Comments on: Birther B.S.

By: blueeyes

blueeyes — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:32:44 +0000

All presidental candidates should be required to show their birth certificate because nothing should be “assumed”. Plain & simple to me.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 01 May 2011 03:48:11 +0000

SPLITTAIL: So many of your “facts” are wrong, it is clear that you are reading from the Birther Handbook.

First of all, if EITHER of your parents are American Citizens you are automatically an American citizen. My parents are from Woonsocket and Alcester, but if one of them would have been from China or Chile or ANYWHERE, I would still be an American citizen.

The fact that Obama spent a few years living in Indonesia had nothing to do with his father. His parents split when he was two years old and his father was out of the picture from then on (except for one brief visit to Hawaii when Obama was 10 years old). Obama lived in Indonesia because his mother, Ann Dunham Ph.D, was an anthropologist who worked for the US Government’s Agency for International Development.

She then went to work in Jakarta for the Ford Foundation (the philanthropic and humanitarian organization started by Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company). His mother was an early creator of microfinancing, which is the practice of giving small loans to people in third world countries so they can start small businesses and improve their financial situations. Obama attended public school in Indonesia. He NEVER attended a madrassa.

When Obama was 10 years old, he returned to Hawaii and lived with his grandparents. Obama was an excellent basketball player and his high school team (Punahou High School) reached the state finals. If you haven’t seen the photo of Obama with his high school teammates at the state finals, you must live under a rock.

I suppose in your tiny little world it seems strange that someone would spend some time living abroad as a youngster. I’ve known several people who did, including a college friend who grew up in various parts of the globe, traveling with his father, a geologist for an oil company.

Obama’s past only seems mysterious to people with room temperature I.Q.s.

By: Jerry Bloemendaal

Jerry Bloemendaal — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:52:49 +0000

If you won’t run for office Mr. Lund I would like to take a shot at it.Any pointers?

By: Milt

Milt — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:58:40 +0000

SAS—Did we see their birth certificates after harrassing them for two and a half years? Were they the long forms? Did each have a seal on it? How were their grades in college? That’s the way the President has been treated.

By: caheidelberger

caheidelberger — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:46:34 +0000

Doug and Milt are making a lot of sense. If we applied Virgil and Bob B’s standards of “evidence” to our daily lives, no one would believe in Jesus. We’d also never be able to get driver’s licenses, as the examiners could keep throwing the documents back in our faces and shouting “Still fake!”

By: SAS

SAS — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:52:58 +0000

And since 90% of black people vote Democrat can we assume they are racist?

By: SAS

SAS — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:51:35 +0000

Milt – - Mr. Goldwater, Mr. McCain, and President Chester A. Arthur. All of them white and all of them questioned about their legal citizenship.

By: Donn

Donn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:46:23 +0000

Do all the comment’s here claiming racism, for saying anything negative about President Obama, also mean anyone who ever said anything negative about any previous president, is also a racist? Just wondering.

By: sletten

sletten — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:03:00 +0000

Steve is right about respect. The national news doesn’t even show the president the proper respect of refering to him as president Obama. Maybe they need to stop taking short cuts like using Mr. instead of President.

They do have the tool of spell check if they are spelling challenged!

By: Milt

Milt — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:14:36 +0000

Those of you who don’t believe race is an issue should ask yourselves some questions such as: 1. Did anyone ever see any birth certificates of any previous presidents? 2. Can you name anyone who went to school with the Bushes? 3. Do you really believe that Trump actually investigated this issue? 4. Will we ever see the results of his investigation?…..I could go on and on. The point is that people like Trump are asking questions of Obama that I’ve never heard asked before. Listen to Trump sometime. He starts his innuendos with phrases like, “The word is…” or “I heard…” without a challenge from anyone for documentation. Where is his proof? I don’t know if it’s race or the fact that he’s a democrat, but President Obama is certainly being held to different standards by the “birthers.”