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Old 21 April 2008, 08:50 PM
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United States Barack Obama was born in Kenya

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Today, we have a new matter before us. There is an article out today on
the internet that says that Barack Obama's mother was living in Kenya with
his Arab-African father late in her pregnancy.

She was not allowed to travel by plane then, so she Barack Obama was born
there and his mother then took him to Hawaii to register his birth.

Obama is not eligible to be the President of the United States of America.
This may not be proven in the next few days, but I am sure it will be
proven before the General Election.

The DNC and the elite of the Democratic party should respect Hillary and
not force her off the ballot. If they do, we may not even have a viable
candidate.

I'm sure all this can be proven, by hospital documents and witnesses. It
will take time, but Obama is not a legitimate U. S. citizen. He has
citizenship established in Kenya, where he is recorded as Arab-African.
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Old 21 April 2008, 08:53 PM
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I believe the laws in effect at the time still allowed the child of one American citizen parent and one non-American parent to claim U.S. citizenship as long as the American citizen parent was physically present in the United States for ten years prior to the birth.

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Old 21 April 2008, 08:53 PM
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D'oh!

*bangs head on table*

I wonder, if he was white, but everything else was the same, would we be having these damn, stooped emails floating around?
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Old 21 April 2008, 08:58 PM
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Where on the Internet is this article? I can't find it.
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Old 21 April 2008, 09:01 PM
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I just wonder what's going to happen next: he's a Muslim, he's the Anti-Christ, he's not really American...
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Old 21 April 2008, 09:02 PM
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*bangs head on table*

I wonder, if he was white, but everything else was the same, would we be having these damn, stooped emails floating around?
Well, I'd hazard a guess that yes, we would. As long as there is an opposition party, people would look for any excuse to remove a candidate. (I'd also wager that, despite the closing paragraphs, this e-mail originates from someone voting Republican, not a die-hard Hillary supporter.)

In fact, the exact same issue was raised about John McCain, given his birthplace is in the Canal Zone in Panama. Link.

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Old 21 April 2008, 09:02 PM
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I wonder, if he was white, but everything else was the same, would we be having these damn, stooped emails floating around?
There have been emails about John McCain as well as he was born in Panama.
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Old 21 April 2008, 09:03 PM
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Well, I'd hazard a guess that yes, we would. As long as there is an opposition party, people would look for any excuse to remove a candidate. (I'd also wager that, despite the closing paragraphs, this e-mail originates from someone voting Republican, not a die-hard Hillary supporter.)

In fact, the exact same issue was raised about John McCain, given his birthplace is in the Canal Zone in Panama. Link.

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Good point. I know politics gets mean and nasty, and politicians love smear, but...ugh. Just ugh.

I can't wait til November is over.
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Old 21 April 2008, 09:05 PM
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There have been emails about John McCain as well as he was born in Panama.
But John McCain was born in Panama. Barack Obama wasn't born in Kenya.
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Old 21 April 2008, 09:06 PM
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Today, we have a new matter before us.
What the hell kind of starter is that? What is this, the Algonquin Roundtable?

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so she Barack Obama was born
there and his mother then took him to Hawaii to register his birth.
ZOMG! Barack Obama is an intersex person. Or transgendered. Or something.
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he's a Muslim, he's the Anti-Christ, he's not really American...
A triple redundancy!

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I'm sure all this can be proven, by hospital documents and witnesses. It will take time, but Obama is not a legitimate U. S. citizen. He has citizenship established in Kenya, where he is recorded as Arab-African.
Wouldn't be a real anti-Obama rumour without the implication that he's a Muslim
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I just wonder what's going to happen next: he's a Muslim, he's the Anti-Christ, he's not really American...
Isn't obvious? He'll be a Nazi (all visual evidence that this is not possible will be dismissed) or he'll be a space alien. Or possibly a Nazi Space Alien.
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Old 21 April 2008, 10:09 PM
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Isn't obvious? He'll be a Nazi (all visual evidence that this is not possible will be dismissed) or he'll be a space alien. Or possibly a Nazi Space Alien.
As Stephen Colbert said, Obama "was supported by Ted Kennedy, who is Catholic, and the Catholic Church is led by a Pope who was in the Hitler Youth, [so] that can mean only one thing: OBAMA LOVES HITLER!"

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Old 21 April 2008, 10:11 PM
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As Stephen Colbert said, Obama "was supported by Ted Kennedy, who is Catholic, and the Catholic Church is led by a Pope who was in the Hitler Youth, [so] that can mean only one thing: OBAMA LOVES HITLER!"

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See? I was right. Obama is a Nazi. But is he a space nazi?
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Isn't obvious? He'll be a Nazi (all visual evidence that this is not possible will be dismissed) or he'll be a space alien. Or possibly a Nazi Space Alien.
You're thinking on too small a scale. He's CLEARLY a Feminazi Islamofascist Space-Elitist Kenyan!
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Old 21 April 2008, 10:14 PM
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I just wonder what's going to happen next: he's a Muslim, he's the Anti-Christ, he's not really American...
He is the walrus. Goo-goo-ga-joob.
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See? I was right. Obama is a Nazi. But is he a space nazi?
Obama is not a Nazi, but yet very similar to Hitler: http://citizenwells.wordpress.com/20...-hate-the-sin/
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Much of what I am witnessing about Barack Obama reminds me of the period between World War I and World War II in Germany. People were ready for change. Unlike here, conditions were really bad. Adolf Hitler began speaking about his vision for Germany. He also spewed racist, hate messages and blamed the jews for all of their ills. Obama speaks of change and many of those around him spew the racist, hate filled messages. This is too much deja vu for me.
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Old 21 April 2008, 10:20 PM
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Obama is not a Nazi, but yet very similar to Hitler:
Ah, even better. Obama is actually Hilter. But we still haven't addressed the whole space alien issue.
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Ah, even better. Obama is actually Hilter. But we still haven't addressed the whole space alien issue.
Done and done! http://media.www.gsusignal.com/media...-2692461.shtml
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