Busting Political Myths

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by Medusa

AJ - I think I just peed a little seeing this thread!


Ok - So can we PLEASE stop insisting that President Obama's birth certificate is forged? Because if you TRULY believe that the ENTIRE document recording system of the state of Hawaii is part of a vast conspiracy to help cover up a false birth certificate, you seriously need to be examined by a mental facility.

What is really interesting when you see people saying these ridiculous things is that John McCain was born in Panama, when his father was on active duty in the Navy. No one questioned whether he was a legal citizen. This birther movement is really a cover for a racist witch hunt. It goes right along with likening the Obama administration to the Nazi's, and Obama in particular, to Hitler. It is plainly ludicrous to make such a comparison.

[Ebon]

Originally Posted by atomiczombie

What is really interesting when you see people saying these ridiculous things is that John McCain was born in Panama, when his father was on active duty in the Navy. No one questioned whether he was a legal citizen. This birther movement is really a cover for a racist witch hunt. It goes right along with likening the Obama administration to the Nazi's, and Obama in particular, to Hitler. It is plainly ludicrous to make such a comparison.

Yes they seem to forget all those things or they never bring it up. I don't watch the news except for the daily show(where he does point these things out) and that's not "real news" but I would think that the media outlets that lean more to the left would bring it up. Maybe they did but I wouldn't know for sure.

lmao That always cracks me up!! He's a Nazi Communist Socialist Muslim. Did I miss an ism or an ist?

[Toughy]

y'all all got it wrong about Hawaii and Obama...........yes he was born in Hawaii.........HOWEVER...........Hawaii was not a state when he was born and the birth certificate Hawaii issued for him was forged to a date AFTER he was really born so it would look like he was born in Hawaii when it was a state and was born in the good ole U S Of A..........that is if you can find Hawaii on the map

geeezzzzzzzzzzz people..........where is your logic and practical reasoning..........

[MsDemeanor]

Originally Posted by atomiczombie

What is really interesting when you see people saying these ridiculous things is that John McCain was born in Panama, when his father was on active duty in the Navy. No one questioned whether he was a legal citizen.

Actually, just to make things perfectly clear to everyone, Senate Resolution 511 was written and passed. S. Res 511:

Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a "natural born Citizen" of the United States;

Whereas the term "natural born Citizen", as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;

Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country's President;

Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the "natural born Citizen" clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term "natural born Citizen";

Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;

Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and

Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a "natural born Citizen" under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.

"...the bill was written and submitted by Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and co sponsored by both Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)."

McCain is a US Citizen because Obama says that he is....

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