Dixie - In Memoriam
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First, there are detailed timelines of Ann Dunham's life all over the internet and nowhere is it shown that she ever traveled to Kenya, let alone gave birth there.
Next, Obama was born in the state of Hawaii, has the legal plus newspaper documentation to prove it, and nobody has ever found a single piece of evidence to refute this. "All persons born in Hawaii on or after April 30,1900, are native-born citizens of the United States. Hawaii was declared a U.S. State on August 21, 1959."
Finally, no matter where Obama's birth certificate lists as his place of birth, he's an AMERICAN CITIZEN by virtue of being born to one American parent.
"Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child."
Bottom line: he was born in the U.S. of a mother who was a U.S. citizen. Therefore, Obama is a natural-born U.S. citizen and all the conspiracy theories in the universe aren't going to change that. Read the State Department regulations on citizenship: http://travel.state.gov/law/info/info_609.html
Now, what part of the above FACTS do you dispute?
I dispute almost ALL of the "facts" you presented. First of all, something does not become a "fact" because it is "documented" on the internet. Something published in a newspaper does not make it a fact. While a certification of live birth is considered a legal document, it is not proof of live birth, that can only come from the official long-form certificate issued and signed by the attending physician. That document has not been provided.
A person can be a legal American citizen, and still not qualify to run for President of the United States. Whether Obama is a legal citizen is not in question, and has nothing to do with the qualifications to run for president. According to the Constitution, it is required you be BORN in the US, on US soil. The McCain situation is the only 'exception' to the rule, as a US Military base abroad, is considered US soil. We've never had a US Military base in Kenya.
Now let's throw some REAL facts at you, and see what you can do to refute those... FACT: No long-form certificate of live birth has ever been provided. FACT: We do not know who the attending physician was that delivered baby Obama. FACT: Obama's very own grandmother claims she was IN Kenya and witnessed his birth there, not in Hawaii. FACT: No hospital in Hawaii has a record of Obama's birth, or even admittance of his mother during the month he claims to have been born.
I am glad you people have designated the name "Birthers" to describe those of us who question Obama's legitimacy. It tells me there are a great number of people who doubt Obama's legitimacy and don't accept the 'evidence' presented. If this were just a few nut cases who had no basis for the allegations, there wouldn't be any court cases, and I doubt anyone would go to the trouble of designating a name... they'd just be nuts!