SUPREME COURT NOW HAS OBAMA CITIZENSHIP ISSUE

you got to love Snopes. do the wing nuts actually believe that we won't check Snopes or a myriad of other fact checking sites?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/occidental.asp

I bet if somebody wrote that "bush/cheney approval ratings are at a record 90% among repugnantones and Democrats alike, an incredible 7 months out of office. Snopes confirmed it" this would get sent around the internet and then some tool would add something about Obama had a secret pact with Clarence Thomas to rig the election in his favor and that the liberal media is in on it, just so we could have a black president forgetting that Faux News and rush dumbo would have to be in on it too (don't forget palin and her new job in the liberal media).

Origins: As the April 1, 2009, dateline on this article indicates, this piece originated as a April Fool's joke that has continued circulating long afterwards, a prank which plays on rumors that President Barack Obama is not a native-born citizen of the United States (and thus not eligible to hold the office of President of the United States). Even without the tell-tale dateline, however, several indicators give away this item as a hoax:

* The article is tagged "AP," signifying it came from the Associated Press news agency, but the writing does not at all fit the standard Associated Press stylebook guidelines.

* Obama attended Occidental College in California for two years as an undergraduate from 1979-81 under his birth name of Barack Obama, not as "Barry Soetoro" (the latter is the surname of his Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro).

* Fulbright scholarships for foreign students are coordinated through the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF), which does not not fund Indonesians for undergraduate study in the United States (only for master's or doctorate programs).

* Occidental College has neither released, nor been ordered to release, Barack Obama's student records.

* Neither Britain's Daily Mail nor any other UK newspaper has published a front-page article entitled "Obama Eligibility Questioned" in 2009, nor has any such newspaper published an article consisting of the text reproduced above.

* Leo Donofrio's lawsuit challenging Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidency was denied a hearing by the Supreme Court of New Jersey back in December 2008. It has not been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court.


Last updated: 10 July 2009



On Jul 20, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx wrote:

Snopes mentioned this in a short statement, but did not elaborate.
(Now you know why he is so eager to get Sottomayer appointed!)

BOMBSHELL:Supreme Court now has Obama Citizenship
AP- WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move certain to fuel the debate over
Obama's qualifications for the presidency, the group Americans for Freedom of
Information has Released copies of President Obama's college=2 0transcripts from Occidental College Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school.

The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship
program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship.

This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama's
detractors have been seeking. Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is
looking pretty grim. The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama's legitim acy and qualification to serve as president..

When reached for comment in London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue.

Britain 's Daily Mail also carried the story in a front-page article titled, Obama
Eligibility Questioned leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama's first official visit to the U.K.

In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups, Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama's legal eligibility to serve as President in a case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey

This lawsuit claims Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. Donofrio's case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama' s citizenship or qualification to serv e as president.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice  Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama's campaign spending.

This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.

LET OTHERS KNOW THIS NEWS THAT THE MEDIA WON'T REVEAL!