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1 posted on 12/05/2008 4:15:08 AM PST by FocusNexus
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Reed is not required and does not have the authority to investigate the qualifications of candidates for president and vice president.

This may or may not be true. I can't address the law. If it is true, then it begs the question - who IS charged with verifying this? It's quickly becoming clear that even if Barry Soetoro is an American citizen by birth, this issue needs to be cleared up in case it ever is a real issue down the road.

One would think a Constitutional scholar would have every interest in being the pivotal player in resolving such an important issue. We're waiting, Mr. President Elect.

2 posted on 12/05/2008 4:20:51 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Why do I find the Toyota "Saved by Zero" ads so ironic?)
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Dave Ammons, spokesman for Secretary of State Sam Reed's office, said in an e-mail to the Herald that the state's position is that Reed is not required and does not have the authority to investigate the qualifications of candidates for president and vice president.

That seems to be the standard. It's not my job and you don't have standing. The vetting of candidates is apparently conducted by magical elves.
3 posted on 12/05/2008 4:21:08 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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The patriotism of these people is deserving of a BIG time pat on the back! Bummer how there are so few. “12 others”? This makes it look like a few “nut case/anti-BO” folks that shouldn’t be paid attention to. In actuality, it seems that 99% of the “sheeple” in this country don’t know about the Constitutional requirements to be POTUS and/or don’t care.


4 posted on 12/05/2008 4:22:10 AM PST by albie
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Interestingly, the National Committees of each party AND the Council for Presidential Debates both claim to confirm the candidates for eligibility. It would be interesting to see how they reached their conclusions.
5 posted on 12/05/2008 4:23:13 AM PST by doodad
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This is has become definite tinfoil hat territory.


11 posted on 12/05/2008 4:37:47 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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Obama needs to deal with the issue. Who IS Barry Soetero?

He needs to pony up all the info from the schools he attended and provide his birth records.

He is hiding something. It won’t stay hidden forever, once the bloom is off the rose, the hidden information will emerge.


23 posted on 12/05/2008 4:55:31 AM PST by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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Actually the House of Representatives is tasked with the responsibility of insuring the person who receives the most Electoral College votes is eligible to be President of the United States. Of course, at the time there was no huge national election only a meeting of the electors who were chosen by the individual States.

After the Electoral College, when the House then counts their votes, it will be the right time for a Congress person to challenge the eligibility of Ossama Hussien to be President. If Congress refuses to act one or more Congress persons will definitely have standing to petition the Supreme Court to enforce the Constitution.

Patience!

34 posted on 12/05/2008 5:20:06 AM PST by politicalmerc (NObama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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I have just sent this email to a personal friend who is a state representative here:

Dear *****,
This whole Obama VALID birth certificate flap has many folks here worried that the vetting of NATIONAL CANDIDATES by the political parties is NOT sufficiently rigid — or even exists at all.

Since Obama has REFUSED to present a valid, vault copy of said document, can you tell me if Georgia has a statutory requirement for such vetting by the state? Prohibiting Georgia’s electors from voting for a candidate failing to provide all necessary certified/legal documentation/information would be the goal. If enough states did so, it would keep future unqualified candidates from taking office and creating a dangerous Constitutional crisis.

If Georgia does not have such a statute, would you be willing to offer such legislation in the upcoming session?
I’d be happy to do the research into what OTHER states have done or are doing and/or help draft said legislation.

Thanks and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and great ‘09.

Dick


38 posted on 12/05/2008 5:24:41 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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And good for Mr. Broe and group! Every little bit helps.

http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244


44 posted on 12/05/2008 5:44:06 AM PST by real_patriotic_american
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The question is asked and he hides the most logical source of the answer by having his birth certificate sealed. That reflexive reaction does not give logical persons a trusting feeling.

I don't know what his citizenship status is. But, the citizens need a full and complete answer. Not a bureaucratic run-around.

46 posted on 12/05/2008 5:45:16 AM PST by Ghengis (Barack Obama is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life)
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Do you suppose the writers of our Constitution could not imagine any one would not be willing and proud to show his/her proof of citizenship? Perhaps they would have written the Consitution differently if they had imagined anyone would lie about their citizenship or refuse to prove their citizenship.


48 posted on 12/05/2008 5:46:36 AM PST by winkadink
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For Michael Medved and whoever else says air travel wasn’t easy in 1961....the first Boeing 707 flight took place in October 1957, and by 1961 Boeing and Douglas jets had completely supplanted prop on transcontinental flights especially.


59 posted on 12/05/2008 6:21:51 AM PST by Carismar
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Dave Ammons, spokesman for Secretary of State Sam Reed's office, said in an e-mail to the Herald that the state's position is that Reed is not required and does not have the authority to investigate the qualifications of candidates for president and vice president.

Sam Reed is a lying sack of shit. He has the inherent power to take whatever steps to necessary to carry out his duties, whether stated or implied. Any reasonable person understands that this means he must insure that only qualified candidates are permitted on the ballot.

RCW 43.07.030 - General duties.

The secretary of state shall:
(1) Keep a register of and attest the official acts of the governor;

(2) Affix the state seal, with his attestation, to commissions, pardons, and other public instruments to which the signature of the governor is required, and also attestations and authentications of certificates and other documents properly issued by the secretary;

(6) Certify to the legislature the election returns for all officers required by the Constitution to be so certified, and certify to the governor the names of all other persons who have received at any election the highest number of votes for any office the incumbent of which is to be commissioned by the governor;

RCW 43.310 The secretary of state, through the division of elections, is responsible for the following duties, as prescribed by Title 29A RCW:

4) The administration, canvassing, and certification of the presidential primary, state primaries, and state general elections;

RCW 29A.20.161 - Certificate of nomination — Requisites.

A certificate evidencing nominations made at a convention must:

(1) Be in writing;
(2) Contain the name of each person nominated, his or her residence, and the office for which he or she is named, and if the nomination is for the offices of president and vice president of the United States, a sworn statement from both nominees giving their consent to the nomination; RCW 29A.20.021 - Qualifications for filing, appearance on ballot.

(1) A person filing a declaration of candidacy for an office shall, at the time of filing, be a registered voter and possess the qualifications specified by law for persons who may be elected to the office.

As one can see from just these few statutes, Sam Reed is lying.

71 posted on 12/05/2008 7:43:16 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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Don’t they mean an “assumed identity”?


75 posted on 12/05/2008 8:40:51 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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I’m willing to stipula that he is a natural born American. But, I think he is only 34 years old and therefore fails the qualifications to be POTUS :-)

Afterall, there is just as proof of his age as anything else - nothing - no official documents, no BC, no other evidence, just zero’s word - which is worth less than the pile of dog poo my neightbor’s dog left in my yard this morning...


79 posted on 12/05/2008 8:59:23 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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