Just For The Record……I Am NOT A “Birther”……

Recently I posted something on Facebook that was initially intended to be funny. (Of course acknowledging that in most jokes there is often a certain amount of truth) It was a statement about the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s citizenship. Since then, I have been inundated with comments regarding my statement. So to start with, please take a look at my original “posting”……………….


“I hope when Obama's first (and hopefully only) term is up...that he will move to Florida......

Why you ask?.....Ok I'll answer...

Because....while it seems that being the President of the United States doesn't require one to show a valid birth certificate....getting a driver's license in the State of Florida does....

Sooooo......welcome to sunny Florida”



As you can see it was intended to be funny (whether or not I accomplished that is not the point). As I have talked to different people, I have noticed that the conversation too many times comes back around to a “race thing”. I have said this before, but let me say it again………”Barack Obama is half black and half white….and I dislike both halves….Not because of the black/white part, but because of his views on running the country”. Why is it that we seem to have to turn everything into a racial thing in order to take the focus off of the real problem? In my opinion, the man is not qualified to run the United States…and it’s not because he’s black….it’s not because he’s white….and it’s not because he is half black and half white. It’s because he is WRONG.


I really dislike conspiracy theories…and, most of the time, the nut-jobs who spend their time defending some ridiculous idea that they cannot possible prove or disprove. BUT….the issue of Obama’s citizenship is easily proven. Show a copy of your real birth certificate….and move on. Don’t make snide remarks on national television (when asked about your religion, not about the authenticity of your citizenship)……such as “I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead…..”


I told someone recently that I look at it a couple different ways……How many times on a “cop show” do the cops pull up to a crime scene and someone is running away….A chase ensues and eventually the cops chase the guy down (usually through a dramatic tackle). The guy says that he didn’t do anything wrong (and it is later proven that he didn’t)….but the cops always ask the same question….”If you didn’t do anything wrong, then why are you running?”  (A very valid question I might add) If Obama didn’t do anything wrong, then what is he running away from? Next scenario……You are pulled over for speeding…..and in the course of the stop, the cop asks if you have been drinking….If you haven’t been drinking, you simply answer “no”. If he disagrees with you, he might then ask you to step out of the car and perform a “field sobriety” test. If you have not been drinking, why would you refuse to step out of the car and prove that you're right and he's wrong? First of all....the cop who wants you to get out of your car and walk a straight line, touch your nose, etc….is not a conspiracy theorist….He is simply looking at the obvious facts ( the fact that you can't put more than three coherent words together, it smells like a brewery in your car, etc) and at some point the facts lead him to have “reasonable suspicion” that you have been drinking...(in spite of what you might say). The only thing I am saying is that if Obama has nothing to hide….stop all the running and refusing to prove everyone wrong…..produce a valid birth certificate…..shut all of the conspiracy theorists up….and then act like an adult…..stick out your tongue and say “Told you so….nany, nany, boo boo”


One of the things I don’t understand is the statement that even if he is not a legal citizen....we need to stop questioning it……because if it turned out that he's not, it would make us the laughing stock of the world…and it would create chaos in the country…..For example, here is a quote from an article dated Monday August 30, 2010, that was written by Wesley Pruden of The Washington Times,



“Most curious of all is why any Obama critic, with so much legitimate ammunition at hand, would indulge fairyland fantasies of impeachment, or arguments over his birth or his religious faith. Even if he was born in Kenya, he's the president now, and it's beyond imagining that the U.S. Supreme Court would unseat a sitting president and invite unimaginable legal chaos. Every White House order, presidential decision or executive order executed since Jan. 20, 2009, could be rendered "inoperative."



Seriously?......"Even if he was born in Kenya"….leave it alone?.....How stupid is that? Are we now saying that if someone does something illegal, that we shouldn’t pursue them, because it might cause too many problems?.....Or how about this one…..We shouldn’t prosecute them because after all, they do have a job right now and are supporting their family. Well….yeah….I guess that is what we are saying..... kind of how we are handling ILLEGAL immigration….so never mind. Maybe that’s why Obama is so soft on ILLEGAL immigration…..hmmmmm, sounds like another good conspiracy theory cooking up. SO….for the record, I am not a “birther”….just anti-ILLEGAL immigration. Then Again….That’s Just Me.