his naive leadership style and his dangerous communist-influenced background.

I am left to conclude you are a typical red-herring slinging, emotionally driven liberal. You either have trouble reading and processing logical discourse, or else you are just a complete idiot. Thanks for posting! You are cannon fodder.

DRed| 10.14.10 @ 11:20PM

Hi cogito,

Thanks for the reply.

D'Souza's argument is that Obama's anti-Americanism is linked to the anti-colonialist views that he inherited from his father. Here's D'Souza on Glennbeck:

"Obama is not anti-American in that he wishes ill on America. He wants what's best for America. He thinks it's really bad for us to be a colonial power. And therefore, in his view, he is doing right for America by pulling us out, by knocking us off our pedestal, by in a sense taking us from being the world's arrogant superpower. He wants us to share the wealth. He thinks he's gonna get a better America. The problem is, he's stuck in this theory, he's frozen in this time machine. In a sense, he's a captive of the ideology of a Luo tribesman from the 1950s. It's an incredible idea."

So, D'Souza sees the return of the bust as further evidence of Obama's anti-American anti-colonialism (for lack of a more elegant phrase).

wodiej| 10.14.10 @ 5:46PM

I think it's pretty obvious that the view of Davis was absorbed by Obama. It's unfortunate that someone was schooled and mentored by the likes of people like this who would demean America, the pillar of freedom and liberty. If we're so awful, why are people breaking their necks to get in here?

Many countries indeed still oppress their people but that is the fault of people like Davis who embrace socialism which only further enslaves people. If you want freedom, you must fight for it like it's 1776.

What is really frightening is Obama is the leader of this country. I pray all the time for our country. We all need to.

Ken Roberts | 10.14.10 @ 5:56PM

I don't care what I am called; but I would love to know why he is spending many dollars to keep the birth certificate out of the courts . and the other papers are being hid by none other then Marxist professors . it is apparent to me that the birthers do have enough reasons to suspect he is not a natural born citizen. A paper having a birth announcement does make one a citizen it merely indicates that he might be a natural citizen, or at least that he was actually born.As much as I hate to see any new laws passed we need to pass a federal law that before any one can run for the nomination for president he has to present all of the pertinent papers before he is allowed to go forward. The biggest question I have then is why he does not present the long form birth certificate. There I have wasted any ones time that desires to read what I just wrote. suck it up and get along now . My time is wasted any way.

Ken Roberts | 10.14.10 @ 5:59PM

a paper listing a birth does not make one a natural born citizen I meant to say. I should also proof read my posts better .

Vstarrider| 10.14.10 @ 6:15PM

I was moved to Hawaii in 1060 and was there until the late 70's. My wife was born in Honolulu in 1949 and she has an "official certified" State of Hawaii birth certificate. It looks NOTHING like the copy that The Won has posted on his website!
My conclusion is that He is hiding all of the info mentioned in the posts above because he's not eligible to serve as POTUS. He needs to be removed.

dw| 10.14.10 @ 6:23PM

One idiot breeding another idiot and we are paying for it.

Mark Sands| 10.14.10 @ 7:10PM

I was raised by socialist parents, and yet God pursued me well into my adult years, until I finally faced myself. When I get to heaven, the first thing that I want to do is find and thank the people who were praying for me.
Knowing more about President Obama's childhood should awaken our need to pray for him. Let us pray that the President will do what all Christians throughout history have done...repent, ask forgiveness and receive the free gift of salvation that is given to all who place their trust in Jesus Christ.
Perhaps you know others who are looking in all the wrong places...starting with themselves...for justification. Pray for them as well.
Perhaps you are also realizing that life apart from God doesn't really work, and that there is no hope without Him. Knock and the Door will be opened! Seek and you will find!

Citizen-Comrade| 10.15.10 @ 11:40AM

God richly bless you, Mark Sands.

YHVH pursued me as well, through His Holy Spirit, in His Son's Name.

