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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Birthers Pounce on Obama Birth Certificate
Now that it's official, the Right Wing is humming over the news that President Barack Obama is the documented son of an (alleged) white woman and a velociraptor which once ate a Muslim in Kenya.
In any event, this is still a more important issue than Obama's college records.
His performance as President have proved him to be lazy and inept at everything other than his ability as a con man. We need no school records to reinforce those facts.
That's right, but he was still a U.S. citizen. Obama would have been to0, because his mother was a citizen. This is why he should have released the birth certificate when Clinton brought it up.
After all the money he spent trying to keep from doing so, it is little wonder many people will believe this release is fabricated.
Some people will never be okay with Obama because he isn't their kind of American. Whether they recognize it or not, they're uncomfortable with a president whose name and face don't seem European.
Criticize the man on his performance as president. Going after his birth and origins, or after his college records, is just embarrassing. And whatever you think about what he's done, I think the one thing you can't call him is lazy. The stimulus, healthcare, handling 2 wars, an economic crisis, and political upheaval in the Middle East... again, whether or not you approve of how he's handled them, "lazy" is the last word I'd use.
Anonymous, I think you need to read up on what it means to prove or disprove something. Only in a world where logic does not apply does the fact that some small number of people made a fuss about John McCain disprove anything I said.
Did you or did you not say the birth certificate issue was because Obama did not look like an European? Was not McCain's birth certificate also an issue? Does McCain look like an European? Do you know what logic is?
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13 comments:
The authenticity has be proven.
Now, was that so hard? Why didn't he release it long ago?
Why didn't John McCain have to provide his while running?
They didn't have birth certificates that long ago lol
McCain did provide his.
He didn't release it long ago because he preferred to play rope-a-dope with the birthers.
In any event, this is still a more important issue than Obama's college records.
His performance as President have proved him to be lazy and inept at everything other than his ability as a con man. We need no school records to reinforce those facts.
McCain was not born in the US. Did anyone notice?
That's right, but he was still a U.S. citizen. Obama would have been to0, because his mother was a citizen. This is why he should have released the birth certificate when Clinton brought it up.
After all the money he spent trying to keep from doing so, it is little wonder many people will believe this release is fabricated.
Some people will never be okay with Obama because he isn't their kind of American. Whether they recognize it or not, they're uncomfortable with a president whose name and face don't seem European.
Criticize the man on his performance as president. Going after his birth and origins, or after his college records, is just embarrassing. And whatever you think about what he's done, I think the one thing you can't call him is lazy. The stimulus, healthcare, handling 2 wars, an economic crisis, and political upheaval in the Middle East... again, whether or not you approve of how he's handled them, "lazy" is the last word I'd use.
Not Really, they went after McCain's birth Certificate. This would disprove your post.
Anonymous, I think you need to read up on what it means to prove or disprove something. Only in a world where logic does not apply does the fact that some small number of people made a fuss about John McCain disprove anything I said.
Did you or did you not say the birth certificate issue was because Obama did not look like an European? Was not McCain's birth certificate also an issue? Does McCain look like an European? Do you know what logic is?
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