UK: Obama frustration with birthers, religion, & eligibility rumors
Submitted by SteveMT on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 16:56[Imagine that.]
President Barack Obama hits back at birthers and rumour mongers
Barack Obama has publicly displayed his personal frustration for the first time with conservative opponents who have persistently questioned both his Christianity and his eligibility to be president.
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 7:39PM BST 30 Aug 2010
Referring to the conspiracy theory that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii, Mr Obama said: "I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead."
Struggling to hide his irritation, he said in a television interview: "The facts are the facts. We went through some of this during the campaign – there is a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly."
He added: "If I spend all my time chasing after that then I wouldn't get much done."
The president and his staff have long maintained a studied nonchalance about the rumours. But a recent poll after comments he made relating to the Ground Zero mosque project, showed one in four wrongly believe he is a Muslim, up from up from 11 per cent in March 2009, could have truly tested his patience.
Doubts about his faith and nationality have swirled for as long as he has been in public life, he said.
"We dealt with this when I was first running for the US Senate. There were those who said I couldn't win as US senator because I had a funny name," he told NBC.
"Yet, we ended up winning that Senate seat in Illinois because I trusted in the American people's capacity to get beyond all this nonsense."
So-called "birthers" have waged a campaign questioning the validity of his Hawaiian birth certificate in an attempt to claim he is not a natural born citizen of the US and so should not sit in the White House.
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I blame republicans for not nipping this idocitiy in the butt
I think this is the fault of the lack of integrity and honesty from people.. His religion, color, birth in Hawi flap makes me ill.. Thou shalt not lie is a commandment and many claming closeness wiht god are far from it. I am sickend by these illiterate and unifmoremed or downright immoral folks.
I blame republicans for not nipping this idocitiy in the butt
I think this is the fault of the lack of integrity and honesty from people.. His religion, color, birth in Hawi flap makes me ill.. Thou shalt not lie is a commandment and many claming closeness wiht god are far from it. I am sickend by these illiterate and unifmoremed or downright immoral folks.
Mind Reader
The author claims he can read the Obama mind when he says the president is showing frustration.
More likely Obama is painting his opposition with a broad brush to discredit all.
Of course with the present broad spectrum of opposition, some are certainly wackos.
The mere fact that Obama is bringing this issue up is....
an acknowledgment of his apparent frustration. He is being forced to discuss this stuff because everyone is.
It is true that this perceived and supposed 'frustration' is only implied here.
Thanks.
The root of the issue is Wall Street & CFR
So Long as banks control the printing of national money, the banks & the corporations that grew up around them will just keep buying puppet elections.
Changing puppets changes nothing.
He's not a national born citizen, but this seems like purposeful distraction for demoralization.
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"Take hold of the future or the future will take hold of you." -- Patrick Dixon
It is quite simple.
His father was not a US citizen at the time of little Barry's birth, hence he is not a Natural Born Citizen". His father's citizenship is not a rumor; it is something Obama himself has pointed out in his own book.
So why is he upset about rumors. The only other "rumor" of consequence is exactly where he was born. Since he has spent a considerable sum of money to keep his original Hawaii birth record from being released, it is he who has stoked the fire under this "rumor". I suppose that it might be because if it were found out he was actually born in Kenya, then he would be an illegal immigrant (not even an ordinary citizen) and also the perpetrator of a number of federal crimes.
I think that if the US collapses financially, he probably has a lot more to worry about than deportation or a stint in federal prison.
"The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence." Thomas H. Huxley
You have no clue about constitutional lwa
Only ONE parent need to be born in the US.. Ignorant or liars you pick. I call lies.. you can read cant you. Th econstitution is not fauge nor law or president.
Obma is your president now get over it and win an eleciton..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_Uni...
With everything upside down, the truth now becomes a rumor.
That is par for the course for where the real truth is found these days, within rumors and supposed innuendo.
Dear Mr. Obama,
No one is asking for you to spend all your time with your birth certificate plastered to your head. We just want to see the long form version ONCE - you jackass.
You wouldn't be wasting time if you would stop spending millions to PREVENT the public from seeing it. We'd get to see it and then we'd shut up.
But of course, you don't have one. Or else it proves you are not eligible.
There was NO VETTING process. This is handled and up to the 50 states. Not one will certify that they certified your eligibility. Not one. No one vetted you.
And for the record, we are well aware that you won the Senate seat by suing your opponents off the ballot. You won by default. In fact, President is the only race you ever won without using such tactics. And how ironic, seeing as how this time, for this race, it is YOU who was not eligible.
Sincerely,
An American who thinks the Oath of Office means something
Time and an awful lot of money...$1.7M
...spending $1.7 million in the process, according to WorldNetDaily (WND), an enthusiastic online promoter of the birthers' cause.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/whats-obamas-birther...
LOL
The second sentence of your letter makes me happy inside.
Thank you.
~Tif
Lets See If You Can Get Overjoyed Tiffany...
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Err
Did he forget to mention that his dad was a Kenyan citizen?
The People's President
Ron Paul R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 2012
...who was also Muslim.
No secrets about that.
I think he won his senate
I think he won his senate seats by getting rid of his opponents, Chicago Style. Not because the people got beyond anything.... One of Obamas fairytales.
Very interesting though that he answers a question about his faith with the Birth Certificate issue. Two completely different things.
A computer print out of data is what he calls a birth certificate. That would not get him through the INS or any other government institution. They will always demand a certified copy of the ORIGINAL.
Why not for the presidency? You tell me.
that is true
The first opponent he got disqualified because of some signature petition racket... and the second guy he was up against dropped out when his sealed divorce papers were made public, revealing that he asked his wife to go to some Parisian sex club. Chicago papers had a field day with taht and he dropped out not long after.
"If this mischievous financial policy [greenbacks], which has its origin in North America, should become endurated down to a fixture, then that government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off its debts and be without debts. It will hav
These issues are certainly not going away.
They were never dealt with before, so they never will.
He did just real his "passport." Forgeries can take time to create.
White House offers glimpse of President Obama's passport; document shows birthplace as Hawaii
By Michel Sheridan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, August 17th 2010, 1:31 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/08/17/2010-08-...