the Kansas Citian: Barack Obama accused by two men of inappropriate behavior

ive been hearing rumors over the past year that obama was gay. so im not suprised about this, just shocked its finally coming out in the media.

Just keep promoting that hate Therese, it's what your best at.

For those that don't know its satire. This is actually about Herman Cain, just replace "men, Obama, Harvard" with women, Cain and national restaurant association and its the same news we been hearing for the last 3 weeks about Cain. If you click the hyperlinks in the article it goes to the Cain story they copied and edited.

I think this article is significant because these two men have received moneys from their complaints.

If it wasn't satire you would be right.

I know you Therese and yoiu have been promoting hate and lies about Obama since he was elected, same old @!$%# from you, different day.

Don't know if this is satire, but you are right the article. It is about Cain. The link to AP takes you to the story about Cains 3rd women. In addition it's a blog not a Newspaper. Now if we want to consider blogs media now, since I can write anything I want on a blog, then ok. Shame that this was posted given the Bio of the seeder, which would lead me to believe how above something like this she would be, surprises me very much.

The link to the article found in the blog is:

http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/

And that is also my real picture as is my bio factual.I chose not to use my real name, but gave it to the vine. And I have been married 43 years with 3 children and 7 grandchildren and go to church every Sunday also.

Therese, I suggest you get professional help in dealing with your "hate" and false witness issues.

The link I gave was to the blog that your article came from to begin with, which is a blog not a newspaper

How did Hillary's PUMAs, Donald Trump, Orly Taiz, etc. miss an opportunity to follow up on a sitch allegedly supported by university documents?

The K-Citian was able to get sexual harassment documentation about Obama but not his grades. Interesting.

I went to your main page Therese. Much to my surprise you talk about your strong Catholic faith. The last time I checked, the Church still frowned on bearing false witness (it's still one of the big ten).

Is anyone else as shocked as I am that a devout Christian would so willfully spread lies?

Therese Your link is

http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2011/11/barack-obama-accused-by-two-men-of.html

Everything after the .com only takes you to the page on the BLOG were what you seeded is found. Please you are smarter then that .

Is anyone else as shocked as I am that a devout Christian would so willfully spread lies?

Oops. That's considered bearing false witness. There are biblical laws against that.

It is not satire, it is an article about sexual harrassment against Obama while he was at Harvard.

Did you actually click the link in the blog post? It takes you to a Politico story about the sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain.

Did you actually click the link in the blog post? It takes you to a Politico story about the sexual harassment charges against Herman Cain.

Exactly the point! It is satire...The point is, if this had been about Obama, the MSM would have DEMANDED FACTS before reporting the story... But since Cain is a conservative, well just the accusations are enough to get him booted. We have no facts, just allegations. Unproven ones at that - we have seen no phone records, no receipts, nothing but what people say...this latest one...really, Herman Cain felt like having an affair when he was in the midst of Stage IV cancer?? Really? And what happened to the other women? I guess their job is done and they just fade into the background.

I don't know if Cain did these things or not, I tend to think not. If these women are lying and destroying his character, I hope he sues the panties off of them and they live under a bridge the rest of their pathetic insignificant lives. If Cain is lying; well, he already got what he deserved.

I said it once and I will say it again, with liberals, it is not whether a conservative did the supposed action or not, it is the seriousness of the charge that matters. And this satire piece points it out brilliantly.

Everything after the .com only takes you to the page on the BLOG were what you seeded is found. Please you are smarter then that.

Perhaps it should be re-tagged before it gets reported and taken down as "miscategorized/off-topic" or plain old "inaccurate." At least a satire tag would be appropriate.

I tend to think he did do those things, but to get your point, yes- I understand the point that blogger was trying to make, as bogus as it is. Unfortunately for him, the only point he made has to do with Obama Derangement Syndrome:). Amazing, lol. I read the comment thread there, and all the way through, long after some people had pointed out that it's a re-worded version of a Politico article about Cain, commenters were taking it at face value. And you know, it certainly wasn't as if they were DEMANDING FACTS, LOL.

Rhazes,

It is not satire, it is an article about sexual harrassment against Obama while he was at Harvard.

This is as relevant as the media coverage on sexual harrassment allegations against Pres candidate Herman Cain.

