If I remember correctly, I believe that our side has a problem here also- namely, the fact that the President of the Senate, Dick Cheney, also signed off on Buckwheat's eligibility.
I have long thought that the reason most mainstream Republican/Conservative personalities have distanced themselves from this issue is because from the very beginning, they analyzed the political consequences of taking up this issue, and concluded that to question Obama's eligibility would be regarded as a "dirty trick" by most Blacks, and it would put those politicians (and their supporters) who did so, on the stigmatized side of the debate. For reasons of Social cocktail parties, no one wants to be embarrassed in front of their friends and associates over this. (Yes, I think they are just that shallow.)
I think you'll find that the VP only signs off on the vote count, not on the eligibility of the candidates.
Not eligible is not eligible, regardless of who signed off on what. He either is, or is not. Just like a majority of the electoral college can't make someone eligible who is not, neither can the President of the Senate.
>If I remember correctly, I believe that our side has a problem here also- namely, the fact that the President of the Senate, Dick Cheney, also signed off on Buckwheat’s eligibility.<
Pelosi and the rest of the RNC can not be held accountable. They can and will say that they acted on basis and belief.
That was what was presented to them.
Obama is the one who made the misrepresentation. It all falls on him.