Obama Birther Movement

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Originally Posted by Don

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Is this weird issue really going to gain traction and influence the outcome of the 2012 election?

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No. The whole "Birther" thing is a fake debate to cover up the issue that is struggling to come up. It is the issue of birthright citizenship.

By all rights and reasons, Obama and anyone whose parents are not both US citizens, cannot really claim citizenship. The closest we can get to a public confrontation on this is the even less rational claim that even the offspring of illegal immigrants born on US soil are US citizens by birth.

Obama's father was not a US citizen. As far as I am concerned, and the facts for which are not in debate, Obama is not a citizen and should not be president for that simple fact, just like so many in this country claim citizenship and don't really have any legitimate claims on citizenship.