If Obama wasn't a legitimate candidate he should have been disqualified during the long, LONG period he was running for the nomination.
Disqualifying him on those grounds now - even if legitimate - would tear the country apart.
That's a good one. Upholding the constitution will tear the country apart.
We have police and military for any temporary problems that might result and disqualifying him now - ON LEGITIMATE GROUNDS, if this story can be proven - would save the country.
So if the grounds to disqualify him are legitimate then you would not mind if the laws of this country are just ignored?
That would be a good thing.
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“Disqualifying him on those grounds now - even if legitimate - would tear the country apart.”
Spoken like a true Obamaniac.
You were being sarcastic, right?
let the tearing begin
So your argument is that we should merely shrug and say "my bad" if it comes to light that he is not a natural born citizen?
Surely you jest!
re: If Obama wasn’t a legitimate candidate he should have been disqualified during the long, LONG period he was running for the nomination.
On what grounds? The constitution states “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.” The Constitution is silent on who can run for the nomination for president.
Whether or not Obama is a legitimate candidate or not, he is free to seek the nomination of a party, to accept that nomination, to run a campaign. The Constitution does not preclude any of that.
It’s only that, at the end of all that campaigning, if he is not a legitimate candidate, that he will not be eligible for the office of President. He can do whatever he wants up to that point.
That’s pretty clear to me. What’s also clear to me is that, if before, during, or after the inauguration, Obama turns out not to have been a legitimate candidate, and either becomes, or continues to be, president, then THAT would really tear the country apart. If Obama is not a legitimate candidate, then denying Obama the nomination of a political party will turn out to be, in my opinion, a relatively small story that would blow over in a few years. On the other hand, if Obama is, in fact, not a legitimate candidate, then allowing him to become, or remain, president would, in my opinion, be the foundation of a full-scale constitutional crisis. Members of every branch of our government from the Congress to the Supreme Court to the Executive Branch, including the military have all sworn to protect and defend the constitution. Contravening the constitution so directly would probably lead to more than a few deciding that their oath of office precluded them from accepting an illegitimate president.
Just my guess.
Think about your statement. You are saying that the law, in this case the law governing the qualifications for the highest office in the land, should be ignored if it upsets people.
IOW, the legitimacy of the law should be determined by whom it is being applied to.
And, not so subtly, you are saying that it would be racist to apply the law equally to a (sort of) black candidate as it already is to white candidates.
Finally, you are admitting that the left has balkanized our country so severely by inciting racism continually as a political tool, that we have to ignore the law (a very good law in this case) to prevent civil war.
The proud legacy of liberalism and liberal racism.
“Disqualifying him on those grounds now - even if legitimate - would tear the country apart.”
How about when he loses? Would that make ya happier? K
huh ? you would be willing to throw the Constitution under the bus with Obama Grandmother and Reverend ?
If there is anything to this 'he wasn't born in this country' stuff, which I seriously doubt, he should be disqualified. The act of following our Constitution and laws will not tear the country apart ... it will be a bunch of thugs in the street that accomplish that task.
Having said that, disqualification should have occurred immediately after he filed to run. Does anyone happen to know who, if anyone, is actually responsible for making sure that a candidate is a legal candidate before he/she ever gets on a ballot?
Nope. Just embarrass the 'rat party and frustrate the international socialist cabal who is running him.
The "country" (Americans usually say "nation") would take it in stride.
So?
The Constitution is the Constitution, if he isn’t qualified (even if it is this late in the election cycle), then that’s too bad we have to follow it..
“Disqualifying him on those grounds now - even if legitimate - would tear the country apart.”
So we should just disregard one of only TWO constitutional requirements because segments of the country don’t respect it?