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Why the stories about Obama's birth certificate will never die
Salon ^ | 12/5/08 | Alex Kopppelman

Posted on 12/05/2008 9:52:12 AM PST by pissant

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To: trumandogz

No, I just have reason to believe that Obama is Constitutionally qualified to serve as president.


41 posted on 12/05/2008 10:28:18 AM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: pissant

“I’m more confident in the COLB is a forgery angle and the need for him to produce a vault copy BC.”

Yes, that is the angle the Keyes’ case is taking. Hopefully his case will also make it to the Supreme Court. Time will tell.


42 posted on 12/05/2008 10:29:36 AM PST by seekthetruth
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To: swain_forkbeard

Me too.


43 posted on 12/05/2008 10:29:37 AM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: techno

If, as you say, Obama was born in Hawaii, which was then a State, his parentage doesn’t matter. He’s a US Citizen. The only exceptions are for those not subject to the jurisdiction of the US, for example, born to foreign embassy personnel, born on a foreign warship. Source: 14th Amendment; Immigration and Nationality Act.

This also explains why so many pregnant women from Mexico are desperate to deliver their children in the US.


44 posted on 12/05/2008 10:30:09 AM PST by DPMD (~)
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To: pissant

“The fact that the case has gone to conference doesn’t mean anything about its merits “

This is wishful thinking on Salon’s part. The fact that it has gotten past the first hurdle is important. SC judges just don’t take cases for the fun of it. Now that it is in the system, anything can happen.


45 posted on 12/05/2008 10:30:47 AM PST by Brookhaven (The Fair Tax is THE economic litmus test for conservatives)
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To: trumandogz

As bad as I hate to admit, you are probably correct.

If any government body requires him to show a BC, he will play the race card.

I know that McCain, Michelle, Biden, and Palin have supposedly released their BC, but were they the long forms?


46 posted on 12/05/2008 10:30:47 AM PST by hsrazorback1 (Seek truth.)
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To: pissant

They’ll die as soon as he releases his birth certificate.


47 posted on 12/05/2008 10:31:04 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: pissant

“The ONLY conspiracy here is Obama hiding his BC.”

No, that may not be the only conspiracy.

That he is constantly being protected by the courts and Congress may be even a greater and more ominous conspiracy that will affect the entire nation.

If this controversy is not resolved by inauguration time, we’ll know that this country is broken. Not so much by Obama alone, but by his supporters and the courts who act against the welfare of this nation.


48 posted on 12/05/2008 10:31:32 AM PST by 353FMG (The sky is not falling, yet.)
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To: techno

“Donofrio’s contention is that Obama was born in Hawaii, but not a natural-born citizen and thus not eligible to become POTUS. Stop with the doubt about the place of Obama’s birth. We accept that Obama was born in Hawaii. Now how do you answer the question that Obama was a natural-born citizen if his father was a British subject at the time?”

That’s my reading on why this one was accepted by the court (and the others rejected.) It goes back to the original meaning of “natural born citizen” as the founders understood it. Born on US soil AND BOTH PARENTS WERE US CITIZENS AT THE TIME OF BIRTH.

Not that it matters what we argue, the court understands the issue. It does get tiring to hear people argue about his birthplace when that isn’t the issue at hand.


49 posted on 12/05/2008 10:38:22 AM PST by Brookhaven (The Fair Tax is THE economic litmus test for conservatives)
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To: pissant

Because lots of people don’t want him to be president.


50 posted on 12/05/2008 10:42:46 AM PST by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: Don Corleone

Actually there is even more being hidden. He will not release anything documenting his past. College records, anything he accomplished as a community agitator or medical records; they are all unavailable.

It begs the question. WHY?


