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Dear Freepers, Don't Back a Losing Argument: Just Accept the Fact Obama was born in Hawaii (Vanity)
Self ^ | July 30, 2009 | Edward Watson

Posted on 07/30/2009 8:35:25 PM PDT by Edward Watson

The entire birther argument, that Obama was actually born in Kenya instead of the US, making him ineligible for holding the office of the President of the US, is a spurious argument. It plays into Obama and the liberals hands - they want this to continue since it makes regular conservatives and opponents into fringe wackos.

Not one of us would've looked harder at his legitimacy than Hilary Clinton and the entire Clinton smear machine during the Democratic primaries. That magic bullet would've given Hilary the presidency - and yet nada, bupkis.

There are many valid reasons to oppose Obama and the liberals, but his birthplace isn't one of them.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; chat; kenya; kenyan; muslim; obamabirthplace; sinclaireclair; trollmagnet; vanity
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To: Edward Watson
I have no idea where he was born but I've a good sense that it wasn't here. Nothing verifiable has been presented, documentation has been erased or fabricated.

Proof is Obama's not ours.
41 posted on 07/30/2009 8:53:38 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Government needs a Keelhauling now and then.)
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To: laxcoach

I’m of the mind that it’s a simple problem of what’s actually on the birth certificate itself. I think Stanley did one of two things...put the “real father” down (meaning the Kenyan guy wasn’t the legend as we know), or identified the Kenyan guy as a British subject. Prior to 86, if you were born of a mixed citizenship situation...you needed to remain in the US for roughly ten years...to fully gain your citizenship. Obama never met that requirement. If Stanly had left the document blank in term’s of the father or his citizenship....then there is no mess to clean up.


42 posted on 07/30/2009 8:53:43 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Edward Watson

Don’t you get it? Many of us are asking questions, not “backing a losing argument”. That’s the American Way, right?

Why not ignore posts that you don’t want to participate in rather than adding yet another Vanity? After all, it’s just YOUR opinion, right?


43 posted on 07/30/2009 8:54:16 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Edward Watson

Assuming that he was born in Hawaii, why all the secrecy about his BC? Let him show it.


44 posted on 07/30/2009 8:54:30 PM PDT by 353FMG (Death is Life without Freedom.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Kenya celebrates his birthplace”

As if they wouldn’t celebrate the fact that his father was a Kenyan anyway, whether or not they though Obama was born there. And how would they know where he was born, anway? Who told them, and why haven’t they informed us as well?

“The sad fact is, you can be born elsewhere and come up with documents that make it look like you were born there.”

What about the newspaper announcements? What possible motivation could they have for announcing the birth of someone over in Kenya as having been born on the islands?


45 posted on 07/30/2009 8:54:33 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Edward Watson

One simple thing 0bama can do to shoot this down in flames - release the Hawaiian long birth certificate. Certificate of live birth is not valid, his sister IIRC clearly born outside of the US has a Hawaiian CLB.


46 posted on 07/30/2009 8:55:11 PM PDT by Godzilla (TEA - Taxed Enough Already)
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To: Edward Watson
Not one of us would've looked harder at his legitimacy than Hilary Clinton and the entire Clinton smear machine during the Democratic primaries. That magic bullet would've given Hilary the presidency - and yet nada, bupkis.

That should be "Hillary".

We should take you seriously when you can't spell the names?

47 posted on 07/30/2009 8:55:51 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: freekitty
RE: "First of all Hillary is tricky. Second Hillary is tricky and third Hillary is tricky."

Yes! Hillary is the she in shenanigans.

48 posted on 07/30/2009 8:55:57 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: coloradan

Maybe because his ‘father’ was not his biological father?


49 posted on 07/30/2009 8:55:59 PM PDT by databoss (Keep The Change....)
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To: neoprene

Ever heard of ZOT, newb?


50 posted on 07/30/2009 8:56:36 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century. I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: databoss
Maybe because his ‘father’ was not his biological father?

Right on the money!

51 posted on 07/30/2009 8:57:49 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century. I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: coconutt2000

“Instead of a case of nutty right wingers with equally nutty claims their red herring turned out to have lungs and legs.”

