Posted on 07/30/2009 8:35:25 PM PDT by Edward Watson
The entire birther argument, that Obama was actually born in Kenya instead of the US, making him ineligible for holding the office of the President of the US, is a spurious argument. It plays into Obama and the liberals hands - they want this to continue since it makes regular conservatives and opponents into fringe wackos.
Not one of us would've looked harder at his legitimacy than Hilary Clinton and the entire Clinton smear machine during the Democratic primaries. That magic bullet would've given Hilary the presidency - and yet nada, bupkis.
There are many valid reasons to oppose Obama and the liberals, but his birthplace isn't one of them.
I’m of the mind that it’s a simple problem of what’s actually on the birth certificate itself. I think Stanley did one of two things...put the “real father” down (meaning the Kenyan guy wasn’t the legend as we know), or identified the Kenyan guy as a British subject. Prior to 86, if you were born of a mixed citizenship situation...you needed to remain in the US for roughly ten years...to fully gain your citizenship. Obama never met that requirement. If Stanly had left the document blank in term’s of the father or his citizenship....then there is no mess to clean up.
Don’t you get it? Many of us are asking questions, not “backing a losing argument”. That’s the American Way, right?
Why not ignore posts that you don’t want to participate in rather than adding yet another Vanity? After all, it’s just YOUR opinion, right?
Assuming that he was born in Hawaii, why all the secrecy about his BC? Let him show it.
“Kenya celebrates his birthplace”
As if they wouldn’t celebrate the fact that his father was a Kenyan anyway, whether or not they though Obama was born there. And how would they know where he was born, anway? Who told them, and why haven’t they informed us as well?
“The sad fact is, you can be born elsewhere and come up with documents that make it look like you were born there.”
What about the newspaper announcements? What possible motivation could they have for announcing the birth of someone over in Kenya as having been born on the islands?
One simple thing 0bama can do to shoot this down in flames - release the Hawaiian long birth certificate. Certificate of live birth is not valid, his sister IIRC clearly born outside of the US has a Hawaiian CLB.
That should be "Hillary".
We should take you seriously when you can't spell the names?
Yes! Hillary is the she in shenanigans.
Maybe because his ‘father’ was not his biological father?
Ever heard of ZOT, newb?
Right on the money!
“Instead of a case of nutty right wingers with equally nutty claims their red herring turned out to have lungs and legs.”
What respectable journalist is running with this story (Lou Dobbs doesn’t count)? This is a nut story, through and through. Just like 9/11 Truthers, who had some “legs” under them only because we all thought they were funny.
So what if he was? He needs to show the long form bc just like mac did. By fighting this he is obviously hiding something big and we the public have a right to know what it is. How about all you anti-birthers just accept the fact that bambi is hiding something and let us patriots who care about our country weed it out of him...kay?
Besides, even if he was born in Hawaii that does not mean he is a natural born citizen. Haven’t you been paying attention all to these threads?
What is a fact about 0bama is he is a liar and he lies. Constantly.
I don’t believe a word he says. About anything.
If Congress wasn’t Liberal Democrat, it wouldn’t be a problem either
“I hate to break it to you Professor, but the left always paints conservatives as kooks.”
That’s why we should pursue the truth always.
The truth has dignity.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2303733/posts?page=4#4
I don’t know where he was born, but I know the controversy isn’t detrimental to the GOP. If it were, network news would be covering the story in an endless loop.
In fact, I think it helps. People are starting to wonder who the hell this guy is they voted for last November, and I think this administration’s policy of duck, dodge, and deflect on this and every issue probably casts some serious doubts in their minds.
“What about the newspaper announcements?”
The library microfilm is clearly fraudulent. Checkout the luxury-home address in the “notice” where the Obamas never lived.
It’s my understanding his father was a British citizen.
Your questions are pointless. If Baracks’ own Grandmother and aunt aren’t credible, then who is?
Are you aware there has been some confusion as to which hospital he was actually born in? At one point or another two hospitals have been given credit.
What possible motivation did his grandmother and aunt have?
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