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Birth of a nation: Too many Americans buy crank theory on Obama's citizenship
New York Daily News ^ | Saturday, August 1st 2009

Posted on 08/01/2009 1:38:58 PM PDT by presidio9

There's Red America, Blue America and Tinfoil Helmet America. And it looks like the third camp is enormously larger than anyone feared.

A new poll, commissioned by the liberal Web site Daily Kos found that fully 11% of Americans think that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States. And another 12% said that they are unsure.

The doubters are heavily concentrated in the Republican Party, according to pollsters. An amazing 58% of the surveyed Republicans questioned whether Obama, in fact, entered the world in Hawaii.

What this means: Millions of Americans suspect or are convinced that Obama, son of a Kenyan father, is not a citizen and thus cannot legitimately serve as President. And no Hawaiian birth certificate or newspaper announcement from the time will convince them otherwise.

Who are these people? They're the ones whose feet are not planted on U.S. soil - or any soil.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2009polls; afterbirthers; article2section1; barackobama; bho44; birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; colb; conspiracytheory; imom; kenya; kenyan; muslim; mysteryman; naturalborn; obama; obamanoncitizenissue; obroma; presidiot9; thenew911truthers
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To: Star Traveler

They don’t own the document. Obama can get a certified copy and show us the actual proof that he based his oath or 2 oaths on. The Constitution compels him to qualify. We have no other way of knowing he is qualified


281 posted on 08/01/2009 4:40:46 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: 1000 silverlings
She doesn't understand that word. Perhaps you could direct her to an online dictionary or wikipedia explanation. ;^)
282 posted on 08/01/2009 4:41:32 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: Star Traveler
"And we’ve got confirmation statement from the State of Hawaii that says he *is* qualified..."

Nice try, but no cigar for you! But go ahead. Keep shilling for Obama and his underlings.
283 posted on 08/01/2009 4:41:49 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Bigh4u2

See post # 193 this thread. You’re being baited by a troll.


284 posted on 08/01/2009 4:43:03 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: Star Traveler

Obama, not Hawaii, has a fiduciary duty to the people of America and we compel him to show us the proof that he based his oath(s) to us, on


285 posted on 08/01/2009 4:43:15 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: MHGinTN

Yeah. I know.

Fun isn’t it?

LOL!


286 posted on 08/01/2009 4:43:55 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: perchprism

She says the “record” says... I bet it does!

But what “kind” of record is it?

Has it been amended by any chance?

I think we need to see the “record” that Obama is spending thousands of dolors to suppress!

Let’s see the B.C.!

Hay, I think I just came up with a good tag-line!

STE=Q


287 posted on 08/01/2009 4:45:08 PM PDT by STE=Q (Let's see the B.C.!)
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To: presidio9
"I watched him take the oath of office. "

No, you didn't watch him take the oath of office. You watched his first "attempt", which he and Justice Roberts messed up and they had a do-over later, in private. Remember?

Or was it really not important that he took "an" oath of office?

He could have sworn his allegience to Adolph Marx on a koran and we wouldn't have known the difference.

Just sayin'...

288 posted on 08/01/2009 4:45:38 PM PDT by OKSooner ("He's quite mad, you know." - Sean Connery to Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger".)
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To: Star Traveler

Seriously, you should start a ping list.
Let those who support the idea support it on all “Birther” threads.


289 posted on 08/01/2009 4:46:25 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: STE=Q

dolors=dollars


290 posted on 08/01/2009 4:47:00 PM PDT by STE=Q (Let's see the B.C.!)
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To: netmilsmom

“Seriously, you should start a ping list.
Let those who support the idea support it on all “Birther” threads.”

DING! DING! DING!

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Sorry. No other posts will be accepted.

You man still be charged though!

:)


291 posted on 08/01/2009 4:48:09 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Bigh4u2

Man= may

DOH!


292 posted on 08/01/2009 4:48:35 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: 1000 silverlings

You said — ... we compel him to show us the proof that he based his oath(s) to us, on

And then, if you “compel him” — then why don’t you have it now?

Another “clue-train” here...

The reason why you don’t have it now and why you’re not looking at that birth certificate right now — is — there is *no legal requirement* for a candidate to show his birth certificate.

And thus... that leads directly to the next step of making it *legally mandatory* to produce a birth certificate by getting that state law passed to that effect...

Now, that seems *very simple* to understand... but if it isn’t...

Then I’ll let you “compel” all you want... :-)


293 posted on 08/01/2009 4:49:30 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Bigh4u2; Uncle Sham

Uncle Sham made a great catch in the 20th amendment...

“if the president elect shall have failed to qualify...”

Doesn’t mention in any way some low level bureaucrat in a grass skirt somewhere...

It’s up to the man who is now ACTING as president to qualify!

And interestingly enough, whatever it means to “qualify”, he has obviously not done it yet. If he had done it, the matter would be settled.
If he showed a long form and a bunch of folks STILL protested, then they could be considered certifiable.

But UNTIL he does, we’re not!!!


294 posted on 08/01/2009 4:50:05 PM PDT by djf (The "racism" spiel is a crutch, those who unashamedly lean on it, cripples!)
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To: netmilsmom

That’s a good idea...

At this point in time, I think I know of maybe five people... LOL...

No, really... I’ll have to go back over some threads and see if I can contact a few and see about that. But, I do know that most people don’t like the *hassles* they would get on these threads for “advocating” a state law to that effect.

I do it, because I can deal with all the hassles... :-) but many others wouldn’t...

But, perhaps there can be specific threads *only* for those who support that idea and we can organize that way. That’s what I think would work... and I’ll get to work on that one, too...

But, feel free to pitch in, too... and forward names and whomever else may want to help out in their state. I would really like to see this going...


295 posted on 08/01/2009 4:52:53 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Bigh4u2

Cigar or not... the average American is going to hear the State of Hawaii and see their official announcement on their official website saying that Obama was born in Hawaii and that he is a natural-born American citizen and that’s going to be all they hear about that subject as far as they’re concerned from then on...


296 posted on 08/01/2009 4:54:32 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: firebrand

well,i don’t jump on it strongly but since i feel he should show his long form BC i suppose i’m a birther. I prefer not to speculate as to whats on it but i do believe that it should be presented in a public forum as proof of natural born status. Its a rather simple notion.
The left is getting hysterical on the issue because they truly fear the outcome should the worst occur. They realize conservatives and moderates will expect justice and they know its their own party that will forcibly subvert it,ending their machinations forever.


297 posted on 08/01/2009 4:55:56 PM PDT by wiggen
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To: djf

Yep!

Read it and responded to him.

The Constitution is the law of the land and no others are necessary to qualify a President.

But if some want to spend their time and effort making a new law that will probably be ignored, then more power to them.

But,I think some that argue for a new law don’t seem to understand that if challenged in court, and it is decided that it is unconstitutional, it could make it harder to verify someones ‘natural born’ status.

The Constitution REQUIRES anyone running for President to PROVE their birth status already.

A new ‘law’ may only add to the confusion, rather than solve the problem.

But hey!

If it works, that would be great too!

:0)


298 posted on 08/01/2009 4:56:11 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: 1000 silverlings

Actually, I kind of think they do own the document, to tell you the truth about it... an individual himself controls the “release of information” — but I would say that the State of Hawaii *owns* the document, itself...


299 posted on 08/01/2009 4:56:16 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Star Traveler
We are compelling him right now, and being reviled for asking him to prove that he was qualified, as he claimed to be, to be president according to our Law, the Constitution.
300 posted on 08/01/2009 4:56:54 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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