TPM:
Rep. Bill Posey, a freshman Republican from Florida, is now putting forward a bill that should be good news for a particular demographic that cares a whole lot about their issue: Those folks out there who insist that President Obama hasn't offered a birth certificate to prove he's a natural-born U.S. citizen.
CNN reports that Posey has submitted a bill to require all presidential candidates to submit a birth certificate -- which Posey says is needed in order to remove this issue as a reason to question any president's legitimacy.
"Opponents of President Bush used the 2000 election results and the court decisions to question the legitimacy of President Bush to serve as President," Posey said in a statement. "Opponents of President Obama are raising the birth certificate issue as a means of questioning his eligibility to serve as president. Neither of these situations are healthy for our Republic."
Posey's spokesperson told CNN that Posey takes President Obama's word for it that he's a citizen: "This was not meant as an insult to the president. It is simply meant as a way to clarify future election laws and to dispel the issue so we can move on with doing business for the country."
A quick check of the Library of Congress' Thomas site shows the bill does not have any cosponsors yet. But Posey only introduced it on Thursday, so he's just getting started.
1 comment:
As our country was founded by those who left England one might think Americans had read American History. 8 US Presidents were not natural born US citizens. These wise men know what to handle that one too. As written in the US Constition the GrandFather clause was written but few have read it. Now one US President has ever been questioned as we know the State and city of each birth. Now comes the first black President who was born long after Hawaii became part of the USA and there's a question. Now facts if McCain won he would have to drop out. McCain born in Panama in 1936 is not nor can he ever be a natural born citizen. Yes those born in the Panama Military base were allowed American citizenship as they were grandfathered in when the bill passed. But if one only read the US Constitution it clearly states NATURAL BORN and the only GrandFather clause allowed was for the 8 Presidents. If McCain won and defied the US Constitution it would give cause for Gov. Termainator to run for President and any other foreign born person who gained US citizenship. I love American History it clears up all the mistakes told my our current Law Makers.
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