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Did Barack Obama Sr. visit Hawaii in 1971?
American Thinker
Shawn Glasco
4/5/2014
Excerpt;
“Your father’s coming to see you,” Ann Dunham told her ten-year-old son Barack Obama, Jr. before a month-long Obama Sr. Christmas visit in 1971, as narrated in Dreams from My Father. Obama Sr.'s Hawaii visit, reportedly part of a "recuperation" after a "bad car accident" in Kenya, included "drives" around "the island," "short walks past" "the remodeled hospital where [Barack Jr.] had been born," and "a talk" to Barack Jr.'s fifth-grade class about "wild animals" that "roamed the plains" of Kenya. And, most importantly, Obama Sr.'s Hawaii visit gave credence that Obama Sr. was, in fact, Barack Jr.'s father.
But was Obama Sr.'s 1971 Hawaii visit, as narrated in Dreams, a hoax? To begin with, Dreams specifically states that the "only" pictures of Barack Jr.'s "father's" Christmas visit were "ones" where Obama Sr., Ann, and Barack Jr. were "stand[ing] in front" of a "Christmas tree," with Barack Jr. holding an "orange basketball" and Obama Sr. "showing off [a] tie." And yet three other "only" Christmas photos have mysteriously appeared the web and in Obama biographies.
1. A lesser-known photo, with a Daphne Barak credit and appearing on "anti-birther" websites, does show Obama Sr., Ann, and Barack Jr. at a "Christmas tree," but neither an "orange basketball" nor a "tie" is seen. Furthermore, Ann's arms are outstretched, handing a large Christmas present to Obama Sr., with the present balanced on two of her fingertips and on Obama's Sr.'s left hand – yet, simultaneously as Obama Sr.'s arms are crossed, he somehow hands a smaller Christmas present to Barack Jr., similarly balanced on both of Obama Sr.'s and Barack Jr.'s fingertips, even though Barack Jr.'s hand is awkwardly at his side and he is kneeling at a distance farther from Obama Sr. than a sitting Ann. The Daphne Barak "Christmas tree" photo is apparently fake.
2. Two well-known photos associated with Obama Sr.’s 1971 visit, with an Obama for America credit, appeared in the following Obama biographies: Janny Scott's 2011 A Singular Woman, Sally Jacobs's 2011 The Other Barack, and David Maraniss's 2012 Barack Obama: The Story.
Since no specific dates are given for the two photos, it is unclear if the airport photos were taken at Obama Sr.'s Hawaii arrival or his departure. But Dreams does state that Barack Jr. first saw Obama Sr. at the Dunhams' apartment building after his grandmother Toot "opened a door" and Barack Jr. noticed "a tall, dark figure who walked with a slight limp" in an "unlit hallway." And Jacobs's 2011 book does state that Obama Sr. gave his son a "farewell hug at the airport" and disappeared into the "blue skies overhead." Therefore, it is inferred that the two photos were taken during Obama Sr.'s departure at Honolulu International Airport (HIA) – possibly in January 1972, or, due to the Christmas trees appearing in the background, as early as late December 1971.
However, whenever Obama Sr.'s airport "family" gathering took place, significant oddities appear in the two airport photos. A couple of examples: first, in the Ann Dunham photo, Obama Sr.'s left arm and hand are pressuring her left shoulder so severely that Ann's left shoulder is grotesquely (and one would think painfully) displaced a few inches lower than her right shoulder—and yet Ann blissfully smiles. Second, for no apparent reason, the top portion of the Christmas tree in the Barack Jr. photo is missing.
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View the complete article, including images, at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/...i_in_1971.html
American Thinker
Shawn Glasco
4/5/2014
Excerpt;
“Your father’s coming to see you,” Ann Dunham told her ten-year-old son Barack Obama, Jr. before a month-long Obama Sr. Christmas visit in 1971, as narrated in Dreams from My Father. Obama Sr.'s Hawaii visit, reportedly part of a "recuperation" after a "bad car accident" in Kenya, included "drives" around "the island," "short walks past" "the remodeled hospital where [Barack Jr.] had been born," and "a talk" to Barack Jr.'s fifth-grade class about "wild animals" that "roamed the plains" of Kenya. And, most importantly, Obama Sr.'s Hawaii visit gave credence that Obama Sr. was, in fact, Barack Jr.'s father.
But was Obama Sr.'s 1971 Hawaii visit, as narrated in Dreams, a hoax? To begin with, Dreams specifically states that the "only" pictures of Barack Jr.'s "father's" Christmas visit were "ones" where Obama Sr., Ann, and Barack Jr. were "stand[ing] in front" of a "Christmas tree," with Barack Jr. holding an "orange basketball" and Obama Sr. "showing off [a] tie." And yet three other "only" Christmas photos have mysteriously appeared the web and in Obama biographies.
1. A lesser-known photo, with a Daphne Barak credit and appearing on "anti-birther" websites, does show Obama Sr., Ann, and Barack Jr. at a "Christmas tree," but neither an "orange basketball" nor a "tie" is seen. Furthermore, Ann's arms are outstretched, handing a large Christmas present to Obama Sr., with the present balanced on two of her fingertips and on Obama's Sr.'s left hand – yet, simultaneously as Obama Sr.'s arms are crossed, he somehow hands a smaller Christmas present to Barack Jr., similarly balanced on both of Obama Sr.'s and Barack Jr.'s fingertips, even though Barack Jr.'s hand is awkwardly at his side and he is kneeling at a distance farther from Obama Sr. than a sitting Ann. The Daphne Barak "Christmas tree" photo is apparently fake.
2. Two well-known photos associated with Obama Sr.’s 1971 visit, with an Obama for America credit, appeared in the following Obama biographies: Janny Scott's 2011 A Singular Woman, Sally Jacobs's 2011 The Other Barack, and David Maraniss's 2012 Barack Obama: The Story.
Since no specific dates are given for the two photos, it is unclear if the airport photos were taken at Obama Sr.'s Hawaii arrival or his departure. But Dreams does state that Barack Jr. first saw Obama Sr. at the Dunhams' apartment building after his grandmother Toot "opened a door" and Barack Jr. noticed "a tall, dark figure who walked with a slight limp" in an "unlit hallway." And Jacobs's 2011 book does state that Obama Sr. gave his son a "farewell hug at the airport" and disappeared into the "blue skies overhead." Therefore, it is inferred that the two photos were taken during Obama Sr.'s departure at Honolulu International Airport (HIA) – possibly in January 1972, or, due to the Christmas trees appearing in the background, as early as late December 1971.
However, whenever Obama Sr.'s airport "family" gathering took place, significant oddities appear in the two airport photos. A couple of examples: first, in the Ann Dunham photo, Obama Sr.'s left arm and hand are pressuring her left shoulder so severely that Ann's left shoulder is grotesquely (and one would think painfully) displaced a few inches lower than her right shoulder—and yet Ann blissfully smiles. Second, for no apparent reason, the top portion of the Christmas tree in the Barack Jr. photo is missing.
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View the complete article, including images, at:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/...i_in_1971.html