Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Is Obama's candidacy constitutional? Secrecy over birth certificate, demand for 'natural-born' citizenship cited


USA - Bloggers are raising questions about Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's qualifications to be U.S. president, because of the secrecy over his birth certificate and the requirement presidents be "natural-born" U.S. citizens.
Jim Geraghty, reporting on the Campaign Spot, cited the "unlikely" but still circulating rumor that Obama was born not within the United States, but elsewhere, possibly Kenya. Ann Dunham, Obama's mother, was 18 when Obama was born "so she wouldn't have met the requirement of five years after the age of 16."There isn't much paperwork on Obama's parents' marriage. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - NetZero Internet