Ladies and Gentlemen, our problem is not whether or not the president is a citizen of this great nation, it is what he is doing to it right now and what he will do to it in the next three years.

I read all of the comments on this page and then sat for a moment to bring it all in and try to understand the feelings you all are having. If you would do the same, we are all mostly scared or at least worried about the direction our president is taking us. We have seen no relief and there are no promises made yet for help in jobs, food and shelter for our citizens that really need it, (and right now!) and there is so much needed right here in our own country with no answers to any of them in the immediate future.

I believe some of you hit it right on the head. Running for office takes a lot of money. I mean a lot! And to get some of that money deals are made. I’ve held office, and I know that when someone knows you have a chance in winning, the check books come out and promises are made to cover those checks. This is true!

I watched for quite some time during the past year of 2009 waiting and watching the "Shovel Ready" money that he pushed through Congress shortly after taking office. If you all will recall, he was conveniently flying around this country holding town hall meetings while Congress was tied up in Washington and told not to leave until it is passed. Not quite a trillion dollars when it was all said and done, but very, very close. That was a trillion dollars that we didn’t have, not matter how bad we were doing. I know that sounds heartless, but it’s the truth.

As of August of 2009, only 8 percent of that money was released. Eight percent does not put many men and women of this country to work. Also the recent drop of around 2 percent in unemployment that was announced, I believe last month, was not from people getting jobs, it was the fact that those people that were on unemployment, ran out of extensions of benefits and were no longer counted as being unemployed, thus lowering the unemployment rate.

I’m not trying to blow smoke here, just trying to open your eyes to a few things that once heard, you think is a good thing, is really a terrible thing because now there are an additional 2 percent of U.S. citizens without any income whatsoever. You may be one of them. But the government made it sound like they were doing their job at getting jobs.

I am disabled Marine and I have plenty of time to sit here and do research on what is truth and what is not. And believe me when I say I too am upset with him not wearing an American flag or fails to salute here or there, or when he said to another nation that “We are not a Christian based country”, that it in fact does bother me.

This country was founded by our forefathers on Christian beliefs, our money has “In God We Trust” on it, and in a football player’s interview after winning a game, he thanks God for making it all possible. Then there was our 32nd president, President Franklin Roosevelt who led this great nation in prayer prior to World War II, it makes one wonder what Mr. Obama is up to.

Instead of bailing out the auto companies, why didn’t he say, lower your prices and sell more cars, it will work out. If not the smaller companies will get stronger. All the smaller companies, Mom and Pop shops do that and they don’t get a bail out. They lower their prices, take a little loss but have a little coming in to survive on until the economy comes back. It probably didn’t help with all the negativity he used saying this country is in a recession so many times, I quit counting!

A president needs to be positive and give hope. The same hope he used during the campaign. Once in office, hope went out the window. He said prior to the elections that he is a professional speaker, which only means he will tell you things to make you believe, see elections, then get out of it with other words when he is caught. And he is good.

I’m almost finished and apologize for such a long comment. But here are my gut feelings on what is going on. The economy will come back, and come back strong, but when “he” wants it to. That will happen well prior to the elections for his next term to be the savior and get reelected. Being a savior would be to fix it now, give money to the people of this nation to spend and bring back the economy. Not take $3 trillion and pay back your election promises to build things we just don’t need right now.

If you saw and read the first stimulus bills that were passed, then you know what I mean. Don’t get mad folks, do your homework. You have time and are on this site writing what you are feeling and defending your president or not. Instead of doing that, poke around a little bit.

You’ll find that Mr. Obama and someone I won’t name are wanting to do away with the dollar and strongly supports a world government with world currency. Look, you will find it. It is there, but you need to dig a little.

My daughters both know I would love to run for president in the next election. I’ve considered it very strongly. I am for the little people and have no promises or ties to any government officials. The people would be allowed to vote on issues that are raised just as my father and mother did when I was a little boy growing up outside Cleveland.

This president is calling all of the shots and most are behind your back. It seemed my parents were always at the polls about something. But if I were the president, the priorities would be much different than those of Mr. Obama’s. This country’s people first, including our troops overseas and their families here or abroad. Our poor, our lower and middle class citizens. Taxes need to come from those that have money, not forced upon those that don’t. We do not need a health reformed bill shoved down our throats that will “fine” us money if we do not use it or go without because we feel we are better off. Read it folks!

I would also take a minute to shake the Marines' hands who protect the president on every trip the man takes. I enjoyed and am very proud to call myself a U.S. Marine and serving this great country of ours nearly 17 years and it wouldn't slow down my daily routine to take a couple minutes out of the schedule to ask where the Marines are from or find out how long they have been in. Not a problem here. And they would, each and every one of them get a salute from their Commander in Chief!

But there is such a bigger picture that all of America is failing to see. Mr. Obama did a big no-no while at the UN meeting(s) when he took the floor. That in itself calls for his immediate removal from office as “No one man shall take control during one of those meetings”, yet he did. I'm still trying to find out why and how he received the Nobel Peace Prize and with being in office for nine months or less! Now that’s a good one.

I haven’t decided to run yet and I meet all the requirements. I’m 50 years old with a lot of experience and I know the one thing you only need is to keep the people of this country number one on your list of things. If I run, I will run for you, “You, the people.” Remember that as I will use that in my campaign. LPC, Pennsylvania

I am posting this anonymously because I have family that is in the government, but I am sure they can track it anyway.

I am extremely patriotic and have no problem with a black president. I decided not to vote this election because I did not feel that either of the candidates deserved it, but I will not fallow a president who cannot prove his citizenship!

I care about what happens to this country, and more people should look at what is going on around you instead of being wrapped up in your own lives.

If he cannot or will not provide his citizenship papers we should think about why. We worry about terrorists and war, but what is the easiest way to attack a country. From the inside out. So maybe we should worry a little more about it, and in my opinion that is the most patriotic thing you could do, because this man runs our country, and we and our children are the ones who have to live with the consequence of his actions.

Our loved ones are out dying for this country, and our freedom, a country that we love. It is his duty to us as a nation to provide us with the legitimate information of his citizenship so we can trust him.

As is said in the Bible "beware of the false prophet." I thought when he began campaigning that he would bring our country together, but now I wonder if he will be the downfall of this country.

So all the people out there I am not bashing Obama! I am just asking that they provide the legitimate papers needed to put people's minds at ease, and for all of the other people who are die-hard Obama fans, please look around at what is going on. This affects you and your children also.

This is our country and for generations we have fought to defend it. We have the right to feel secure with our government and who is in it.

Why is it that if an immigrant comes into the USA without a visa and decided that they want to stay here and have children here their children are classified as US citizens although theire parents broke our laws?

I'm planing to run for president come election time. i'm just a working man from louisiana and if i win i'll do good things for the U.S. We need a working man in office -- someone who knows about what happens to people when the politians don't keep their promises to the american people.

For the one who says you must serve in the Unites States Armed forces I have this to say.

I plan to run for president when I become of the age of 35. I did not join the United States military because of the impurities and lies of the Bush Administration. The fact of life is that Bush's father hated Saddam and used 9/11 as a tool to deceive the whole nation. He claimed to be fighting Bin Laden, but look at Barack Obama. They have detained Bin Laden in a matter of a year.

My grandfather received the highest distinguishable honor of any military soldier. If he stood before the president of the United States, the president would be obligated to salute the man.

His blood runs through my veins. Also, my other grandfather was the slave of all. He was an Iowa farmer and worked his entire life so that he could feed the needs of those around him. He helped found Waverly Iowa, and is a different kind of hero worthy of a different kind of highest distinguishable honor.

There is an aspect of this that I find interesting. It cannot be disputed that Barack Obama was born with dual citizenship. His father, being a Kenyan citizen in 1961, was a subject of the British Empire, and thus Obama was born with dual citizenship (UK Commonwealth/USA). Didn't the United States recognize dual citizenship in 1961? He obviously is not a dual citizen today. Does being a dual citizen at one time or another preclude one from being president?

Ugh, Reagan turned us around and got the country on track. Clinton screwed us with his so called legislation for people acts. Bush was his own demise. He actually did what any other president should have done, he just happened to be the one to deal with 9/11, Iraq, Bin laden, and the most criminalistic decade in american history. Check out history for yourself, anon53001. We are not living on the borrowed money from Reagan's term, but the imaginative money from Clinton's term.

All too often, decisions regarding the military suffer when we have had a president who did not serve in the military.

We need a constitutional amendment requiring a presidential candidate to have served in some capacity in the United States military.

The president is the Commander In Chief of the armed forces.

How can you be in charge of an organization that you were never a part of and do not understand its inner workings?

All of you should just get over it. Obama is president and he would have been replaced if he wasn't an actual citizen.

Also, I'll laugh at everyone in 2013 and all the years after 2012. We've had many claims since the beginning of time. The end is going to come to all of us at some point; all animals/plants die at some point.

Reading this board has made me understand how bush got two terms and why the us has gone to hell in a handbasket. All we are is a third world country of bible toting, redneck idiots!

Americans are so stupid they actually believe the fox news crap. The mouths are all laughing their way to becoming billionaires while the stupid racists follow suit.

Try studying history. Think for yourselves. Your are being ripped off intellectually and you will never get anywhere in life.

