Obama is right, birthers are wrong.

Washington Post (From AP)

Hawaii law bars release of Obama birth info
By MARK NIESSE
The Associated Press
Saturday, January 22, 2011; 4:56 AM

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My comment:

Obama is right, birthers are wrong.

Are birthers in a euphemist-racist trip? It appears to be true. The issue would never have started if Barack Hussein Obama II had any resemblance to George W. Bush, Sara Palin, or Rush Limbaugh. According to Jocelyn Novak, in The Associated Press, they are all 10th level cousins.

Even if Obama had been born in Africa, as some claim, he could still be a US born citizen.
For a child born overseas to a US citizen, becoming a US citizen is very simple. The US citizen abroad, upon becoming a parent, has up to two years to declare the child’s birth at the local US embassy—probably a US consulate too. All it takes is for the US parent to take all hospital or maternity certification from where the child was born, accompanied by other requested documents. When it is all processed the child receives a consular birth certificate of US citizenship. It is a federal document.

Based on birth declaration alone, Obama would have been a US born citizen, because his mother was an American. However, according to Hawaii vital records, Obama was born in Hawaii. http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/obama.html If such official evidence is not enough for the birthers, than they may have either an ignorance problem or racism is running in their minds.

If citizenship was any different, than the thousands of children born to US soldiers overseas would not have the same rights as their siblings born in US soil. Also, that means the children of US diplomats as well, and the children of US citizens working abroad.


When the founding fathers put the clause of US birth being a requirement for presidency, it was to exclude immigrants from ruling our country. It was for our protection. Now, birthers are taking the letter of the law into an extreme. The birthers are wrong.


Obama on the other hand, is being smart, even if he is not being insulted. Other presidents have made their records public, such as health records. If Obama would show or authorize his birth certificate to be disclosed, that would be the end of the case. His opposition probably would not look bad; but by ignoring his enemies, the President is letting them torching themselves with their own fire. In that case Obama makes since, even as a liberal.

In the name of nationalism and zealous citizenship, birthers are doing a disservice to the United States. For, their actions imply that our President is not legally in office. Of course political rivalry brings dirty tricks, and lots of false propaganda; but, Obama’s citizenship being questioned just identifies who the birthers really are. Research and be honest folks, it saves embarrassment.


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