Do you think Obama was not in a position to correct the publicist? That statement, whatever the source, was allowed to be published and there is no evidence of an attend to correct or refute it. Telling, indeed.
But to declare Obama truly eleigible with this unresolved issue, as well as others, out there while declaring Cruz inelelgible is inconsistent.
I am sorry, but since “natural born” was never specifically defined in the Constitutuion, we are left with resorting to “preponderance of evidence” and precedent to resolve these issues.
The collection of evidence in Obama’s situation has many troubling issues. To equate it to Cruz’s situation is sloppy at best and dishonest at worst.
I am not in any way equating the gaping hole in 0’s bio with the technicality re: Cruz’s birth.
Of course Obama could have corrected the publicist’s piece, and one would think he would have, had it not been true.
Back in 1991, perhaps he was proud of his Kenyan birth and had not yet been chosen and groomed for his current position. Those who later so thoroughly “disappeared” all his relevant life records somehow missed this piece, as well as the Indonesian school record that has him listed as Indonesian Muslim under the name Soetoro. Regardless, neither scrap is a legal document. We don’t really even know who the guy is, which makes it, as you correctly point out, completely different from the issue of Cruz’s birth.
While opponents point at Cruz’s dual citizenship, why aren’t the Cruz folks reminding them that our current President was born with British/Kenyan/American citizenship (if you believe his Hawaiian birth narrative) and apparently also subsequently acquired Indonesian citizenship when adopted during his years abroad? We have no proof that 0 is a citizen at all, much less “natural born.”
So, for me, it’s a bigger issue than just where Ted was born. My fondest, yet dim, hope is that 0’s fake b.c. and murky background somehow gets dragged into this.