Political conspiracy theorists

OK, so of all the conspiracy theorists in the world, my favorite are the political ones. I mean, how awesome are they. Do they actually think that Bush planned 9/11? Do they actually think we didn't land on the moon? Honestly, after seeing Wag the Dog, I can understand their cynicism. But, trust me, no one is more cynical than moi.

Here's my favorite conspiracy theory of the day:

What do you think about this one ? ? ?

Think about this. I always thought that Clinton had something on Obama. A birth certificate is a matter of public record. I wonder where it is. We know that Obama refuses to release his birth certificate, and for some reason it is not on file in Hawaii, so this is interesting. Is Obama Legally Eligible to Serve as President? Here's something for you to ponder. SOME TIME AGO HILARY SAID SHE HAD SOMETHING ON OBAMA THAT WOULD CHANGE THE ELECTION, AND THAT'S WHY SHE ONLY SUSPENDED HER QUEST FOR THE PRESIDENCY. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE TIME FRAME AS YOU READ THIS.

This came from a USNA alumnus. It'll be interesting to see how the media handles this.
Barack Obama is not a legal U.S.natural-born citizen, according to the law on20the books at the time of his birth, which falls between December 24, 1952, to November 13,1986. Federal Law states that the office of President requires a person be a natural-born citizen, if the child was not born to two U.S. citizen parents. This is what exempts John McCain, though he was born in the US Panama Canal Zone .

US Law very clearly states: '. . . if only one parent is a U.S. Citizen at the time of one's birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for a minimum of ten years, five of which must be after the age of 16. Barack Obama's father was not a U.S. Citizen, that is a fact. Obama's mother was only 18 when Obama was born. This means even though she had been a U.S. Citizen for 10 years, (or> citizen of Hawaii being a territory), his mother fails the test for at-least-5-years-prior- to Barack Obama's birth, but-after-age-16. In essence, Mother alone is not old enough to qualify her son for automatic U.S. Citizenship. At most, 2 years elapsed from his mother turning 16 to the time of Barack Obama's birth when she was 18. His mother would have needed to have been 16 + 5 = 21 years old at the time of Barack Obama's birth for him to be a natural-born citizen. The Constitution clearly declares: Naturalized citizens are ineligible to hold the office of President. Though Barack Obama was sent back to Hawaii at age 10, any other information does not matter because his mother is the one who must fulfill the requirement to be a U.S. Citzen for 10 years prior to his birth on August 4, 1961, with 5 of those years being after age 16.

Further, Obama may have had to have remained in the USA for some time frame to protect any citizenship he might have had, rather than living in Indonesia . This is very clear cut and a glaring violation of U.S. Election law. I think that Governor Schwarzenegger of California would be very interested in discovering if Obama is allowed to be elected President without being a natural-born U.S. Citizen, since this would set a precedent. Stay tuned to your TV sets because I suspect some of this information will be leaking through over the next several days.

This needs to spread rapidly!!

Ok, one thing at a time (guys, stop laughing, seriously, people believe this stuff)

1) Obama has released his birth certificate. That's the most ridiculous claim I've ever heard. To become a U.S. Senator, they have to show a driver's license, passport and Birth Certificate. Not the mention the whole fingerprinting thing.

2) At what point did Hillary say she had something on obama that would change the election? I've searched Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and just plain ol' Google News and can't find this quote or mentioned anywhere

3) For those unclear about the USNA, that's the U.S. Naval Academy. Now, why they'd be doing this sort of investigation and not, I da know, the court system is beyond me. Maybe it's like JAG. HAha.

4) To be a natural-born citizen, one has to be born in a US state (including embassies and military bases). Examples of people who have run for President while not being born in a state: Barry Goldwater (Arizona, before it was a state and was still a territory), George Romney (Mexico, but was to US parents), Al Gore (born in the District of Columbia, obviously not a state) and John McCain (Panama Canal before it was a US territory). Also, the article in the Constitution is not that specific. It states the following: "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." That would allow a lot of latitude. The 14th Amendment mentions the different types of citizens like those who are by birth and those by law.

5) So let me get this straight, because Obama's mom was a teenager, she wasn't a citizen? So, I've only been a citizen for 5 years? Yeah, let's shoot holes into that one. I'm pretty sure I had a passport at age 8, when I went to London, so that's obviously not true. Pretty sure American is pretty strict on who they issue a passport to. In fact, there was a court case about this (Nguyen vs. INS) where it states if a child is born outside of the US to a non-US father and a US mother, as long as paterity is proven, they are a US citizen. Point, Blair.

6) The Constitution does state that naturalized citizens cannot be President or Vice President (hence why Arnold couldn't run). But, it's a good thing that Obama isn't naturalized and was born in a US state. Hawai'i, by the by, became a state in 1959, Obama was born in 1961.

7) "Obama may have had to have remained in the USA for some time frame to prove any citizenship rather than living in Indonesia..." WHAT? I mean, honestly. Hilarious. How about his entire life? That sounds like long enough to me.


The point of the natual born citizen provision is to allow people like John McCain who weren't born in the US a chance to become president. It would be unfair to disallow him to be president just because his parents were stationed outside of the US. Just like it's perfectly legal for Obama to be president, considering he was born in a US state.

End scene.