May, 20, 2012 nicedeb Via Rogers Rules: Who Is Barack Obama? The Question that Wont Go Away: So now Chris Matthews isnt the only one experiencing a little thrill when he thinks about Barack (omit middle name) Obama !he recent re"elation that #rom the early $%%&s until the day be#ore yesterday'or( to be more accurate( until Obama made his decision to run #or president'a biographical pamphlet circulated by his literary agents described him as ha"ing been born in !enya" has been setting the world o# !witter atwitter )hat should we think about that* +n agency spokesman who claims to ha"e been responsible #or the ,born in -enya. whee/e has publicly said that it was a mistake( a typographical error( a slip o# the pen that 0ust went ,unchecked. #or( um( sixteen1 se"enteen years 2 can understand that She meant to write ,3awaii. and wrote ,-enya. instead Could happen to anyone !hey look and sound enough alike( dont they( that no one noticed 4ou meant to write ,there. and you wrote ,their. instead 4ou meant to write ,cup. and you wrote ,#loccinaucinihilipili#ication. instead 5o one' no one at the literary agency( not the author himsel#'could be expected to notice 4ou understand that( right* )ell( maybe that is an unpro#itable line o# in6uiry 3owe"er it happened( the take1away here is not that Obama was really born in -enya +s my #riend 7oger Simon points out in ,!he Mystery o# the -enyan Birth(. the noteworthy thing is that it is one more pu## in the cloud o# unknowing that surrounds the president 7ead it all( and check out the comments too !he graphic is "ia the Super8+C( ABO#$%#9 1 )ho 2s Barack Obama* !he :uestion that )ont ;o +way By Roger !imball1 May 19, 2012 So now Chris Matthews isnt the only one experiencing a little thrill when he thinks about Barack (omit middle name) Obama !he recent re"elation that #rom the early $%%&s until the day be#ore yesterday'or( to be more accurate( until Obama made his decision to run #or president'a biographical pamphlet circulated by his literary agents described him as ha"ing been ,born in -enya. has been setting the world o# !witter atwitter )hat should we think about that* +n agency spokesman who claims to ha"e been responsible #or the ,born in -enya. whee/e has publicly said that it was a mistake( a typographical error( a slip o# the pen that 0ust went ,unchecked. #or( um( sixteen1se"enteen years 2 can understand that She meant to write ,3awaii. and wrote ,-enya. instead Could happen to anyone !hey look and sound enough alike( dont they( that no one noticed 4ou meant to write ,there. and you wrote ,their. instead 4ou meant to write ,cup. and you wrote ,#loccinaucinihilipili#ication. instead 5o one'no one at the literary agency( not the author himsel#'could be expected to notice 4ou understand that( right* )ell( maybe that is an unpro#itable line o# in6uiry 3owe"er it happened( the take1away here is not that Obama was really born in -enya +s my #riend 7oger Simon points out in ,!he Mystery o# the -enyan Birth(. the noteworthy thing is that it is one more pu## in the cloud o# unknowing that surrounds the president 2ts been pretty #oggy in those precincts #or some time <uring the =&&> campaign( many o# us asked the 6uestion9 ,)ho is Barack Obama*. 2t wasnt a 6uestion that Obamas o##icial 87 #irms 'The New York Times( C55( MS5BC( etc?were interested in( no sirree( but it was a 6uestion that some o# us pa0amas1wearing1bitter1enders asked oursel"es when we werent snake handling or nu//ling our #irearms 2ts a 6uestion that has recurred as more and more pieces o# the Obama 0igsaw pu//le ha"e worked their way loose and exposed little gaps or #issures in the story !he most recent one concerned Ms Composite( the girl#riend who didnt exactly exist But there ha"e been other re"elations( or( rather( re"elations o# non1re"elation !urns out the book #iled under ,+utobiography. ought to ha"e been #iled under ,!een @antasy(. ,Mystery(. or some other rubric in the #iction section Rea& 'iece by Roger (imon ) The *ystery o+ the !enyan Birth," 2