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"...why did Senators McCaskill and Obama reportedly insert the following Clause?"
texasdarlin.wordpress.com ^ | By Judah Benjamin,

Posted on 10/14/2008 8:13:02 PM PDT by ransomnote

“2d Session S. RES. 511: Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.: In the Senate of the United States.” was Sponsored by Senator McCaskill and co-sponsored by Senators Leahy, Obama, Coburn, Clinton and Webb. Why? Why were Democratic Senators trying to pass a Resolution making Senator McCain undoubtedly Legally Eligible when this issue had already been cleared up in 2000 and again in 2004? And why did Senators McCaskill and Obama reportedly insert the following Clause?

“Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President;”

(Excerpt) Read more at texasdarlin.wordpress.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: certifigate; citizenship; mccain; obama
I generally do not follow the whole CLB thing because so much of it is frustrating and so very very porous. I somehow found myself reading this article about the CLB because it seems to be different from the others. I verified that the clause cited above (from the article posted at http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/obama-born-in-kenya-new-information/) was indeed sponsored by Senator McCaskill and co-sponsored by Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY] Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK] Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] Sen. Barack Obama [D, IL] Sen. Jim Webb [D, VA] via a web search that led me to this archive: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr511/show. The author of the exerpted article above makes several good points which as I said seem to have more ballast than those I have read. THis particular citation makes the point that it's possible these players made 'extra sure' that McCain once again be declared elligible even though there was no question about his elligibility - because they were laying the ground work to defend Obama's lack of citizenship. Interesting possibility. Hard to explain the effort of these sponsoring senators otherwise. PS: I originally found the the article cited above linked by African PRess International's website. African Press International (API) posted a related and well... bizarre article, well I thought it was wild, which alleges that Michelle Obama personally called API regarding the birth certificate. As of 8:04pm Pacific Time, the article is still up at API. If it is just false reporting - who is feeding such false reports to African Press International that they should find it credible enough to post? If it is real (if Michelle actually did call API), what made the campaign THAT uncomfortable? I tried searching freerepublic to avoid bombarding folks with redundant info but I didn't find any hits on this specific topic - lots of OBAMA but nothing on John McCain's citizenship having been afirmed via 2d Session S. RES. 511
1 posted on 10/14/2008 8:13:03 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Barack HUSSEIN Obama needs to resign now!


2 posted on 10/14/2008 8:15:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I'm trying to spread the wealth around..." - Barack HUSSEIN Obama)
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To: ransomnote

Welcome to our conspiracy theory.

We’ve been worrying about this for months and are just attacked for being silly.

Lots of unanswered questions.


3 posted on 10/14/2008 8:16:38 PM PDT by autumnraine (Churchill: " we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender")
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To: ransomnote

Maybe because he was born in Kenya? The idea isn’t so far-fetched anymore.


4 posted on 10/14/2008 8:20:17 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: ransomnote

Bookmark for tomorrow morning. Had enough of Obama’s lies and deception for one day....lol


5 posted on 10/14/2008 8:27:27 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: FlingWingFlyer; ransomnote; pissant; GOP_Lady; kesg; LS; perfect_rovian_storm; Chet 99; ...

The problem with this is, if we force Obama off the ticket it may not matter since we vote for electors. Dems could vote for electors hoping that they would get a candidate who’s name we cannot mention.


6 posted on 10/14/2008 8:37:53 PM PDT by Perdogg (Raila Amollo Odinga - community organizer)
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To: Kylie_04

mark for later read


7 posted on 10/14/2008 8:41:06 PM PDT by Kylie_04 (I must not consume liquids while reading posts. I must not consume liquids while reading posts.)
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To: Perdogg

“...Dems could vote for electors hoping that they would get a candidate who’s name we cannot mention.”

That has been my concern as well.

Although the far left unnamed one might be less destructive to the nation, who would have imagined a few short months ago we would have been hoping for her/him?


