From the day Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States the 'birther' movement questioned his eligibility, claiming he's wasn't a natural born citizen. The'birthers', are dedicated to the renewal of constitutional government, starting with insuring that the President and Commander in Chief is a natural born citizen. They reject the legitimacy of the United States citizenship of President Barack Obama or his eligibility to be President of the United States.
Some allege that Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii, and that his birth certificate is a forgery. Others claim that Obama is a citizen of Indonesia, or that because he had dual citizenship at birth (British and American), he is not a natural born citizen of the United States, which is a requirement to be President of the United States under Article Two of the United States Constitution.
Most Americans view these as conspiracy theories like those claiming the President is a Muslim, Fascist, Socialist or Mason. Most of these conspiracy theories have been disproved but the 'birther' question has repeatedly dogged the President. Many feel it's another attempt at removing a duly elected Democratic President from office. Others feel that Obama is being held to a higher standard than former presidents. Some even believe is smacks of racism as Obama is the first African American President of the United States of America.
The question of Mr. Obama's citizenship may be finally answered. Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie has said that discrediting anti-Obama 'birthers' is a top priority. Abercrombie, who knew Obama's parents, is determined to torpedo the conspiracy theory. Underlying his effort may be a desire to dispel the view that Hawaiians aren't Americans in the same way as mainlanders.
"What bothers me is that some people who should know better are trying to use this for political reasons," said Abercrombie, 72. "Maybe I'm the only one in the country that could look you right in the eye right now and tell you, "I was here when that baby was born." Abercrombie, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., arrived in 1959 to study sociology at the University of Hawaii. As a teaching assistant, he met and befriended Obama's father, a native of Kenya.
Hawaii birth certificates aren't public record. Only family members can request copies. On June 13, 2008, Obama's campaign released a copy of his birth certificate. Although it looked authentic many still questioned whether if was a forgery.  If this document was forged, a U.S. senator and his presidential campaign perpetrated a massive fraud. They did it with conspiring officials at the Hawaii Department of Health, the Cook County (Ill.) Bureau of Vital Statistics, the Illinois Secretary of State's office, the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois and many other government agencies.
Although there's not been any evidence that the President is not a natural born citizen, many in the 'birther' movement still believe Mr. Obama committed what can only be called the biggest fraud in American history and maybe in the history of the entire world. Could it possibly be that the leader of the free world, the President and Commander in Chief is not a natural born citizen?Â
What's your opinion? Will this finally put the 'birther' issue to rest? Or will no amount of evidence change your belief that President Obama may have pulled off the biggest fraud in American history? One can only hope that Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie finally puts this issue to rest.
Earlier this month, Army doctor Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Barack Obama's citizenship and eligibility to be commander in chief was sentenced to six months in a military prison and dismissal from the Army.
Video courtesty of YouTube
Abercrombie photo courtesy of USASearch.gov
©2010 by Lloyd Cope . All rights reserved.
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"What bothers me is that some people who should know better are trying to use this for political reasons," said Abercrombie, 72.
With the anti-immigrant sentiment at a all time high, questioning President Obama's citizenship is a way of firing up the base, particularly those who believe that the President is a closet Muslim.
I also believe this is a continuation of a pattern of Republicans attempting to remove duly elected Democratic presidents from office. They tried doing so with former President Bill Clinton and are doing the same this time with President Obama. It's almost as if they try and use the law to overturn peaceful transitions of power when it goes from Republican to Democrats in the White House.
As Prime Minister of Italy, the first years of Mussolini's rule were characterized by a right-wing coalition government composed of Fascists.
Gail, yet these same people work so hard against their own best self-interests. How they can so vehemently associate themselves with such a dysfunctional, uncaring and mean-spirited political party baffles the mind.
As they jump for joy, they fail to realize that Democrats are still the majority party in the Senate and in the White House. It's time for the the majority Republican members of the Congress to step up to the plate.
I've yet to hear or see a coherent plan. Just more of saying "NO" and hoping that they can weasel themselves back in to the White House where they can continue receiving their tax-payer funded salaries, health care and pensions.
That is their true agenda. If not, I want someone to prove me wrong. Show me the Republican agenda and not just some stale rehashed GOP talking points.
But I believe the President noticed how his own base was infuriated by the bill and will not cave in to Republican demands so easily once again.
The stakes are very high for him at this time. He has less than 2 years to shore up his base and continue working on behalf of those who supported him, donated money to his campaign, and voted for him.
