Posted on 07/16/2009 10:55:07 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
o talk shows, television programming, newspapers - even a liberal talk show host in New York and talk format icon Lou Dobbs - have begun taking note of the story long reported by WorldNetDaily over the doubts about and challenges to President Obama's eligibility to occupy the Oval office.
Lynn Samuels, longtime New York radio talker, even accused Obama of lying about his birth certificate.
WND has been reporting – many times in solo fashion – on the issues that have been raised by multiple lawsuits contending that Obama does not qualify under the U.S. Constitution's requirement that the president be a "natural born" citizen.
But now word is spreading, prompted by the case brought this week by an Army major scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan.
-snip- The story was reported on Sean Hannity's program on Fox News.
Hannity said the challenge to the deployment orders came after Obama ordered a surge in troops to Afghanistan.
-snip- Dobbs said he and his staff have "been working hard to figure out what's going on."
-snip- In a video posted on YouTube by Radio Equalizer, liberal radio talker Lynn Samuels had her say:
"We don't even know where he was born," she says. "I absolutely believe he was not born in this country."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Sorry, OmamaJeans, it ain’t going away. You can’t silence everyone.
A precedent has been set: If you have the support of the news media and your opposition party consists of self-serving eunuchs, then there are no requirements.
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This version: Introduced in House. This is the original text of the bill as it was written by its sponsor and submitted to the House for consideration. This is the latest version of the bill available on this website.
HR 1503 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1503
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include with the committee’s statement of organization a copy of the candidate’s birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 12, 2009
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include with the committee’s statement of organization a copy of the candidate’s birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDING.
Congress finds that under section 5 of article II of the Constitution of the United States, in order to be eligible to serve as President, an individual must be a natural born citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 35 years and has been a resident within the United States for at least 14 years.
SEC. 2. REQUIRING PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION OF CANDIDATE’S ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT.
(a) In General- Section 303(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act (2 U.S.C. 433(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘and’ at the end of paragraph (5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting ‘; and’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘(7) in the case of a principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President, a copy of the candidate’s birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under section 5 of article II of the Constitution.’.
(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the election for the office of President held in 2012 and each succeeding election for the office of President.
Sweet. Thank you for the the link Cindy.
ping.
Agreed.
It’s real simple, Lou. Obambi won’t show his bc.
Dobbs is anything but liberal.Watch him on illegal immigration issues and he is rock ribbed conservative.Certainly not libertarian.I hope he never lets up on the bamsters qualification(or lack thereof)to hold the office of POTUS.
You’re welcome Jet Jaguar.
It seems like that link is under-appreciated and not reported by the regular media.
“Lynn Samuels, longtime New York radio talker, even accused Obama of lying about his birth certificate:”
http://www.youtube.com/v/Y0CKj72GQLI
When blue haired liberals are questioning Obama origins, he’s got a problem.
I hardly view Lou Dobb’s as a lib talker. He’s an independent and the only reason I might tune into CNN from time to time. He is pretty straight up.... In my opinion.
I agree. The title was a bad choice.
Note: WND wrote the title.
:0)
Thanks for the link!
I just gave the wacky lib samuels her own thread.
It’s too good not to share it. ;-)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294578/posts
Traction.
If Obama would be a true US citizen as required by law in order to become President Of the United States he could have put an end to all those speculations long time ago by coming up with the proper documentation. Just say “Here they are, now cut the crap and get on with it” but so far he never has. A while back it seems that even the Supreme Court sided with his charade but never re-affirming his citizenship for what ever reason. Perhaps they are afraid of public unrest should the truth ever be known?
That is my take Saint Germaine
If Obama would be a true US citizen as required by law in order to become President Of the United States he could have put an end to all those speculations long time ago by coming up with the proper documentation. Just say “Here they are, now cut the crap and get on with it” but so far he never has. A while back it seems that even the Supreme Court sided with his charade but never re-affirming his citizenship for what ever reason. Perhaps they are afraid of public unrest should the truth ever be known?
That is my take Saint Germaine
obumpa
thanks
You’re welcome.
WorldNetDouchebags....calling Lou Dobbs a liberal is like calling Jim Robinson Jim Thompson. Also, I’ve only heard of AM radio guys referred to as “talkers.” One day, somehow, World Nut Daily will get a story right.
My sister had a chance to discuss this with Scalia. She asked him why they Court had refused to hear cases about the Birth Certificate. He said, “If the electorate don’t care about it, why should we stick our necks out?”
That is a sad commentary on the Republic, then, if one of the nine individuals most deeply entrusted with our Constitution are simply shrugging their shoulders when confronted with fundamental questions.
Sad indeed. If that's the case, how about we dissolve the Supreme Court and just poll the masses on interpreting all law? No difference in what they are doing with this case.
Indeed, he seems very independent, especially in light of his coverage on the border and illegal immigration.
For the rest of us - time to report to the commune!
He said, “If the electorate don’t care about it, why should we stick our necks out?”
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Um because they are supposed to uphold the Constitution, not cater to the electorate. I don’t know whether to believe this or not. I find it hard to believe Scalia would say that, knowing it would get around. Time for the tar and feathers. Damn, just damn it all to hell.
