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In this case the whole birther thing really is a moot point and at best a distraction. While the constitution uses the term natural born citizen as a requirement for become president (and Vice-President) it does not define exactly what the term means. Obama is an US citizen based on the fact that his mother was a US citizen.

I think the point that almost everyone who uses that argument misses is the REASON our founding fathers put clause into the constitution. That is very simple…. to protect the nation from foreign influence. ……something that is just as important today as it was when the constitution was drafted.

People seem to gloss over Obama’s early education in Indonesia. This is the time when most kids living in the USA get their first real introduction into US history and tradition. Something I doubt very seriously is a priority in the Indonesian school system.

One could bring up the fact that for all intents and purposes the only “real father” Obama had was a step father who’s own father and eldest brother were killed during the Indonesian National Revolution, when Indonesia won independence from the Dutch, and the Dutch army burned the family's home. That alone makes me wonder what Obama’s early views of the US were and are. The mentors in later years were (Google Frank Marshall Davis and Jeremiah Wright) and super pac campaign contributors also make for interesting reading.

That being said I do not believe Obama is some kind of Manchurian Candidate with a mandate to destroy this country? No I believe in his mind he is pointing the Country in a “better” direction based on view that has been heavily influenced by people and institutions that really don’t have the best interests of US at heart.

I’ve seen a couple of polls over the last couple of months (not that I really put a lot of faith in them, or think they have any effect on the election) that indicate a large number of European countries would like to see Obama re-elected. I can understand from their viewpoint. From THEIR view point what is better a strong or weak US?


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