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Campaign 2008

Barack Obama: Born In the U.S.A.

By Don Ward, Tue., Oct. 21 2008 @ 2:49PM
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Categories: Campaign 2008

BarackHusseinObamaBirthCertificate.jpg

The Internets are a great and wonderful invention, giving people who once would be consigned to handing out poorly Xeroxed pamphlets on street corners a tool to waste the time of millions of Americans.

The latest conspiracy theory to be flooding my Inbox is that the Democratic presidential nominee is not actually a natural born U.S. citizen. He was in fact born in Kenya and is therefore precluded from becoming President due to Article II Section 1 of the Constitution.

“No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President”

It goes something like this. Mr. and Mrs. B.H. Obama shack up and head off to Kenya where the stork presents them with little Barry Jr. Knowing that their bouncing baby boy has a shot at becoming President of the United States, the parents lied to the State of Hawaii about his exact birthplace. Then they placed a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser just to cover their tracks.

Or maybe the story is Barack never got an actual birth certificate and one needed to be faked. Which explains the obvious forgery posted online at Obama’s website. And why his birth records have been sealed in Hawaii.

It gets kind of confusing.

At any rate. One of the players in this act is a certain Andy Martin from Chicago who has filed a petition against the State of Hawaii and Republican governor Linda Lingle – clearly an Obama stooge – to have the records opened.

The rumor is being spread by the same element on the pretty damn far right (and Clinton Democrats) who still believe that Barack Hussein Obama is actually a Muslim because he attended a madrasah in Indonesia. And because his estranged father was a follower of Islam. And because his name kinda sounds funny.

The same stunt was pulled by liberal bloggers against John Sydney McCain III alleging that because he was born on a military base in Panama, he was therefore not a natural born citizen.

In this two-year saga in selecting the next Commander-in-Chief, Americans have been treated to a torrent of twaddle that tested the threads of reality. The bookshelves that resembled a cross in Mike Huckabee’s Christmas ad. Hillary Clinton crying on cue in New Hampshire. John Edward’s haircut. What’s the proper etiquette for wearing flag lapel pins?

Two more weeks.

A Rose By Any Other Middle Name: For those who take offense about daring to mention That One’s middle name, as inevitably happens, I faithfully submit that the name “Sydney” is goofier than that of “Hussein”. Particularly when the “III” suffix is attached.

Conspiracy Within Conspiracies: When theories like this are put out that are crazier than an outhouse rat, one can almost be led to believe that operatives in the campaign are intentionally planting these rumors to muddy the waters. What better way for Obama to hide his alliance with The Visitors, aiding their plot steal mankind's water...

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Comments (6)

Steve Marquis says:

The reason this wont go away is that the posted document is not certifiable, verifiable and has no traceable information as to hospital location. Obama has 3 lawsuits in federal and state courts demanding he demonstrate that his was not foreign born and he Obama has so far refused to give up the requested documents. This is retarded to not give access unless you were in fact hiding something - like being foreign born.

He certainly acts like a foreign communist organizer like his Kenyan father. Perhaps the apple did not fall far from the tree after all and given his recent assistance in Kenya to the Communist takeover there and his wealth redistribution philosophies her,

I’d have to say that the constitutional demand for “no divided loyalties” is more than a technicality it is key to national security. With Obamas checkered past chumming with domestic terrorists on one side and “God Damn America” preacher advocates on the other, and much much more, this guy could never even get a security clearance!

He hasn’t released birth, adoption, passport, repatriation, transcripts, major papers or even his health records. He suddenly comes on the national scene and in a meteoric celebrity flash want to be president.

Well folks for a man without a past – he sure wants to have a big say in our future!
I have launched a lawsuit of my own in Superior court in WA and now 10 states are following suit to demand that the respective secretary of states review if Obama has valid credentials. If he has them, let him put it on the table. Hiding something Mr Obama????
You can read my lawsuit at http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/Lawsuit_Sam_Reed/Lawsuit_Sam_Reed.htm
Steve

Posted On: Wednesday, Oct. 22 2008 @ 8:17AM
Alfonso Encarnacion says:

I believe that all these should be placed in all major newspapers and television stations regardless of their media biases. The MEDIA should not be pro-party but PRO-AMERICA. Having said that, I am very disappointed with several top media personality to have taken a stand without regard to what is right or wrong. Is AMERICA going down the tubes? I am very sad about this since I thought the citizens of America are much brighter and intelligent than those of the countries the people regard as third world and uneducated.

I am non partisan and would like a President that have the ethics, morals and can be trusted with the country as a whole. All the campaign promises are for those that do not understand and really care about the Country, since those that they claim they will do, often times never happens, since Congress is in control.

Now it remains to be seen, if this Country will still be in the top of the world.

Thank you for this opportunity.