Ping to #27
“Lib talker, Lou Dobbs now “
Lou Dobbs is not a liberal, he’s not even a democrat, that’s just more propaganda. It would be nice if someone would write an article and actually know about the subject.
~~ Depressing, if true ............. PING!
I find it really hard to believe Scalia said this.
If this is true, on what basis does he believe that the electorate do not care about it?
Sounds like BS
How do you know if he’s a registered Democrat or not? He’s certainly no conservative. He is pro choice, anti immigration and was critical of the Bush administration. I would call him a RINO or a centrist Democrat.
What sounds like BS? Did you read the entire thing? I don’t think any of this sounds like BS:
Dobbs’ radio show
During his radio program, Dobbs stated: “[S]hould he
produce his birth certificate — the long form, the real
deal? Should he be a little more forthcoming? ... What is the
deal here? I’m starting to think we have a — we have a
document issue. Do you suppose he’s un — no, I won’t even
use the word undocumented. It wouldn’t be right.”
Dobbs later stated that when examining the birth certificate
issue, at first he “thought, ‘Here we go with the
lunatic fringe. This is a bunch of quackeroos going after
him.’ “ However, Dobbs said he now believes that there
are “some issues here that should be really
resolved” with Obama’s birth certificate.
During his program, Dobbs repeatedly faulted Obama for what
he said was Obama’s failure to definitively answer questions
raised about his birth certificate:
* Dobbs stated: “The first thing is to determine
whether or not his birth certificate is valid. And what I
don’t understand is why that has not been released and given
over to the public record.”
* After a caller said “something doesn’t smell
right” with Obama, Dobbs said that the “way to get
rid of those odors is always just open the windows and let
the sun shine in. And all we need here is a doggone document,
but for some reason the president doesn’t want to release
that.”
* Dobbs said that in contrast to efforts undertaken by
Sen. John McCain “to determine that he met the standard
of natural-born citizen,” there is “absolutely, you
know, no effort to do so on the part of Barack H. Obama. Nor,
as also our callers have pointed out, this president would
not release his medical records. And the national media
seemed to be fine with that, whereas they probably would have
eviscerated John McCain for failing to do so.”
* After a caller theorized that Obama is rushing through
programs because Obama “knows what’s coming” with
regard to the birth certificate lawsuits, Dobbs said:
“Certainly your view can’t be discounted at this point,
because this president refused to provide the documentation
that would settle all of the controversy here.”
* After a caller said she initially thought the birth
certificate controversy was “the dumbest thing
ever,” Dobbs replied:
DOBBS: Well, it is a dumb thing. I think we have to all
admit this is a dumb thing either way, because, I mean, I
can’t understand why the president wouldn’t just move to get
this stuff out of the way. Show the documents, get it done —
I mean, he — think about it.
Dobbs also claimed that a soldier questioning Obama’s
citizenship “should be taken seriously. There are real
questions here that need to be answered” and
“reasonable people should be interested” in the
birth certificate issue:
DOBBS: I mean, because I got to be honest with everybody.
When I started looking at this and the lawsuit — Orly Taitz
his attorney, for Major Cook, when he — you know, I thought
this is kind of peculiar. But I thought we should find out
what’s going on because, you know, it’s a lawsuit — a major
who is — he is, by the way, a combat veteran. Some people in
the media have called him a coward; they are fools for doing
so. But they’re fools, anyway; it isn’t this one instance
that makes them fools.
This is a man who should be taken seriously. There are
real questions here that need to be answered. And people talk
about, quote-unquote, the lunatic fringe are the only ones
interested in this, and it turns out that reasonable people
should be interested, and reasonable — excuse me —
reasonable minds have to understand what’s going on. And this
can be dismissed with one — the production of one simple
little document, and that’s a birth certificate. It’s
extraordinary.
I agree. Just doesn’t sound like something he would say.
Lou Dobbs as much as I have gotten mad an him... is not a Lib... he’s very much an odd libertarian amalgam
Remember the oldie ‘Pressure Drop’, JJ? Fits here.
My sister had a chance to discuss this with Scalia. She asked him why they Court had refused to hear cases about the Birth Certificate. He said, “If the electorate don’t care about it, why should we stick our necks out?”
Really?
The system failed. The reason why the founding fathers gave them lifetime employment was so that they wouldn’t need to consider political implications in their decisions.
The reason why they should have stuck their necks out is because their own necks are already on the chopping block but they were too stupid to know it.
My sister had a chance to discuss this with Scalia. She asked him why they Court had refused to hear cases about the Birth Certificate. He said, “If the electorate don’t care about it, why should we stick our necks out?”
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Scalia needs to grow a set ... John Marshall (who had a BIG set) bitch-slapped Jefferson in Marbury v. Madison by writing:
” ... It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is ...”
Stick their necks out - my ass !!!
BTW: Marshall was Jefferson’s cousin ...
My sister had a chance to discuss this with Scalia. She asked him why they Court had refused to hear cases about the Birth Certificate. He said, “If the electorate don’t care about it, why should we stick our necks out?”
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Not my sister. I pinged you to the post. Read up, someone else said that.
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