hypocritexposer
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Obama, March 4, 2007, Selma Speech
Couple of problems with this.
1) Obama Sr. was in Hawaii before the first air lift (Sept. 9, 1959)
2) JFK wasn't in the WH until 1961
3) obama SR is not on the manifest for the 1959 airlift
1959 Manifest
4) JFK was not even involved with the first air lift, it was Jackie Robinson. In fact the State Dept. was not financing any of these air lifts at the time.
http://www.jfklink.com/speeches/jfk/misc60/jfk010860_africangrant.html
What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation. It worried folks in the White House who said, “You know, we're battling Communism. How are we going to win hearts and minds all across the world? If right here in our own country, John, we're not observing the ideals set fort in our Constitution, we might be accused of being hypocrites.” So the Kennedy’s decided we're going to do an air lift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.
This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country.
Couple of problems with this.
1) Obama Sr. was in Hawaii before the first air lift (Sept. 9, 1959)
2) JFK wasn't in the WH until 1961
3) obama SR is not on the manifest for the 1959 airlift
1959 Manifest
4) JFK was not even involved with the first air lift, it was Jackie Robinson. In fact the State Dept. was not financing any of these air lifts at the time.
http://www.jfklink.com/speeches/jfk/misc60/jfk010860_africangrant.html