Barack’s an American Citizen…Whoopee-dee-doo
The big news on Wednesday was how Barack Obama provided a copy of his birth certificate to put an end to the ongoing rumors of Obama not being a natural born citizen of the US . A recent poll found that 25% of Americans did not believe our President was born in the US (40% of Republicans believed that as well.) All I have to say is we need to calm the fuck down America .
First off for full disclosure, I am a registered Republican and do not believe Barack Obama has not done a great job as our leader. However, this post will have nothing to do with my opinion of this man. It has to do with how insane this debate has been.
This debate has been going on as soon as Obama won the Democratic Primary in 2008. While it has never been completely forgotten, it had cooled off until Donald Trump, potential GOP presidential candidate, brought it back into the limelight. Despite providing legally binding documentation in 2008 of his birth in Hawaii , followers of the "birther" movement still demanded his birth certificate. On Wednesday, it was provided and should have ended this controversy once and for all. WRONG!
Many of the FOX News all-stars are already claiming the birth certificate is a fake. They had experts on their programs last night talk about how the birth certificate was ripped out of a book and photo shopped to make it look authentic. Also, some people have flipped it on the “birthers”, claiming this is an issue of race, not residency. We went from having one disagreement to having two.
This shouldn’t even be an issue. Since I was a youngster learning about the government in grade school, you knew the president had to be born in America and at least 35 years old. I am hoping someone in the government checks on this before we elect a president. I always assumed our president met the necessary requirements of becoming president. I don’t even care if they use Wikipedia. Just research it somehow.
There will still be critics of this issue. The only way they will believe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii is if Rush Limbaugh tells them to. So, it’ll never happen. As for the race card, I don’t believe this applies. I believe this is an issue of Republicans vs. Democrats. If Obama was white and had the last name of Laperriere, I am sure we would be having the same debate as critics would believe Barack Laperriere is from Canada or France .
Speaking of the French, lets mention another douchefag: Donald Trump. First, he demanded Barack show us his papers. Then, he accused the media of blowing it out of proportion. Then, he claimed he should be congratulated for having Barack provide the certificate. I wouldn’t expect anything less from the man who ruined the USFL and hosts “Celebrity Apprentice”.
Now that Birthgate has been cleared, maybe Obama can focus his attention on some other areas, like deadly tornadoes, our rising gas prices, our economy, or the Libyan war just to name a few.
-Written By Marcus Boyd
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