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The Obama Birth Certificate Issue is a Dangerous Distraction for Republicans

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'The allegation that Obama is not a U.S. citizen, if true, might be enough to dislodge him from office.."
"might be enough, if true" ? If this is true and Obama is not a US citizen, he should go to jail for fraud then get deported back to whatever country he is a citizen of. How much more simple could it be.
Even a third world country would never think of having a non citizen running their affairs (O.K. I'm excluding the IMF and Word Bank that interfere in the 3rd world routinely). Our constitution forbids non citizens from being our president. Don't you know this?
If he is proved to a non US citizen, every major news network, newspaper, or news magazine that has not followed this story should immediately replace their management. Not one of them followed this story last year when it would have been of prime importance for the electorate to know that this was even an issue.

doctor y of NY 6:04PM July 27, 2009

Obama is a fraud plain and simple - when is the media going to go on TV news and admit it - the American people need to know.
He wants to destroy America - he hates America - it is so obvious - anyone who doesn't see this is not very smart. He is a Muslim plain and simple - are you aware that we are at war with the Muslims.
He had the money to buy secrecy - it is all corrupt - the government and the Congress - we need new fresh blood - people on the street would do better than the Congress can do.
Like Glenn Beck just said - there is an assault on our Constitution and liberties. We are being taken over by marxists and communism.
America better wake up before it is too late - healthcare is a nightmare if Obama wins - end of death issues for seniors and having to wait for an operation and meanwhile die while waiting - it is pretty obvious -wake up people.
We all know he is not a naturalized citizen - not releasing the long form is admitting guilt obviously. If he was, he would have released it.
Wake Up America!!!

June of AZ 6:01PM July 27, 2009

Release the actual birth certificate. Not just the COLB.

DeminVA of VA 5:59PM July 27, 2009

I think all birthers shulde give alan Keys money so he will run for president and keep on flushing out Obama on his citizenship, I have never been a big alan keys fan, buy I would send him a campaign donations because he is one of the few to have the kahuna's to tell it like it is

Mayree of TN 5:53PM July 27, 2009

The way to quiet this is for Obama to present his original birth certificate..which hospital?which doctor? seal...the one that is used is a nothing piece of paper..Anyone can register and get that. The ad in the paper is also the same thing..anyone can insert a birth..months later, years later whatever...I can add my child 20 yrs later as having been born on such and such a date...etc..I have a daughter born in Hawaii with a real full birth certificate...which hospital, Doctor, hour etc...and date, signed and seal.
So..present his birth certificate; his passport, his college applications which states his citizenship..and everyone will be quiet.Everyone ignores that he was adopted by his Indonesian Step Father and entered into a school which stated he was Islamic. He used that Indonesian passport to go to Pakistan.
Stop the farce.

jan of FL 5:52PM July 27, 2009

This issue has almost nothing to do with republicans. It's about Obama and his natural-born status (or not). Americans have a right to know whether their president is a natural-born citizen in accordance with the Constitution.
OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US THE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!
Read this if you REALLY want to know all about it.
http://www.friktech.com/2009/born.pdf

Captain Steve of CA 5:50PM July 27, 2009

I read this aricle and the one thing it does not cover is WHY ARE BIRTHERS moving forward. WHAT IS THEIR REASON FOR KEEPING UP THIS MADDNESS. No one answers their questions, they just get ridiculed. for example the author of this article may want to answer WHY IS IT A STRETCH TO THINK OBAMA WAS BORN ON FOREIGN SOIL, WHEN HIS SISTER MAYA WHO WAS BORN IN INDONESIA IN 1970 ASLO HAS THE SAME BIRTH CERTIFICATE THE PRESIDENT HAS PRESENTED?
Hawaiian law allowed foreigners to register foreign births in Hawaii, however the short form CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH says honolulu in such cases , but the long form does say BORN ON FOREIGN SOIL. Why won't the white house release college records to show Obama wasn't a foreign student? Why doesn't the white house tell us what passport Obama used iin 1981 to travel to Pakistan when Americans weren't allowed? How come the President is allowing serviceman to ignore his orders and not face the brig for mutiny? Could it be he doesn't want to open up a can of worms by allowing DISCOVERY into his sealed records to be able to proof mutiny? Senator Imhoff today from Oklahoma said it best today when he said the ball is in the white houses court. Just open up the records and shut up these idiot birthers. Obama is going to regret thumbing his nose at them. What I want to know is if it is proven Obama has committed treason, will he be prosecuted? What the media is not covering is the fact this issue is boiling over in the military. they have had to take the issue off the chat rooms for the military, because we are going to be fighting each other if this issue is not resolved. I am convinced the media is not ignorant of the facts, they are just trying to kill this story by saying it is dead and has no legs, time will tell

Johnny B. Good of TN 5:48PM July 27, 2009