The left likes to call it the “birther” issue. The term birther is used as a derisive term by the left, much as truther is. Of course the difference is truthers beliefs are based on a paranoid ideology, where as the birther issue is based on facts.
I prefer to call it the eligibility issue, not the birther issue. Whether you agree or not, the people who are pushing the eligibility issue are on our side. It is certainly counter-productive to deride them like liberals do.
Recently a whole stream of Republicans have come out, at the prompting of the drive by media, to reassure us that Obama is a citizen and oh, yes, he is a Christian too.
Last Sunday, at the prodding of David Gregory on Meet the Press, or as Rush likes to call it, Meet the depressed, Boehner said, the State of Hawaii had said he was born there, that was good enough for him.
Karl Rove, not a friend of the Tea Party, pushed the RINO line that Obama is a citizen and Sarah Palin, at a meeting in Long Island, a few days ago, also denounced the eligibility issue. Palin ended her remarks on the subject by saying, “let’s stick with what really matters.”
This issue does matter.
There are three variations on the eligibility issue. Two are based on undisputed facts. The third is in dispute.
The most commonly reported of the eligibility challenges is the claim that Obama was actually born in Kenya, not Hawaii. I believe, based on the available evidence, that it is more likely than not, Obama was actually born in Hawaii. Obama has spent a lot of time and (other people’s) money, keeping his original birth certificate out of sight.
Why?
Jack Cashill is one of my favorite writers and he has a theory which I think makes sense, that Obama was in fact born in Hawaii, but there is something else on his birth certificate that would destroy the myth of Barack Obama. (See his website, Cashill.com). In the law, there is a presumption that if a party has exclusive access to a piece of evidence and will not release it, the evidence must be adverse to their position.
The second eligibility issue is the claim that because Barack Obama’s father was a Kenyan, a British subject at the time of Obama’s birth, he is not a natural born citizen.
The third is the argument that because Barack Obama was adopted as a child by an Indonesian and moved to Indonesia, he is not an American citizen. Under the law at that time, if an American child was adopted by a citizen of another country and moved to that country, he lost his citizenship. He could regain his citizenship by applying at an American Embassy when he was 18, but would then be treated as a naturalized citizen and thus ineligible to be President.
What is stunning about all of this is the mainstream Republican reaction to the eligibility issues.
The RINOs turn their noses up at the people who want the answers, which, incidentally is 60% of Republican voters. They turn their noses up at the Tea Party movement. Yet, they do not take a moment to consider why this is important.
If Barack Obama is proved to be ineligible to be President, everything he has done is wiped out. Obamacare is gone. The START treaty is gone. The liberal lunatics Obama has appointed to the Federal Judiciary, including the two he has put on the Supreme Court are gone.
Much of the damage Obama has done to this country can be undone. Unfortunately, the Country Club Republicans remain clueless. In their minds, the Democrats are simply the lower class versions of themselves. They do not understand that if the party of treason has its way, America will be forever changed and ultimately destroyed.
The Courts have so far brushed aside all of the eligibility claims. None have been addressed on the merits under the claim that Americans lack standing to challenge the issue. Recently, the Supreme Court has given some indication it may consider one of the issues. We can only hope.
What are the chances of success? Who knows?
Why do football teams run the flea flicker play? It does not work all of the time, but when it does, the results are spectacular. Why should conservatives all hope this works out? Because this wipes out almost everything the Obama regime has done. We get a do over.
You would think, even the RINOs who want to denigrate the eligibility issue could figure this one out.
Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Shea on
I'm so glad you posted this article, Nancy -- I missed it this week and I do have confidence in the Washington Times. It would be wise to stress to all Tea Partiers that they need to keep a cool head no matter what happens to them.
The Occupy "gang" may try to provoke our people into a fight. It could be just what Obama is counting on -- that the Tea Party people would appear to be domestic terrorists. They must not act as if they are threatening towards anyone -- or they will be playing right into Obama's hands.
It might even be helpful for our people to do what M.L. King's protestors used to do back in the 1960s -- lock hands and sing -- not we shall overcome, but "God Bless America" -- !
Permalink Reply by Royce Latham on Thank God Romney picked a conservative, Paul Ryan. Thank God he did not pick a running mate who was not a natural born citizen.
Permalink Reply by Diogenes on Brasscheck tells that the surveillance cameras were turned off at the time of the Sikh shooting.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/news-media-corruption-1/media-co...