Its a direct copy of the politcal story and edited for Obama. There is no possible way you can't understand how its fake. The Kansas Citian even bolded and capitalized the same places.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67194.html#ixzz1fhgLAtPA

During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain, ultimately leaving their jobs at the trade group, multiple sources confirm to POLITICO.

The women complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Cain that made them angry and uncomfortable, the sources said, and they signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them financial payouts to leave the association. The agreements also included language that bars the women from talking about their departures.

http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2011/11/barack-obama-accused-by-two-men-of.html

During Barack Obama’s tenure as the president of the Harvard Law Review in the late 1980s, at least two male student editors complained to colleagues and senior university officials about inappropriate behavior by Obama, ultimately leaving their positions at the journal, multiple sources confirm to THE KANSAS CITIAN.

The men complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Obama that made them angry and uncomfortable, the sources said, and they signed agreements with the university that gave them financial payouts to leave the journal. The agreements also included language that bars the men from talking about their departures.

The National Restaurant Association actually paid out because of Cain, this is why the media covered it. The Harvard Law Review never paid anything because the story was made up.

Wow, Therese, did you EVER get punked. If you Google the information, it is being sent around the internet by the usual haters of your President. I am sure that you regret taking part in promoting false information.

This seeded is an entire load of dung. Get real.

Are you a Birther or just a run of the mill Tea Bag?

yeah,...the seeder of this propaganda & misinformation should be sued for defamation,...

PS. There isn't a newsource in Kansas City called the Kansas Citian,...

I guess that is all the repubs have left. Make stuff up in the hopes that some more ignorant than they will believe it?

Sadly, they don't seem to realize that the mental acuity ends with them. There simply aren't any people more ignorant than this poster - Therese.

Oh, I get it, she published a blog on blogspot and then is reporting it as though it is an actual 'news' story,...priceless.

Funny thing I've never heard of these rumors, sounds like something you'd find in a supermarket tabloid.

BREAKING NEWS: Obama is alien visitor from another planet.

Run with it dim witted idiots.

Oh my. Is this as bad looking as I think it is? Claims that Obama made homosexual advances, supported by a link to an article about Herman Cain being accused of such behavior?

So, is this simply a matter of wishful thinking being blindsided by parody, or is this truly a claim made by someone who didn't even research their seed?

Methinks this is a huge embarrassment for anyone on the right, and may well have been intended that way.

What do you think?

I think you need to research your seeds better. 'Look to be informed.' indeed...

I believe everything I see on the internet and everything Faux News tells me.

http://www.presidentialufo.com/old_site/bush_alien_update.htm

Point here is that the liberals DIDN'T simply believe the Cain story either. Most of us RESEARCHED IT. Do a little on this article, and it falls apart...Cain's debacle hasn't.

So, is this simply a matter of wishful thinking being blindsided by parody, or is this truly a claim made by someone who didn't even research their seed?

...or both?:)

Are you a Birther or just a run of the mill Tea Bag?

Come on, that's a COH violation. Reported.

Most of us RESEARCHED IT. Do a little on this article, and it falls apart..

Okay, what did you find? Have you seen the call logs? The text messages? Hotel receipts where a rendezvous happened - as they must surely have hotel receipts for a 13 year affair, no? What specifically was he supposed to have done to the first two women? We still don't even have any idea what he supposedly did. I have seen none of those things so tell us where your "researched" and found these.

If it was meant as satire then why did Therese write this in #1.6 - Mon Dec 5, 2011 7:02 AM EST? Just wondering.

Rhazes,

It is not satire, it is an article about sexual harrassment against Obama while he was at Harvard.

This is as relevant as the media coverage on sexual harrassment allegations against Pres candidate Herman Cain.

So... Your article is dis-proven, and you move on to attack another 'liberal'... Off topic- IN YOUR OWN SEED.

Pretty sad. Untracking.

CPO Sharkey, wrote a comment in violation of the COH?!

Tyler, was here and did not delete it?!

Therese, I applaud you and ALL your seeds!!!

God Bless you!

So I did check it out. Where exactly is Hilary's name in the fact check article? Therese what are you talking about?

Q: Has a “smoking gun” been found to prove Obama was not born a U.S. citizen? Did he attend Occidental College on a scholarship for foreign students?

A: This chain e-mail is a transparent April Fools’ Day hoax. It fabricates an AP news story about an nonexistent group, and makes false claims about Obama and the Fulbright program.

