Posted on 07/22/2009 2:39:20 PM PDT by pissant
Short answer: Amend the Constitution.
I say this because some of the commentary in reaction to the suddenly resurfacing movement to prove that President Obama isn't a natural-board citizen -- fueled in part by filthy-rich average guy Lou Dobbs -- has blamed the Internet for providing the outlet that hateful, xenophobic conspiracy theorists don't deserve. In his otherwise funny and effective column today on Dobbs, The Times' own James Rainey makes this rote statement: "I often hear from disgruntled readers that they don't pay attention to the dread 'Mainstream Media' because they can find 'the truth' on the Internet. Translation: Some blogger will please them by propping up just about any cockeyed theory that they hold."
Unacknowledged in the wake of the Dobbsian nuttiness is the real villain of the Obama birther movement: The Constitution. It's precisely this sacred document that seeds the conspiracy theories over where President Obama was really born. Sure, the Internet does indeed facilitate such craziness (just as it facilitates smart observations that don't have an outlet in newspapers), but none of this would be possible without the following part of Article II, Section 1 in the 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at opinion.latimes.com ...
Woo! This means they’re scared!
BTW, one of the things US law does not permit is the retroactive effect of laws. In other words, they can’t make a law just for you, either to punish you or favor you, and then say it applies to your past conduct.
You’ll like the LA Times latest take.
Maybe that would get through to the average American because it doesn't exist.
I’ve never seen such a panic!
LOL!
Why go through all the trouble amending the constitution: Just show us the Birth Certificate like he would at any other job......
You are right. The MSM is acting like they’re strong when they actually don’t have a leg or a document to stand on.
You’d think, huh?
What’s the Constitution to these people? When the truth of O’s illigitimacy comes out, they will just say “He was elected; the people have spoken.” A sort of jury-nullification at the constitutional level. That’ll be it for the Obots. Settled law.
If they amend the Constitution they can fix that, too.
If you go to a tea party, you are a racist.
If you question Obama's eligibility to be president, you are a racist.
I see a pattern.
I think any liberal lurkers should demand that Obama make us look like fools and shit us up by proving his eligibility.....if he can.
right...............what a lowlife sob
NEVER
OVER MY DEAD COLD BODY WILL the Constitution be amended to allow a foreign born to be President
What’s frustrating is that the birth certificate issue only seems to be getting legs because the ‘Bama’s popularity is tanking. What the heck is wrong with this country?
Actually, didn't Klintoon get away with it on an Income Tax law? Iseem to remember that he got one through ex post facto.. Anyone remember?
As they should be. It is the demonic party that told the American public 0bama met the qualifications to be President. They vouched for him under oath. If it is revealed that they lied and the press were will accomplices, zero will have to step down. The press’s incompetence or willful negligence will have been proven. The public will not readily trust either again for a generation.
I’m going to love the day that it’s proved ZerO is not a natural born citizen and what happens to all the laws, executive orders, etc., he signed.
I’ll break out the popcorn, and I don’t even like the stuff.
All he has to do is show the Birth Certificate. Why not? Hmmm ?
You are very correct they signed for this with Their Souls as collateral.
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