In ‘Birthers’ Gain Ground on Question of Citizenship, I crafted a phony news story reporting that the White House would release all details of the president’s birth place.  For those concerned about the matter, I provided a link at the end of the story which presumably would lead to more details.  In reality, the link takes the reader to a YouTube video of a rickroll starring Beeker the Muppet.

Go ahead.  You can tell me.  You clicked on the link in that story, didn’t you?

In Dear Birthers.  Get Over it., I laid out the reasons why pursuing a technicality as a defense against the Obama agenda is not really the best use of time and resources.

So now that I’ve made a mockery of the firmly held beliefs of others, I think it should only be necessary that I should offer some assistance on the matter.  Pay attention, Birthers.  Take notes if you must.  I’m going to give you the groundwork to help your cause to bear fruit.

1. First of all, spend more time hammering the Obama agenda and less time sending chain emails with pictures of his Kenyan birth certificate.  There are going to be plenty of drive-by Birthers out there who can continue to beat the drum about where the Bamster was born.  On the other hand, the agenda provides a wellspring of material for those who follow the political scene on a daily basis.  If you don’t believe me, go read what’s being said about it in the blogosphere.  Just read mine first, and don’t stop until you find yourself in giddy anticipation for the next entry I publish.
2. Next, you need to strengthen the grass roots effort to send Obama’s minions in Congress back to the private sector where they can start their crackpot think tanks, political action committees, and lobbying firms.  Load up the ballot for the upcoming mid-term elections with a gaggle of public servants who will not use legislation to assault the freedoms our founding fathers envisioned for this great country of ours.
3. Unless the state of Hawaii coughs up the actual record of Obama’s birth, fight any and every piece of legislation or resolution proposed in Congress which validates his citizenship as being naturally born.
4. Win control of Congress in the 2010 mid-term elections.  You’re going to have to win big and then some, because you’ll need it for numbers 5 and 6.
5. Introduce and pass legislation which requires all candidates for the Presidency to provide proof of his/her legal right to run for the office, beginning with the 2012 election.  One would think this is already a requirement of any candidate filing papers with the Federal Election Commission, however I’ve yet to find requirements for proof of where one was born.
6. If you gain control of Congress, and if you manage to pass such legislation, you can count on a presidential veto.  Be prepared to override it.
7. Keep paying attention, as you aren’t done yet.  Nominate a viable candidate in 2012.  Don’t nominate someone who feels it’s his or her party’s job to sit on the fence that divides the political spectrum.  Get someone who is going to drastically reduce the size of government and preserve our personal freedoms to do whatever we want without the threat of confiscatory taxation looming over our shoulders.

At this point, you’ve taken several good steps to get the country back on track and heading in the right direction.  In the process, you have forced the target of your crusade to finally tip his hands and pony up the proof that he was actually born in Hawaii.  If he is to be a legally qualified candidate for the 2012 race, then the American people will have to see the goods.

The problem with this philosophy is that the same thing could happen to TOTUS and it’s symbiont in 2012 that happened to Bill Clinton in 1994.  A shift of power in Congress saved his presidency by forcing him to moderate his agenda, and gave him the ability to take credit for a bustling economy.  November 06, 2012 could very well serve up a re-election for Obama.

The only saving grace at that point is the hope that the Mayans and their calendar (mine has anamorphized chimps on it) were right.  If so, the world will end on December 21, 2012, just about a month before the Creepy Cult of Personality can begin a second term.

So there you go, Birthers.  Do you think you can do it?

The entire argument is based on a passage in Article II of the U.S. Constitution:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

When the framers of the Constitution were laying down the groundwork for how things should be run, they had a lot of things to consider.  The founding of this great nation of ours couldn’t really be considered a shovel ready project at the time.   For the framers, the real estate agent’s motto of location, location, location applied to the candidate’s place of birth when it came to qualifying an individual for the Presidency.  The primary concern was that outside influences should not be allowed to get in and decide what kind of drapes to hang in the west wing.

Now obviously, the Birthers don’t want Obama to be where he is.  There are a wide variety of reasons ranging from being sore losers, being racist, or not being completely satisfied with the evidence presented so far.  I won’t even posit a hypothesis which leans in favor of any given reason over another.

Instead, I’ll offer the following words of encouragement to those who continue to beat the drum of getting Barack Obama out of office on a technicality.

Get over it.

The following tidbits of persuasive intelligence from a Charter Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy will reveal why you need to strongly consider taking my advice to drop the matter:

Proof has been offered ad nauseam – Ad nauseam is one of those bitchin’ Latin phrases that get italicized a lot for no real special reason.  It means “Stop asking that stupid ass question for which I’ve given you the answer about a million times, lest I hurl on you.”  I don’t think that’s the word for word meaning, but I do know that the potential for hurl is involved.

Ladies and gentlemen, proof was offered up during the campaign.  I know there’s question about the authenticity of the birth certificate that was put out to the press.  I know what Obama’s Kenyan grandmother has said, and about the possible existence of a Kenyan birth certificate.    What I also know is that in order to get any type of job with the government anymore, you are subjected to a rigorous background check which stands as the equivalent of getting a colonoscopy from the good people at Roto Rooter.  Has it occurred to you that in the process of vetting Obama for his assorted clearances and the like as POTUS, that the feds may have done an extensive background search on the man to make sure he was legit? 

Proving his radical socialism is easier – ‘Nuff said on that matter.  I don’t have to say anything to back that up short of pointing to his agenda.  Let the man stay in office and put up a legitimate fight against his machinations.  Let him self destruct based on the content of what he wants to do to this country.  Obama’s poll numbers are starting to go down because of what he’s trying to do.  It’s not because of the wild claims being made about where he was born.

2010 is coming – When it comes time to vote in the mid-term election next year, consider this if you’ve got a member of Congress or the Senate to vote for, especially if they’re up for re-election.  Did they vote for the Porkulus?  Did they vote for Cap and Trade?  Will they vote for the health care bill?  If you can answer ‘Yes’ to any of those questions, then those who represent you are not doing a very good job at it.  Regardless of their political party affiliation, get their ass out of there and back to the private sector.

If you can put more people in Congress who are there to represent you, maybe you won’t have to resort to long-shot tactics like the birth certificate to stop Obama and his agenda.

We couldn’t even get Clinton -…and we had him lying his ass off in court.  What makes you think we can get Obama with the crap you’re suggesting?

Have you looked at the line of succession lately? – Let’s say you’re successful and you get Obama out of there.  You do know who’s next in line, don’t you?  Joe Biden.  Nancy Pelosi.  Is that what you really want?  They’re no better than what we have now.

That’s all I can really say at this point.  Believe me, I have no love for the Obama Presidency.  If you’re looking to stop it with this weak ass Hail Mary, you’re opening yourself up for an extremely wasted effort and a disappointing outcome.

Unlike previous moves to resolve the issue, the White House has made the surprising decision to include documentation from the actual record itself, which resides in Hawaii.  Such a move is unique, as the record was sealed by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle in October of last year when then Senator Obama travelled to the state to visit his ailing grandmother.

The administration has been dogged about the nature of Obama’s citizenship since before the inauguration in January.  A term for those who continue to question the birth place of the President, regardless of the proof provided is ‘birther’.

The basis of the birthers’ arguments is a claim made by Obama’s Kenyan grandmother that she witnessed the President’s birth in Mombasa, Kenya.  What’s even more is the claim that there is a Kenyan birth certificate in existence which verifies Mombasa to be the actual birth place.

The White House has scheduled a press conference on Friday, in which it will present the actual records which verify the President was in fact born in Hawaii.

More details on the documents which will be featured at the press conference can be found here.