How can it not be a lie? What he claimed happened before his birth, actually happened after his birth.... which bit of that is not a lie?
******* hell, you are painfully stupid. I remember now why I don't read your posts.
Where I think you are wrong on this (and I know it is going to get me in trouble with you) is that from what I read in that speech (I did not read all of it) he was speaking of the changes that were going on during the Civil Rights Movement. He said "Selma" because it played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. From what I am getting from the speech is that he wasn't speaking of those particular events (and I think he did list some of them off) but rather the mindset of that generation of people.
The way I see it is not that it was a lie but rather that he was using examples from history that he knew about to represent the changes in mentality that allowed his parents to come together and have a child.
Maybe you see something different, but I think he was using historical references to get a point across not to lie to the people.
Immie
Again.....
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. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that the world as it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. 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 IÂ’m not coming home to Selma, Alabama.
That part I bolded. That is an out and out lie. It is not 'story telling', it is not a mix up... it is blatantly and falsely claiming that the Kennedy airlifts and, by inference, the Civil Rights movement directly led to his birth.
It did not.
That airlift happened AFTER Barack Obama was born. It, therefore, could NOT have happened the way Obama said it did.
He lied. Flat out. Plain. Simple. Lie.
Do not tell me I don't 'understand' what he said. I am perfectly capable of basic comprehension skills.... which is more than I can say for anyone who thinks this was not a lie.