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| Was Barak Obama Born in Canada? |
| 2008-07-14 |
| In my previous post I proposed one explanation for a possible decision by Barack Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, to give birth to Barack in Canada. I pointed out that she had political opinions that were rather critical toward the United States, and I suggested that she might have believed that her mixed-race baby might have a better future with Canadian citizenship. In today's post I will suggest another explanation, which involves Barack's father, Barack Obama, Sr. The father was a native of Kenya, which was part of the British Commonwealth until December 12, 1963, when Kenya became independent. If the father foresaw that his relationship with the mother might not last and if he foresaw that he eventually might want to take his son to Kenya against the mother's will, then he might have recognized future legal advantages in arranging for the birth to take place in Canada, which was likewise part of the British Commonwealth (until 1982). If the baby were born in Canada, then the father simply would have to take the baby across into Canada, present the Canadian birth certificate, and then fly away with the baby to Kenya. In such a situation, the mother's legal ability to impede the father's travel with the baby would be significantly reduced. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #20 "If his mother was a US Citizen he is." Not necessarily true, rjschwarz. Read the fine print: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-07-14 21:25 |
| #19 Yes, so let's not be as desperate and outrageous as left wing wackos. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-14 20:09 |
| #18 Is it equally desperate and outrageous when law professors and the media conspire to question McCain's eligibility to hold the office on the same grounds? |
| Posted by: AzCat 2008-07-14 20:05 |
| #17 This sounds like a lot of hooey. But politics enters official documentation. Example: President Bush has a DWI conviction. Anyone charged is processed, which means that fingerprints are taken as is a mug shot. Those documents are missing. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-07-14 19:47 |
| #16 If his mother was a US Citizen he is. I don't believe it really matters where you are born. It's all nonsense distracting people and making them look crazy in the process. I believe Hillary's people would have investigated every detail. YOu can bet someone in the Hawaii department of records took a look over his legal documents and we'd hear holy hell if they weren't in order. I think Obama's minions prefer false conspiracies that distract an can be disproven when required do real skeletons that could take his campaign down. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-07-14 18:43 |
| #15 Granted, I wasn't alive in '61, but if they had flights that could cross the Pacific, they sure as hell had flights that went between Honolulu and Seattle.....and I've never heard of a restriction that would prevent a newborn from flying domestically for such an important reason as a young mother's introduction to proper diapering. And as for the different appearance of the birth certificate from the "original" one? BFD. I lost my original AZ certificate and had to apply for a new one. I remember seeing the original when I was a kid, and it had a lot more detailed info than the one I currently have. Many states have decided not to put as much info on the newer certificates. Hawaii is not alone in that regard. This almost makes the Troofers seem rational. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-07-14 17:51 |
| #14 He's a lotta things, but he's I doubt he's Canadian... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-14 14:50 |
| #13 If it's such a non-issue why won't/can't the Obamachine put the issue to rest? It should be easy enough to do.... |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2008-07-14 14:42 |
| #12 This is desperate stuff. It makes the people who believe this look completely desperate. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-07-14 13:31 |
| #11 "Obama is a U.S. citizen." For some of us, abiding the rules is important. Call it old fashioned, but if there is a question about his citizenship I'd like it resolved. Since only Barry can do this, it is appropriate to ask that he do so. For most of us, proving citizenship would be a trivial thing. I wouldn't think twice about being asked to produce a birth certificate, especially in connection with seeking employment for a sensitive and high profile new job. I have a great deal more sympathy for Cindy McCain's desire not to share her tax returns than I do for Barry's reluctance to produce proof of citizenship. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-07-14 13:07 |
| #10 So you all say this is insignificant, eh ? Notice how Axelrod went right after McCain for being born in Panama and not the continental 48 ? Watch Axelrod, he's always in preemptive strike mode. Firmly believes an active offense is the best defense. Any sentitive areas of Hussein's backround are declared "off limits" for discussion. This is quite simple. Hawaii was a State of the Union in 1961. They had an accepted method of recording and documenting all native births within their state. Let's see a real birth certificate, not a Photoshop dummy. Anyone can get a copy of their own birth certificate if needed from the courthouse of the jurisdiction where they were born (certainly wihin the last 70 yrs. or so). Let's have the document. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-07-14 12:25 |
| #9 how come Clintons didn't make it public? That one is easy. Senator Clinton needs Candidate Obama to pay off her campaign's multi-million dollar debt. Until that happens she'll hold her tongue in public on whatever dirt her people have dug up. I expect she wouldn't say anything about the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate in private until then, either, lest his people spike her guns. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-14 12:09 |
| #8 Just playing along with the conspiracy theory, grom, howzabout because they're planning on |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-07-14 12:07 |
| #7 If there is any evidence to Obama's lack of citizenship, how come Clintons didn't make it public? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-07-14 11:50 |
| #6 Senator Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961. He's an American citizen. One may wish to flog this nonsense on a dead-ender Hillary blog, but I'd suggest we don't need to do it here. I'm leaving this post but in the future will delete others than go in this direction. As Old Spook sez, there are plenty of reasons to oppose Senator Obama, if you're of a mind to oppose him. This isn't one of them. Enough. Feh. AoS |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-07-14 11:12 |
| #5 How many times are they going to beat this dead horse? There are plenty of GOOD reasons to oppose Obama-messiah. This isnt one of them. Prove it. Hard proof. Just go away until you do. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-14 11:08 |
| #4 His legitimacy may be a skeleton but his legal ability to serve as President is not. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-14 10:53 |
| #3 This is nonsense on a pogo stick. Obama is a U.S. citizen. Then let him prove it conclusively. Personally, I think Obamalamadingdong is hiding a lot of skeletons. His legitimacy as a candidate being one of them. |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Glack5566 2008-07-14 10:26 |
| #2 This is nonsense on a pogo stick. Obama is a U.S. citizen. There are plenty of substantive reasons not to vote for him. Concentrate on those. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-07-14 10:18 |
| #1 Speaking of the New Cruelty.... |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-07-14 09:48 |