FULL QUESTION

I recently received this and wanted to know if it is accurate, and what the implications are.

Thanks

OBAMA – SMOKING GUN FINALLY FOUND?

April 1, 2009

AP- WASHINGTON D.C. – In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama’s qualifications for the presidency, the group “Americans for Freedom of Information” has released copies of President Obama’s college transcripts from Occidental College. Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama’s detractors have been seeking.

⬐ Click to expand/collapse the full text ⬏

The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama’s legitimacy and qualification to serve as president. When reached for comment in London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue. Meanwhile, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs scoffed at the report stating that this was obviously another attempt by a right-wing conservative group to discredit the president and undermine the administration’s efforts to move the country in a new direction.

Britain’s Daily Mail has also carried the story in a front-page article titled, “Obama Eligibility Questioned”, leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama’s first official visit to the U.K.

In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups, Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama’s legal eligibility to serve as President in a case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey. This lawsuit claims Obama’s dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. Donofrio’s case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama’s citizenship or qualification to serve as president.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama’s campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.

FULL ANSWER

The claim is that Obama received a Fulbright scholarship for foreign students, proving that he is not a U.S. citizen and therefore not eligible to be president. Supposedly this was reported by The Associated Press. But the claim is false and the story is a hoax.

April Fake

We contacted The Associated Press just to confirm what should be obvious, that no such news story ever appeared on the news agency’s wires. Jack Stokes, the AP‘s manager of media relations, gave us this statement:

AP: The story purported to be from The Associated Press on April 1 is fake.

Furthermore, the group that the fake story credits with gaining release of the supposed “smoking gun” documents is also a fake. Searches of news accounts and Internet sites showed no trace of any group called “Americans for Freedom of Information,” until recently. On May 6 such a group did appear, but only as a joke to make fun of anyone who had fallen for the April Fools’ Day gag. An anonymous blogger set up a site calling itself “Americans for Freedom of Information: We Do Not Exist.” Its first entry begins:

“Americans for Freedom of Information” May 6: We are the Americans for Freedom of Information. We are a fictitious group of individuals; i.e. we do not exist. And yet, for a nonexistent organization we wield great power and knowledge! O Yea, Verily. OK, actually, not verily at all. Anti-verily, as a matter of an utter lack of fact.

Update: On May 11 an “Americans for Freedom of Information” Web site was registered to a woman in Hilton, N.Y. named Debra J.M. Smith. This site of course did not exist when on date of the fake AP story, and Smith told us she is not responsible for the claims it makes.

Where Truth Ends

Not all versions of this e-mail carry the telltale April 1 dateline, however. And more than a month after it first appeared we continue to get questions about whether it is true, and to see postings on conservative blogs that seem to accept its claims as fact. But not only is the message a hoax, its key claims are as false as they can be.

Among the few claims that are true in this message is that from fall 1979 through spring 1981 Obama attended Occidental College, a small (currently 1,825 students, according to its Web site) school in Los Angeles. After that he transferred to Columbia University in New York City to finish his undergraduate education. The photo here is from his application to Occidental.

It’s also true that Obama was on scholarship while at Occidental, according to articles in the Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe.

But that’s about where the truth ends. For those who might believe that even a fake news story quoting a nonexistent organization might still have some validity, we offer these facts:

No Fulbright: Contrary to what this e-mail claims, Obama’s scholarship wasn’t a Fulbright. It’s true that many foreign students come to the U.S. under the Fulbright program, sponsored by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. But Fulbrights for foreign students are primarily intended for graduate students studying for masters’ degrees or Ph.D. degrees, not for college freshmen and sophomores.

No “Soetoro”: Another false claim is that Obama attended and received financial aid “under the name Barry Soetoro,” using the surname of his Indonesian stepfather Lolo Soetoro. The college’s Director of Communications Jim Tranquada told us there’s no record of that. He told us in an e-mail:

Occidental spokesman Tranquada: Contemporary public documents, such as the 1979-80 freshman ‘Lookbook’ published at the beginning of President Obama’s first year at Occidental, list him as Barack Obama. All of the Occidental alumni I have spoken to from that era (1979-81) who knew him, knew him as Barry Obama.

