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2008-07-02 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Wow...so he thinks those 347 votes are gonna put him over the top?

Posted by Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-07-02 08:28|| 2008-07-02 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, boy! Does this mean the National Council of Churches can order up another Gulfstream?

Posted by tu3031 2008-07-02 09:09|| 2008-07-02 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Christian left = liberation theology = Marxism hiding behind a bible.

You're welcome to them, BHO.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-07-02 18:04|| 2008-07-02 18:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Christian Left.

Oxy moron.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-02 19:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-07-02 19:41|| Front Page Top

#5 If Obama cannot legally become president because Federal Law requires that the office of President must be a natural-born citizen, if the child was not born to two U.S. Citizen parents, Hillary, or Edwards or someone else who may not have been considered, will have to be named the Democrats nominee for President at their convention. [See the argument presented below.]

This came from a USNA alumnus. It'll be interesting to see how the media handle this...

Barack Obama is not a legal U.S. natural-born citizen according to the law on the books at the time of his birth, which falls between December 24, 1952, to November 13, 1986. Federal Law is that the office of President requires a natural-born citizen if the child was not born to two U.S. Citizen parents. This is what exempts John McCain, although he was born in the US Panama Canal Zone.

US Law very clearly states: ". . . If only one parent is a U.S. Citizen at the time of one's birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for minimum ten years, five of which must be after the age of 16." Barack Obama's father was not a U.S. Citizen is a fact.

Obama's mother was only 18 when Obama was born. This means even though she had been a U.S. Citizen for 10 years, (or citizen of Hawaii being a territory), his mother fails the test for at-least-5-years- prior-to Barack Obama's birth, but-after-age-16.

In essence, Mother alone is not old enough to qualify her son for automatic U.S. Citizenship. At most, 2 years elapsed from his mother turning 16 to the time of Barack Obama's birth when she was 18. His mother would have needed to have been 16 + 5 = 21 years old at the time of Barack Obama's birth for him to be a natural-born citizen. Barack Obama was already 3 years old at the time his mother would have needed to be to allow him natural citizenship from his only U.S. Citizen parent. Obama should have been naturalized as a citizen . . .. but that would disqualify him from holding the office.

The Constitution clearly declares: Naturalized citizens are ineligible to hold the office of President. Though Barack Obama was sent bac k to Hawaii at age 10, any other information does not matter because his mother is the one who must fulfill the requirement to be a U.S. Citzen for 10 years prior to his birth on August 4, 1961, with 5 of those years being after age 16.

Further, Obama may have had to have remained in the USA for some time frame to protect any citizenship he might have had, rather than living in Indonesia. This is very clear cut and a glaring violation of U.S. Election law. I think the Governor Schwarzenegger of California should be very interested in discovering if Obama is allowed to be elected President without being a natural-born U.S. Citizen, since this would set a precedent. Stay tuned to your TV sets because I suspect some of this information will be leaking through over the next several days.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-02 20:39|| 2008-07-02 20:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Besoeker - sounds like fun, but his mother became a citizen from birth when Hawaii joined the Union.

Back when Goldwater was running for President, the Dems (of course) claimed he wasn't eligible because he was born in Arizona when it was still a territory. That got shot down pdq, so the precedent was set.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-02 21:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-07-02 21:14|| Front Page Top

#7 But Barbara, can't we just HOPE?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-07-02 21:22|| 2008-07-02 21:22|| Front Page Top

#8 I think that's Ob's schtick, B. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-02 21:24|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-07-02 21:24|| Front Page Top

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