I personally don’t dispute it being more of an impeachable matter, BTW [and had posted that point earlier today]. But the Constitution says “qualify”; it does not say, “assume one is qualified”. That’s the only point I’m making.
“I, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, director of the Hawaii State Department of Health, have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen. I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago.”—July 27, 2009
[Post 184 is throught provoking BTW. It’s the best defense against certifigate I’ve read in a while, perhaps ever.]
Answering your question, I believe that each candidate is different. For example, each state has different policies [which evolve with technology] that makes proof of different aspects of one’s history investigated in different ways. I think it is the duty of a political party, of the senate, and of each state government to address every challenge as much as is neeeded prior to declaring a candidate being sworn in.
Since they did not insist on the simple solution of producing a long form birth certificate, our leaders created this problem. Evidence came out about a forged COLB, and that was not cleared up with the most obvious solution. Relatives and others are now quoted claiming he was born in Kenya. Was the obvious solution used? No. In fact, after all this time, even producing the birth certificate will continue to be less effective. Credibility is eroding more each passing month.
People are losing confidence in the entire system, and if you want to see a military coup one day, this is a good start. If our military continues to lose respect in our electorial system, they might one day do what all other military force would already have done by now — march on DC and hold our leaders at gun point. That concerns me. Just imagine if Obama were reelected! And imagine if he were followed by someone who slandered our fighting forces even more.