Posted On: Thursday, Oct. 23 2008 @ 3:32PM
Kalani O'Sullivan says:

It is now TOO LATE!!!

The fix is in. The problem with these Obama citizenship suits is that some of the plaintiffs were viewed as "loonies." Philip Berg (PA suit) handled the conspiracy theory case that the US government caused 9/11. Andy Martin (HI suit) is a certified nut case from Chicago who at the last minute decided to announce that Obama's REAL father was an obscure black poet. The cause lost its credibility.

HOWEVER, the cause of questining Obama's citizenship is valid. The simple question is why doesn't Obama just release the vault copy of his birth certificate and be done with this? What is he hiding?

Originally Philip Berg's suit muddied up the waters by demanding Obama's "Certificate of Live Birth" (COLB) in his suit. This is what Obama displayed on his website -- and answered Berg's suit. HOWEVER, what Berg's incompetence didn't demand was the vault copy of the birth certificate.

How is this important? My daughter was born in Kunsan, Korea. Later here US Embassy birth certificate was registered at the Hawaii Board of Health. Guess what? The information on her birth certificate comes out as the COLB...just like Obama without any information at all. She was born overseas and registered after the fact and has a Hawaii COLB. On the other hand, I also possess my Hawaii birth certificate showing time of birth, hospital, etc. information -- that has been required for official filings. This is the vault copy. THIS IS WHAT BERG WANTED AND DID NOT GET.

Incidentally, the Obama vault copy was officially sealed by Democratic Governor Lingle of Hawaii when Obama went to Hawaii to visit his dying grandma who made a miraculous recovery after his short visit in Oct 2008. Now only Obama can release or get access to the document. Interesting coincidence.

But rest assured. The fix is in. Obama will be declared a "natural born citizen" by act of Congress.

John McCain in Apr 2008 -- with key sponsors Obama, Clinton and Democrats -- passed SRES 511 RSATS in Congress. McCain did NOT need to have this as he produced his birth certificate -- he was born in Panama to TWO US citizens on official military duty in Panama in 1936. But the importance of this ruling was it was used to dismiss a suit against McCain in Jul 2008 over his ineligibility.

"IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 10, 2008 Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. COBURN, Mrs. CLINTON, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary ... Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen. Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen’ of the United States; Whereas the term `natural born Citizen’, as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States; Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President; Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen’ clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress’s own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen’; Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders; Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United Calendar No. 715110th CONGRESS2d SessionS. RES. 511RESOLUTIONRecognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.April 24, 2008Reported without amendmentStates."

END OF CASE. Regardless of whether this discussion of Obama's birth. The Congress of the United States will validate Obama as a "natural born citizen." It is irrelevant that there are serious questions whether he is one or not.

Steve Marquis' case is sounder that it asks the State of the eligibility requirements of the candidate. The Berg case made it clear that Judge Surrick saw that only the US Congress can appoint eligibility monitors to vet candidates -- and they have not. Thus it is up to the states to set their own standards. Marquis' case is more reasonable as the voters do not elect the President -- the electoral college does. The state popular vote supposedly set up the proportional vote from the Electoral College. Yes, it sometimes doesn't work that way as in the Tilden-Rutherford Hayes scandal, but nobody wants to change it so its the only game in town.

Last I heard in the blogs, Steve's suit is dead in the water as the State Attorney General won't respond. Is he a Democrat? Don't know, but it would be consistent with this issue.

The question the American people should ask is why is Obama refusing to release his vault copy of his birth certificate with all the information of his birth on it. It has taken more time for me to write this bit than it would be to produce it.

This is what is causing me and many others to suspect that there is something hidden on the certificate that he does not want to be publicly known. It may not be anything to do with this birth issue, but it must be something that is damaging.

But don't worry boys and girls, the fix is in. Obama, if elected, will be a "natural born US citizen" regardless of whether he is one or not. Trust your friendly Congressman to do the right thing.

Posted On: Monday, Oct. 27 2008 @ 10:06PM
cion says:

** BARAK ** BARRY ** BARACK ** HUSSEIN ** MUHAMED ** ABDULLAH ** BIN SAETORO ** UBAMA ILLEGAL ALIEN , kenya

Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 6 2008 @ 2:08PM
cion says:

CURRENTLY 17+ ILLEGAL ALIEN LAWSUIT'S VS UBAMA, DNC HTTP://WEB.ISRAELINSIDER.COM/ARTICLES/POLITICS/12939.HTM HTTP://WWW.ISRAELENEWS.COM/VIEW.ASP?id=3324

Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 6 2008 @ 2:11PM
Ruski says:

I have looked at the odds of obama surviving his first year in office. They weren't good, so I put my money on him surviving and got 20:1. I've put £10 on him. Doubt I will see my money again but at least it will be a win win for me!

Posted On: Wednesday, Jan. 7 2009 @ 2:14AM

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