White House releases Obama Birth Certificate

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You guys got it all wrong ......................... It's all about scaring old people!..:shock:

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[Geo]

He is qualified because a majority of voters said he was, He is eligible because he is an American over 35. What I question are his policies that are bankrupting the country and taking our freedoms. Hopefully a majority of voters will agree in 2012 and render him unqualified.

Well said. And that my friends is what keeping it real (despite disagreement) looks like.

 

[scooterbug44]

BTW- There was one other presidential candidate with a convoluted birth record but no one made anything of it after he provided a birth certificate. Hint: he is white and a republican and he helped to spread the fear and mistrust of "that one".

You mean the candidate who wasn't born in any of the 50 states, but inside the borders of another country? Why would we question his legitimacy?

 

[Smiling JOe]

He's half white.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I don't continue to question the issue, but FYI, I did question McCain's birthplace, so I guess I'm covered, even by the loose definition of racist, as not being a racist.

If there are three requirements to be President, am I stupid for thinking there should also be requirements to prove that in order to be elected to the office, he or she should meet the basic requirements?

The requirements are very basic. I wish the requirements also included reading and understanding the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but whatever.

 

[Geo]

You mean the candidate who wasn't born in any of the 50 states, but inside the borders of another country? Why would we question his legitimacy?

Yes, thank you very much.
But *I'm* the one with the flawed argument.

 

[30ashopper]

I wouldn't make that bet. Sure, folks might bring it up to be funny or facetious (to make reference to the Obama birthers) but other than that - NO...

Do a search, liberals questioned John McCain's ability to become president because he was born in Guam. ;-)

 

[Will B]

I'll say this once and for all. One of the proper definitions of racism is from Random House "hatred or intorlerance of another race or races". The word has been and will continue to be used in this manner. Your scolding people for this commonly accepted usage is nothing more than a diversionary tactic typical of somebody with a weak argument.

Get a clue...

Definition of BIGOT
: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

That is to a word what you are trying to pass off as your definition...

Definition of RACISM
1: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

 

[Will B]

this is just a tangent topic, but aren't military bases considered sovereign territory, and does that apply to places like Puerto Rico, Guam, US Vergin Islands, etc? Just a little fuzzy on that one...

 

[Geo]

Do a search, liberals questioned John McCain's ability to become president because he was born in Guam. ;-)

UGH.

Firstly, it was Panama. And McCain is exactly who I referred to in the same post you are responding to.

Secondly, the point isn't that folks are at fault for questioning eligibility. The issue is with the insistence of ineligibility or illegitimacy despite the longstanding, irrefutable and verifiable FACTS that eligibilty has been met.

McCain is a citizen. He was born in a US sovereign land. The Senate passed a resolution attempting to help us all make it a nonissue. And guess what? It is a nonissue. Most folks don't know or care about it.

The carefully crafted pervasive progressive talking point isn't -

"We take McCain for his word that he is a natural born citizen".