[jamese777]

Sorry, but this doesn’t mean a damn thing. Obama signed a resolution for John McCain that acknowledges criteria for natural born citizenship that Obama fails to meet. Yes, he won a resounding victory over McCain, but he’s also managed to figure out a way to marginalize public opposition to his birth claims with namecalling like “birthers” or worse, calling people racist for questioning his citizenship. Where’s the transparency he pledged??

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Obama hasn’t “marginalized” public opinion. The state of Hawaii has heavily influenced public opinion by declaring Barack Obama to be born in Honolulu and declaring that he is a “natural born American citizen.” That did the trick for a majority of people who had any interest in this issue but of course not all people, hence “the birthers.”

Any US Senator along with any one US Congressman or woman could have challenged certifying Obama’s Electoral College votes when they were being counted and certified by Vice President Cheney at the joint Session of Congress. Both Houses of Congress would have been required to investigate the objections to certification. No Senator and no member of the House objected (in writing) to certifying Obama’s Electoral votes, therefore he was declared duly elected and he was sworn in by the Chief Justice two weeks later.

[edge919]

Obama hasn’t “marginalized” public opinion. The state of Hawaii has heavily influenced public opinion by declaring Barack Obama to be born in Honolulu and declaring that he is a “natural born American citizen.” That did the trick for a majority of people who had any interest in this issue but of course not all people, hence “the birthers.”

Trick is the appropriate word. The DOH shouldn't have to play 'tricks' on people when they can provide documentary evidence to back up the claims being made (of course, the one claim can definitely not be supported by any DOH document). And you need to focus on honesty instead of labeling people with silly names. It makes faithers look insecure.

Any US Senator along with any one US Congressman or woman could have challenged certifying Obama’s Electoral College votes when they were being counted and certified by Vice President Cheney at the joint Session of Congress.

I don't believe they were given a chance. And again, no senator or congressman wants to take a chance on being branded as a racist or some other silly name when they don't have a majority behind them.