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Where's the birth certificate? An interview with Joseph Farah

Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WorldNetDaily and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. He is the author of Taking America Back: A Radical Plan to Revive Freedom, Morality and Justice. He is also the editor of the online intelligence newsletter Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. He has been at the forefront of the campaign to compel President Obama to release more detailed evidence of the circumstances surrounding his birth and citizenship status. Various other well-known figures, including Alan Keyes and Jerome Corsi have questioned the sufficiency of the evidence released so far. Last week, Mr. Farah was kind enough to take the time to answer my questions concerning the controversy over Mr. Obama’s qualifications to be President. My questions and his responses were as follows:

1- How did you first get involved with the effort to verify the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s claim that he is a natural born citizen of the United States?

This issue was first raised to me in a serious way by our senior staff writer Jerome Corsi, author of The Obama Nation. My first major involvement came when Corsi and an aide went to Kenya to investigate Obama's ties there – including the possibility that it was the place of his birth. As you know, Corsi and company were taken into custody by government thugs armed with AK-47s and held for 24 hours. I was Corsi's only link with the outside world during that time. It was a very dangerous day. Corsi was very ill and we were concerned about his health before the trip. He did come home with a sworn affidavit from the translator of the interview with Sarah Obama, Barack's grandmother, who said she was at his birth in Mobassa. Because the major news media showed little curiosity about this possibility, it became more and more intriguing to me.

2- What made you suspect that he might not have been born in Hawaii?

The oddities are that no hospital in Honolulu will even confirm his birth there. That is highly suspicious given the historic nature of Obama's presidency. Hawaii has never before been able to boast a presidential birth – let alone the first black president. Why would a hospital not make a claim? Why would one not be renaming a wing after its most famous patient? Why would it not be sending out press releases? Why all the mystery? I also consider it strange that the only living person in the world who claims to have been present for his birth is his Kenyan grandmother. No doctor, no nurse, no relative, no family friend has come forward to say they can confirm his birth in Honolulu. And, of course, the biggest question of all is: Why won't he release the one document that can confirm this – his long-form birth certificate?

3- Could you explain why the ‘Certification of Live Birth’ displayed in Mr. Obama’s website is insufficient proof that he is a natural born citizen of the United States? Can such a document be obtained on behalf of someone not born in the U.S.?

I don't believe this document can be obtained by someone born outside the country today, but it most definitely could have been obtained in 1961. All that was needed was an affidavit from one parent. Many people born in foreign countries can boast a Hawaiian certification of live birth. That's why that document is not even accepted by the state of Hawaii as proof of being a native born Hawaiian for its home lands program, as we have documented in WND.

4- What kind of documentation would you like President Obama to make public in order to show conclusively that he is qualified to be President under the Constitution?

The most important document is the long-form birth certificate. The computer-generated certification he posted on his website proves nothing. But, personally, I believe if a birth certificate confirms his life story, that he is indeed the son of Barack Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham, that his "natural born citizenship" is still very much in doubt. His father, in that case, was a citizen of Kenya and a subject of the British crown. The purpose of the "natural born citizen" clause in the Constitution was to avoid "dual allegiances." He may have also given up his citizenship when he lived in Indonesia. There is much about Barack Obama's life that remains a mystery beyond what he has told us in his autobiography. Nothing has been verified by any controlling legal authorities in the United States. It's really quite amazing.

5- I understand that you have made substantial efforts to obtain additional information concerning Mr. Obama’s birth. Have these included specific requests to the White House for documents? If so, what response, if any, have you received?

As you probably know, we have made repeated requests privately and even publicly at a White House briefing. But our primary focus has been for the personal rather than the public. Beside the birth certificate issue and the passport issue, Obama steadfastly has refused to release his college records. I believe his college records would reveal much about who he was, who funded his college education, whether he was a "foreign" student, what he wrote, who he claimed to be back then.

6- Could you summarize your additional efforts, if any, to obtain pertinent information from other sources? What have you been able to find out from sources other than the President and his staff?

Most of what we have found about Obama's early years can be found in our reports in WND and in Corsi's No. 1 New York Times bestseller from last year. Aaron Klein, our Jerusalem bureau chief, has also come up with quite a few scoops – including the Bill Ayers' connection.

7- In his books Dreams of my Father and The Audacity of Hope, President Obama discussed various aspects of his early life. Do you know whether his birth certificate would contain any confidential information that has not already been made public in his books or through other sources? If not, have you been given any reason for Obama’s decision to keep the document sealed?

