Posted on 04/04/2010 5:10:39 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
Because if he DID say this ( referencing his speech in 2004), sure does sound like an admission he is saying he isn't from around these USA parts....
Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story of the brief union between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who werent well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to.
Source: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention Speech, 28 Aug 2008.
Maybe I’m dense, but I can’t figure out how this means anything different than what is known. We know his father was from Kenya, he admitted he had a dual citizenship until it supposedly ‘expired’ at age 21.
Now I know this means he is ineligible, but this statement alone isn’t any great revealing of something unknown. Unless I’m totally missing something.
Wait, do these Freepers think this means he is saying HE is the ‘young man’ from Kenya? The young woman from Kansas is his mother, the Dunham’s were originally from Kansas.
Michelle Obama is from Illinois, so he couldn’t be meaning himself and a woman from Kenya.
I am a birther from way back, but this is just not using your heads people! You are grasping at straws and just make the movement itself look stupid.
...and continue, rather than picking out the phrase and twisting it to mean what you want, rather than what it does. You’ll find that phrase you cherry-picked is in reference to the children of citizens of the United States who are BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. In other words, not on US soil.
Don’t confuse “citizen” with “Natural born citizen”, although the NBC part has always been a little difficult to define. If he was born overseas though, with Ann being his only US parent, he wouldn’t even be a citizen. If he later became one, he would be a “naturalized” citizen. This is why it’s so important to verify he was in fact born in Hawaii. Because of the laws at the time (US Citizen parent must have been in country 10 years, five of which over the age of 14 or 16-depending on the source and doesn’t matter because she was 18), WHERE he was born is the most important factor.
My alarm comes from how vigorously every court has worked to avoid going to discovery when presented with one of these NBC cases.
Repealed in 1795 as if 1790 never existed, try again
Yes, I think that's what this poster is trying to say. This has got to be one of the dumbest vanities ever posted. It should be removed. It does nothing except indicate some people have reading comprehension problems.
He’s a Limey-American...if that.
He should be nice to the Queen.
This is a reference to his parents- the young man from Kenya was his father- the young woman from Kansas- his mother.
It really pays to read carefully.
“Not at this moment, while I’m here sipping my Sunday morning coffee. I will, however, find the exact section and come back to this thread. It’s a real eye opener, because not only is the Prez supposed to be born on American soil, but his parents must also be American citizens- both of them. “
His father being an British citizen at Obama’s birth has never been disputed. Obama admitted to a dual citizenship. The problem is getting the courts to acknowledge that NBC does not mean only one US citizen.
“Yes, I think that’s what this poster is trying to say. This has got to be one of the dumbest vanities ever posted. It should be removed. It does nothing except indicate some people have reading comprehension problems. “
Oh good grief. I’m out of this stupid thread.
There’s nothing in this - you’re just seeing what you want to.
I think Obama is owned by Soros.
Soros was frantic because he couldn’t destroy Bush.
I wonder if Soros has been supporting Obama all along .. just waiting for the right time to use him to try once again to destroy America.
Soros made 3.3 billion recently .. and you can bet a great deal of that money will be spent trying to take America down.
A lot of men have tried .. but .. I think this time America will really have to stand up and fight for their freedom and cause Soros to waste all his money.
You are exactly right. And a trip to SCOTUS seems like the only way to resolve the issue, if anyone or any entity has the resolve to do it.
A statutory citizen (bestowed by man’s pen) can never be a “natural born” citizen (bestowed by God/nature).
Statutory citizenship means that a person’s citizenship requires a law or laws to define it. A citizen via statute is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
A person who is natural born requires no laws to define their citizenship. Only a “natural born” citizen is constitutionally eligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief.
“Natural born” citizens are in a class separate from all others. They are, in fact, in a classification or category unto themselves because they alone are eligible to serve as Commander-in-Chief — a fact that unsettles many.
No documentation of past,spend only 150 days in Senate,gets elected to president.Who’s the handlers?.
While I haven't actually read his autobiography, I'd be willing to bet that on some page he makes mention of the fact that he's the product of a Kenyan father and a mother who hailed from Kansas.
Not quite sure how earth-shattering this 2004 statement is.
Of course, as usual, he was lying. His Kenyan grandfather was quite well off by local standards, as evidenced by his having more than one wife at a time. His US Grandparens were certainly not poor either. They were white collar and middle class. (unlike my own parents, who were blue collar and middle class)
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