I'm not dead yet!!!"
Posted on 05/07/2011 12:07:13 AM PDT by Music Producer
“...The greater good...”
I’ve always thought that is the primary reason so many put distance between themselves and this topic. If he WAS found ineligible, then what, does it then nullify everything he’s signed. I’m not asking....
Just pointing out the obvious nightmare.
Bottom line is regardless of merit, the battle, if won, would probably cause more harm than good. IMHO.
“If what you contend were true, the framers would have had no reason to include the grandfather clause exempting themselves from the NBC requirement.”
The grandfather clause wasn’t to allow George Washington to run. It was there to open the door to people who had immigrated and then risked their lives to found the new country.
The original draft of the Constitution had no NBC clause at all - just a residency one. And a number of the Founders argued against a birth clause, saying the people could decide for themselves if an individual candidate was qualified.
The grandfather clause was for someone like Alexander Hamilton, who helped put the clause into the Constitution. The original draft of the Constitution had NO birth requirement, only a residency one.
As for evidence, the courts were filled with cases in the early 1800s involving inheriting property, which in many cases hinged on the person being a NBC. And if a person had been a natural born subject of the colonies, and hadn’t rejected citizenship by choosing to leave the US, then they were held to be NBC of the USA. What mattered wasn’t who they were born to, but where, and if they had by acts rejected citizenship in the new USA.
Really ... deported? Where pray tell did you see this heretofore unknown information about Obama Sr.? Last I knew he completed his studies at Harvard and returned to Kenya. His studies in the US were funded by some sort of fellowship and he returned to Kenya, as planned, soon after his education wrapped up.
I'm not dead yet!!!"
Excuse me, waiter! How’s the crow today? Fresh, is it? Wonderful! Please, a serving of crow for the whole table.
You can lead them to crow, but you can’t make them eat it!
What is it with people like Hannity and Beck? They go so far to expose the treasonous activities of obama and those surrounding him, and reject this subject of eligibility. There’s a disconnect that is not logical.
It is odd and I have ceased to trust Fox as a result of it. Obama’s life story is interesting, to say the least, and no journalist has seen fit to look into it. Now, you can understand that from the likes of MSNBC, but I would think Mr. “question with boldness”, Beck could,at least, refrain from calling those of us who do question, Idiots and loons. Something does not add up. The whole way they covered the release of the latest fake BC was suspect.
I did. But seriously...you know you’re in the fringe.
I’ll stick with Truth and Justice for $1,000, Alex!
You write pure fantasy. First, where is your evidence for anything that you say? And, second, it doesn’t matter what some demented individual that a draft of the Constitution included. The only thing that matters is what it does say. Again, your posts are devoid of any factual evidence.
And, second, it doesn’t matter what some demented individual *SAYS that a draft of the Constitution included.
Which is why no one will touch it!
Remind me again who the Speaker of the House is?
Tell me the name of the Speaker of the House again?
Because the GOP has lost its nerve entirely.
And the name of the Speaker of the House?
...must ...not ...eat ...the crow!!
Yes, I cannot help but translate that as....
“this would be total slam dunk if pursued - and lead to the incarceration and disgrace of the President the Vice President and many members of the opposition party - and put a Republican in as President - and THAT is why there is no political will to pursue it.”
Huh? One shudders to imagine the fantasyland where THAT sort of political calculus makes sense.
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