Posted on 03/16/2009 10:23:32 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
No offense to the citizens of Kenya, or any other nation for that matter, but the current president of the United States—Barack Hussein Obama II—is spending a great deal of his campaign supporter's money fending off what should be a really simple discovery: the vault version of his original birth certificate.
Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., has filed H.R. 1503, an amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which increased required campaign fund disclosure and was later amended to establish the Federal Elections Commission.
Posey's Bill would prevent future similar obstructions of justice and would "require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of president to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution."
H.R. 1503 has been referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
According to a report on WorldNetDaily yesterday, a California court ruled that anyone can run for president on the California ballot, whether or not they are eligible under the Constitution of the United States.
"Secretary of State Debra Bowen contends that there is no basis for mandamus relief because the Secretary of State has no 'ministerial duty' to demand detailed proof of citizenship from presidential candidates," said Judge Michael P. Kenny. "The court finds this argument persuasive."
That opinion threw out a case that had raised questions over Obama's eligibility that had been brought by Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation on behalf of Ambassador Alan Keyes, a 2008 presidential candidate, and others.
We support the passing of H.R. 1503 and you should too—it merely ensures that the U.S. Constitution is upheld.
It would almost be worth passing Porkulous II, III, and IV if we could slip that in without them seeing it...
Kenya’s response: “haha, too late, we already got our guy in”
I wish it were unnecessary, but here we are.
I wish Obambi wouldn’t have to sign it to become law after passing the house and senate, as well.
Obama’s veto can be overturned. Hopefully there’s enough moderate democrats that it can be done. But I highly doubt that its even possible.
BTTT.
All 'Rats and quite a few in Congress with an "R" following their names. I can see Michael Steele now.
Campaign all you like, but there is no provision in the Constitution for the recall of the president. The mechanism for removing a president from office is impeachment.
This Bill can be tacked on to lots of other Bills, as an amendment.
It might get fun.
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Well, we KNOW the ‘lawmakers’ don’t read them, anyway. LOL!
That’s why the states need to pass laws telling their sec of state that they have a duty to make sure the candidate fits the constitutional requirments to be on the ballot.
We can’t leave it up to the state courts.
Why does Obama call himself Barack Obama II????
Assuming his father was Barack Obama then his son would be Barack Obama, Jr.
Does Barry think that II looks more impressive than Jr?
He shows his ignorance repeatedly. The designation II is used when someone who is not the Jr. has the same name (e.g., a grandson who is not III or a nephew living in the same house) and there might be some confusion between grandfather and grandson or uncle and nephew.
Obama is a pretentious fraud.
Exactly. This is shutting the barn door after the horse escapes.
You write:
Campaign all you like, but there is no provision in the Constitution for the recall of the president. The mechanism for removing a president from office is impeachment.
I respond:
Impeachment for one who is lawfully the President.
Recall for one who is ineligible to have been elected to the office through lies regarding citizenship.
So you say. You're making it up out of whole cloth.
Who would certify the petitions, vet the signatures, and schedule the election? Who would count and certify the votes? Whatever answer you might give is one you're inventing. The Constitution is very specific about the means of getting a president (or any federal elected official) into and out of office, and recall doesn't appear anywhere in it.
You can't have it both ways. You can't, on the one hand, cite the Constitution as the authority that Obama is ineligible to hold office and then demand an extraconstitutional means of removing him.
MAKE IT RETROACTIVE LIKE THE LAUTENBURG ACT.
Say it loud, say it PROUD:
O ne
B ig
A ss
M istake
A merica!
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