A controversial subject simmers and fails to be covered at all by the liberal media, and that is proof that Barack Obama meets all of the qualifications to be President of the United States.
The only qualifications are:
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.
At 47 years old and as a United States resident since 1971, Obama certainly meets the last two qualifications, but with his complicated circumstances during early life, does he meet the citizenship requirement?
Senator Obama claims to have been born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. Since Hawaii was admitted to the union in 1959, birth on U.S. soil would certainly qualify one as a natural born citizen, even though his father held Kenyan citizenship. The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Party had much difficulty producing a Hawaiian birth certificate but were able to find a certified copy dated June 2007 as proof of birth. But Obama's paternal grandmother as well as two half-brothers claim to have witnessed his birth in Mombassa, Kenya on August 4, 1961 and there is a verifiable record of such birth. The Hawaiian birth certificate was originally issued on August 8th, four days after the actual birth. This would have allowed his parents enough time to travel from Kenya to The U.S. to also record the birth there.
If Barack Obama was actually born in Kenya, there is still a possibility of proving natural born citizenship since his mother was American but the restrictions and laws in place at the time must be analyzed and a decision rendered. If born in Hawaii, he actually would have carried three citizenships, United States, Kenyan, and British since at that time Kenya was under British rule.
Obama's parents divorced when he was two years old and his mother remarried four years later to Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian national. The entire family moved from Honolulu to Jakarta when Obama was six and he attended school there. Apparently, Soetoro adopted Obama sometime either before or after the move to Indonesia since his school records there indicate that his name was Barry Soetoro and that he was an Indonesian citizen. Additionally, his religion was listed as Islam. During this time, Neither the U.S. or Indonesia recognized dual citizenship between the two countries so Obama's U.S. citizenship would have been void.
Obama's mother returned him to Hawaii at the age of ten to live with his grandparents and attend school there. He graduated high school as Barry Obama but at times he also used Barry Dunham, the surname of his grandparents.
After high school, he attended Occidental College then transferred to Columbia University. The summer in between the transfer, Obama travelled to Indonesia to visit his mother and sister, then also visited Pakistan and India. In 1981, Pakistan was at civil war and was off limits for American travellers and non-Muslims were prohibited from visiting without prior consulate approval. During this holiday, Obama travelled on an Indonesian passport as a Muslim Indonesian citizen. He even renewed the passport while visiting his mother.
Obama registered at Columbia University as a Kenyan citizen although his Kenyan and British citizenships expired a year later since they had not been renewed.
Now, Barack Obama is running for President of the United States, which requires one to be a natural born citizen. If Obama was a natural born citizen, that would have been forfeited when he assumed citizenship in Indonesia. Upon his return, he must have applied and sworn an oath of allegiance to become a naturalized citizen. A naturalized citizen is disqualified from serving as U.S. President or Vice President although allowed service in the Senate. If this was not done, he would be an illegal alien.
This issue proves to be a very difficult and complicated one that deserves ruling by a competent party such as a court. The only challenge offered thus far has been in the case, Berg vs. Obama, filed in Pennsylvania federal court. I'm very surprised by the lack of attention from the media and equally surprised by the Obama camp's attempt at suppressing the information required by the court.
This issue should be settled before the election to avoid a severe constitutional crisis. If Obama is qualifed, allow the election and may the best man win. If disqualifed, then I would presume that the Democrats would be required to nominate another candidate which most likely would be Joe Biden, but possibly Hillary Clinton.
If this isssue is settled after the election but before the inauguration, then who would be President, Joe Biden or John McCain? There would be serious cause for more court rulings because there is no precedent.
If the issue is settled after inauguration, then I would assume that Obama would be impeached and Biden would become President but at what cost to our national security?
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