--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of authfriend > > > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:36 PM > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Another book about everyone's > favorite > > > community organiser > > > > > > > > > > > > If you're interested, all the technical stuff has > > > been documented in exhaustive (and exhausting) > > > detail on the No Quarter blog (see the link in > > > Alex's post). The blog is virulently anti-Obama, > > > BTW, so take your salt-shaker. The technical stuff > > > looks pretty convincing to me just from the way > > > it's presented, but I have no way of knowing whether > > > it's a snow job. If it is, it's really well done. > > > > > > I don't want to go through all that, but I still don't > > > understand what the motive is supposed to have been. > > > > > McCain wasn't even born on American soil, so the possible fact > > that Obama has 2 birth certificates > > I don't believe anybody has suggested Obama has > two birth certificates. What he's alleged to have > is dual citizenship due to his alleged adoption by > his Indonesian stepfather. > > > is probably not something the Republicans want to raise > > as an issue... > > It wouldn't be likely to be raised as an eligibility > issue so much as a dual-loyalties issue. One of the > right's smears against him is that he's insufficiently > patriotic; and the Muslim rumor is also enhanced if > he's a citizen of Indonesia as well as the U.S. The > theory is that Obama didn't want to give the right > ammunition to further those smears. > > But if it turns out that he's tried to avoid those > problems by posting a forged birth certificate on the > Web, that would get him in a whole lot more trouble > than any of this. > > BTW, I said in an earlier post that Congress had > confirmed McCain's eligibility. Actually what > happened is that the Senate passed a resolution > that he was eligible, but it's nonbinding. It's > still not going to be anything but possibly a > minor hassle if some winger decides to challenge it > in court. > > The Constitution is vaguely worded on this point, > but, for instance, Barry Goldwater was born in > Arizona before it became a state, so there was > technically a question as to whether he could be > said to have been born in the United States. > Congress needs to clarify this, but it's very > unlikely to seriously get in McCain's way. >
Senators, like govenators, need not be natural-born US citizens. Presidents, on the other hand... Lawson