Rescued me as well, out of socialism.

During my journey of deepening love for Christ i found, to my delight, a returning love for all things American too.

The scales have fallen from my eyes and i can now clearly see that the Democrat Party is the fifth columnist contingent of the Godless Socialist International.

End game: we must destroy them (politically).

Yosemeti Sam| 10.15.10 @ 2:44AM

One has to remember the one BASIC inculcated rule BHO has faithfully followed - no sudden moves for Whitey to catch on to.

Everything, by an abetting Democrat-honkey-donkey-dominated-slogging-Congress has thus given BHO his Trojan Horse desires - penning albeit legislative Pyrrhic victories.

LOL.

Mike| 10.15.10 @ 3:01AM

This is so moronic and says absolutely nothing of substance except "I hate the president and you should too". It still does not answer with any substance "why", though. Communism here is an obvious and literal red herring. The president is not a communist, so please. Why then should we really hate him? Could it be...his race? Yes, that seems to be the fly in your whole ointment that, try as it might, cannot be hidden. Sick.

TomI| 10.15.10 @ 7:54AM

A note about the "birth certificate" that is never brought out. Look at it from Obama's website: http://fightthesmears.com/arti.....rtificate. Look at the bottom left hand corner: "(Rev. 11/01) LASER". The date stamp on the back is I believe "June 2007." What this means is simply that the document was laser printed in 2007 based on a form that was created in November 2001. It is not a forgery or fake document, it's just a laser print of data from the Hawaii records. Anyone who implies that it is the original birth certificate and was generated or created in 1961 is not telling the truth. Those who argue the document is fake are also not telling the truth. Is was a document printed in 2007 as a "Certificate of Live Birth". The bottom of the document states "This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding." You could go today and get another one printed up that looks just the same and would have a date stamp of Oct. 2010.

Anyone who is in an argument about this "birth certificate" as the original needs to simply ask - "Obama was born in 1961, when was that document created?" Answer: 2007. This does not answer the birther question but helps to clarify what the certificate of live birth is and isn't.

Harry Flashman| 10.15.10 @ 9:48AM

The mainstream media selectively and purposefully focuses on the so-called "birthers" in response to any mention of the growing awareness of the fact that Barack Obama continues to conceal virtually the entire paper trail of his existence in a tight shroud of secrecy.

By portraying the birthers as irrational or delusional individuals obsessed with the belief that Obama was born in Kenya or elsewhere outside the United States, the mainstream media attempts to completely avoid what is perhaps Obama's greatest political liability.

The unprecedented degree of comprehensive secrecy of records and documents from the life of Barack Obama is an issue that resonates with Americans of all political persuasions when they are made aware of this astounding fact.

The mainstream media and the Democratic Party leadership do everything in their power to keep American voters in ignorance of what any reasonable observer would have to consider to be a conspiracy.

It's easy to make the case that the process of running for the office of President of the United States should be the toughest public job interview on the planet.

Barack Obama could not be hired as a janitor in a federal building with the amount of verifiable background information that he has provided.

Quite apart from Obama's infamous original typewritten long form birth certificate, which has never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of objective scrutiny, are the hidden records and documents that make up the totality of the paper trail of his existence from birth to the White House.

Barack Obama's school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers, medical records, passport history, Illinois state senate tenure records, presidential campaign foreign donor lists and other relevant records and documents have all never been released or allowed to be scrutinized, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations.

The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a considerable sum on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material.

Every presidential candidate since Thomas Dewey in 1948 has willingly released such records and documents upon serious request, in some instances directly to the campaigns of their rivals, thus acknowledging that their pursuit of the nation's highest office requires that they allow for the scrutiny of the substantive body of their personal records and credentials.

Indeed, the need to do this up until 2008 was in large measure prompted by a strong interest by the mainstream media. That traditional practice ceased with the candidacy of Barack Obama. In their eagerness to "make history" by covering the campaign of the man whom they were clearly interested in helping to make the first black president, the mainstream media gave the Chosen One a complete pass on this basic issue of personal truth and transparency.

