Post #271 Obama's Birth Certificate

Osama bin Laden is dead. Hope they got his birth certificate. :p

Well, I kind of miss the fuss about birth certificates -- it was so easy to see exactly where you stood. And I really miss the Republicans who'd play it cool on TV but exhort the crowds at fundraisers. And do not forget Shepard Smith on FOX News who almost used the 'f-word' to describe the mess -- I'm sure Shep really enjoyed it, too. :p

"As a schoolkid, I was taught that a kid born to an American citizen was a citizen, no matter where they were born."

Yes, you are correct. If he was born in Kenya, Barack Obama is qualified to be President, born to an American mother. The same logic applies to John McCain who was born in Panama and Barry Goldwater who was born in the Arizona territory. That is what a natural born citizen is.

Obviously, 'birthers' believe differently, that a President needs to be born here, a native. But Title 8 of the U.S. Code defines a citizen as: "Any one who is born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years (with military and diplomatic service included in this time)." So, the 'birthers' are wrong to question Obama's legitimacy to be President... even if he was born in Kenya.

Wait -- it's not over yet. Look next for 'birthers' to harp that Obama has dual citizenship and therefore dual loyalties and should not be President. They will try to scare folks by saying that Osama bin Laden could get -- or could have gotten -- an American citizen pregnant and the kid could get elected President. Good Luck with scaring the sane there. [rolleyes]