Well, he revealed what he chose to reveal. What I don't understand is: Since when do we as Americans accept at face value what politicians say about their lives? Why isn't there a mechanism in place to demand proof? For a guy who wants all of our most personal health and financial information to be the business of government, he seems overly concerned with his own privacy.

8- What pertinent information do you think could be obtained from Mr. Obama’s college and law school records?

As I said, I'd like to see how he registered, who paid for his education, what he wrote, how he got into Harvard and so on. John Kennedy and other presidents release transcripts even when some of them were quite embarrassing. What is it that Obama is hiding? The answer seems to be – everything.

9- Is it unusual for a presidential candidate or a sitting President to conceal birth, marriage and school attendance records?

As far as I can determine, it is unprecedented. You can't take a sworn oath to honor and obey the Constitution and then refuse to prove you are constitutionally eligible to serve. It's a contradiction in terms. I don’t like to see the Constitution subverted like this. That's why I am so concerned.

10- Recently, you began a campaign to press Mr. Obama to allow release of his actual birth certificate by renting billboards with the message “WHERE’S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?” I understand that several large advertising media companies, such as CBS and Clear Channel have refused to rent you billboard space for your campaign. What reasons have these companies given you? Do you believe pressure has been exerted on these companies to silence your message?

The companies gave no reason. But these companies are heavily regulated by government and I believe they are hyper-sensitive about offending this administration. I don’t even think they needed to hear from the White House to make this business decision. But that's tragic given that these are large media conglomerates – CBS and Clear Channel among them. The purpose of a free press is to challenge government, to serve as a watchdog on government, not to cower in fear of it.

11- How’s that campaign going? How many billboards do you currently have? Have you selected any additional future locations?

After two months, we have seven billboards scattered around the country with plans for many more. We have raised about $100,000 and we plan to continue this campaign until we get an answer to the question: "Where's the birth certificate?"

12- How are you raising the funds to pay for the billboards? Where can interested persons send contributions to?

We're raising money exclusively online at WND.com. If people go to the site, they will see a little button – an image of a billboard. If they click on it, it will take them to the donation site.

13- If it was determined that Barack Obama was not a natural born citizen of the United States, what effect do you believe that would have with respect to the acts he has already performed in his capacity as President?

Legally, everything he has done should be null and void. Do I expect that to happen? Not today in this America, in this political climate. This, I believe, is the biggest fear people have of this issue. All elected officials – Republicans and Democrats – are genuinely fearful about that remote possibility. They are afraid of race riots. They are afraid of political chaos. But, at least he would not be a contender in 2012. That, I think, would be assured.

14- What mechanism should be followed to determine who would become President of the United States?

No idea. I am not a constitutional lawyer. And even they disagree.

15- On more than one recent occasion, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC, in his program ‘Countdown’, has named you one of the worst people in the world, a distinction you have shared with other well-known media personalities, such as Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Michelle Malkin and Bernard Goldberg. Do you see this as a sign that your efforts are paying off? Do you think you’re making some folks nervous?

When people have to lie about what you do and say repeatedly to mock and criticize you, then you know you must be doing all right. Olbermann obsesses over the fact that one WND news report seemed to challenge the idea that the certification of live birth was fraudulent. But this has never been an issue for me or WND. I have never challenged the certification of live birth as a forgery. The problem is that the real thing is meaningless to the issue of whether he is constitutionally qualified.

16- Finally, do you have any theories, or suspicions as to where the truth lies in connection with Mr. Obama’s citizenship? What do you think is the most likely scenario? Was he born abroad? Did he assume Indonesian citizenship? What was his legal status when he resided in Indonesia? Does anyone know?

I think there is a lot we don't know about Obama and much that would surprise, even shock, the American people. I believe it will all come out in the fullness of time. I'm not even sure we know who his real parents are. And, without a legitimate birth certificate, we'll never know.

Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my questions.
 

(Above right: Joseph Farah) 

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  • alferd 2 years ago
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    Farah states: --"That's why that document is not even accepted by the state of Hawaii as proof of being a native born Hawaiian for its home lands program, as we have documented in WND."---

    This is patently false.

    From the Home lands web site:

    hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/applyhhl

    --The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands accepts both Certificates of Live Birth (original birth certificate) and Certifications of Live Birth because they are official government records documenting an individual’s birth. ---

  • alferd 2 years ago
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    More from the Hawaiian home lands:

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    The Certificate of Live Birth generally has more information which is useful for genealogical purposes as compared to the Certification of Live Birth which is a computer-generated printout that provides specific details of a person’s birth. Although original birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth) are preferred for their greater detail, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth. When a request is made for a copy of a birth certificate, the DOH issues a Certification of Live Birth.

