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You are most welcome and you’re not alone. I have long advocated here on FreeRepublic that a resolution to the Obama eligibility question be achieved by pressuring the Attorney General of the state of Hawaii, Mark Bennett (who is a Republican) to convene a “fishing expedition” Grand Jury. That would entail seeking a subpoena for Obama’s vault copy, long form, original Certificate of Live Birth [which is allowable under Hawaii Law: Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-18(b)(9)]. Have experts examine the document. If it is valid, authentic and identical to the short form COLB then “no harm, no foul.” If it is invalid, a forgery or fraudulent, then Obama can be charged with forgery or fraud and the Democrats would impeach him to minimize the political damage just like they did in Illinois with Rod Blagojevich.
In my mind, that is the most efficacious way to resolve the issue.
I do not believe that Barack Obama’s father not being born in the United States has any more bearing on his status as Natural Born than the 22nd President Chester A. Arthur’s father being born in County Antrim, Ireland had constitutional relevance to Arthur becoming President.
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That’s a great idea. Has anything been done to promote this idea elsewhere, or directly to Mark Bennett?
I think the contention, by the way, is not so much being born in the U.S. as it is in being even a naturalized citizen. The latter would satisfy most of them, I think, but of course they are mistaken about that.
I sometimes wonder, given their mimicking of Obama’s allegations that his opponents are “lying” all the time, if those who think the parents of a president must be at least a naturalized U.S. citizen are, in fact, representatives of Obama and his minions. After all, they use his tactics of calling their opponents liars, and I note with interest that neither you nor I use Obama’s tactics. I am not aware of anyone else agreeing with me other than you, by the way.
I’d be interested in hearing more about the Hawaii AG idea anytime you hear anything. There are probably political issues that are operating to prevent the sensible thing from happening, though, which is discouraging.