51 posted on 12/05/2008 10:52:33 AM PST by noway2no (His past is a black hole)
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To: pissant

The leftnuts are scared by this. Smell the fear, and observe their typical liberal, defense tactic of smearing the opposition. What puzzles me is why so many conservatives are so willing to jump onto the leftnut bandwagon to belittle those who don’t believe Obama and his sycophants. Let this play out. If Obama can figure out a way to come out clean, so be it. If not, let the fun go on. Remember, Obama could settle this in short order. He is the reason it is happening.


52 posted on 12/05/2008 10:56:16 AM PST by pallis
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To: pissant

Dear Salon:

Please note that if, by some very remote chance, Obama were found ineligible to serve as President, the conspirary theorists on your side of the aisle would never accept that ruling (by, say, the Supreme Court), nor would they ever let it die.

Your point is what, exactly?

That is all.


53 posted on 12/05/2008 10:56:16 AM PST by fightinJAG (TWO BIG BUSH TAX CUTS EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2008. Happy New Year, love, President Obama)
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To: LiberConservative

Neither will curiosity for the secret Coca Cola formula die. But whereas anyone can understand why the Corp. of Atlanta might want to keep it a secret, nobody sane can morally justify a president holding back such an easy and innocent “1+1=2” corroborating piece of paper to the point of hiring expensive law firms, and even worse for a “leader” facing the mistrust of a large swathe of the population.

No way, nowhere, no how is it justifiable.

That is why I say, okay, they let you in on a technicality? Fine. Take your oath, but please no speeches about transparency, honor, courage... please nothing beyond the strict confines of the letter of the law. To fill in the time slot, you Mr. Obama can read the condominium rules for the State of Kansas, or the fishing rules for Lake Michigan, but please, nothing about faith, trust, sacrifice, standing united or any of those “extra-judicial” and “leadership” considerations you will find in all the inaugural speeches of past presidents, be they Democrat or Republican. Make your “charade oath”, just go through the motions, but you are no leader of men, you are a client of lawyers to hide 1+1=2.


54 posted on 12/05/2008 10:59:04 AM PST by Mancolicani
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To: pallis

Obama could settle this in short order. He is the reason it is happening.


Repeat LOUD and OFTEN


55 posted on 12/05/2008 11:03:26 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Brookhaven

I agree with you.
My parents, at the time of my birth, were BOTH British subjects. My mother worked for the British Army during
WW2. While they were here on Green Cards, their allegiance could still be said to lie with the UK.
Hence, while I was a “Citizen”, I was not a “Natural Born Citizen”.
I learned this over 30 years ago from someone I would regard as very knowlegeable on the subject.


56 posted on 12/05/2008 11:17:05 AM PST by gigster
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To: quintr

Sure it and so is applying for a drivers license and student loans as a foreign national. Assuming of course he is Natural Born.


57 posted on 12/05/2008 11:21:28 AM PST by Vendome
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To: Vendome

I doubt he claimed to be a foreign national for these.

I also think the “born in Kenya” thing is extremely unlikely, in spite of Kenyan tales. And even so, its a slam-dunk that courts would say that “natural born” NOW means born to a US citizen anywhere. Certainly the Supreme Court wouldn’t flinch from adopting that definition. The identity and citizenship of his mother is not in dispute, and he has acted as and been treated as a citizen for 40+ years, so such issues would be seen by nearly everyone (and most courts) as pettifogging.

There is something else hidden there, in the birth certificate and elsewhere, and this controversy was originally an attempt to flush it out.


58 posted on 12/05/2008 11:35:54 AM PST by buwaya
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To: gigster

I don’t think the law would be that inflexible if it came down to it, no matter what argument can be made. The public and the courts would find them unreasonable.

You can run for president without worries !


59 posted on 12/05/2008 11:38:28 AM PST by buwaya
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To: techno; DPMD
Now how do you answer the question that Obama was a natural-born citizen if his father was a British subject at the time?

By your standards, the first "natural-born" U.S. citizen to become President was John Quincy Adams (maybe).
60 posted on 12/05/2008 11:39:20 AM PST by kenavi ("Before you think what you want to think, be sure you know what you ought to know.")
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