It is certainly true that a few presidential candidates in modern times were less than completely forthcoming in their compliance with this practice. John F. Kennedy's medical records were allegedly sanitized to avoid any mention of his diagnosis of Addison's disease and his long history of treatments for STD related maladies. Lyndon Johnson's financial records were allegedly altered to conceal the extent of his investment holdings and business ownerships. George W. Bush's national guard service records were allegedly missing or incomplete regarding his attendance and compliance with some standard regulations.

All of these instances pale in comparison to the astounding unprecedented comprehensive degree of concealment of Barack Obama's paper trail.

They also produced a one page letter from a physician attesting that Barack Obama was in excellent health for a man of his age.

This constitutes the complete extent of any release or disclosure of any records or documents from Obama's past.

Virtually his entire paper trail continues to remain deeply hidden away.

Those who oppose the Obama agenda would do well to spread the word about this concealment of the truth between now and 6 November 2012.

What is being hidden and why are they hiding it?

Oldefarte| 10.16.10 @ 2:31PM

Harry, Once again, your comments are extremely informative and interesting, and I hope that you will continue to share your knowledge here on TAS's articles. Since you infused the Kennedy factor, I'll add that Obama was essentially brought to the public's attention by Teddy Kennedy initially when Obama gave a speech at the 2004[?] Democratic National Convention. The Kennedys are extremely adept at using the power of Hollywood and the MSM to project a false political image [aka, as they did with JFK in 'Profiles in Courage' etc by disgusing his physical weaknesses and sexual appetites]. Old Joe Kennedy's Hollywood connections allowed a glorification of JFK that completely brainwashed the public as to his true personae, and no doubt the Kennedy machine was likewise used concerning Obama's image!!!!

DRed| 10.15.10 @ 11:10AM

"The Obama 2008 campaign and subsequent administration have to date spent a considerable sum on legal fees, estimated in the millions of dollars, to fight Freedom of Information Act filings and other requests to examine this material."
Do you have any evidence of this? I'm pretty skeptical. A lot of the information you keep yammering about wouldn't be available by a freedom of information act request, for example. Nor would it be available to anyone else through a private lawsuit. It's not like you can sue me and get me to produce my college transcripts. So, get specific here-where's the paper trail for these requests and lawsuits. Where are the records of the millions of dollars spend. Or do you have something to hide?

Oldefarte| 10.16.10 @ 2:40PM

D Red, What Harry is saying is completely factual and true, and if you would remove your political blinders you could easily discover same. Not only has Obama gone to great efforts to avoid a thorough examination of his historical writing, school records,etc; but the MSM has assisted him tremendously by not doing their investigative jobs and reporting on same. Research any/all prior presidents and you will be able to completely discover their family backgrounds and influences, their friendly associations,etc in order to arrive at a fairly accurate discription of who/what that president is. Not Obama, since his history is alsmost totally devoid and unavailable. Why do you suppose that is?????????????????

Harry Flashman| 10.15.10 @ 2:30PM

DRed:

Federal Election Commission (FEC) records detail the financial disclosures of the Democratic National Committee, Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and Obama's Organizing for America.

The international law firm Perkins Coie is the primary legal entity that has been used to oppose filings and requests to examine records and documents related to the current president. Their senior partner responsible for these matters is Robert Bauer. They and other law firms continue to work for the administration in this capacity, though Perkins Coie has always been their primary provider of such legal services.

The Tampa Bay Tribune has written extensively over the past three years about Obama's legal expenses to oppose any release or disclosure of his paper trail.

WorldNetDaily (wnd.com) has also covered this issue and has had much to say about it.

There are many other websites that provide information on this subject, however I will not list them as many of these anti-Obama organizations appear to be less than authoritative.

