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Birthers, twofers and proofers

by Dr. Conspiracy on 07. Aug, 2009 in Lounge

Dr. Conspiracy

Dr. Conspiracy

I am proposing some new terms to try to distinguish between groups who agitate for some further process to validate the last election.

  • Birther – someone who believes Barack Obama was not born in the United States, or lost his US citizenship at some point thereafter.
  • Twofer – someone who believes that the office of President constitutionally requires two citizen parents (in addition to whatever other qualifications exist).
  • Proofer – someone who believes that Barack Obama is the legitimate president of the United States, but that either this was insufficiently verified, that releasing further documentation is warranted to make this all go away, or that calls for a court to resolve any constitutional ambiguity about presidential qualifications.

I’m ignoring the last group who don’t care a rats ass about anything, just so long as they can get Obama out of office by any means possible as soon as possible.

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Bates on Citizenship

by Dr. Conspiracy on 11. Mar, 2009 in Citizenship

AG Opinion

AG Opinion

Many say, and perhaps rightly, that the US Supreme Court has never stated what the definition of natural born citizen is and so they conclude that it is necessary for a court to make this decision before the legitimacy of Barack Obama as president can be known.

But, the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency and the definition of natural born citizen has been thoroughly studied by the Abraham Lincoln’s Attorney General way back in 1862, and he rendered his opinion quite clearly and plainly.

United States Attorney General opinions are carefully reasoned statements based on law, and form the basis for practice in the Executive Branch. Unless there is a change in the law or a court ruling to the contrary, these opinions are reliable statements of the law. No court having ruled otherwise, the following opinion is still as valid today as it was in 1862. This means that Barack Obama is the legitimate president of the United States right now. You can all stand down, relax, and get on with your lives. You don’t have to thank me. (more…)

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