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Jill M
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Jill M asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Where is the source for this? Anybody know??

Someone sent me this in an email. There was no citation. I tend to take things like this with copious amounts of salt. Can anyone find a reliable source for this other than some random email. Or is it someone slandering a) Billary or b) Obama or c) both?

"Subject: Is Obama Legally Eligible to Serve as President?

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, WELL HERE IT IS.

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 on the books at the time of his birth, which falls between December 24, 1952, to November 13, 1986. Federal Law requires that the office of President requires 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 minimum ten years, five of which must be after the age of 16.' Barack Obama's father was not a U.S. Citizen 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. Barack Obama was already 3 years old at the time his mother would have needed to be to allow him natural citizenship from his only U.S. Citizen parent. Obama should have been naturalized as a citizen . . . but that would disqualify him from holding the office.

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 should 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."

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    If it's true, I'm sure we'll hear about it come convention time.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's entirely propaganda.

    The laws cited above are specific to those born outside of the U.S. Since Hawaii became a state before Barack was born, the simple fact that he was born within the confines of the U.S. makes him a citizen (just like all of the other babies who are born here, regardless of whether or not their parents are citizens).

  • 1 decade ago

    There is no source. It's a smear e-mail that is quite false. Obama was born in Hawaii and is thus a US citizen.

    Also, it bears mentioning that McCain was:

    A) Born upon a U.S. military base, which counts as being American soil

    B) Born to two citizens, making the location of his birth meaningless

    Both Obama and McCain are natural-born US citizens.

  • 1 decade ago

    False, wrong person! Mccain was the one who was not born in the states because he was born in Panama!

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  • 1 decade ago

    Propaganda at its usual. Obama is a qualified candidate and was born in Hawaii, and his mother was born in Kansas, and her parents are United States white folk just like she is. Give me a break!

    It is McCain who was born in Panama, and should not be in this election at all.

  • Sure. Whooommp. Get overr it.

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