What respectable journalist is running with this story (Lou Dobbs doesn’t count)? This is a nut story, through and through. Just like 9/11 Truthers, who had some “legs” under them only because we all thought they were funny.


52 posted on 07/30/2009 8:57:51 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Edward Watson

So what if he was? He needs to show the long form bc just like mac did. By fighting this he is obviously hiding something big and we the public have a right to know what it is. How about all you anti-birthers just accept the fact that bambi is hiding something and let us patriots who care about our country weed it out of him...kay?

Besides, even if he was born in Hawaii that does not mean he is a natural born citizen. Haven’t you been paying attention all to these threads?


53 posted on 07/30/2009 8:58:03 PM PDT by HerrBlucher (Squash the fascist insect that preys upon the lives of the people -- FUBO!)
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To: Edward Watson

What is a fact about 0bama is he is a liar and he lies. Constantly.

I don’t believe a word he says. About anything.


54 posted on 07/30/2009 8:58:29 PM PDT by A message (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 6 days until Jim Thompson is President)
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To: bluejay

If Congress wasn’t Liberal Democrat, it wouldn’t be a problem either


55 posted on 07/30/2009 8:58:40 PM PDT by Son House (President Øbama Turns His Back On The Oppressed During Their Darkest Hours)
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To: Edward Watson

“I hate to break it to you Professor, but the left always paints conservatives as kooks.”

That’s why we should pursue the truth always.

The truth has dignity.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2303733/posts?page=4#4


56 posted on 07/30/2009 8:58:50 PM PDT by donna (Sarah Palin: "...all of us, who consider ourselves progressive...")
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To: Edward Watson

I don’t know where he was born, but I know the controversy isn’t detrimental to the GOP. If it were, network news would be covering the story in an endless loop.

In fact, I think it helps. People are starting to wonder who the hell this guy is they voted for last November, and I think this administration’s policy of duck, dodge, and deflect on this and every issue probably casts some serious doubts in their minds.


57 posted on 07/30/2009 8:58:54 PM PDT by cartervt2k
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To: Tublecane

“What about the newspaper announcements?”

The library microfilm is clearly fraudulent. Checkout the luxury-home address in the “notice” where the Obamas never lived.


58 posted on 07/30/2009 8:59:30 PM PDT by devere
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To: Edward Watson

Problems with your post...

  1. You are badly understating the birther argument when you claim eroneously that "The entire birther argument,(is) that Obama was actually born in Kenya instead of the US". The real birther argument includes: 1) Birthplace, 2) whether he meets "Natural Born Citizen" regardless of place of birth, 3) Whether he renounced his citizenship when he became a citizen of Indonesia, and 4) the failure of any institution to actually check or hold Obama or any other future president or candidate accountable for proof.
  2. 84% of people want Obama to show proof. Only liberals think birthers are wackos. Most people agree the President should prove his eligibility.
  3. Hilary would have had the same problems obtaining the proof as Conservatives are having now. In fact, Hilary's lawyers complained about Obama vote fraud during the primaries. If Hilary wasn't successful at doing anything about vote fraud, why should we believe she could do anything about eligibility fraud.
  4. There are many reasons to continue pursuing this.
    • Ensuring that America remains ruled by the constitution and by law.
    • Protecting America from future foreign usurpers.
    • Ensuring that nobody, not even a freshly elected President is above the law.
    • Limiting the damage that this president does.
    • Protecting the civil rights of those conservatives and "whackos" or what ever else you want to call us, who just want proof that the President is eligible.
    • Outing and Embarrassing the judicial branches that refused to consider the facts and relied on the subject having been "twittered".
    • Finding out what Obama is fighting to hard to conceal.

59 posted on 07/30/2009 8:59:49 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Tublecane

It’s my understanding his father was a British citizen.

Your questions are pointless. If Baracks’ own Grandmother and aunt aren’t credible, then who is?

Are you aware there has been some confusion as to which hospital he was actually born in? At one point or another two hospitals have been given credit.

What possible motivation did his grandmother and aunt have?


60 posted on 07/30/2009 9:00:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (_Resident of the United States and Kenya's favorite son, Baraaaack Hussein Obamaaaa...)
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