Obama'sprayer: 'Don't question my citizenship'

Raisesissue of eligibility in speech at annual breakfast gathering

Posted: February 04, 2010
11:34 am Eastern

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President Obama today at the NationalPrayer Breakfast raised the issue of his own eligibility for office –saying that people shouldn't be questioning his "citizenship."

Talking about the issue of"civility," he said, "Now, I am the first to confess I am not alwaysright. Michelle will testify to that. But surely you can question mypolicies without questioning my faith, or, for that matter, mycitizenship."

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Obama continues, "Challenging eachother's ideas can renew our democracy. But when we challenge eachother's motives, it becomes harder to see what we hold in common. Weforget that we share at some deep level the same dreams – even when wedon't share the same plans on how to fulfill them."

The questions, however, over Obama's"citizenship," actually go to the core of the American republic.Multiple lawsuits have challenged that he is not qualified for the OvalOffice under the Constitution's requirement that U.S. presidents be a"natural born citizen."

The plaintiffs – who run into thehundreds so far and who still have a number of cases pending at theappelllate level – have alleged that failing to meet thatconstitutional requirement means he actually is a usurper, with noactual authority to be president.

On a forum page at The Hillnewspaper, one commenter wrote that the president has only himself toblame for the questions.

"Personally I am no birther … but Iam curious as to why Obama continues to beat on this issue .. is it apolitical ploy by his handlers to continue to use this as a divisiveissue? To try and embarrass a certain segment of the population? And ifnot, why doesn't he just provide the certificate and end all thespeculation for the conspirators once and for all? Obama has certainlybeen a little less than forthcoming on his grades, his Harvard reviewpublications and many other accomplishments…"

The reference apparently was thefirst time the issue has been addressed by Obama, even though he didnot provided any answers. His press secretary, Robert Gibbs, repeatedlyhas ridiculed questions related to the subject, and the White Houseitself has declined to respond to any of a multitude of questionssubmitted by WND over months on the issue.

The multiple Obama eligibility caseshave cited Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution, which states, "NoPerson except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the UnitedStates, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall beeligible to the Office of President."

Some of the lawsuits question whetherObama was actually born in Hawaii, as he insists. If he was born out ofthe country, Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too youngat the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her sonunder the law at the time.

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Other challenges have focused onObama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to thejurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thusmaking him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of theConstitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.

Further, others question hiscitizenship by virtue of his attendance in Indonesian schools duringhis childhood and question on what passport did he travel to Pakistanthree decades ago.

Adding fuel to the fire is Obama'spersistent refusal to release documents that could provide answers andthe appointment – at a cost confirmed to be at least $1.7 million – ofmyriad lawyers to defend against all requests for his documentation,such as his original birth certificate. While his supporters cite anonline version of a "Certification of Live Birth" from Hawaii as hisbirth verification, critics point out such documents actually wereissued for children not born in the state.

Among documentation not yet available for Obama is hiskindergarten records, Punahou school records, Occidental Collegerecords, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard LawSchool records, Harvard Law Review articles, scholarly articles fromthe University of Chicago, passport, medical records, files from hisyears as an Illinois state senator, his Illinois State Bar Associationrecords, any baptism records and his adoption records.

Because of the dearth of informationabout Obama's eligibility, WND founder Joseph Farah has launched acampaign to raise contributions to post billboards asking a simplequestion: "Where's the birth certificate?"

The campaign followed apetition that has collected more than 490,000 signatures demanding proof of hiseligibility, the availability of yard signs raising the question and the production of permanent,detachable magnetic bumper stickers asking the question.

The "certification of live birth"posted online and widely touted as "Obama's birth certificate" does notin any way prove he was born in Hawaii, since the same "short-form"document is easily obtainable for children not born in Hawaii. The true"long-form" birth certificate – which includes information such as thename of the birth hospital and attending physician – is the onlydocument that can prove Obama was born in Hawaii, but to date he hasnot permitted its release for public or press scrutiny.

Oddly, though congressional hearingswere held to determine whether Sen. John McCain was constitutionallyeligible to be president as a "natural born citizen," no controllinglegal authority ever sought to verify Obama's claim to a Hawaiian birth.

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