The One Major Controversy That Will Not Go Away

Get over it already. How many times does the guy have to show his long form birth certificate. I cannot believe the right is still on this issue. Obama must be doing a pretty good job if this is how you guys on the right are going continue to try to discredit him as a President. Did any ever stop to think that this is why are country is always in debt? We have our politicians wasting time and money on this nonsense. Lets get real people we have more important things to worry about. If Obama was not properly vetted. It would of been just like Sarah Palin ended in disaster.

You know... he seems to give us enough food for thought that sometimes I forget about this! But you're right. There is enough evidence or lack of evidence that this should be a front burner issue. Good job in putting it all together. You should have a blog if you don't have one.

I think Arizona has a good idea requiring candidates to prove eligibility. This should be a law in all states. It's a federal law that you must be a natural born citizen but I don't see anyone trying to make sure it's adhered to. This proves what a dishonest man our president is, how manipulative and totally devoid of ethics. I can't wait to see someone else, anyone, in that office. My dog could do a better job than he has. And that goes for his predecessor, too, for anyone who'd call me partisan.

Deb, we have all heard this before, and we all know that it is nothing but right wing BS. I don't know why people continue to TRY to make this an issue, but no one is listening. If you really think that all of the "facts" you have are true, than why hasn't Mitt Romney with his VAST fortune investigated all of this, and taken those facts to the public? He would win the race by default. You might want to ask the people that run this BS website this question, and see what they say!!!

Obama's was willful deceit, either to sell books or to become President. Bush's WMDs was based on information from intelligent agencies. Yet Obama gets a pass and Bush is a liar who is responsible for everything bad that's ever or will ever happen to this country. Someone did a pretty good job washing the minds of many of our fellow Americans.

Yes, let's discuss it. (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/born-kenya-obamas-literary-agent-misidentified-birthplace-1991/story?id=16372566#.T7nLusU1N8E) Miriam Goderich edited the text of the bio; she is now a partner at the Dystel & Goderich agency, which lists Obama as one of its current clients. "You're undoubtedly aware of the brouhaha stirred up by Breitbart about the erroneous statement in a client list Acton & Dystel published in 1991 (for circulation within the publishing industry only) that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me — an agency assistant at the time," Goderich wrote. "There was never any information given to us by Obama in any of his correspondence or other communications suggesting in any way that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii. I hope you can communicate to your readers that this was a simple mistake and nothing more." Additionally, here's a 1990 New York Times article about President Obama, from when he was elected to head the Harvard Law Review: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/us/first-black-elected-to-head-harvard-s-law-review.html Note that it says, "Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii." tl;dr: There's still no there there.

I'm not going to get into this topic too deeply, Deb, since I think you and I each know how the other feels about it and I really don't want to "argue". However, there are a few things I feel compelled to say. Regarding that pamphlet that contained the item about President Obama having been born in Kenya, that has been explained to my satisfaction. There are always lots of inaccuracies written about people in the public eye; sometimes they're brought to our attention, sometimes they're not. The agency clearly stated she was never told by Obama that he was born in Kenya...end of story, to me at least. As far as all the records the President hasn't released, come on...KINDERGARTEN records? His parents' marriage license? Gee, why not his first visit by the tooth fairy...just sayin'... It's a simple matter of opinion, I know, which we are ALL entitled to, but I don't lend much credibility to Joe Arpaio, Jerome Corsi or some of the others who have kept this "birther" controversy alive. Sorry, I just don't. It's noteworthy, though, that the Arizona Secretary of State has apologized "for embarrassing his state" and has stated that President Obama will be on the ballot in November. It's been reported that the state of Hawaii has supplied the information he'd asked for. Yes, MSNBC has been reporting on all of this, quite extensively. Annie

How many lies does someone have to tell before you no longer believe that individual? President Obama has hit his mark a long time ago. Yes, all President's lie to some extent. But this has been consistence with his entire administration. Every so-called "promise" has been a complete law followed by blatant blame passing. It is like the guy can't even take responsibility for a single word that comes out of his mouth. Unfortunately, some people just believe the lies even when confronted with evidence that they are lies.

Debra, What everyone seems to ignore is the amount of money BHO has spent to defuse this situation and unsuccessfully I might add. He has spent in the millions of dollars to keep all of these things from public scrutiny. My philosophy is--if there isn't anything to hide, why hide it. I've always maintained that while his eligibility may or may not be an issue, there is definitely SOMETHING Obama doesn't want the American public to know and I believe if they ever gain this knowledge his credibility will be completely demolished.

Debra, sometimes I don't know what or whom to believe. Since the last presidential campaign I've been convinced Obama was a marxist ready to put in place when the time was considered right. His campaign was unlike that of any other president in its almost worship of the candidate. For what other candidate in US history have we seen children chanting in public schools? This is the kind of thing we saw in the time of Hitler and Stalin when children had to be indoctrinated as to the virtues of their leaders. Long ago, after 911, I was also of the belief that the terrorists would grow an Islamic jihadist leader within the United States, someone born here. (And please, I'm not saying Obama is a Muslim. I'm not so sure he's a Christian, either. Rather, I think he's a Marxist that will say and do anything to bring about his agenda. I think the American People simply aren't paying attention to the qualifications and records of their candidates -- whether on the nation, state, or local level. Most are frustrated as I am, because they have no solid way of knowing whose facts are true. The average citizen does not have the time or resources himself to vet all these people on every level he has to vote for, so he has to decide whom to believe, which news sources, which blogs, which books, etc. How many people pay attention to the judicial candidates on their ballots, for example? Many people just vote for the incubant or the first name on the ballot for these "nonpartisan" positions. Same with school board candidates and county board of supervisors. Yet these people often have more real power over the quality of your life than the President. They determine the regulations that will limit your ability to do business and when you can use your utilities. We often deserve the government we get. As to Romney, he was definitely not my first choice. But if I have to choose between a Mormon and a Marxist, I'll choose the Mormon. AS to his citizenship, is anyone seriously questioning that he was born in the United States? Article XIV of the Constitution says "All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside. Since Romney wasn't naturalized here, he would be a citizen by birth as far as I am concerned. I think it's a pretty far stretch to say he's not under the jurisdiction of the US at birth just because his father was not a natural born citizen, if Mitt was born here. Every person born of illegal immigrants in this country is considered a citizen, even though many call them anchor babies and say the 14th Amendment shouldn't apply to them because their parent's aren't under our jurisdiction. What we might think ought to be and what is are often too different animals. Here's what I know about Mormons that makes me prefer them to Marxists. First I believe Mormons do love this country and the freedom to practice their religion that they have here. I know they believe in the family and are generally pro-life. I can't imagine a Mormon seriously considering forced birth control or abortion anymore than I can envision the Catholic church supporting these things. Mormons work hard, are industrious, and believe in self-sufficiency and taking responsibility for caring for one's family. They share many values with Catholic and Evangelical Christians -- it's their theology that separates them more than their values do. Marxists, on the other hand, depend on propaganda and lies to further their agendas. They have no love for this country, but they love power. They say they are for the little guy, but if you look at the countries they have controlled, you will see the politicians in charge living high on the hog while the little guys starve. Marxist rely on the sword to convince when words won't. They have no qualms about using fraud in elections or intimidating voters. They will destroy their political enemies when they get power -- either using the IRS or something resembling the KGB -- what ever they have access to and can control. Is this the choice I wanted? No. I find myself having to pick the lesser of two evils again. But that will not make me sit out what may be the most important election in our history.