    ----

    See, It doesn't say what Farah says it does.

  • alferd 2 years ago
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    So, if Barack Obama was born in Kenya on Friday evening, August 4, 1961, how did his parents get to Honolulu by Tuesday August 8 in order to file the birth record?

  • alferd 2 years ago
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    Farah: ---- "This, I believe, is the biggest fear people have of this issue. All elected officials – Republicans and Democrats – are genuinely fearful about that remote possibility. They are afraid of race riots."

    Be honest, that's what you want, isn't it? You want race riots and chaos, don't you. Face it, you are a race baiter.

  • alferd 2 years ago
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    I predict that the birther trolls will soon show up to disrupt this thread and sling personal attacks instead of answering why they believe this silly theory.

  • Silly Alferd 2 years ago
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    Barry's parent(s) would have up to one year from his date of birth elsewhere to get to Hawaii to get a certificate of live birth. That's the same thing that was done for his half sister who was born in Indonesia but has a Hawaiian certificate of live birth.

  • Silly Alferd 2 years ago
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    More importantly, why is it that anytime someone criticizes a black man, particularly one in a position of authority or success, then that someone is declared a racist or race baiter? What a moronic approach.

  • Silly Alferd 2 years ago
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    Finally, why would their have to be riots in the streets? There shouldn't have to be. Oh yeah, it's because they would be just looking for reasons to loot and destroy others' successes.
    However, I don't think there is any amount of rioting that could occur that would be more damaging than the utter destruction that Barry is attempting to bring upon this country.

  • Hammy 2 years ago
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    Alferd- Your quote of that text that you put on every article comment is a JOKE. You know that in reality a Long Form Birth Certificate IS required. Why do you keep putting up irrelevant crap. The certification of live birth is not even accepted for little league players. The fact remains only the long form BC will prove where BO was born.

  • JustWondering 2 years ago
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    Hey, Hammy, the quote that Alferd put up is from an official State of Hawaii web page.

    I like that you're calling it a "JOKE" -- it makes it easy for everyone to see how stupid you are.

    Keep up the good work!

  • Anti-birther 2 years ago
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    Hammy, google up:

    "applying for Hawaiian Home Lands"

    to read it for yourself.

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    I find it Ironic that educated, progressive people are unwilling to put to bed or even seriously discuss some obvious inconsistencies that a large percentage of the masses are seeing. The lack of transparency on this issue, amount of energy spent on defense from the accused is astounding and leads me to start believing the opposition that our President is indeed an illegal alien and the first one foreign born (in Mombasa, Kenya). Could you imagine the uproar if this was a conservative politician not President Obama? I personally would love to see this answered once and for all but somehow I doubt that the ruling elitists will allow it.
    A birth announcement in a local paper would be an obvious step along with obtaining a certificate of live birth instead of a regular birth certificate to make the foreign born baby appear American for all the obvious advantages that would allow. On the surface this would appear to warrant further investigation.
    What a double standard.

  • Anti-birther 2 years ago
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    I wonder how much money Farah has skimmed of the billboard campaign donations?

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    What a double standard, the unsubstantiated accusations that are propagated on Palin are printed as fact and any reasonable assumptions on Obama are dismissed as insane ramblings is unacceptable and must be answered.
    Carter (the worst president off the 20th century) brought us Reagan, Obama will bring us Palin! I am anticipating a backlash to the socialist agenda being rammed down our throats by the Progressives. Socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried before and will not work in this country either. If you rob from Peter to pay Paul, Peter will be a Richard no one likes to be a Richard after all and will become Paul (or worse yet become a criminal and stop paying taxes by going underground if one is to intelligent or ambitious to be unproductive), then there will be no more Peters to take from and all will starve. I look forward to Sara's next move as her actions are what this country needs.

  • Anti-birther 2 years ago
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    How long before one of the birthers compares President Obama to Hitler?

    LOL

  • Sammie 2 years ago
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    There is no evidence that Maya has a Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth. If you can find the source for your information that is not a blog page, I would be happy to read it. And even if she does have a Hawaiian Birth Certificate, it would still show her birth as happening in Jakarta, not Honolulu.
    Now for the first assertion: "Barry's parent(s) would have up to one year from his date of birth elsewhere to get to Hawaii to get a certificate of live birth."
    If you mean the infamous HRS 338-17.8, that law was not passed until 1982. If you can point to a pre-existing law that offered the same, please post the source, statute number, etc.
    And even IF President Obama was born anywhere but Hawaii, his BC would reflect that.

