http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-reverses-course--says-obama-lived-with-kenyan-uncle-202020835.html


The White House acknowledged Thursday that President Barack Obama lived briefly years ago with a Kenyan uncle previously targeted for deportation — after initially insisting there was no evidence they had ever met.

Why the stark turnaround? "��Nobody spoke to the president when the question first arose in 2011", press secretary Jay Carney told reporters at his daily briefing.

Instead, staff appear to have relied on one of the president'��s autobiographical books.

"��Back when this arose, folks looked at the record, including the president's book, and there was no evidence that they had met, there was -�� and that was what was conveyed,"�� Carney explained.

That appeared to be a reference to "Dreams From My Father," which famously includes the warning that some people in the book are composites.

Carney also denied any improper White House meddling in the deportation procedures against the elder Obama, whom he described as "��his father'��s half brother."�� The uncle, who has lived in the United States for 50 years, won his fight against deportation this week.

"Absolutely zero interference," the spokesman said.

Here's some background from the Boston Globe:

"Onyango Obama'��s immigration case raised numerous concerns about a potential conflict of interest after his arrest in August 2011 for drunken driving in Framingham. The arrest revealed his outstanding deportation orders and his relationship to the president.

Shortly after his arrest, he told an officer, "I think I will call the White House."

The question of the relationship between the two men arose at a recent deportation hearing focused on the uncle. Onyango "Omar" Obama testified that the future president had lived with him in Cambridge for three weeks.

There were reports that he had said the other day that President Obama, back when he was a law school student, had stayed with him in Cambridge. I thought it was the right thing to do to go ask him," Carney explained.

“The president said that he, in fact, had met Omar Obama when he moved to Cambridge for law school, and that he stayed with him for a brief period of time until his — the president's — apartment was ready,” the spokesman added.

“After that, they saw each other once every few months while the president was in Cambridge, and then, after law school, they gradually fell out of touch. The president has not seen Omar Obama in 20 years and has not spoken with him in roughly 10 years.”

Already a thread on this..............

http://mingle2.com/topic/378988

so wait, did OBAMA say he 'never met' the uncle?

or was this something someone else said ABOUT OBAMA,,?

the title seems misleading,,,,

sorry don, didn't see it...

read the article, it says that what barry wrote in his book, and the stupid libs quoted from it...

he wrote in a biography about NOT knowing someone?,, that would be odd,,lol

did you not read the OP?

did you?

"��Back when this arose, folks looked at the record, including the president's book, and there was no evidence that they had met,

and he lived with him in kenya... nice security work for the secret service, since THEY DIDN'T KNOW...and barry knew, why didn't barry disclose this fact?

no matter how hard you try to spin this, someone (liberals) is lying here...

smh

when he was at school IN CAMBRIDGE< he stayed with the uncle IN CAMBRIDGE (America) for three weeks while waiting for an apartment of his own,,,,

there is no spin, there is just nothing relevant or significant here,,,

yea, i realize that you are a barry cheerleader, and he has done nothing bad his whole life... thats why he's the messiah...

I guess I am a Barry cheerleader to BArry haters,, everything is an extreme

because he is not the MEssiah, I realize and expect him to make mistakes and be imperfect, unlike his 'haters'

I don't know what he has done BAD in his life anymore than I know what 'bad' things those posting here have done,,,,and it would be irrelevant to anything we are discussing

if was just mistakes, i wouldn't have an issue... lying is not a "mistake"

I guess I can give up waiting for anyone to explain what the 'lie' was....and who told it,,,

Gimme an O, gimme a B, gimme an A, gimme an M, gimme another A, what's that spell...OBOZO

No,just Mealy-Mouthing about it like a true Politician!

I really like Obama... More and more.

Anyone who can pizz off the mingle borg repeatedly is top shelf to me

A President lying?! That's so unheard of!

If this POTUS lips are moving, he's lying. Proven since day one when he swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.

So you admit you are simply an antagonist looking to provoke others.....

Guess you're not so keen on rules yourself since Mingle has them against such actions......