8 posted on 10/14/2008 8:45:00 PM PDT by frog in a pot (Is there a definition of "domestic enemies" as used in federal oaths, or is that just lip service?)
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To: ransomnote

Here is the thread about Michelle calling the API:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2105779/posts

Freepers debating whether it is fake or if there is audio tape of the call.


9 posted on 10/14/2008 8:52:43 PM PDT by Bubbette
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To: Bubbette

Sounds like satire to me.


10 posted on 10/14/2008 9:24:38 PM PDT by mouse1 (Have you donated to Free Republic today??)
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To: autumnraine
Welcome to our conspiracy theory.

Right because we are just right wing nuts /s
11 posted on 10/14/2008 9:43:57 PM PDT by LegalEagle61 (If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
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To: penelopesire

I know, he lies so much that I can hardley keep up and it is making me exhausted.


12 posted on 10/14/2008 9:44:28 PM PDT by LegalEagle61 (If you are going to burn our flag, please make sure you are wearing it when you do!)
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To: Bubbette; PajamaTruthMafia

Thank you, Bubbette. I appreciate the link.

I clicked on a link posted on:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:20:18 PM by PajamaTruthMafia

citing that same article you linked to but the thread was immediately pulled. I tagged that content onto the bottom of my post above to try to get the info out there in a way that would not get pulled and I SWEAR I tried to see if was already posted - sorry I missed it. I don’t want to flood the zone with reposts.


13 posted on 10/14/2008 9:50:43 PM PDT by ransomnote (Christian, American, Republican....in that order)
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To: ransomnote

obumpa


14 posted on 10/15/2008 12:22:53 AM PDT by Dajjal (Visit Ann Coulter's getdrunkandvote4mccain.com)
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To: ransomnote

Why would HRC co-sponsor this if there was a hint that Barry-O had a “little administrative problem” like this?


15 posted on 10/15/2008 5:49:55 AM PDT by paddles
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To: ransomnote

Why would HRC co-sponsor this if there was a hint that Barry-O had a “little administrative problem” like this?


16 posted on 10/15/2008 5:50:06 AM PDT by paddles
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To: paddles

I think your question exposes either an important flaw in the theory or a point of pressure on THE OTHER who would have to either be forced or enticed to take such a step. Or perhaps THE OTHER could not survive the race card; THE OTHER needed the black vote and for that to happen THE ONE could not be in the competition.

According to Judah Benjamin in her article at the head of this thread – allowing a person to seek the presidency when they are not, in fact, eligible would not directly fault THE OTHER. Here’s an excerpt regarding legal ‘liability’:

“In that event the Senate Ethics and Rules Committee, Chair Diane Feinstein, have a problem because they are responsible for the Certification of a Candidate’s Compliance with Constitutional Requirements, a job they would have conspicuously failed to do. Should he be Elected the poisoned Chalice would pass to Nancy Pelosi because as Speaker of the House she, and the House, have the Responsibility to ensure that the President Elect can Effectively be Sworn In and Legally Assume the Office and Duties of the President.”

This quote seems to imply still greater ‘stakes’ for increasing numbers of people. How could all of them willingly cooperate? Wouldn’t that mean they would have to be deceived?
If for some reason THE ONE ‘slipped past’ due diligence (convinced people that lack of proof doesn’t mean lack of evidence) then wouldn’t Nancy Pelosi WANT to check this out and/or hamstring it before it becomes her problem? Then again – Dems, truly in their hearts, do not believe that laws apply to them and may just plan on throwing themselves at the feet of the public in an appeal to modify the laws in the spirit of ‘fairness’ and ‘opportunity’ and the whole slithering idea behind the constitution being a ‘living’ document meant to be modified to embrace emerging human culture…after all….he was RAISED American…blah…blah….blah….


17 posted on 10/15/2008 10:35:37 AM PDT by ransomnote (Christian, American, Republican....in that order)
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