  • MaineSkeptic 2 years ago
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    ZACTech: "A birth announcement in a local paper would be an obvious step."

    Yes, and how would that have happened? The Honolulu Advertiser is on record as saying that the birth announcements came from the Department of Vital Records. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin lists the same births in the same order.

    It must have taken quite a conspiracy to get those fake records inserted into those lists!

  • sus 2 years ago
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    Just about everything Joseph Farah has said in that article is false. It seems Farah has a penchant for lying.

    I suggest following some of the links in this article.

    conwebwatch.tripod.com/stories/2009/wndobamabirth4.html

  • VeryCurious 2 years ago
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    By the way, does everyone realize that when a couple of anonymous "experts" claimed that the COLB was fake, one of the first web sites to debunk the false claims was WND? Here's an exact quote:

    "A separate WND investigation into Obama's birth certificate utilizing forgery experts also found the document to be authentic. The investigation also revealed methods used by some of the bloggers to determine the document was fake involved forgeries, in that a few bloggers added text and images to the certificate scan that weren't originally there."

    (www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73214)

    Maybe Mr. Farah can explain that -- as well as explaining why he lied about it just a few months later. (www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84065)

    This is clearly a man who cannot be trusted.

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    In the interest of satisfying some of the critics (as always the far end of the spectrum will believe what they want to believe and will never be satisfied) release of the long form birth certificate would satisfy most people. That is what makes most people suspicious.

  • MaineSkeptic 2 years ago
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    LOL, ZACTech, didn't you read what Alferd quoted from the Hawaiian Homelands web page?

    "Although original birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth) are preferred for their greater detail, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth. When a request is made for a copy of a birth certificate, the DOH issues a Certification of Live Birth."

    COLBs "are official government records documenting an individual’s birth."

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    In the interest of satisfying most of the critics (as always the far end of the spectrum will believe what they want to believe and will never be satisfied) Release of the long form birth certificate would satisfy most and the failure of Obama to allow its release is what makes most people suspicious. The Long form Birth Certificate is available in the archives so why not release it, makes one wonder doesn’t it.

  • Bitcom 2 years ago
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    An excellent interview.

  • Britcom 2 years ago
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    An excellent interview

  • Fritz Rains 2 years ago
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    -- The oddities are that no hospital in Honolulu will even confirm his birth there. That is highly suspicious given the historic nature of Obama's presidency. --

    How long is Farah going to keep this charade going?

    One can easily Google Kapi'olani Medical Center Obama letter and see the acknowledgement of Obama's Birth on the hospital's website.
    Due to HIPPA laws, this is the best the hospital can do.

  • Anti-birther 2 years ago
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    Zactec, why should he do anything? Because YOU want him to?

    Hah, No one cares what you want.

  • Suzie 2 years ago
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    Without taking a stand on whether or not he was born in Hawaii, I do have a question---why has Obama spent at least $800,000 on attorney fees fighting release of his birth certificate? IMO, it must be nice to have that kind of money to throw at lawyers. If he has nothing to hide, why not just release the long-form birth certificate and be done with it?

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    I does not matter what I alone think, but this matter is becoming a blemish on Obama and there are 100's of thousands that are becoming disenfranchised by being ignored and ridiculed and that does matter. Similar to those that accused our last president of lying and/or fraudulently being elected defiantly affected his ability to rule and will this will affect Obama’s ability to rule also. Thank God and the Armed Forces that have died for the free speech that we have. VIVA Reagan.

  • Mary A 2 years ago
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    Hawaii is no longer able to issue the "long form". They have computerized their records. They would have to spend $$$ they can't afford to print out anything other than the COLB President Obama has shown.

    You have no idea if "The Long form Birth Certificate is available in the archives".

    In fact, if you called Hawaii DOH you would find that they WILL NOT spend the time($$) and expose their employees to search the archives

    The bottom line is that the COLB President Obama has released is all the evidence needed to prove US birth.

    "Okubo also emphasized the certification form "contains all the information needed by all federal government agencies for transactions requiring a birth certificate."

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    ZACTech says:
    In the interest of satisfying most of the critics Release of the long form birth cert

  • Mary A 2 years ago
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    Suzie, he has not "spent at least $800,000 on attorney fees" in the birther cases.

