a question for the birthers
TriumphantAngel
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comments in another thread by some of you, have got me thinking about the mindset behind your thoughts on this again.
whether you like it or not, the evidence of Obama's birth in Hawaii is overwhelming. what logical reason is there for you to completely refuse to accept factual evidence that Obama is a natural born citizen of the US. why are you so hell bent on continuing with the accusations that have been completely debunked?
help me to understand.
what is it that you are really upset about? What is so different about Obama compared to previous Presidents that we've had? Is it his ancestry that gets to you? is it the fact that his mom is Kansan, his dad is Kenyan and Obama is African American?
is it that it's more pleasant for you to say you hate someone because they are not a citizen of the United States, than it is to admit that you hate someone because you are a racist?
unless i'm missing something, there is no other explanation that makes any sense.
if you see it any differently, i've got my listening ears on. what other explanation could there be?
whether you like it or not, the evidence of Obama's birth in Hawaii is overwhelming. what logical reason is there for you to completely refuse to accept factual evidence that Obama is a natural born citizen of the US. why are you so hell bent on continuing with the accusations that have been completely debunked?
help me to understand.
what is it that you are really upset about? What is so different about Obama compared to previous Presidents that we've had? Is it his ancestry that gets to you? is it the fact that his mom is Kansan, his dad is Kenyan and Obama is African American?
is it that it's more pleasant for you to say you hate someone because they are not a citizen of the United States, than it is to admit that you hate someone because you are a racist?
unless i'm missing something, there is no other explanation that makes any sense.
if you see it any differently, i've got my listening ears on. what other explanation could there be?
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People need to get past race as an excuse. Blacks need to stop playing the card and whites need to stop worrying about someone because they don't look the same.
If he really was born here though I have no problem with him running. I don't want immigrants ever being eligible for President. I hope the three rules are always in place.
I does seem like Obama has a very cloudy past though.
Specifics on what you mean by cloudy past please?
Peace
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
It appears to be a way of continuing of the belittling of the Presidency that Obama now occupies. They seem to be willing to try ANYTHING to attain that goal. Good luck, as if when he was born somebody had the bright idea someday you will be president let's make up a new birth certificate for you. Yeah right!
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
It is a complete 180 by Fox and teabaggers. Remember it is treason to criticize the President in wartime. It gives comfort to the enemy.
However, Obama is fair game
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
apparently they can and have for a while
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
The birth announcements in the paper do not say where he was born. They only list his parents names and the street they lived on in Hawaii. The fact is he could have been born in any hospital in the world and his parents simply announced it in their hometown paper. They could have put the announcement in any paper.
What is different about him and every other President is that there is no primary source to prove where in fact he was born. Future historians will question this and they will come to the conclusion nobody knows where he was born.
The problem with this is that if he was born somewhere besides the US we have a Constitutional crisis on our hands. Lawyers will go freaking nuts over this and you can bet your Pearl Jam tickets that if the Repubs take control of congress they will make an issue and try to impeach him.
Something that keeps this going is the fact that I heard somewhere that his granny said she was present when he was born in Kenya. I don't know if that was published or not but I'm sure I heard that story somewhere.
It is not racist to question something about the President.
there is no controversy over his citizenship.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008 ... e_usa.html
http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn22 ... ficate.jpg
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/bi ... ficate.asp
and i never said it was racist to question something about the President. what i did say is that when you have overwheliming evidence about something, what logical reason is there to keep saying otherwise.
i then said, if race is not the issue, what is it?
to which not one person has answered in this thread.
There is no primary source.
read my previous post. You will see that there is something to think about.
impeach? ask Dennis Kucinich how easy it is to pursue impeachment, even when the allegations ARE true, which they are not in Obamas case.
how scary is that? you "heard" something and just assumed it was true? the person that stated that is called Philip Berg. he iis a complete and utter nut job who has mastered the art of manufacturing false claims to stay in the news and to keep soliciting money. he has got rich off of naive people who donated money to him via obamacrimes.com. he conned them into believing he had so much evidence against Obama, that he had convinced the Supreme Court to order Obama produce his birth certificate. It turned out no such order existed.
he is a joke.
Think critically friend
you have 2 options, either produce proof and get him out of office or stop spreading this rumor.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Nobody knows for sure where he was born; Not me, not you, and not The President. So what is wrong with asking the question? Nothing in my opinion.
The fact is without a primary source...an issue can be made.
and there in lies the whole problem with some people today. they hear what they want to, and ignore what they don't, without taking the time to really look into things.
go ahead and keep making an issue of it. you are only alienating people who would otherwise respecfully debate you about other things. it is amazing to me that obama can not get the benefit of the doubt for ANYTHING. most importantly his citizenship. i don't care if you like the guy or not, but talking about his birth certificate is only wasing time and taking energy away from the real issues.
without your certificate of live birth, how do you know who your father is? because your mother told you so.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I didn't bring it up.
I just tried to explain why some people think this is an issue.
Always think critically. :wave: I'm going to watch the superbowl
Aw man :wtf: That's pretty low. Then again I guess it's pretty easy to talk smack like that knowin you can get away with it.
do you actually have something worthwhile to contributre to my thread? or are you just looking to TRY and bait people again.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Maybe in Tupelo. Hardly tha south :P
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
John McCain. Born in Panama. (in the militarized US zone of the Panama Canal). "In 1901 the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in Downes v. Bidwell that unincorporated territories are not the United States." Furthermore, it is no longer claimed by the United States and is now a "Neutral Territory."
So... there is precedent for him NOT BEING BORN IN THE US, according to Downes v. Bidwell.
Secondly, it is not a US territory now. So, it would be like a German being born in Denmark during WWII and claiming he was born in "Germany" because it was militarized by that country.
If McCain was the Prez, there would be an actual "birther" argument, instead of just hearsay. Thoughts?
edit: "Notable people born in the Panama Canal Zone include Richard Prince, Kenneth Bancroft Clark, Rod Carew, and John McCain, the Republican 2008 presidential candidate and US Senator from Arizona." -Wikipedia
argument against my statement (to be unbiased): "This no man's land with regard to U.S. citizenship was perpetuated until Congress passed legislation in 1937, which corrected this deficiency. The law is now codified under title 8 section 1403.[8] It not only grants statutory and declaratory born citizenship to those born in the Canal Zone after February 26, 1904, with at least one U.S. citizen parent, but also did so retroactively for all children born of at least one U.S. citizen in the Canal Zone before the law's enactment.[9]"
I think we're all missing the bigger story here - I heard Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990. I mean, has he ever produced proof that he didn't?
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
My dad is a strong democrat, he has run for office here, and has never shown me any sign of racism, yet I honestly think he is just being racist. He is 92 now, but I just cannot believe someone like him has turned against anyone in the democratic party. He use to go to meetings as part of the Democrat Club in his small city. He ran for council under the democrats at least 7 times. Yet, he argues that Obama is not a citizen and that is that!!
I have to believe racism is fueling this bullshit.
Let's say it came to light he was somehow born outside the USA. What exactly could or would be done about that revelation?
peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. - Louis Brandeis