Posted on 11/27/2008 2:11:06 AM PST by solfour
The Constitution requires that, to be president, one must be a natural born citizen of the United States. Conservative Alan Keyes-who ran against President-elect Barack Obama in the 2004 race for the Illinois Senate, and in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign (Keyes ran on the American Independent Party ticket)-is challenging whether that is the case for our new president. In November, Keyes filed a lawsuit against Obama, the California secretary of state, and others, to stop California from giving its electoral votes to Obama until a birth certificate is produced proving that he is indeed a natural born citizen. ESSENCE.com talked to Keyes about where he thinks Obama was born, why he questions the birth records already provided, and if this whole lawsuit is just an overblown case of sour grapes.
ESSENCE.COM: What exactly do you want to accomplish with this lawsuit?
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The reason an issue has been raised about Obama is because of the simple question, which can be answered with a birth certificate that shows he was born in the United States, or born to parents who had the capacity to transmit U.S. citizenship. When the question was asked, he danced around it. If the most important office of the federal government can be occupied by someone who is not qualified under the United States Constitution, that destroys the authority of the Constitution. I think it's something that needs to be dealt with in a clear, straightforward way. Eventually the case will get to the Supreme Court, establish the facts, and clear the air. It's really all very simple.
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I think your situation is what makes McCain “natural born”.
I can see some counter-arguments brought up by people that the Court may not wish to get involved on this issue: but if that happens, every issue Obama acts on will be seen as many as “what right have you got to do this?” if it be social, fiscal, international issues. Let’s hope we fight tooth and nail whatever policies he would put forth.
It’s the Democrats fault for not checking this person out thoroughly. Everything he’d do would be unconstitutional.
Great source Frank! Thanks.
The issue with Barack is that he only had one parent who was able to tranfer citizenship, and she wasn’t old enough by law to do so.
She should have married a local boy. Of whatever race.
Yes, and we are talking about Howard Dean, Donna Brazile and Nancy Pelosi. The 3 Amigos and I don’t consider any of them trustworthy.
In CT you must show the original birth certificate before you can obtain a drivers license, not a copy but the original.
“(2) Any person born outside the United States to a U.S. citizen parent or parents who are eligible to transmit citizenship...’
O’s mother was a citizen...thus where ever O was born, he is a natural born citizen. Right? So this issue is closed, according to that!
I think they are saying, but she had to be a certain age for that to take affect or she had to be living in the USA. Fine point here.
The MSM is now nibbling at this issue.
NBC
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/26/1689515.aspx
Christian Science Monitor.
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/11/26/a-last-electoral-hurdle-for-obama/
Here is a video of why his posted document is allegedly a fraud.
http://bloggingredneck.blogspot.com/2008/11/expert-proclaims-obamas-posted.html
I was 21, and yes...the “military rule” trumps all.
Hey Frank,
Don’t intend to highjack another exciting BC thread but...
You were in the 50th Tac Fighter Wing at Hahn?
I was down the road in the 49TFW at Spangdahlem AB, 65-68. The 50th is now at Spang, I believe.
My current neighbor was born at Hahn AB and another was in the 36TFW at Bitburg AB.
Small world etc.
Missing the much larger point in the Donofrio case.
Obama went to school in Indonesia due to his adoption by his mothers’ 2nd husband. This adopted father is Indonesian.
Any claim to being a Natural born citizen goes out the window, the most he could claim after this event is as a Naturalized citizen.
Clearly a fraud that Obama was completely aware he was perpetuating!
She should have married somebody.
Same years.
If you ever played the Officers’ Club, I probably saw you.
No, only one parent does. All that is beside the point, clouding REAL issue: why can’t Obama produce a VALID birth certificate instead of a badly photoshopped forgery?
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