(Reuters) - Finally, there is definitive proof: The presidential candidate was born in the United States, and his father was not.
Yes, Republican Mitt Romney appears eligible to be president, according to a copy of Romney's birth certificate released to Reuters by his campaign. Willard Mitt Romney, the certificate says, was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
But, but... That's only a "Certificate of Live Birth"...
Here's what Trump has to say about that:
"A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate." -- Donald Trump
So, Romney obviously has something to hide...at least according to the "bloviating ignoramus"...(courtesy: George Will)
His Father was born in Mexico, mother in Utah... According to Trump, a U.S.-born mother, and a non-citizen father makes Romney ineligible? Wait a minute... If Romney is a citizen by virtue of his mother's Utah birth, then wouldn't that mean....?
Oh, wait...I forgot...We're dealing with bat-sh*t-crazy looney-tunes racists on the Right... My bad...
If his father was born in Mexico does that make him a natural born citizen? How did his father challenge Richard Nixon for the nomination if he was born in another country? Where were the birthers then?
Every hear of an "anchor baby?" I'm guessing not...
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
otisptoadwater wrote: Every hear of an "anchor baby?" I'm guessing not...
"Anchor babies" are born in the US to foreign parents. George was born in Mexico, so wouldn't that make him, as a Mexican anchor baby, a citizen of Mexico????? Or doesn't Mexico have anchor babies?
If, however, he claimed that he had one parent an American citizen, therefore he is an American citizen.....then the whole birther nonsense about Obama goes out the window because Obama's mother was an American citizen. You Republicans can't have it both ways.
LadyJazzer wrote: But, but... That's only a "Certificate of Live Birth"...
Here's what Trump has to say about that:
"A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate." -- Donald Trump
So, Romney obviously has something to hide...at least according to the "bloviating ignoramus"...(courtesy: George Will)
His Father was born in Mexico, mother in Utah... According to Trump, a U.S.-born mother, and a non-citizen father makes Romney ineligible? Wait a minute... If Romney is a citizen by virtue of his mother's Utah birth, then wouldn't that mean....?
Oh, wait...I forgot...We're dealing with bat-sh*t-crazy looney-tunes racists on the Right... My bad...
As much as it hurts, I gotta agree with LJ on this one (execpt for her racist rant stuff)...
Obama did release his perfectly legal certificate of live birth early on (June 2008). But that wasn't good enough for many on the right and it dragged on forever. He finally dug up the long form, not that he should of had to.
So why is Romney's certificate of live birth now good enough proof based on what was expected from Obama?
To me, Romney's is proof enough, just as Obama's June 2008 certificate of live birth was.
The whole birther issue is not based on logic, it's all emotion. The conservatives want Obama out of office so badly they will make up whatever lies they can to accomplish that goal. And this is NOT about his performance as president, it all started before he was elected. It seems to me that there has been a underlying climate of hate since the day Obama declared he was running for president, and it has been one conspiracy theory after another, one lie after another, one fabricated controversy after another since that day. Before you jump all over me for insinuating that "all conservatives" feel this way......find me one who doesn't. If there is one thing that unites the GOP it's their animosity towards Obama since day 1.
archer wrote: The whole birther issue is not based on logic, it's all emotion. The conservatives want Obama out of office so badly they will make up whatever lies they can to accomplish that goal. And this is NOT about his performance as president, it all started before he was elected. It seems to me that there has been a underlying climate of hate since the day Obama declared he was running for president, and it has been one conspiracy theory after another, one lie after another, one fabricated controversy after another since that day. Before you jump all over me for insinuating that "all conservatives" feel this way......find me one who doesn't. If there is one thing that unites the GOP it's their animosity towards Obama since day 1.
Yes it did start before the election. It was started by Democrats. It was Hillary Clinton supporters who DIDN'T want Obama in office so badly that they started the "birther" movement. Elements of the GOP picked up the idea and ran with it. Get your facts straights.
Are you saying that all conservatives hate Obama? You're wrong. I'm a conservative and I am not a "birther" nor do I hate the man for any reason. I don't agree with him or his political ideology, but I far from hate him.
Archer... you're just going to have to come to the realization that a segment of our society is not in agreement with President Obama on many issues. They don't hate him, they are not racists, they don't think he is a secret Muslim... they just have a basic disagreement with his politics. It happens all the time, in politics, business, between people in your neighborhood. You can't manipulate people or intimidate people into agreeing with you and you can't go through life pretending that you are right and everyone else is wrong. That's why we have two political parties, that's why we have a United Nations, that's the way it goes. Deal with it.
I'm a conservative, I don't hate Obama. I dislike his political opinions. I have ever since he started talking about them in campaign speeches. I agree with some things, but disagree with more. That makes me believe he's not the right man to be president.
So, Archer - take your attempted overgeneralizing about conservatives and stuff it up your liberal spigot.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
