Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Wacky Wednesday--“Birthers” are right.

Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.

Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution reads: No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

~We are governed by the Constitution, not by public opinion.
~If Obama is qualified, why hasn’t he produced an original birth certificate?
~Theory 1: Barack Obama was not born in Hawaii, but Kenya
~Theory 2: Even though born in Hawaii, he had dual citizenship
~Theory 3: Obama has dual citizenship himself from his father
~Theory 4: Anne Dunham wouldn’t grant him citizenship if born abroad
~Theory 5: Adoption by second father lost him US citizenship.

Links:
Obama’s citizenship theories (Wikipedia)
The truth about Obama’s birth cert. (FactCheck.org)
Culture of conspiracy: birthers (Politico)
Is Obama eligible? (Index) (WorldNet Daily)
What does natural born citizen mean? (WorldNet Daily)
America Must Know

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