    His lawyer has state publicly that he is representing President Obama pro bono. Proof of that is

    scribd.com/doc/15691361/Keyes-v-Bowen-Memorandum-of-Costs-Strumwasser

    He does not "release" the long form for three reasons:

    1. It does not belong to him. It belongs to the State of Hawaii.

    2. They are no longer set up to print the long forms.

    3. It would set a legal precedent where anyone could sue for - and get - anyone elses' private records. McCain fought several suits for the same reason.

    Would YOU like for your nosy neighbor, boss or co-worker to be able to get YOUR private records???

  • Mary A 2 years ago
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    Unbelievable.

    the Examiner does not allow links.

    Well, I guess that is not so unbelievable as they are a major purveyor of lies and they would not want to be shown up by FACTS backed up by LINKS.

  • Blas responds to Mary A. 2 years ago
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    Examiner does not allow you to include links on your comments. On the other hand, Examiner does not require you to register or provide an email address in order to post, as many other sites do. You can post any web address you want. Just don't include the http portion and any interested reader may copy and paste it to their browser.
    Ihe questions asked of Mr. Farah were fair. The answers were his. It's up to the readers to make up their minds about them. Thank you for your posts. I appreciate every reader's views

  • Bob Weber 2 years ago
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    If Farah were actually serious about this, and not an idiot, he would take his $100K and offer a reward to someone who can document that he was born outside the U.S. but has a Hawaii COLB that says he was born in Hawaii (Farah claims this is possible), instead of spending it on those silly billboards. Or he could hire someone to look through BOAC's Kenyan passenger manifests from August 1961 for a Mr. & Mrs Barack Obama & son. Or he could do an FOIA for their immigration records for the period. If he were serious, that is, and not an idiot.

  • trail blazer 2 years ago
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    Move over Charles Van Doren,Clifford Irving,and Milli Vanilli,Obama is going to top you all.

  • Piker 2 years ago
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    It matters not where he was born, he is ineligible to be POTUS as his father wasn't a citizen, thus making him at the very least a dual citizen and/or a "native born" citizen - NOT a "natural born" citizen.
    "Natural Born" doesn't mean "where" it means to "whom" you were born. That is the distinction.

  • Olavo 2 years ago
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    Mary A's post is ridiculous. "He does not "release" the long form for three reasons:
    1. It does not belong to him. It belongs to the State of Hawaii."
    OBS. The State of Hawaii officers says they cannot release the document because it belongs personally to Obama, not to the State.
    "2. They are no longer set up to print the long forms."
    OBS. Wow, it looks like the costs of a photocopy would throw the poor State of Hawaii into a fginancial crisis."
    "3. It would set a legal precedent where anyone could sue for - and get - anyone elses' private records. McCain fought several suits for the same reason."
    OBS. The voters are not "anyone": they are the candidate's employer. There is no need for a new precedent: any employer is ALREADY entitled to examine his employee's documents.

  • Lance 2 years ago
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    Obama is a dual citizen; UK and US. He admits in his books that his father was Kenyan, which was under British rule in 1961. That alone disqualifies him from being President. The US government must follow the law, do it's duty, and throw him out of office.

  • Ken Dunbar 2 years ago
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    I interviewed Farah on my internet radio program "The Liberty Pole", when the billboard campaign was barely a week old.

    And I urged him to shift the focus away from the Obama-controlled "birth certificate issue, to the cConstitutional issue of the definition of "natural born citizen"

    And to include that Obama's birth status was governed by British law.. per Obama's own admission on his campaign website, which is still online fightthesmears

  • Dewey 2 years ago
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    Its blatenly clear this imposter potus has a lot to hide. I feel however, it is too late to have him impeached especially since it would not get through the democrat congress. I agree with the efforts of some congressmen to have a more specific law/verification process enacted regarding eligibility for the office of president. Mean while, in the next four years we can all watch our beloved country turn to socialism and go broke.

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    It does not matter what I alone think, but this matter is becoming a blemish on Obama and there are 100's of thousands that are becoming disenfranchised by being ignored and ridiculed and that does matter. Similar to those that accused our last president of lying and/or fraudulently being elected certainly affected his ability to rule and as many is now accusing our current president of fraud and deceit this will affect Obama’s ability to rule. Thank God and the Armed Forces that have died for the free speech that we have

  • mlstac21 2 years ago
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    From all of this it appears that OBAMA it appears that he is waiting to create A forgery to supply from the inside that resembles and authentic copy, is this not possible? Why else would he make everyone wait, especially if there is no history remembered in the places he said his life began. Someone ought to get to the bottom of why california has not been bailed out yet, esp if it is a ransom or a hijacking. What is it?

