lgstarr: So...Obama really was born in Kenya!

UPDATE #5:

"Obama, Mc Cain: Who would be America’s choice?"
The Kenya-born Senator, who is being considered by some of his admirers as the "New Kennedy" also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education...How could one imagined or analyse this statement by one of Americas elder statesman, Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. President who endorsed Obama recently, said for him to choose Clinton "would be the worst mistake that could be made"; what an acceptance for the Kenyan American!
www.newspageng.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=37

"AMERICANS DECIDE TODAY. GO OBAMA!"
By AP – newtimesonline.com
A Congressional Quarterly (CQ) politics monitored on BBC put the Kenyan born American ahead of his rival, Senator McCain.
www.modernghana.com/news2/189461/1/americans-decide-today-go-obama.html

UPDATE #4: Well, UPDATE #1 HAS ALREADY, JUST TODAY, BEEN SCRUBBED! (Why is no one surprised?)

UPDATE - UNSCRUBBED, ARCHIVED ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
web.archive.org/web/20060207151627/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html

UPDATE #3: Re: that strange 1.5 million dollar payoff from DOJ to Hawaii for the non-existent crime (see second to last paragraph of this post below)...well, here's why:
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=275818

UPDATE #2:

"Trial and Triumph: Stories Out Of Africa"
She also describes the stories that have been exciting, including the U.S. presidential race of Kenyan-born Sen. Barack Obama.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95550177

"US Presidential Polls:Obama, McCain slug it out today"
The Kenyan-born Senator will, however, face a stiff competition from his Republican counterpart, John McCain who has taken the presidential battle to the finishing line with vigorous campaign strategies.
www.nigerianobservernews.com/4112008/4112008/news/news1.html

More Hot News by Prof. Wolfgang Thome - SECURITY CONCERNS FOR TOURISM AS SENATOR OBAMA JETS INTO KENYA"
As Kenyan born US Senator Barack Obama jets into Kenya today as part of his African tour, concerns have once again been raised on the security preparations for other visitors and residents.
www.africa-ata.org/ug_newsletter.htm

Otunnu on Luo Tribe Member Being Elected President, Oct. 25, 2008
Olara Otunnu (Harvard Law, 1978) relating the remark of Kenyan historian Ali Mazrui on the oddity that a member of Kenya's Luo tribe (Barack Obama, a Kenyan citizen and Luo tribe member from birth) may become president of the United States before a Luo tribe member becomes president of Kenya.
www.archive.org/details/OtunnuOnLuoTribeMemberBeingElectedPresidentOct.252008

Nigeria: Clintonian Branding
Little wonder then why Kenyan-born Barack Obama, America's first Black President, converted his major speech at his recent Ghana trip to a scathing upbraiding of Nigeria's irresponsible leadership!allafrica.com/stories/200908200781.html

UPDATE #1: From the Honolulu Advertiser:

Duckworth is happy to point out that she and Hawai'i-raised Punahou graduate Obama have "a kama'aina connection."

Both were born outside the country — Obama in Indonesia, Duckworth in Thailand — and graduated from high school in Honolulu — Punahou and McKinley, respectively.

the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html

UPDATE - UNSCRUBBED, ARCHIVED ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
web.archive.org/web/20060207151627/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html

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Sunday, June 27, 2004: The Standard Online (Nairobi, Kenya) reports (listing "--AP" as source): Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

The following story appeared in two Ghana newspapers this year:

"History Beckons - As Prez Obama Arrives Tomorrow"

For Ghana, Obama's visit will be a celebration of another milestone in African history as it hosts the first-ever African-American President on this presidential visit to the continent of his birth.