The only conclusion that can be drawn is that higher-ups in the Pentagon know that there is a real problem with Obama’s eligibility, or the Administration does and has ordered them to back off to avoid a trial that could open them up to the discovery process. Add this otherwise inexplicable behavior to Obama’s never-ending legal efforts to quash any effort to get at the truth and you can call me a very proud “birther”. Yep folks, there’s no other conclusion that can be drawn: We have an illegitimate President.
Well said.....it is obvious that the military is well aware that Obama is not legit.....they would have started pretrial hearings by now on Lakin.
And, it is sad that a number of “conservatives” are Enabling Obama, like Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart, and others....who are attacking the birthers and their raising the issue. The Birthers are slowly going to expose Obama as a fraud...and I am going to remember those so-called conservatives who attacked the birthers....because you know they will be “jumping on the bandwagon” soon.....
I have been as disappointed as you in their ridicule of those they label "birthers", but I think I somewhat understand why they do it. I think their primary motivation is that, whatever they believe about Obama's legitimacy, they think it is a strategic mistake to focus on it. They believe that the natural-born issue gives ammo to the left and their media allies to smear conservatives as whackos. Unfortunately, to some extent they are correct.
However, I can't bring myself to place political pragmatism above Constitutional principle. I really believe that if we allow Obama to get away with this (assuming that he is NOT a natural-born citizen), then we will open ourselves up to even greater usurpation in the future. As brain-dead as many of our fellow citizens are, I can easily see them saying "Sure, why shouldn't Hugo Chavez be able to run for President of the U.S.? It would just show our committment to diversity." I'm exaggerating a little, of course, but that's not far from where many people's minds are these days. All the more reason why we MUST diligently defend Constitutional principles - ALL Constitutional principles, every word.
Lakin knows that it will be hard to deny him standing. It is Lakin, and not the whole country, who will be injured if what he says is true. And what he charges, though I would prefer that he make the charge is principal focus, is that Obama violates Article II of our Constitution because he was born of an alien father.
The first response of the White House (and don't doubt that these responses are being orchestrated by Anita Dunn's husband Bob Bauer, the White House council), is the automatic Alinsky response, to separate the sheep and the timid with ridicule: "We suggest the Dr. Lakin undergo a brain scan." This will not intimidate Dr. Lakin, who knows something about brain scans (as do I). This is the "Birther" strategy. It will work with the major media, whose careers are built upon the assumed ignorance of their audience, but citizens are learning about our history, and those of us who have studied have learned that our founders said what they meant and meant what they said; all our current Senators said the same in 2008 "born of citizen parents", when it suited their political purpose. When their careers are threatened, they forget what they said and signed two years ago. They have all seen what happend to Georgia Congressman Nathan Deal when he sent a letter to the White House asking for some assurance that Obama was eligible; he suddenly acquired ethics charges and resigned from The House to run for Governor.
Obama’s supporters probably had to weigh his debilities against his strengths. The hint of melonin in his skin, in spite of his patrician background, would insure him the black vote. And he does have the stree hustler confidence which serves the teleprompter well. It seems likely that Obama was groomed for this position, suddenly having none of his immediate relatives available for questioning. It takes time to explore and understand the long history upon which our framers based their restriction of the presidency to citizens born on our soil of citizen parents,enough time to permit Obama to bring us close to financial collapse, and unable ot defend our borders. Natual born citizenship is a very old notion, employed by dozens of nations at various times. A dozen framers wrote about natural born citizenship extensively. The source of the definition was the most widely cited legal source between 1789 and 1820 and was used by Jefferson, Madison, Washington, Jay, Munroe, Story, Wilson, Waite, Bingham, and even by Patrick Leahy and Clair McGaskill in their scheme to insure that their opposition candidate would be John McCain, who also was not a natural born citizen, much as we may feel he is entitled because of his military record.
I hope Lakin’s legal council is competent. This is about our Constitution. Sad to see so many who are willing to glibly dismiss Article II as a provision which has gone out of fashion. If belief in the immutability of our Constitution is trumped because someones family didn't care about or understand the Constitution we are lost as a republic because all the rights being protected can be rationalized away just as they are dismissing Article II Section 1.