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To: Man50D
I don't think it is appropriate to lump the birth certificate issue in with every conspiracy theory out there. The "birther" issue is simply a demand for proof, rather than an assertion of facts. Obama and his people have claimed that he is qualified to be president, yet his family history and birth circumstances leave room for doubt in a couple of different ways and "birthers" simply want to see documentation to resolve the issue. This is a fundamentally different approach than an assertion that Obama is readying the military for civil war or that Bush bombed the WTC. In the latter two examples, people are asserting facts which they have no real reason to believe and which cannot be disproved with simple documentation. There is no possible way, for example, to disprove the WTC truther conspiracy theory because it is a theory not based on facts which can be disproved. The "birther" issue, on the other hand, could be resolved with simple documentation, although there is a legal question regarding the definition of "natural born".

In short, not all conspiracy theories are equal.
19 posted on 11/29/2009 12:00:39 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak
>"his family history and birth circumstances leave room for doubt "

No doubt about it. His father was a British subject.

He is not Natural Born Citizen. Even if he wuz berfed in Kansas like his skanky momma, his daddy is a foreigner

He is not eligible for the presidency!

39 posted on 11/29/2009 12:20:52 PM PST by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:31 Behold, I am against you," O " you most proud, said the said the Lord GOD of hosts)
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