“Barack the boy was raised by his white maternal grandparents; his Kenyan father abandoned him. The qualities Americans appeared to find universally appealing in the ambitious, affable Obama—his confidence and calm, and his commitment to community and kin, education and excellence—these came from Kansas, not Kenya.”

— Ilana Mercer

"The Big Lie About Obama and Race," http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=482 WorldNetDaily.com, January 23, 2009.
2000s, 2009

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