This is a shout out to all you Obama Boys .... You go girl... uh Boys ... :cheer: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nWVa-XxHzHg&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nWVa-XxHzHg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
That's pretty annoying too when you consider that there are people on this forum who are completely incapable of even taking in an opposing viewpoint.
McCain had to do it ... now it may be Obama's turn ... Trump card? Under constitutional law Obama may not be qualified to be president of the USA , even though he was born in Hawaii. Like McCain had to , he may have to prove he is eligible , and that could end up being a big NEGATIVE as , it would seem , he fails the actual criteria based on his mother's length of citizenship and his father's total lack there of.
What's the actual law? Can you provide a link to it? I mean the dude was BORN in the US of A...how much more American does he need to be? ::
I didn't know there was any more criteria besides having to be born in the USA. This would be very interesting if it were true. But it's probably more BS coming from Republican blog "writers."
The law is quite simple. Obama is a natural born US citizen. Any questioning is just a political ploy to diminish his standing. It doesn't matter if Obama's dad was from Mars. Obama was born in the US and is automatically a US citizen.
I think it's just a ploy by stupid people to take advantage of stupider people. Just like how they say, "Oh, he's muslim. His dad was. He swore in on the Koran." Obama had to go on the record and refute it, yet there's some idiots out there that think he is. This is just a stupid ploy to make stupid people think he's un-american.
To be President, one must be 35 years of age, a native citizen, and have resided for at least 14 years in the US (exceptions for military and govt. posts).If you meet those qualifications, you can be elected. Even retarded Obama supporters. :notallthere:
Here is the actual law for during the time Obama was born ... Unless the changes in law affect those born before , retroactively changing previous laws to benefit those born during the previous laws criteria , it appears , Obama would not actually be considered a "natural born" citizen. From the website Findlaw.com Under the category , U.S. Citizenship by Birth or Through Parents <hr id="title_b" class="title_b yui-g"> Birth to U.S. Citizen Parents Following is a brief history of the citizenship laws.4. (From) December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986 (To be considered a natural born citizen of the USA) (note: Barack was born in 1961) If, at the time of your birth, both your parents were U.S. citizens and at least one had a prior residence in the United States, you automatically acquired U.S. citizenship with no conditions for retaining it. If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16. There are no conditions placed on retaining this type of citizenship. If your one U.S. citizen parent is your father and you were born outside of marriage, the same rules apply if your father legally legitimated you before your 21st birthday and you were unmarried at the time. If legitimation occurred after November 14, 1986, your father must have established paternity prior to your 18th birthday, either by acknowledgment or by court order, and must have stated in writing that he would support you financially until your 18th birthday. ============================ Obama was born to Stanley Ann Dunham when she was 18. Obama's father was not a US citizen and Stanley Ann Dunham did not live in the USA for 5 years after the age of 16. For Barack Obama to have been a legal natural born US Citizen ACCORDING TO THE LAW for that time period ... she's have had to have been 21 to have Obama and make him a Natural Born Citizen. To be President of the USA .... you MUST be a Natural Born Citizen which is why McCains citizenship was being questioned ... Even though his parents were both citizens ... because he was born on a military base in Panama. :warning:
ARTICLE II - SECTION 1 Paragraph 5 of the United States Constitution No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
I believe we should change the law to state only descendants of the original Pilgrims are allowed to run for President Of The United States. :bears:
It's really a bitch move. This isn't Henry Kissinger. Barack is a fellow who was born in the U.S. PERIOD. Any attempt to detract from that is really an attempt to muddy the waters and sow dissent in the ranks of Obama voters.
Petre, the 14th Amendment and several subsequent Supreme Court rulings cover the case with Obama far more clearly. It says: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." And the US Federal Law code reinforces this in Section 1401 with: End of story. End of debate. Now go back to posting things you have a clue about like aliens, conspiracies or the price of gold.
For some reason Petre is reasoning that the law as written 45 years ago when Obama was born, applys now. Which by that logic means a women born before 1973 does not have the right to get an abortion. I think that's what he's saying (or posting but not really saying), (or posting and saying but not really believing), (or just stirring up shit), (or not really having an opinion, but wanting to throw the knowledge out to the unkempt masses).......................................or, or, or, or, or................. I don't really know with Petre sometimes. :notallthere:
Actually Petre is hung up on the law regarding citizenship via parents. Obama is really not affected by that since he was actually born on US soil.
By the way, if you follow Petre's logic on this and apply it to children of slaves and to their children and so on, then no descendents of slaves in the US would be citizens. Luckily the 14th Amendment cleared that little issue up.
This is a simple matter of actual citizenship ... not ongoing law. So what people here are saying .... and I'm not arguing it one way or the other , though a good case could be made in a court of law. Much stronger than that which was brought up against McCain ... that Obama is not under the law , a US citizen and the change in the law 20 years later was not retroactive. IF that's the case ... when did Obama become a citizen and was he ever considered NATURAL BORN under the laws of the USA ? According to the law of the time ... does anyone dispute , HE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA?