GOP Gov. Candidate in GA to ask Obama for BC

TO JOIN WITH SEVERAL U.S. HOUSE MEMBERS TO RESOLVE ISSUE

by John Charlton

(Nov. 6, 2009) — Yesterday morning, in an online chat conducted by his campaign, Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Nathan Deal (R-GA) announced that he would seek a copy of Barack Hussein Obama’s birth certificate from Obama himself.

Tom Crawford of the Georgia Report asked:

Do you believe that Barack Obama is a native-born American citizen who is eligible to serve as president? I am asking because your comments on this issue have been a little ambiguous. I would appreciate your clearing this up.

To which Deal replied:

I am joining several of my colleagues in the House in writing a letter to the President asking that he release a copy of his birth certificate so we can have an answer to this question.

Evidently Deal has more interest in the facts that Federal Judge Clay D. Land of Columbus, Georgia, who dismissed with great rancor, the case Rhodes vs. Mac Donald, which was in part predicated on discovering the evidence of Obama’s birth narrative.

Talking Points Memo is reporting that Deal’s campaign manager confirmed the authenticity of the conversation and the gubernatorial candidate’s firmness of intention:

Deal’s campaign spokesman Harris Blackwood confirmed the authenticity of the chat to TPM, explaining the Congressman’s comment: “There have been so many constituents, a lot of people have asked him, they ask him on the campaign trail. Let’s just get an answer, that’s all we’re saying, not suggesting anything to the contrary.”

However, it must be noted that Crawford used the same technique as Obama supporters have done for nearly 14 months; that is, he used a question which presupposes another set of laws, which are not applicable.  He asked about “native-born” citizenship, which is a more encompassing category than “natural born” citizenship.  Only the latter is sufficient, with the requirements of age and residency established in Article II, Section i, paragraph 5, of the U.S. Constitution, to lawfully hold the office of President of the United States.

According to the only definition of “natural born citizen” endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court, Obama does not qualify, if his father was in fact Barrack Hussein Obama, Senior, a british subject at the time of Obama’s alleged birth, Aug. 4, 1961.

Indeed, Attorney Leo Donofrio has for months publically speculated at his blog (naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com) that the emphasis upon the birth certificate has been fostered by the Media for the purpose of quashing doubts in Obama’s eligibility once he proves he was born in Hawaii; when the real issue in law is his father’s foreign nationality.  It remains to be seen, whether U.S. Representative Deal merely wants the controversy to go away, or has a genuine interest in at last admitting that Obama birth story, as publicized, does not qualify Obama constitutionally for the office of President of the United States of America.