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FROM A READER

Published: June 11, 2008

Editor:

This is in response to the letter to the editor "Big Risk," in which the author wrote Barack Obama was "born a Muslim" and that "he was raised by a radical Muslim stepfather."

I don't know where the letter writer is getting his information, but I wanted to point out that it is incorrect.

Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. His mother was from a small town in Kansas, and his father was born in Kenya and won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya for America.

Barack's father returned to Kenya and Barack grew up with his mother in Hawaii and Indonesia. Later he moved to New York. Barack was essentially raised by his mother.

Her father, I might add, worked on oil rigs during the Depression and served in World War II after Pearl Harbor and marched across Europe in Patton's army.

As we approach the elections this fall, please don't believe everything you read or hear about either candidate. Take the time to check the facts.

Lisa DePew
New Port Richey

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