Have you heard of these Obama "birthers?" A sizable movement on the internet is demanding that the president be removed from office unless he can provide his birth certificate, proving he is indeed an American citizen.
These are the same people who claimed during the election that Obama was a Muslim and/or an Arab American working to destroy the country from the inside.
Pushing aside for a moment the blatant bigotry inherent in believing a Muslim or an Arabic president would be a bad thing, the fact remains that Obama is neither of these; he is a Christian and an American citizen, born in Hawaii in 1961.
Copies of his birth certificate have been provided to officials who have vouched for its authenticity. Certification indicating that a birth certificate exists is readily available for anyone seeking to find it in Hawaii. And newspaper clippings from days after Obama's birth show that his mother and father placed a birth announcement in the paper celebrating their new addition.
Despite all of this, conservative commentators have continued to give these so-called "birthers" -- those who still cling onto the claim that Obama isn't a citizen -- a place in the limelight, a forum where they can express their extreme views. Lou Dobbs went so far as to say that many questions remained unanswered -- a claim that was refuted two nights earlier on his own show, when guest host Kitty Pilgrim filled in his spot and debunked the whole mess (as pointed out on the Daily Show).
That these people continue to drag this issue on despite the overwhelming evidence that contradicts their claims, coupled with the conservative commentators who give these "birthers" a national forum, shows how desperate the right has become. Rather than debate Obama on the issues, the right has resolved to defeat his character through the manipulation of issues that aren't even fact.
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You are quite WRONG!!!
Obama defenders don't want to seek or admit the truth. Obama’s story includes three different hospitals.
1) He said in his book "Dreams from his Father" that he found his birth certificate. Lets see it!
2) Stop the legal blockade; authorize Hawaii to release whatever they have.
The factcheck COLB has been questioned for many reasons. For instance, his sister was born in Indonesia. She has the exact same COLB. She is NOT natural born. He may not be either. He needs to prove it.
Obama’s grandmother said she was at the birth. . .IN KENYA!!! Can you imagine a woman not knowing whether she was at the birth of a baby or not know what continent it was on? Are you anti-birthers calling her a crazy liar too?
The birthers aren’t crazy. OBAMA VERY LIKELY IS COMITTING THE BIGGEST FRAUD OF ALL TIME!!!
Read this if you REALLY want to know all about it go to the following http and www website.
friktech.com/2009/born.pdf
Sincerely,
Capt
De Vattel's "Law of the Nations" deefines Citizns as all who is born of citizens. That is plurl so it means that both Parents must be Citizen! Because Barry Soetoro's AKA "defacto president" father was not U.S Citizen, Barry can not be CITIZEN OF USA!! But, Because his mother was not Kenyan citizen, he can not be Kenya citien ETHER!
I'm an experienced Constitutional Layer and I'm preparing a law suit for the Court Supreme to get Barry Soetoro deported from Earth because he can not be a citizen of anu country on Earth! Please got to my website and donate money for Victory!!!
Orly Taitz, Esq.
Are you KIDDING? The Republicans will NEVER let go of this. They'll make sure this overshadows the Obama Administration just as their breathless tales of stained blue dresses and moistened cigars overshadowed the Clinton Administration.
Orly Taitz, Esq.: Are you holding a bank draft for $150,000,000 for me?
Only post the truth: The birthers aren’t crazy. OBAMA VERY LIKELY IS COMITTING THE BIGGEST FRAUD OF ALL TIME!!!
Ohh...?
Hey "Only post the truth!" --
Why do you keep lying? If his sister "has the exact same COLB," how come we haven't seen it? Why don't you tell us where we can find it?
And why do you keep lying about what his "grandmother" said? Anyone who listens to the whole tape knows what she said.
You are one sad character.
Walker, you are a sad Kool-aide drinker.
Learn to be a free thinker and not a talking points puppet.
Obama's twin brother is eligible too!
gwgjlm.blogspot.com/2009/07/brack-obamas-twin-brothers-birth.html
Birthers must be ignorant of the law. Even if you are born in another country, so long as one parent is a citizen, you also are a citizen. These people illustrate that many people believe whatever they want to believe regardless of facts, laws, or evidence.
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