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Am I? There's a well established history of the denial of the admission of citizenship concerning persons of color. It's been a steady progression every time barriers were broken, or attempted to be. From the 3/5th Compromise, Dred Scott, the military, Seperate but Equal.... etc, etc, etc. History overwhelmingly supports the notion. So when it came to the most recent barrier, the presidency, it's not a huge leap, nor even a minor "stoop," to as the reason "why," this appears to have happened again, and look to the traditional reasonings as the answer.
No one has been able to offer a single shred of evidence concerning Obama's mother's departure from the states, her return, a Kenyan birth certificate, British transit documents, custom documents... nada. The only excuse? Well, they must not have kept good enough records in the 60s...not the Americans, not the British, not the Kenyans.... wow, amazingly convenient for a nations that have been known, individually, to keep meticulous records. And we're supposed to believes that they ALL dropped the ball in this one specific instance?
Kut, I (among roughly half the population) despise Obama for the same set of reasons why I despise people named Clinton of either gender and you are telling me that it isn't that, it's because he is black. Billy Jeff never had such questions raised because we could trace his life back to the day he was separated from the afterbirth, not because he is white.
What format was it in? From my recollection the WH website had a PDF of the birth certificate available for download.
Why is it different? Not sure, unless that the Consititution doesn't mention any requirement for a candidate or president to prove their eligibility.
Third, yep he has lied his ass off about all sorts of things. What specific lie are you referring to?
The image first posted on the WH website was posted as a free-standing image on the page. After it was discovered that strange things happened when you tried copying it, they changed it after a couple of days.
OK, if you are going to go down that path, the Constitution doesn't require me to provide proof of eligibility to do a damned thing, but that doesn't change the fact I am required to do so. In fact, one would think the Second Amendment would be a stronger protection against required proof of eligibility than mere absence of specific requirements with the president.
Obama claimed prior to the decision to run for president that he was born in Kenya. Granny said he was born in Kenya. Now he says he was born in Hawaii. At minimum, he lied in one instance or the other given that he has made two mutually exclusive declarations.
Oh, and on that note:
That's debatable. It's unknown if she was referring to Sr. or Jr.
If this is correct, given that she specifically mentioned being born in Kenya and growing up to be the president of the United States, she must also have been confused about which one of them became president.