Posted on 01/01/2009 4:20:38 AM PST by wannabegeek
An unscientific poll being conducted by America Online reveals more and more people are having second thoughts about Barack Obama's eligibility to occupy the Oval Office.
Those who raised questions about his vague history before the election largely drew scorn from the mainstream media, which cited an online image from Obama's campaign that purportedly proved his U.S. citizenship with a Hawaiian "Certification of Live Birth."
But the latest results from the America Online poll reveal that nationwide only 41 percent of the participants now believe there is no issue to be investigated.
Fifty-three percent nationwide, and majorities in 45 states individually, say "yes" when asked if there is "any merit" to the controversy surrounding his citizenship. Even in Obama's own state, Illinois, the opinion is split 47-47 percent on the issue.
WND has reported on nearly 20 lawsuits that have been filed in various courts around the nation, including several that have reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
They all in various ways allege Obama does not meet the "natural born citizen" clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, "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."
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Had it been important to the public, the issue would have been up front and Obama would have never made it to election day.
Even the Supreme Court shot it down on all levels and every attempt to bring it back up will fail. This is not Conservative talk radio's fault either. To blame them for this in any way, or insinuate they have become “beltway republican elites” is disingenuous.
The Blogosphere has hit on this for several months from both sides and it has gone nowhere. It would be better to accept this for what it is and understand that it is the public who just does not care were Obama comes from.
The facts are, he IS going to be sworn in and there is nothing that can be done about it, that has not already been done.
It is HOW we keep sober that matters most. Staying active and carrying the message to those who still suffer, as well as being a living example is how we change things.
Conservatism is a great part of this vital program. The principles we maintain go hand in hand with the results of recovery.
Unfortunately it’s also true that Bill Wilson apparently flipped out and became a full-blown communist when he was later shunned by Wall Street, and the program largely amounts to an anti-capitalist altruism cult that has very little to do with the principles we espouse here on FR...when I try to point this out to most of my fellow ex-drunks, they either cannot process it at all intellectually, or they start yelling at me, or....
Do you suppose that the survey results published are bogus, or erroneous?
The Democrats, with a Socialist/Liberal/Progressive/Marxist/Leninist in office will do everything they can to destroy why this country. Even worse is the fact that the Conservatives holding office are too spineless to even try to stop it.
“Even the Supreme Court shot it down on all levels and every attempt to bring it back up will fail. “
Your post shows how uninformed you are or you are knowingly misleading readers.
The SCOTUS has NOT dismissed any cases filed in this matter.
What they have done is denied the three stays requested to stop the election or the EC vote.
One case is scheduled for conference before the full court on Jan. 8th, two more are scheduled for Jan. 16th 2009.
This is a far cry from your claims.
And Rush should be ashamed of himself.
“The facts are, he IS going to be sworn in and there is nothing that can be done about it, that has not already been done. “
This is the problem with republicans, they lack the will to fight for anything.
Not to rattle your cage too much, but it’s also troubling when 12-steppers insist that the program is so vital, and insist that it’s really the only way to survive, etc., yet the percentage of recoveries nowadays is statistically identical to any date previous to AA’s coming into being.
I’m not saying AA is anything other than beneficial in many circumstances, but that the dogmatic and often coercive attitudes of 12-steppers, the courts, and so on can be truly damaging to an individual’s growth and even survival I’m afraid. I’ve seen people, close friends sometimes, so browbeaten by 12-steppers and so forth (though admittedly of course there’s most surely possibly much more to attribute for their demise) that they commited suicide.
Yep...
Bravo for correcting
Wow...
I’m a fan of Jack Cashill, veen met him and had a beer with him just before I got sober in ‘95...have you read/seen his stuff on Ron Brown’s plane crash?
I find your rant on your home page very telling:
“I will add my support to our cause when ever possible and remain open to anyone asking me for assistance should the need be present! Fight on fellow Freepers! But be nice and smile while you do it! We need to win people over and we can’t do it by lookin’ like a bunch of radical lunatic POPULIST LIBERTARIAN WHITE SUREMACIST GOONS! (walk softly but carry a big stick)”
Sounds like a bunch of left-wing propaganda that you support and are telling us to not act like we already don’t act, but you think we do.
Are you in fact a hidden left-wing troll?
It was the Senate Resolution ( which has no force of law ) that declared John McCain was a natural born citizen
Excellent Question that we all need to ask and keep asking.
If you don’t like the topic STFU and avoid posting! Grow a pair you wus. I’m fracking tired of all the libtard trolls waving 0bama around like he’s the cure for cancer.
I’m done listening to your and other defeatist’s crap.
Go find a rock and crawl under it or stuff it up somewhere tender. FOAD
I am definitely not including them. They are ignored still in NYT and the networks.The Radio guys are expected to bemuffled soon anyway so there will be even less notice taken of them. NYT, WaPo, LAT, the networks, even in their death throes, are the official describers of the society and the nation. So long as other voices are simply ignored the government and the politicians go on as if they do not exist and so long as no one is shooting guns at them and ACORN can take care of elections, we are devolving rapidly into rule by an alien minority.
Are you on Lucy T’s ping list? If not, send her a request to get on.. She is doing a terrific job of keeping on top of all this.
He meant that it will go nowhere on his program -- a decision that will cost his ratings.
Had it been important to the public, the issue would have been up front and Obama would have never made it to election day.
Baloney -- it was and still is important to the thinking public. It just may not be important to the illiterate dumbed down ones and those who like to keep them that way.
Even the Supreme Court shot it down on all levels and every attempt to bring it back up will fail.
What are you talking about!!! No they didn't. It is still before them with more cases headed their way.
This is not Conservative talk radio's fault either. To blame them for this in any way, or insinuate they have become “beltway republican elites” is disingenuous.
Another baloney statement.
The Blogosphere has hit on this for several months from both sides and it has gone nowhere.
Nowhere???? Four months ago it was nowhere. Now it is all over the blogoshpere and in courts all over the country and will not go away no matter how conservative talk radio ignores it.
It would be better to accept this for what it is and understand that it is the public who just does not care were Obama comes from.
The unthinking public might not care, but the thinking public and the Constitution does care where he comes from.
The facts are, he IS going to be sworn in and there is nothing that can be done about it, that has not already been done.
Is that a "fact" or is that your "hope"??? These pathetic expressions of discouragement and defeatism and misstatements tell us that it is your "hope". Talk about "disingenuousness"?????
Yes, an unscientific AOL Poll, just like the unscientific AOL Poll that showed John McCain willing 49 States.
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