http://www.washingtonpost.com/...2031.html?hpid=topnews
Problem? The Kennedys did not become involved with this program until nearly a year AFTER Obama's father had come over from Africa. Therefore, Obama's claim was false.
Now, I could do as the Clinton bashers do and call it a BOLD-FACED LIE. I won't stoop to that level. Probably he was intenttionally bending the truth, as all candidates do occasionally. I'll leave it at that.
Addressing civil rights activists in Selma, Ala., a year ago, Sen. Barack Obama traced his "very existence" to the generosity of the Kennedy family, which he said paid for his Kenyan father to travel to America on a student scholarship and thus meet his Kansan mother.
Problem? The Kennedys did not become involved with this program until nearly a year AFTER Obama's father had come over from Africa. Therefore, Obama's claim was false.
Now, I could do as the Clinton bashers do and call it a BOLD-FACED LIE. I won't stoop to that level. Probably he was intenttionally bending the truth, as all candidates do occasionally. I'll leave it at that.