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Fox "confirms" Obama is a citizen (NOT the question)

Posted on 04/25/2011 4:54:41 PM PDT by jda

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Being a resident of the United States is only part of the associated qualification for being President - the person must be a "natural born citizen" (US Constitution, Article II, Section 1), which is defined (Title 8 > Chapter 12 > Subchapter III > Part I > § 1401) as:

(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;

(b) a person born in the United States to a member of an Indian, Eskimo, Aleutian, or other aboriginal tribe: Provided, That the granting of citizenship under this subsection shall not in any manner impair or otherwise affect the right of such person to tribal or other property;

(c) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person;

(d) a person born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year prior to the birth of such person, and the other of whom is a national, but not a citizen of the United States;

(e) a person born in an outlying possession of the United States of parents one of whom is a citizen of the United States who has been physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for a continuous period of one year at any time prior to the birth of such person;

(f) a person of unknown parentage found in the United States while under the age of five years, until shown, prior to his attaining the age of twenty-one years, not to have been born in the United States;

(g) a person born outside the geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, was physically present in the United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods totaling not less than five years, at least two of which were after attaining the age of fourteen years: Provided, That any periods of honorable service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or periods of employment with the United States Government or with an international organization as that term is defined in section 288 of title 22 by such citizen parent, or any periods during which such citizen parent is physically present abroad as the dependent unmarried son or daughter and a member of the household of a person (A) honorably serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, or (B) employed by the United States Government or an international organization as defined in section 288 of title 22, may be included in order to satisfy the physical-presence requirement of this paragraph. This proviso shall be applicable to persons born on or after December 24, 1952, to the same extent as if it had become effective in its present form on that date; and

(h) a person born before noon (Eastern Standard Time) May 24, 1934, outside the limits and jurisdiction of the United States of an alien father and a mother who is a citizen of the United States who, prior to the birth of such person, had resided in the United States.

Is Fox's announcement a display of ignorance of the real issue or an attempt to obscure the real requirement???

1 posted on 04/25/2011 4:54:44 PM PDT by jda
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To: jda

Shep Smith is an idiot.


2 posted on 04/25/2011 4:55:46 PM PDT by patriot preacher
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To: jda

Fox is becoming as un watchable as the rest of them.


3 posted on 04/25/2011 4:55:52 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (Shut up and eat your Beans!)
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To: jda

It is a message to “Shut up”


4 posted on 04/25/2011 4:56:00 PM PDT by RnMomof7 ( "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you,)
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To: screaminsunshine

Stopped watching Faux News years ago.


5 posted on 04/25/2011 4:56:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: jda

All true. But in addition, we really don’t know if Obama IS a citizen. He may still have Kenyan, British, or Indonesian citizenship.

Since there is no evidence that he ever took the steps to get his American citizenship back after his parents relinquished it in Indonesia, he may be an illegal alien.


6 posted on 04/25/2011 4:56:40 PM PDT by Cicero
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The Fact Checker at FOSK continues to ignore the date of birth and the date of the laws he's looking at to come up with ITEM G.

Obama was born when the law was different.

SO was George Romney! It's possible Mit himself has dual citizenship for both the US and Mexico on account of grandpa's daliances in Mexico.

7 posted on 04/25/2011 4:57:24 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: jda

I do not have my pocket Constitution. Is it verbatim from the Constitution?


8 posted on 04/25/2011 4:57:58 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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Fox "confirms" Obama is a citizen

Can they confirm he went to Columbia?

9 posted on 04/25/2011 4:58:41 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: jda

Oh Shep Smith said it... We can all go home now because Sheppy has spoken.


10 posted on 04/25/2011 4:59:16 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Fred Nerks; LucyT

Well there ya go PING

FOX has spoken...

Barry is a resident of the US

Wait...

t6hats not enough...


11 posted on 04/25/2011 4:59:50 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: jda

It says they confirmed that he is a resident? Which golf coarse would that be?


12 posted on 04/25/2011 5:00:07 PM PDT by foundedonpurpose (Be strong in truth!)
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Sheppard Smith just stated that Fox confirms that Obama is a resident of the United States.

"I even have his address right here! It's on Pennsylvania Avenue. Also, we confirm that water? Well, it is wet after all, too!"

13 posted on 04/25/2011 5:00:31 PM PDT by Yaelle
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Shep always has been an idiot. He’s also an Obama supporter.


14 posted on 04/25/2011 5:00:42 PM PDT by RC2
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To: screaminsunshine

“Fox is becoming as un watchable as the rest of them.”

Somebody got to Ailes. Trump?


15 posted on 04/25/2011 5:00:45 PM PDT by y6162
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Fox "confirms" Obama is a citizen

We also know Arnold Schwarzenegger is a citizen and yet...

16 posted on 04/25/2011 5:01:23 PM PDT by BufordP ("Drink me if you can't take a joke." -- Kool-aid)
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To: RC2

Lite in his loafers too.


17 posted on 04/25/2011 5:01:40 PM PDT by Diggity
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To: jda

I saw that and had the impression that S Smith articulated that position with some enthusiasm and relish. I have no idea what is going on here, but it is going to take a really credible institution or individual to challenge what apparently no one wishes to challenge. And I cannot believe that Fox would grant credibility to that online version which has been around since the beginning of the controversy. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since the release of that artifact. Just show us the GD birth certificate Obama!


18 posted on 04/25/2011 5:01:45 PM PDT by yetidog (/*)
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To: Cicero
Sorry, if your parents relinquish your citizenship, you are still a citizen under American law. They can't give it away. It's your decision to make at your majority (when you turn 18).

There's been discussion about whether or not you have to assert your rights in some manner if that happened. Most of the claims that you have to assert it involve kids coming back to the US from Mexico ~ and there their parents didn't need to do anything to turn them into Mexican citizens.

The laws are highly complex and are NOT equal for everyone. That's because the immigration codes are written primarily for foreigners, and though they have some rights under our Constitution (like, we don't kill'em and stuff them in sausages when their visas expire) they are not considered equal in rights to a citizen, and each country's nationals can have different treaty rights or requirements.

19 posted on 04/25/2011 5:01:52 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Red Steel

I can conform Shep did not graduate from Ole Miss


20 posted on 04/25/2011 5:02:01 PM PDT by scooby321
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