Posted on 12/14/2008 1:14:21 AM PST by BP2
An interesting speculation for those few who have been handicapping the chances the powers-that-be will figure out before the planned January 20th inaugural what a small minority of internet bloggers have already discovered– that widely presumed President-elect Barack Obama is not constitutionally eligible to serve as President of the United States. (NOTE: Senator Obama’s ineligibility is on account of the conflict between the requirement the president be a “natural born citizen” and a) the fact Mr. Obama’s natural father was a British citizen at the time of the senator’s birth and b) the less probable fact that the public record contains no proof Mr. Obama disavowed the Indonesian citizenship he may have taken advantage of in his young adulthood to travel abroad and qualify for financial aid at as many as three different American universities.)
It has been reported that the Obama family has been denied their request to move in to the Blair House before January 5th, the day before the scheduled affirmation of the Electoral College vote count. The Blair House is essentially the White House’s guest house– it is located across the street– into which incoming presidents have traditionally been invited to move five days before January 20th inaugurals. The Obama’s made the reasonably seeming request that they be allowed to take up the residence early to enable their children to start school. The White House denied this request.
Could it be that the Bush Administration suspects it is possible that Obama’s Electoral College selection will be derailed before the affirmation of the Electoral College balloting as a result of an unfavorable ruling in one of the petitions before the Supreme Court contesting his “natural born citizen” status? Could it be that Obama transition team sought to surround him with the trappings of an official residence the day before so as to reinforce the symbolic impression that his selection has already been affirmed by the Electors? Could it be that President Bush, no stranger to electoral uncertainty, doesn’t wish to make the traumatic possibility of an electoral default even more difficult by having the office snatched from a presumed president-elect while he appears to be a president-in-waiting living in an official residence just a shotgun blast away from the Oval Office?
Can you picture the stand-off in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue should the people’s choice be denied entry to the White House after he got so close….
Handicappers, stay tuned. This could get very banana republic…
(Tin foil hat pulled tightly around skull, the expressed belief about Senator Obama’s lack of natural born citizenship need not be taken as advocacy for denying his voters’ their wishes. Rather, it is the author’s belief that the Electors, the Courts, Congress, and Mr. Obama should take the steps necessary to insure that no constitutional eligibility questions linger past the inaugural that could diminish the authority of the Office of President. Such steps might include perfecting any existing defects in citizenship, clarifying legislation, a Supreme Court clarification, and/or a Constitutional Amendment. Just as Congress approved legislation today to reduce the salary of the Secretary of State to avoid a violation of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause should Hillary Clinton serve in that capacity, remedial legislation might be possible to insure the integrity of the Natural Born Citizen clause.)
Add Blago's scandal in which Blago may need to "spill the beans" to safe himself and his wife long jail time, the Rezko case and others...
No wonder the Bushes don't want to release the Blair House yet... no need to legitimzte BO by letting him have Blair House early. It may be more planned than any of us know.
At the rate at which things are degeteriorating, BO might just stay under "house arrest" where he is now...
For now, Blair House is the present president’s guest house and is apparently booked until the next president’s traditional arrival date. It’s as simple as that.
Yep.
If he wants to be so close to the Whitehouse I suggest he rents an RV.
It does not looked hacked to me.
What makes you think Leo’s Blog was hacked?
Did you read the whole thing? If you only read the first couple of paragraphs, you might think Leo was having a light moment, but further on there are some serious discrepancies.
Yes, I read the entire thing.
It does not seem all that removed from the original theory.
However, funnier.
Ha Ha.
I was thinking along those same lines, if he needed to get the girls in school, I am sure he could rent a suite in a near by hotel, and they could attend school easily.
Absolutely no class at all. This shows you how inept the media advisors they've allowed to infest their power circle are.
LOL..
“But, but, but, I’m already in the Blair house, you can’t keep me from going on to the White House just because of some constutional thingy.”
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