No Records: It’s not even true that Occidental has released Obama’s student records, as claimed in the message. Nor have courts ordered any such records to be made public. According to the college spokesman:

Occidental spokesman Tranquada: To date, all of the litigation filed regarding President Obama’s student records at Occidental has been rejected by the courts. Occidental has not released his transcripts or his student file.

Furthermore there’s no trace of the supposed Daily Mail story headlined “Obama Eligibility Questioned,” either on the newspaper’s Web site or in the Nexis database of stories published by the paper. The claim that the Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case brought by Leo Donofrio is also false; the high court in fact refused to grant a hearing in that case back on Dec. 8, 2008.

There is a group called the “United States Justice Foundation,” and it does list a Gary Kreep as its executive director. But we find no report of any study of Obama’s legal spending on its Web site, or any mention of turning information over to Attorney General Eric Holder. We’ve asked Kreep about this in an e-mail message, and will update this item should we receive a reply.

Update: May 28: Kreep responded simply: “It’s all a hoax.”

-Brooks Jackson

From Tyler:

Good call. It appears to be a subtle critique of the media coverage of Cain's [first, unidentified] ex-coworkers. It's more of a shot at Politico than anyone else, I think. Can be really confusing at first blush, though.

A lot of folks reported this article as inaccurate, but I don't think it needs the satire tag, just close reading.

I'm not sure but I wouldn't think this really to be the case based on tsome of the responses and postings by the seeder. Doesn't inspire much confidence in the moderation when baltant falsities are acceptable and can be put forth as truth.

1.33 & 1.34, flagrant attempts to derail YOUR OWN SEED?!

From 2.1

I do not know what the "birthers" have to do with an article about sexual harrassment.

#1.38

The "Truth ends" with the lack of disclosure of Obama's grades......Bush has better College grades than Obama, Prove me wrong......

There is no truth for Obama, there are no disclosures on grades, and we all know his VP Biden lied about his college degrees and graduation position of his class.

If we ever find out the turth, as Cain goes, so goes Obama. There is hope for the democrats, as they might be able to primary the Failure in Chief, if they're lucky.

tyler:

I don't think it needs the satire tag, just close reading.

Sorry boss, but you're wrong. It's because it requires close reading that it needs a tag. The above item is no more or less satire than the "real" Larry Siclair tale about Obama (no links, Google if you want. Or sitesearch NV for that matter).

And in any event, you and sally need to get together on a "satire" or "satire tag" policy because to my eyes, the above item wasn't obviously satire whereas this obviously was.

The allegations against Cain became credible because of the number of women willing to publicly make the charge. On the record. In front of cameras. So far, we've seen nothing on this subject but the blatherings of some engineer in Kansas City. Sorry, only people predisposed to believing or wishing the worst about President Obama view such blatant nonsense with any credibility whatsoever.

The allegations against Cain became credible because of the number of women willing to publicly make the charge.

No they aren't! Have they presented ANY proof - phone record, hotel receipts (after all, they had to met somewhere during their 13 year affair in the case of the last woman) and the others never said what exactly he did. Funny, they have disappeared from the radar now....

And dwillie, I refer you to your previous comment:

Unfounded, suspiciously timed allegations are indeed pathetic.

These allegations are exactly that...unfounded (we have seen no proof) and suspiciously timed...And until we see EVIDENCE of such, this smear campaign is worse than pathetic - it is bordering on criminal.

Puhleeze, vol. Your umbrage is neither unexpected nor compelling. Mr. Cain himself admitted to being aware of the settlements that the National Restaurant Association made with women who he allegedly harassed. Too bad he admitted to it AFTER saying at first that he wasn't aware to the settlements.

This isn't a "he said vs. she said" thing, vol, its a he said vs. she, she, she, she & she said thing and Mr. Cain's denials have been far from credible. Evidence? The man isn't on trial for his life or his freedom so please spare us the self-serving pique.

well good then, dwillie, you should have no trouble providing us the links to the"FACTS"?

This isn't a "he said vs. she said" thing, vol, its a he said vs. she, she, she, she & she said thing and Mr. Cain's denials have been far from credible. Evidence? The man isn't on trial for his life

Dwillie, the left had a stain on a blue dress and the still didn't believe that Clinton had done these things, or they excused them away, even though there were Allegations and LOTS of them before he even got in office, and many thereafter.

You don't see the hypocrisy here? REALLY?? And yes, people who accuse others of doing such things as this better be able to offer actual credible proof. We don't even know what he supposedly did...

