TheMindOfMatt
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« on: August 06, 2009, 08:33:28 AM » |
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I've been following the birther movement with some amusement lately, and I read an article on the Huffington Post that made some very interesting points. First of all, let's look at what the Constitution actually says on the matter:
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. (Italics mine)
Think about it ... depending on your interpretation, "at the time of the adoption of this Constitution" could be interpreted to mean you have to be a native of the United States as it existed at the time of the adoption of the Constitution (1788) which means only the original 13 states qualify. To take it a little further, you have to have been a citizen in 1788, and I doubt there are many who can make that claim.
They should change their strategy -- instead of insisting that Obama was born in another country, they should assert that he was born on a different planet ... after all, he admitted to that!!
"I was actually born on Krypton, and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet Earth."
I've heard Orly Taitz is now searching the planet looking for some kryptonite...
What, am I supposed to be taking this seriously?
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