  • Anti-birther 2 years ago
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    Ok, let's look at it this way.

    The state of Hawaii no longer uses paper forms. All birth information is entered into the computer at the Hospital and downloaded to the state. The “long form” is extinct. All future birth certificates will look like the one posted on his site by President Obama. Therefore, by insisting that only a copy of the original long form will be sufficient proof of birth within the U.S., then you are effectively saying that no one from Hawaii can ever become president again. Furthermore, many other states are moving to the paperless, digital format in place in Hawaii. Will future presidential candidates from those states be disqualified as well?

    If the State of Hawaii has indicated that the format that they choose to present the birth record is acceptable, then you have to accept it.

  • Anti-birther 2 years ago
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    Lance wrote:

    ---Obama is a dual citizen; UK and US. He admits in his books that his father was Kenyan, which was under British rule in 1961. That alone disqualifies him from being President. The US government must follow the law, do it's duty, and throw him out of office.---

    Sorry Lance, but you are dead wrong on that.

    There are no provisions against dual citizenship in the U.S. Constitution.

    The laws of a foreign nation have no bearing on our own.

  • ZACTech 2 years ago
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    The Long Form Birth Certificate is in Obama’s position or available and they are choosing to not release it. In the interest of satisfying most of the critics (as always the far end of the spectrum will believe what they want to believe and will never be satisfied) release of the long form birth certificate would satisfy most and the failure of Obama to allow its release is what makes most people suspicious. The Long form Birth Certificate is available in the archives so why not release it, this is not being allowed by Obama. Does it not make one wonder?
    What a double standard, the unsubstantiated accusations that are propagated on Palin are printed as fact and any reasonable assumptions on Obama are dismissed as insane ramblings by the progressives is unacceptable and must be answered.

  • ROCK 2 years ago
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    According to much legal research, at the time of Obama's birth he could be a natural born citizen by being born in the United States, by being born to two U.S. citizen parents (not possible because of his father), or, if only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of the birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least 10 years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16.

    The problem is, Obama's mother was only 18 when she gave birth, so his only apparent route to "natural born" citizenship status would have been to be born in Hawaii.

    But there are other questions, too. Even if Obama was born in the state, would he have inherited citizenship from his Kenyan father or his American mother, a juvenile?

    If he was born overseas as some critics contend, is there any way he would have acquired U.S. citizenship at birth? After all, statements from members of his extended family in Kenya, including some from his paternal grandmother, seem to indica

  • rufus 2 years ago
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    There are too many stupid people in this country. That is how we got O and that is how he stays in office. It is also how we arrived at one party liberal extremist rule that is trying to destroy this nation as quickly as possible before they can be voted out of office in the event some of these stupid people wake up and smell the coffee. Our gov't has been usurped by a Kenyan and half the people are so stupidly silly they helped to cause it and now defend their actions since they are incapable of admitting any wrong doing.

  • Liz 8846 2 years ago
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    Mary A.,

    I would be curious to know your source of information that [John] "McCain fought several suits for the same reason" (to hide his birth credentials). Your reference - out of many I've read - is the only one yet to assert that McCain tried in any way to hold his birth eligibility close to his vest.

    The Democrats tried to make a big issue of his being born off American soil and he supplied all the documentation necessary to validate his citizenship. Something B. Obama has and is desperately seeking to conceal. Otherwise, why won't he allow a full birth certificate to surface.

    Another thing: It's a bunch of baloney - something you had to have sucked from your THUMB - that a Long Form Birth Certificate is no longer available. Wishful thinking!!! on your part, maybe.

  • FedUp 2 years ago
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    It is not just the long form birth certificate, you morons, it is his medical and college records also. There has never been a president or presidential candidate who has gotten away with hiding their background like Obama. The press has been subservient to him and that is why. Any other candidate would have been forced to comply. Why doesn't he just show the long form birth certificate and stop the questioning?

  • Jimi 2 years ago
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    Move over Austin powers, Obama is the new "international man of mystery".

    Does anyone think he will get through another campaign without dealing with this? By then the media will be over their infatuation with him and will be looking to take him down after he bankrupts the country.

    That's if he lives that long.

  • FancyPiper 2 years ago
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    Bob Weber says:
    "If Farah were actually serious about this, and not an idiot, he would take his $100K and offer a reward to someone who can document that he was born outside the U.S."

    He is offering a reward.

    Look for an article entitled: Farah's $10,000 birth certificate challenge

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