[mountainbunny]

Best thing I can think of is that there simply does not exist a mechanism, there is no agency, there is no Secretary to who this duty falls. It falls to the POLITICAL PARTY to vet their candidates. And it looks like the DNC has failed in this case, wantonly so.

Let's say Obama is a Kenyan.

The United States Department of State is in charge of passports. They have a copy of Obama's birth certificate or other documents provided when he applied for his passport. If they were given "other" documents, when these rumors started, they would have immediately begun investigating. The Secretary is Condoleezza Rice. She came to the post under President Bush.

But let's say the Department of State decides for whatever reason that it isn't in their jurisdiction. So they turn it over to the FBI. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is Robert Swan Mueller. He came to the post under President Bush.

Or how about the CIA? The Director of Central Intelligence is Michael Hayden. He came to the post under President Bush.

So, assuming Obama is a Kenyan, can anyone honestly say that the GOP doesn't know?

Or do they know and they are sitting on it so he can be elected?

Because in the history of Washington, there has never been a leak of information, has there? Wrong. They leak information for political reasons all the time.

And before anyone says "MSM", this would require everyone from the top down everywhere to swear a vow of silence. Because if the Washington Post didn't want the story, the Washington Times would. And so on. This would be the story of the century. Hand it to Rush Limbaugh and let him read it on the air.

That would end the election right there on the spot and every election board in the country paused and demanded proof. The DNC would have to act. Why hasn't that happened?

Or is it that they don't know? US intelligence provides the information to run wars, negotiate with countries, they engage in all sorts of espionage. They keep the world safe for Humanity day in and day out.

But somehow the sum total of US Intelligence hasn't figured out whether Obama is a Kenyan or not, eight days before the election?

Unlikely to the point of laughable.

Or are they in cahoots with the Democrats to bring the Dems to power nation-wide?

Which is it?

[Danae]

What is the Mechanism for making sure a citizen is qualified Consititutionally to run for POTUS.

There is none.

If the Administration or any of its appointees come out with the information, then it backfires onto the GOP candidate.

That's the simplest explanation I can come up with.

Also, you are assuming the Obama in the past traveled on a US Passport. Lets entertain the possibility for a moment that he traveled on an Indonesian one, he was after all once a citizen there.

Granted this is all total supposition. Most likely off from the truth.

Which brings up a sticky issue.... Why not just tell the truth? Show a certified Birth Certificate? Would that not be the simplest answer? He has posted up a forgery, and KNOWS it to be a forgery, a Crime. Why is THAT not being investigated? The FBI should be all over that, but for some reason this candidate seems to be above the law in all respects.

WHY?

[cnkitsune]

You have made a very excellent point. I cannot see so many people keeping this secret forever. Especially with grave consequences for the nation. Someone would fall on their sword to reveal the truth!

[MHGinTN]

Well n00b, you started with a strawman and really beat the hell out of it didn’t ya! ... “If they were given ‘other’ documents, when these rumors started, they would have immediately begun investigating.” Nice agitprop work there, n00b. Disgusting Obamoperatives are scuzzying up the FR homesite.