[Apparatchik]

You had me nodding all way up to word “ineligible” and it went downhill from there. Nothing destroys a political opinion piece like unfounded allegations. Obama was an ill-advised choice who bamboozled a majority of voters to vote for him, aided by a fawning and predominantly liberal media, despite having the shady past you rightly mention and no demonstrable managerial or leadership skills. His predictably disastrous performance is reason enough to convince the voters that we need someone with a clue to get us out of this fix, but calling him a usurper does nothing to help in that cause. Sorry to be so critical, but flogging the birther line is not in the best interest of the American people.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

I respectfully disagree. Until this “gentleman” demonstrates, unequivocally his eligibility to hold the office he currently occupies, he must be presumed to be a usurper. Since he has not demonstrated said eligibility (and online images of purported “original documents” don’t count), the presumption must be that he has something to hide, and therefore that he is in fact ineligible until proven otherwise. This is not a court of law where there is a presumption of innocence until proven “guilty”.

It is incumbent upon the aspirant to office to establish fitness, both in terms of competence and eligibility, rather than for the electorate to demonstrate to the contrary. Obama has not, ever, shown with any degree of reliability that he is eligible to hold the office he currently occupies.
Otherwise, I appreciate your sentiment.

Warm Regards,
FJ

[trebb]

You had me nodding all way up to word “ineligible” and it went downhill from there. Nothing destroys a political opinion piece like unfounded allegations. Obama was an ill-advised choice who bamboozled a majority of voters to vote for him, aided by a fawning and predominantly liberal media, despite having the shady past you rightly mention and no demonstrable managerial or leadership skills. His predictably disastrous performance is reason enough to convince the voters that we need someone with a clue to get us out of this fix, but calling him a usurper does nothing to help in that cause. Sorry to be so critical, but flogging the birther line is not in the best interest of the American people.

I disagree. There have been so many "anomalies" and "questionablke" documents that, along with how well the rest of his history hase been buried, that it is absolutely in the interest of the American People to know the truth, one way or the other. To roll over and ignore something that raises so many questions about the most powerful position in the world is tanamount to selling the People wool cloaks and sending them to the lea to eat grass.

[Usagi_yo]

I agree, a relatively good piece until it castrates itself with the ineligible theory.

[JimRed]

...flogging the birther line is not in the best interest of the American people.

So, an Indonesian citizen is qualified to be POTUS?