With some time using a search engine, you can easily find a plethora of information related to the attempts of numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations to see various parts of Obama's paper trail, virtually all of which remains deeply hidden away.

I would encourage you to open your mind to the ramifications for the nation of this deception, and examine the sources I mentioned, and that is my last word to you on the subject.

ExPat| 10.16.10 @ 5:33AM

I can't entirely blame Obama. Given his absentee father and moonbat mother it's no wonder he glommed onto an authority figure who had the appearance of having some historical vision, as misguided and wrongheaded as it was.

Albert W. L. Moore, Jr.| 10.16.10 @ 9:15PM

Has it occurred to any of these pop psychiatrists that Barry's key motivation is power, and anti-colonialism and racism are just cynical, hypocritical themes to that end? He pretends to be black to make a racist appeal for votes and to denigrate opponents as racists. He gives lip service to anti-colonialism while colonizing the U.S. with all sorts of riff-raff to sap the American economy and morale and pave the way for a totalitarian oligarchy. Wake up.

granite1| 10.17.10 @ 11:47AM

Re: "The computer print out Obama and his minions claim as proof positive he meets the U.S. Constitution's "natural born Citizen" criteria isn't accepted by the Department of Hawaii Homelands as prima-facie evidence of having been born in Hawaii. "

Answer: Where did you get this crap from? Have you asked the Department of Hawaiian Homelands? If you do, you will find that they--like every department in Hawaii and the US State Department--accept the Certification of Live Birth--as proof of birth in Hawaii and proof of birth in the USA. THOUSANDS of people use it to prove their birth in the USA every year. The officials in Hawaii and the governor of Hawaii (a Republican) have repeatedly confirmed the facts on Obama's birth certificate.

Re: "Moreover, if Obama's father is who Obama claims he was then because his father never was a U.S. Citizen of any type Obama CANNOT be a "natural born Citizen" per at least four legacy SCOTUS cases. '

Answer: Where do you get this crap from? The four Supreme Court cases you refer to did not hold any such thing. Indeed, in the last of the four, the Wong Kim Ark case, the court held that EVERY child born in the USA (as Obama was) is Natural Born, and it upheld the ruling of the lower court that he was a Natural Born Citizen despite having TWO parents who were subjects of the Emperor of China at the time of his birth.

“Natural born citizen. Persons who are born within the jurisdiction of a national government, i.e. in its territorial limits, or those born of citizens temporarily residing abroad.” — Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), said:

“Every child born in the United States is a natural-born United States citizen except for the children of diplomats.” (December 11, 2008 letter to constituent)

Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), said:

“What is a natural born citizen? Clearly, someone born within the United States or one of its territories is a natural born citizen.” (Senate Judiciary Committee hearing hearing on OCTOBER 5, 2004)

And that is, of course, why the US Congress confirmed Obama's election UNANIMOUSLY, because not one single member believed that he was not a Natural Born Citizen.

Harry Flashman| 10.17.10 @ 2:06PM

The mainstream media and other supporters of Barack Obama selectively and purposefully focus on the "birthers" to avoid any mention of the growing international awareness of the fact that the current president continues to conceal virtually the entire paper trail of his existence from birth to the White House.

The comprehensive degree of the totality of secrecy involving practically every significant record and document from Barack Obama's entire life is quite unprecedented in American political history.

More and more people are asking a powerfully simple question.

There is no doubt or disagreement that there is in existence a historical document that is commonly known as the original typewritten long form, or so-called vault copy, birth certificate of Barack Hussein Obama.

This document has never been released or allowed to be subjected to any sort of objective scrutiny, despite several years of repeated requests for disclosure by numerous individuals and non-traditional media organizations.

If releasing the original typewritten long form birth certificate would conclusively end once and for all the widespread and growing speculation about Barack Obama's true parentage and true place of birth, which is obviously distracting attention from his agenda and hurting him politically, why hasn't it been done long ago?

