Originally Posted By ecdc This is probably the first time I've agreed with David Horowitz: >>The continuing efforts of a fringe group of conservatives to deny Obama his victory and to lay the basis for the claim that he is not a legitimate president is embarrassing and destructive.... What difference does it make to the future of this country whether Obama was born on U.S. soil? Advocates of this destructive campaign will argue that the constitutional principle regarding the qualifications for president trumps all others. But how viable will our Constitution be if five Supreme Court justices should decide to void 64 million ballots.... It is not conservatism; it is sore loserism and quite radical in its intent. Respect for election results is one of the most durable bulwarks of our unity as a nation. Conservatives need to accept the fact that we lost the election, and get over it; and get on with the important business of reviving our country’s economy and defending its citizens, and — by the way — its Constitution.<< <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjQyOTgxM2M0YWMxOTdhZDcwMzlmMDU1ZGYxNzFkMmQ=" target="_blank">http://article.nationalreview....NzFkMmQ=</a>
Originally Posted By vbdad55 really, I am surprised this is really news any more - if there was an issue it should have been easy to put the facts out there 18 months ago--- at this point I agree - it's a mute point.
Originally Posted By alexbook It's news because idiots are filing lawsuits and the Supreme Court has to deal with them. I think the dual citizenship lawsuits are almost not quite laughable, but the notion that his birth certificate is fake is just stupid.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< I think the dual citizenship lawsuits are almost not quite laughable, >>> I think they are totally laughable. The requirement is that the President be a "natural born citizen" of the United States, which is generally accepted to mean that the President was a US citizen at birth, and not necessarily that they were actually born in the US (that's why John McCain qualified even though he was born in Panama). In Obama's case, having been born in Hawaii, how is it at all relevant that some other country might also consider him to be a natural born citizen? It's total nonsense.