The man is on trial for his character and credibility...that would be enough for me.

Like I said, I don't know if he did or didn't do what he is accused of, but he deserves to be treated innocent until proven guilty. The people bringing the charges have the burden of proof.

Cain dropped out of a Republican primary race, not a general election race. If he didn't have a chance to win, it is because Republican voters would have rejected him. If he was pushed out of the race, Republicans did it- not liberals, and not the "liberal" media.

I don't give a damn who believed what or when they believed it, vol, as neither is of any consequence. I don't need to know the specifics of what Cain did with these women and when he did it as it has little bearing on my view of him as a presidential candidate - though I didnt think it possible, his alleged improprieties only make him more of a joke. If Mr. Cain feels that his good name has been besmirched, then he can seek redress in civil court for slander and defamation. Alleged sexual indiscretions were used against Clinton as they are being used against Cain and neither has anyone to blame but themselves. No one forced Cain to suspend his campaign and - as Plants accurately points out - it certainly wasn't in the best interests of democrats so your charge of hypocrisy is simply fallacious. Voters saw Clinton's bimbo eruptions and voted for him anyway. So what. Voters would have had the same right if Cain had decided to stay in the race, but he chose otherwise.

Ironic that you would mount that high horse to bray about hypocrisy, vol, particularly when the RNC ran those "Call Me Harold" ads against Harold Ford, Jr. during his failed bid to represent Tennessee in the US Senate. All he did was attend a party with 300 other people and republicans made it a campaign issue, parading a scantily-clad white actress in front of a television camera. Republicans knew what they were doing then and they knew what they were doing with Cain.

You're barking up the wrong tree, vol. If you want to spew self-righteous indignation, your fellow republicans are the appropriate people at which to direct it. Democrats and liberals have been mere spectators on this one, laughing at the whole GOP freak show.

Ironic that you would mount that high horse to bray about hypocrisy, vol, particularly when the RNC ran those "Call Me Harold" ads against Harold Ford, Jr. during his failed bid to represent Tennessee in the US Senate. All he did was attend a party with 300 other people and republicans made it a campaign issue, parading a scantily-clad white actress in front of a television camera. Republicans knew what they were doing then and they knew what they were doing with Cain.

I have no idea about that...I was living in Alabama at the time...and quite frankly wasn't all that concerned about politics at that time and certainly not TN politics...there's freak show on both sides of the aisle all the time. Sheeze, simmer down.

Pres Herman Cain? Getting a little ahead of yourself aren't you?

Where is the "proof" of allegations against Pres Herman Cain?

I know you mean "Where is the proof that the allegations against Cain are true?", but that's the thing- there are allegations against Cain. There aren't any against Obama. Do you actually not understand that this person cut and pasted the Politico article about allegations against Cain, then substituted "Obama" and "Harvard Law Review" for "Cain" and "National Restaurant Association"?

Its understood, just ignonred.

Do you actually not understand that this person cut and pasted the Politico article about allegations against Cain, then substituted "Obama" and "Harvard Law Review" for "Cain" and "National Restaurant Association"?

Please Inspector don't confuse me with the facts. This is exactly what happenswhen you take Fox Infotainment News as your guiding influence.

The Politico article had no names or proof, yet Pres Candidate Herman Cain had the viral news on every media outlet without reserve.

It had proof of that there were allegations made, and they were confirmed by Cain himself:

On Wednesday, the response shifted. [Cain spokesman] Gordon telephoned to assert he was not using “settled” in a legal context but rather simply meant the matter was “resolved.”

In that interview, Gordon told POLITICO he had spoken to Cain about the allegations and said Cain was “vaguely familiar” with the situation.

“He was vaguely familiar with it and wanted me to get with the [National Restaurant Association] lawyer who worked the case, Peter Kilgore. He said, ‘Just get with Peter Kilgore at the NRA.’

He remembered there was something vaguely, some allegation, but he wasn’t familiar with it. Our lawyer called Peter Kilgore. Their policy is they don’t discuss personnel. That’s what our lawyer then told me.”

So you see, although he tried to be coy about it, Cain himself confirmed that there were allegations.

Remember, the Politico story was the very first piece about this, so in the very first article about these allegations, Herman Cain himself confirmed that some women accused him of improprieties.

Facts? really? what are they? Didn't think they were relevant here.