In other words, he has to continue working his campaign pledges. If he does that, all Americans will benefit.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/fall/patriot-paranoia
Brian, thank you so very much for the link. I couldn't have said it any better.
Winston I have a policy of never deleting a post. But you are really pushing the limits. Either bring something to the table or get out of the way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics
http://kenyanbirthcertificategenerator.com/b3e7614a6a79b29be740020030a95fde
I almost wish you hadn't even brought this up again. It gives those racist nutjobs too much attention.
Let's hope that 'birthers' see the how ridiculous it is to continue down this path.
You know that the essential issue here is fear of a black president.
You could bring in film of him being born and they wouldn't accept it.
Ali, I'm going to give Republicans the benefit of the doubt. I'm going to say that they are self-hating Americans. They hate the fact that Democrats created Social Security. They hate child labor laws. They hate minimum wage. They hate unions.
They like exporting jobs to Third World countries. They jump for joy as the top 2 percent of America's wealthiest receive tax cuts. They despise extending unemployment benefits. They even opposed the 9/11 Responders Bill that would have provided relief for those who ran into burning buildings. They hate people who care about the environment. They like giving BP a pass for the disater in the Gulf. They hate banking deregulation. They like corporate greed.
Ali, there might be a degree of racism involved in their thinking, but if Barack Obama hated America and Americans as much as they did, he would be their hero.
Mr. McCain was born on a military installation in the Canal Zone, where his mother and father, a Navy officer, were stationed. His Republican and Tea Party supporters said they were comfortable that Mr. McCain met the requirements.
This smacks of a double standard and defines hypocrisy. Barack Obama, more than John McCain had the right to be President of the United States of America. At least he was born on American soil. Holly Molly!!!
http://kenyanbirthcertificategenerator.com/
Happy New Year! LOL!
Skeptics quickly identified a variety of reasons for questioning the legitimacy of the supposed Kenyan document, such as:
* The document is dated 17 February 1964 and a bears a legend identifying it as having been issued by the "Republic of Kenya," but Kenya (a former British colony) didn't officially adopt that name until 12 December 1964. In February 1964, it was known as the Dominion of Kenya.
* The listed age of Barack Obama's father is incorrect. (Barack Obama Sr. was born in 1936 and therefore would have been 24 or 25 years old at the time of Barack Jr.'s birth, not 26 as shown on the document.)
* Barack Obama Jr.'s birthplace is listed as Mombasa, but that city was not a part of Kenya at the time he was born. (Mombasa was not ceded to Kenya until 12 December 1963, more than two years after Barack Obama's birth; before then, it was part of the country of Zanzibar.)
* Mombasa is very far away (several hundred miles) from the part of Kenya in which Barack Obama Sr.'s family lived. If his parents had wanted the birth to take place in a large city, they would likely have traveled to the much closer city of Nairobi.
Within a few days the certificate was clearly revealed to be a fake — it was actually a forgery based on a copy of an Australian Registration of Birth issued to one David Jeffrey Bomford (who was born in South Australia in 1959) which was grabbed off the Internet and used as a template for creating the fake Kenyan certificate:
Happy New Years 'birthers'.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/kenyacert.asp
Lloyd
Not even Peter Assange of Wikileaks could find any evidence. Yet they continue on this path of misleading the American public.
Once again, this is nothing but a misguided attempt at removing a duly elected American president from office.
These are the same idiots who made up the list of "murders" done by the Clintons(Vince Foster and Ron Brown were on it, among another 30 or so deaths).
These are the same idiots who think Caribou Barbie has something bright to say.
These are the same idiots who scream that Snopes is a scam and their proof is someone by the name of....get this....Jem??????!!?!???!?
They're scared little white folks, a majority of them male, who are just mad cuz now the playing field is a bit more level and not all rolls to them. The good news? Many of them are in my generation or older so they should be dead soon.
It's an emotional buzz-word used by lackeys to discourage original thought. Even when a guy like me, who trusts no politician, disagrees with Obamamlamadingdong the racist label gets applied.
The only people who give a damn about his being of partly African descent (We all are of African descent, btw) are the most ignorant of the other mythical races.
Even though I happen to believe, myself, he was born in the US, all I got to do is disagree with any position of his, and some moron comes running up screaming "racist."
It's the 21st century witch hunt.
However, I do believe Patriot is drinking something a little stronger.