I think we're seeing the exposure of a mammoth hole in our election system. If I understand what I've read correctly, candidates are certified as eligible at the STATE level. And when queried on vetting of presidential candidates in California, the Secretary of State said that candidates are vetted by the PARTY. So we depend on the Democrats' honesty and diligence?
It should absolutely not be possible to become a presidential candidate without first proving eligibility, yet I believe that has clearly happened here. I believe this man is definitely not a natural-born citizen and quite possibly not a U.S. citizen AT ALL.
It should also not be possible to become a presidential candidate when you can't pass even a low-level security clearance background check, yet there is NO doubt that this has happened here. If you don't believe that, let you or I apply for a government job that requires a security clearance, and let the background check reveal that we have spent time in the company of domestic terrorists, and see if you or I get that job. My wife worked years ago for a U.S. Attorney, and the FBI was all in a dither during her background check because she once visited a man in the hospital who had ties to counterfeiting.
I'm absolutely convinced that we have the most stupendous example imaginable of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Or to put it more accurately, what the right hand is NOT doing. It's nobody's official job to see the proof of citizenship, so it just doesn't get seen. It's nobody's job to say, "Hey, we couldn't clear this guy to work as a receptionist at many government facilities," so it doesn't get said.
The result is staggering. There are now many suits filed on the citizenship issue, but the security issue remains untouched and unnoticed as far as I can tell. Unbelievable.
This, my FRiends, is what a coup d'bureaucracy looks like.
MM (in TX)
This, my FRiends, is what a coup d’bureaucracy looks like.
I see -— I fear -—— I am furious.
A tangled web of laws and rules and regs and that ubiquitous “procedures” - that at the highest levels, events can occur without a legal process in place.
Great phrase!
Oh GOOD ONE. I vote "coup d'bureaucracy" to the FReeper lexicon, while we're still here!