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Why did Obama say the March on Selma caused his birth when he was born 4 years prior?

March on Selma - 1965.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb...

Obama born - 1961.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

"There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home to Selma, Alabama."

http://www.barackobama.com/2007/03/04/selma_voting...

Is it a straight up lie to tie his fortunes to the Civil Rights Movement, or is a Harvard educated lawyer and all his fact-checkers just that bad at math?

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  • T-Bone
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    To answer your question;

    I guess if Hillary can claim to be named after Sir Edmond Hillary, I guess Barack Obama can claim he was born during the March on Selma. Both lied and both should be held accountable, but unlike Hillary the media loves Obama. They will glaze it over and not report it. The Media is in Barack Obama's back pocket and his cult followers could care less if Obama has experience or credibility.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Why does Hilary say she was named after the mountain climber who's last name is Hilary when she was born like, 6 years BEFORE Mr. Hilary climbed the Himalayas?

    Or how can Al Gore say that his mother used to sing him to sleep as an infant with the Pro Union Songs when he was in his TEENS when the songs actually hit the air waves?

    Or how about how Hilary said that she used to baby sit the "Migrant worker's Children" while she grew up in a RICH SUBURB of Chicago... MILES and MILES and MILES and MILES and MILES and MILES and MILES and away from both Farm Land AND anyone not white?

    The lies that are coming out of the mouths of politicians are not just bad because they are lies but they are LIES THAT ARE EASY TO FACT CHECK!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Clinton

    ANYONE that lives anywhere NEAR Chicago knows that Park Ridge is no where near any farms where Migrant Workers might be and that it is a rich, white suburb!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Clinton

    "Hillary[1] Diane Rodham was born at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Illinois,[2] and was raised in a United Methodist family,[3] first in Chicago, and then, from the age of three, in suburban Park Ridge, Illinois, which is also located in Cook County."

    When she went on and on and on about how the Children of the Migrant Workers were not allowed to go to school with her, I just couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of the claims!

    Just look at where she went to school! She prob never saw a NON WHITE face for her first 18 years of life!

    "As a child, Hillary Rodham was involved in many activities at church and at her public school in Park Ridge. She participated in tennis and other sports and earned awards as a Brownie and Girl Scout.[8] She attended Maine East High School, where she participated in student council, the debating team and the National Honor Society. For her senior year she was redistricted to Maine South High School,[9] where she was a National Merit Finalist and graduated in 1965.[9] Her parents encouraged her to pursue the career of her choice."

    The lies just keep getting more and more absurd...

    It is sad that these people think they can just say what they want and that no one will notice that they are pulling everything straight out of their as*es...

  • 1 decade ago

    They (Obama & hillary) are ALL a bunch of fabricators. They seem to think that making a connection between them & a great moment or person some howmakes them more magnamus.

    Also a little stupid because justa little digging digs up the truth, is this the kind of quick thinker we want in the white house?

  • Amanda
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Time Travel?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's sort of like Hillary saying she was under Sniper Fire in Bosnia when she wasn't. Would you listen if it was BORING? No, so like McCain saying we'll be in Iraq 100 years, you know it's all just having fun with people who can't think. Uh hmmm...

  • 1 decade ago

    Now, now, let's not examine a man's words to decide his character. Go by the feelings he give you when he speaks. It's not fair, because words can be so doggone un-manipulatable.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the same way Obama lied about Kennedy bringing his parents to the US. It's made up bullshit.

    Vote for McCain!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because naturally he's a liar

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    well if we are going to start to judge candidates by their honesty, who are we going to have left to vote for?

  • Noah H
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Do you know what a metaphor is?

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