Barack Obama is a US citizen

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Barack Obama is a US citizen - fact
Topic Started: Jul 28 2009, 01:41 PM (267 Views)
Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Jul 28 2009, 01:41 PM Post #1
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,579 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	Birthers refuse to drop 'illegal citizen' claim A VOCAL group of conspiracy theorists known as "birthers" are riling the White House with their persistent claim that Barack Obama is not an American citizen and therefore ineligible to be President. The claim that the United States' first African-American President was born in Kenya, not Hawaii, first emerged during his presidential campaign. It has garnered more media attention in the summer "silly season", a traditionally slow news period when many Americans are on vacation. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs looked exasperated at his briefing yesterday when a reporter asked him: "Is there anything you can say that will make the birthers go away?" "If I had some DNA, it wouldn't assuage those that don't believe he was born here," Mr Gibbs replied. "But I have news for them and for all of us: The President was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the 50th state of the greatest country on the face of the Earth. He's a citizen. "A year-and-a-half ago I asked that the birth certificate be put on the internet because Lord knows, you got a birth certificate and you put it on the internet, what else could be the story?" The digitally scanned copy of the "certification of live birth" from Hawaii's Department of Health shows Mr Obama was born in Honolulu at 7.24pm on Aug 4, 1961. The nonpartisan FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, examined, handled and photographed the original certificate in an effort to put the controversy to rest. "We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving US citizenship. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the USA, just as he has always said." FactCheck.org also pointed out that Mr Obama's American mother and Kenyan father placed an advertisement in a local Honolulu newspaper on Aug 13, 1961, announcing their son's birth. Despite the seemingly incontrovertible evidence, the issue shows no sign of disappearing off the radar of right-wing radio talkshow hosts and others who say the birth certificate is a forgery to hide the fact that Mr Obama is foreign-born. Republican Congressman Mike Castle was booed at a town hall meeting after he insisted Mr Obama, a Democrat, was an American citizen. Video of the meeting went viral and has been viewed nearly 700,000 times on YouTube. Fellow Republican Congressman John Campbell is a co-sponsor of legislation that would in the future force presidential candidates to produce their birth certificates. In the meantime, several lawsuits challenging Obama's eligibility to serve as President have been dismissed and a US army major was recently granted his request not to deploy to Afghanistan on the grounds that the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces was not an American citizen. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25846090-23109,00.html



gingerwitch28	Jul 29 2009, 10:02 AM Post #2
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,688 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	Fucking hell how dumb are these cattle? Illegal Immigrant: I wanna run for president Some Official: Yeah sure sign right here



sabre	Jul 29 2009, 10:59 AM Post #3
Super Spok to the rescue! Posts: 1,244 Group: Members Member #218 Joined: Sep 16, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Atheist Political View freedom and all that shizzle	lolerskates they put up a birth certificate but forget that rednecks can't read. ma! is one of them ufos, get ma gun! sweeping generalisation of americans



Freki	Jul 29 2009, 04:32 PM Post #4
Posts: 815 Group: Members Member #593 Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Gender Undisclosed Religious Views Atheist Political View Frekiocracy	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1o1p_ly7Yw&



Temerit	Aug 12 2009, 05:37 AM Post #5
Posts: 173 Group: Members Member #638 Joined: Aug 12, 2009 Gender Male Religious Views Atheist Political View Liberal/Progressive	The birthers are a complete joke and aren't taken seriously by anyone in America with half a brain.



Freki	Aug 12 2009, 06:01 AM Post #6
Posts: 815 Group: Members Member #593 Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Gender Undisclosed Religious Views Atheist Political View Frekiocracy	Temerit Aug 12 2009, 05:37 AM The birthers are a complete joke and aren't taken seriously by anyone in America with half a brain. So most of the country takes them quite seriously? That was a cheap shot, but I don't regret it.



gingerwitch28	Aug 12 2009, 10:46 AM Post #7
twenty-first century ennui Posts: 1,688 Group: Members Member #589 Joined: Apr 18, 2009 Gender Female Religious Views Atheist Political View Social Democracy	... Yeeeah I wouldn't have been able to resist either Freki Though honestly, the rate Australia's going we're not much better. I'm honestly considering voting for the Communist Party or something, in a fruitless attempt to fight the pervading conservatism. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE GOUGH WHITLAM BACK?! Edited by gingerwitch28, Aug 12 2009, 10:47 AM.



Neo	Aug 12 2009, 02:49 PM Post #8
Posts: 65 Group: Members Member #388 Joined: Nov 7, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Hindu	Jesus, that group are some dumb clucks to go around with accusations and no proof.



Temerit	Aug 12 2009, 05:57 PM Post #9
Posts: 173 Group: Members Member #638 Joined: Aug 12, 2009 Gender Male Religious Views Atheist Political View Liberal/Progressive	Quote: So most of the country takes them quite seriously? That was a cheap shot, but I don't regret it. Just wondering what is the root cause of the pervasive Anti-American sentiment among everyone else in the world? Edited by Temerit, Aug 12 2009, 05:57 PM.



Sayf Udeen Ismaeel	Aug 12 2009, 09:31 PM Post #10
Icon by meagan_chelsea @ LJ Posts: 7,579 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 2, 2008 Gender Male Religious Views Muslim Political View All over the shop.	Temerit Aug 12 2009, 05:57 PM Quote: So most of the country takes them quite seriously? That was a cheap shot, but I don't regret it. Just wondering what is the root cause of the pervasive Anti-American sentiment among everyone else in the world? Temerit, personally, I have nothing against Americans, and I doubt that the members who have said 'anti-American' things on these forums genuinely do. It's just that recent political moves on part by the USA have left the 'democratic' nation wide open to mockery.



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