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June 18, 2009
Anti-Obama Author Conned by April Fools Joke
By The Candid Blogger
The attacks of the wingnuts continue. The latest to add to the list of protagonists is Jim Kirwan. Many of the fringe element still like to believe that Barack Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States. Or they like to say they believe it to get their 15 minutes of fame. These purveyors of false information use a variety of reasons, all without merit.
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"In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama's qualifications for the presidency, the group "Americans for Freedom of Information" has released copies of President Obama's college transcripts from Occidental College. Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship."Mr. Kirwan could easily have checked his sources but that apparently means nothing to those whose single-minded focus on finding something, ANYTHING, they can use against the President. He could easily have checked SNOPES.COM. I did. The desperation of "writers", bloggers, website owners like Farah at WorldNutDaily, etc., is pathetic in their futile attempts to discredit our President, facts be damned. I hope Mr. Kirwan and Mr. Rense will publish apologies with the same fervor they attack the President. You gentlemen are an embarrassment to true journalists everywhere. You should be ashamed