Oh yes he is!

[jayes_musings]

There is a case being appealed to the Supreme Court which claims that Barack Obama is not eligible to be President as because his father was Kenyan, Obama is therefore not a natural born US citizen, even though he was born on US soil.

Fortunately, it seems likely (from the report that I heard) that the Supreme Court will decide not to hear this case, but it still makes me angry. (And it is only one of several similar cases, all of which have been tossed out of lower courts, thankfully.

Saying that is like saying that my children, both born in the US, are not natural born US citizens because I was born in Britain. Well, they are most undoubtedly and assuredly are and always have been. I find this case to be a great insult to them as much as Obama.

The nerve of some people. Oh, how I would like to meet this guy and set him right.

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[lorelei633.livejournal.com]

It's a desperate and vicious move by conservative right-wing nutjobs in a last-ditch effort to keep him from taking office. I'm actually shocked it's going forward. From what I've read online this morning, Supreme Court Justice David Souter had declined the motion to bring it before the Supreme Court, but Justice Clarence Thomas filed the paperwork to reinstate it. He's a Republican, so there's no real mystery as to why he's doing this. I always chalked this up to the tinfoil hat brigade and figured nothing would come of it but now I'm actually beginning to get worried. I don't even want to think about what could happen if they actually succeed in barring him from the Presidency. I think this country will absolutely erupt.

Just goes to show that the right wing conservatives will stop at nothing to hold on to power.

[luscious-words.livejournal.com]

*sigh* It really does not surprise me that this is happening. It's a last ditch effort to prevent it from happening, which is utter asshattery. Nutters on parade, I tell you, nutters on parade. They just need to accept reality...oh wait, it's not their reality so they find it difficult. *rolls eyes*

Edit: Oops, wrong icon. Meant the other Kronos one. ;)

[fannyfae]

Well, his mother IS a naturalized US Citizen, therefore they really are grasping at straws. They just don't want to accept the fact that the GOP hold on power is irrevocably broken.

[nota-faerietale.livejournal.com]

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So when do we decide that someone is or isn't a "real" citizen. Third generation? Fifth?

[itsmybrain2.livejournal.com]

Your kids are as American as apple pie! I know, I spent time with them. *g*

I feel your pain dear. As you know I was born inGermany, my dad in the service. I often pondered the fact that it was not at all my folks fault there was no military hospitatl on the base they were stationed at. I had to come out in a German one. Thus I was not considered us. *shakes head*

As to the Obama mess, yes well I suppose (being very generous here) it's good that it happened to avoid future troubles. :)