Permalink Reply by Royce Latham on The cameras were not working?
I don't know if I believe that. In any event we can not see what happened. Sealing evidence is the MO of this administration. I don't know why they take statements from eye witnesses, if they are all to be discredited as the official government response is generated by Valerie Jarret in Washington DC.
Lone gunman, white supremacist, ban guns. Early reports of multiple players are due to the witnesses not knowing what Valerie Jarret wants them to say. Why is the White House involved in setting policy as these events unfold?
Permalink Reply by wayne thomas inman on This venerable and much honored WW II vet is well known in Hawaii for his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.
Dear President Obama, My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert. I enlisted in the U. S . Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos'n Mate. Now I live in a "rest home" located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country. One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. So here goes. I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can't figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: " We're no longer a Christian nation" " America is arrogant" - (Your wife even announced to the world," America is mean- spirited. " Please tell her to try preaching that nonsense to 23 generations of our war dead buried all over the globe who died for no other reason than to free a whole lot of strangers from tyranny and hopelessness.) I'd say shame on the both of you, but I don't think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House. After 9/11 you said," America hasn't lived up to her ideals." Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn't mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom. I don't think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected. Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don't, I'll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue . You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves. And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don't want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You don't mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don't want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists. One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you're the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you're not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you're thinking of. You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. You're not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That's not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now.
And I sure as hell don't want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle... Sincerely, Harold B. Estes
Snopes confirms as true: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp
When a 95 year old hero of the "the Greatest Generation" stands up and speaks out like this, I think we owe it to him to send his words to as many as we can. Please pass it on. |
Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Shea on Wayne,
Some of the words are missing from your tribute to this man because the font size was too large for this website. I looked it up on the Internet. His full name is Harold Estes and he lives in a "rest home" on one side of Pearl Harbor. The url is http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/haroldestes.asp
Permalink Reply by Nancy on Might be a bit off topic but I was just thinking. . .Do you think Barack Hussein Obama will "apologize" for all the medals, especially the gold ones that Team USA has won at the Olympics? On second thought, he'll probably take credit for their successes and claim that they didn't win those medals. . .someone else did (like him)!
I don't know whether to laugh or throw up when I look at this picture!!!
Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Shea on I know that feeling, Nancy. When I hear his voice on TV or the radio, I rush to turn it off -- that traitor is so disgusting!
My frequent daydream is to see him wearing a bright orange uniform while being led into a maximum security prison.
But I do feel sorry for his children who probably are teased by kids at their school about their dad being such an unsuccessful president.
Permalink Reply by JOHN DELASAUX on If the kids are on the ball, they will yell, "Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!!!"
Permalink Reply by wayne thomas inman on Off subject but something everyone should see. I do not encourage or discourage religion, I am not a religious person,I am a non believer if you will. I believe everyone must make their own decision and everyone else needs to respect that decision unless your beliefs encourage doing harm to those who do not share your beliefs. Here is the link
Everyone in the United States needs to see this; Most especially our President, Congress, and Supreme Court Justices.
Permalink Reply by Joel Garcia on I know David Barton. When I was a delegate to the Texas State GOP Convention in 2000, he was the Texas GOP VP. When he came to visit in our town, I chauffered him around. He is a historian with no equal, and a staunch Christian. Appeared regulary, and maybe still does, on the Glenn Beck program. During one of his presentations, he showed where during the revolutionary war, blacks fought side by side with Washington's troops against the British, as equal soldiers with whites. He named several heroes, which we don't hear any mention of. Now, the liberals are denouncing his most recent book as having no basis, yet it has over 500 footnotes. His website is www.wallbuilders.com. Below is the link about the criticism he is receiving.
http://conservativebyte.com/2012/08/attacks-on-david-barton-same-as...
Permalink Reply by Diogenes on Joel there are two groups, Communists and those that have a historic hate of Christians. The second group I call Yahoos as their name was meant by their founder. Both the communists and Yahoos deny that there is a God, of which all truth emanates. I recommend that we construct a master list of both the leading communists and Yahoos. The list will will render an automatic understanding that these people are out to destroy both God and the United states. No counter argument to their regurgitated positions will be necessary. I am sure you will remember the lesson you were taught when you were young, to avoid poison ivy. The afore leaders constitute a very small percentage, and their success is based on undelivered promises: sound familiar?
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