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Go `Birthers' go! (MSM starting to make arguments to cover Obama even if born in Kenya!)
Chicago Tribune ^

Posted on 07/21/2009 6:32:52 PM PDT by pissant

The increasingly popular term for them is "Birthers" -- the indignant, frantic, seething fringe Republicans who are persuaded that there is strong doubt about where President Barack Obama was born and, therefore, strong doubt about the legitimacy of his presidency.

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Even assuming Obama was born in Kenya despite the considerable evidence that he was born in Hawaii, that five-year provision in the law was intended, pretty clearly, to prevent a person from claiming U.S. citizenship when he was born in another country to parents who were long-time residents of that country, simply on the grounds that one of his parents was still, technically a U.S. citizen.

Say "Jim" is born in the U.S., lives here until he's 11, moves with his parents to Germany, comes of age there, marries a German woman and, when he's 25, has a child. As a matter of national policy and common sense, we don't want Jim's child to be able to claim automatic U.S. citizenship -- he is born in Germany to long-time residents of Germany. Declaring him a U.S. citizen is fundamentally absurd.

The thinking behind the law seems to be that if Jim spent at least five of his 10 years after age 14 in the U.S. before moving to Germany, he has been sufficiently "Americanized" that his children shall be considered U.S. citizens.

It's fairly clear to me and, should push come to shove, will be fairly clear to the courts and to Congress, that the law was not intended to be a "gotcha!" moment used to deny citizenship to the children of life-long U.S. citizens in their late teens who happen to be out of the country when they give birth.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: bho; bho44; birthcertificate; certifigate; colb; kenyabelieveit; larrysinclairslover; obama; truthers; usurper
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To: pissant

We have a loaded truck and its climbing the grade, we cannot stop now, its pedal to the metal!

We can demand all we want about “Wheres the Birth Certificate?” but what we should address is: Do we have an illegal Presidency?

Obama, are you a legal President?

Obama, did you ignore the US Constitution?

Obama, were you ever a citizen of another country?


41 posted on 07/21/2009 6:45:59 PM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: pissant

From what I’ve seen, I’m beginning think he was conjured rather than born.


42 posted on 07/21/2009 6:46:02 PM PDT by tbpiper (How would you define a 'domestic enemy of the constitution'?)
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To: PubliusMM

Several key states should pass their own law that demands a valid BC or the candidate will not be eligible in their state...Senators, Reps, Prez, any elected official...


43 posted on 07/21/2009 6:46:12 PM PDT by Former MSM Viewer
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To: taxtruth

There is another interesting twist.

Current law has a different standard for single mother verus married mother.

I don’t know about back when Barry was born.

But this brings up a marriage that was invalid if Obama Sr was already married. I don’t know when Daddy got married to his bride in Africa.


44 posted on 07/21/2009 6:46:17 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Islam=Murder

Actually, it will be the most satisfying political event since Reagan’s re-election in 1984


45 posted on 07/21/2009 6:46:30 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: BenLurkin

What if “Jim” was born in the least American of the 50 states (Hawaii) and spent his formative years in Indonesia? “Jim” isn’t likely to be very “Americanized”, is he?

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Not if Jim thinks there are 57 states in the union.


46 posted on 07/21/2009 6:46:31 PM PDT by JavaJumpy
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To: cripplecreek

Note the amount in legal fees Obama is spending to keep his original birth certificate hidden. Speaks for itself.


47 posted on 07/21/2009 6:46:46 PM PDT by real_patriotic_american
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To: pissant

It sounds as if there’s growing fear among the moonbats that maybe Obama really was born in Kenya.

That makes him a fraud and a liar, as well as an illegal alien. But never mind, that don’t make no nevermind in the liberal view of things.


48 posted on 07/21/2009 6:47:19 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: cripplecreek
Any chance we get we need to remind the media that a bunch of “nutjobs” demanded evidence of McCain’s eligibility

LoL! New York Time, LA Times, Washington Post.

49 posted on 07/21/2009 6:47:34 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: pissant

Bump!


50 posted on 07/21/2009 6:47:45 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: cripplecreek

At least Biden will “inadvertantly” tell us the truth....


51 posted on 07/21/2009 6:48:31 PM PDT by del4hope (Remember those who run the media with Media Matters are the same who now cover for their protege.)
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To: pissant

“Who knows how awful Biden would be for a short stint.”

Biden would be good tonic. He’s such a confused gadfly that nothing would gain traction. And, as everyone knows, the less that happens in Washington, the better for the country.


52 posted on 07/21/2009 6:48:47 PM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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To: gusopol3

IT’S NOT THE CRIME, IT’S THE COVER-UP.


It’s the Seriousness of the Charge.


53 posted on 07/21/2009 6:49:06 PM PDT by CommieCutter (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ht/qt/3013_08.html)
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To: pissant
"It's silly! It's absurd! It's ridiculous! That's why we had to waste twenty column inches refuting it!"

Hmm...

54 posted on 07/21/2009 6:49:30 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: pissant
despite the considerable evidence that he was born in Hawaii,

Huh? Now we have a "considerable evidence" standard? That's bloody rich. He is or he ain't. "considerable evidence"? Show us the long form BC and there will be no doubt.

No need for all of the pretzel logic and suggestions of retroactive law. Telling us that the Constitution didn't intend to make ineligible persons such as Hussein.

If anyone wanted evidence that even the lefties don't believe BO is legitimate, this story is it. This puke piece is essentially an admission of that.

55 posted on 07/21/2009 6:50:05 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: pissant
It's fairly clear to me and, should push come to shove, will be fairly clear to the courts and to Congress, that the law was not intended to be a "gotcha!" moment used to deny citizenship to the children of life-long U.S. citizens in their late teens who happen to be out of the country when they give birth.

Of course. Just like the IRS is so willing to allow a deduction for a new baby, even if the baby was born at 1 a.m on Jan. 1. They're always so understanding about small discrepancies like that.

56 posted on 07/21/2009 6:50:06 PM PDT by giotto
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To: LucyT

We need to start going to EVERY local town hall meetings and bring BC and Constitution copies. Bring every friend, relative, neighbor or person you can find. Heckle, berate and bother the House members and imperial senators.


57 posted on 07/21/2009 6:50:27 PM PDT by Frantzie (Remember when Bush was President and Americans had jobs (and ammo)?)
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To: pissant

Will Barry Soetoro actually be tried for treason when this is proven?


58 posted on 07/21/2009 6:50:45 PM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (Why does the president have purple lips?)
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To: pnh102
I don't understand why 0bama simply doesn't make his birth certificate an open record. It would destroy the GOP at this point and buy him significant political capital.

Actually he'd win a news cycle or two then reality of him being in office would drive his poll number the same way they have been going - south.

59 posted on 07/21/2009 6:51:41 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: DogBarkTree
Regardless, if I have any say about it, I will do my part here to get enterprising Japanese journalists (investigative reporters) into it.

If they sense a big scope and they would be the first, they will be all over this like flies over guano, and will have a solid team to Kenya with cameras and suitcases of cash to "encourage" people to go on camera about this guy's true origins. They will dig and get to the bottom of it. It is the scoop of the decade if you ask me.

60 posted on 07/21/2009 6:54:09 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Wanted Bumper Sticker: "Hey! America! How's that Obama thing working out these days, hmmm?")
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