What truths or facts does Barack Obama fear allowing American voters to learn?

In the final analysis, whether Barack Obama's biological father was the late Kenyan Barack Obama "Sr." or the late CPUSA member and radical activist Frank Marshall Davis or the late "grandfather" Stanley Dunham or some other man (cashill.com is a valuable resource) is of less importance than the truth about his past associations and idealogical beliefs and behavioral influences and ongoing relationships.

This is the sort of information that American voters like to know about the President of the United States.

The sort of information that could be gleaned and better understood by having access to Obama's school records, SAT and LSAT scores, college and law school admission records and grade transcripts and thesis papers, medical records, passport history, Illinois state senate tenure records, president campaign foreign donor lists, White House visitor logs and other relevant records and documents.

This is the sort of information that up until 2008 was requested to be produced by the mainstream media, before they ignored their essential national responsibility to report with thoroughness and impartial objectivity by rolling over for Barack Obama and giving him a complete pass on this basic issue of truth and transparency.

None of these records and documents from the life of Barack Obama has ever released or allowed to be scrutinized.

Virtually the entire paper trail of his existence remains deeply hidden away in a tight shroud of secrecy.

Obama and his handlers were able to successfully hide his past and explain away and minimize his associations with controversial individuals and groups during their 2008 campaign.

Will they be able to repeat this deception between now and 6 November 2012?

Spreading the word about the astounding comprehensive unprecedented secrecy concealing virtually the entire paper trail of Barack Obama's existence is essential to stopping his policy agenda and denying him a second term in office.

Please consider doing your part on behalf of the United States of America.

Spread the word.

What is being hidden and why are they hiding it?

tjroberts| 10.17.10 @ 8:39PM

Re: "There is no doubt or disagreement that there is in existence a historical document that is commonly known as the original typewritten long form, or so-called vault copy, birth certificate of Barack Hussein Obama.

Answer: Every word of this is true EXCEPT for the implication that Obama is responsible for not releasing the original birth certificate. It is HAWAII that does not release the original birth certificate, and Hawaii is under a Republican governor's administration.

Hawaii has not sent out the original birth certificate since 2001 when the new, short-form birth certificate became the official birth certificate. That is what Hawaii has sent to everyone since then. It is used by thousands of people every year. When Obama asked for a copy of his birth certificate in 2007, Hawaii sent him the OFFICIAL birth certificate because that is what it sends to everyone.

If you would like to see the original--and I have nothing against it, since it will show that Obama was born in Hawaii, as the officials in Hawaii have repeatedly stated, then get HAWAII to change its rules. That shouldn't be hard to do, since it is under a Republican governor. But if Hawaii does not change its rules, it is not Obama's fault.

No, he has not "sealed" his records. His first executive order made it HARDER than under George Bush for presidents and former presidents to seal records. And, neither bush's nor Obama's executive orders apply to state records or college records. These are simply private, under state and federal laws.

As for the idea that Obama should release kindergarten records or school records (they probably do not even exist anymore) or college records or his passport record, there is no law that says that he has to, and no president has.

Kyle| 10.24.10 @ 10:00AM

"I have watched with growing shame for my America as our leaders have used our golden riches to re-enslave the yellow and brown and black peoples of the world."

Thus for the communist, not only asking that people work for a living in exchange for their "golden riches" is equivalent to enslavement, but even giving people "golden riches" is tantamount to the same.

How much more such reasoning from our glorious "intellectuals" on the left do we have to suffer before we give them all the Dr. Evil "zip" gesture?

Tjroberts| 10.27.10 @ 10:33PM

You have every right to vote against the people you do not like. But, what does this have to do with Obama's place of birth?

TV.Black.Friday.2010| 11.9.10 @ 4:36PM

Every word of this is true EXCEPT for the implication that Obama is responsible for not releasing the original birth certificate. It is HAWAII that does not release the original birth certificate, and Hawaii is under a Republican governor's administration.