We are paying the price for what Reagan started and the country followed, living on borrowed money, a lifestyle that does not exist. Let's deregulate everything!

I would like to point out that this is an informative, non-fiction article, that someone decided needed to be turned into a debate about President Obama. It was probably started by one of the Google Ads at the top of the page that looks like part of the article. So here's an idea to all of the debaters out there: shut up! There are people out there coming to this page because they are looking for information, not your ignorant comments.

Who cares where he's from, he's ruining the U.S.

In three years it wont make a bit of difference. Planet X is on the return orbit and the most of the people on earth wil be dead. The deadline is Dec. 21, 2012. So you see, it matters not what anyone does, it's all over folks. But the best thing about it is, just think, most of us will be alive to see the end of the world. Now who can top that event?

i want to run in 2012 and I'm a normal average Joe but actually care about this country and the people how would I get started, I think its time for America to be America again.

if obama was a citizen, we wouldnt be having this discussion, would we? the fact is, his mother had him in Kenya, and the Hawaiian "certificate of live birth" can be done up to a year after the child is born, and it does *not* mean the child was born in an Hawaiian hospital, only that the child is alive. the fact is his mother was an Indonesian and they don't allow dual citizenship. she had to renounce her US citizenship, and she wasnt a US citizen long enough to begin with, (10) years is the requirement. much of this is conjecture, and what's worse, obama spent over a million dollars so far, hiding this information, and why? why doesn't he produce a document most of us have within ten feet? he doesnt have one. if he did, Kenya wouldn't have sealed records, on someone that wasn't born there, now would they? the concept this is race based is typical of the left. it has nothing to do with race, and everything to do with honesty, and character, something no longer valued in the U.S., or he would be booted till he answered the charges. any suggestion this president be allowed to blow off a Constitutional requirement to hold office is absurd. if we keep circumventing the constitution, what's the point of having it?

the law is the law. the United States was founded on the Rule of Law. follow the law Obama, and produce a birth certificate showing the doctor, and your footprints, and the rest of the info that makes forging that document all but impossible, or leave office. those of you who think this is no big deal, if later he is found to have lied, which he will, all the laws and treaties and executive orders he signed are null and void -- all of them.

If the racists are so against President Obama then why don't *they* run for president? The advantage to living in the US is that you don't have to deal with a dictator or president-for-life. If you don't like the current president, then you can impeach him and elect one more to your liking. I suggest the racists do just that if they don't want a black or biracial person running the show.

lol. If either of your parents are born here, then you are a natural born citizen.

So Obama isn't an illegal alien either way it goes

All this birth stuff boils down to the fact that the racists in this country can't come to grips with the fact that a highly educated, qualified and competent, mixed race (African American / White)individual is commander-in-chief of the United States of America. It's pure racism, period, end of story.

I just find it interesting that people claim a massive conspiracy by President Obama, when in fact he did present his birth certificate to the FEC *and* in a separate lawsuit was reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States, in private session, led by Justice Roberts and with a conservative majority. if he was not constitutionally approved to run don't you think that 5 republican justices would have voted that way, but instead they all voted to confirm him as able to run. The main problem we have here from most of the comments I read is racial. it is shocking that in 2009 there are so many people motivated by racial and religious hatred towards anyone, regardless of the 1960's, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan or anything else.

Why are so many people are still Nuts?

Why are these people trying for a post mortam after they got enough time to vent into his private details before casting votes.

Yes ,he is an illegal citizen ,what you are up to do?

Yes ,he is not a Christian ,Can you baptize him now?

He is a born Muslim ,So what?

A certificate of l

Obama submitted his birth certificate official copy to the FEC when he registered to run just like the other candidates.

here's a concern. i would be very careful with accusations towards the highest ranking elected official in the U.S. that's not some thing that you would want to play with at all. i'll agree, i have several major problems my self with the government of today. however, remember that the majority electoral voters did what they did. and so far every one has tucked tail and went on their knees to let them do what they want to do. imagine that.

sbb2009, For 8 years I listened to the Liberals slam everything Bush did..... times Up, it's *our* turn now, and if they don't like it...let come harass *me* !....obama is doing to the US what the Muslims have been Praying for, for 8 years the Liberals demagogued Bush and the Right ....I am hardly afraid of Them, and YOU should be, the Left rather than going after Your Guns....that's *if* you're smart enough to Own any, are instead going after your Ammo, the Dept of Defense Sells it's OFB (Once Fired Brass) to large Volume Reloaders, but the NEW Policy is to make anyone buying the Used but Valuable Brass Cartridges now must destroy them and turn them into scrap.....

some recycling program wouldn't You say ?....that's going to puts hundreds of people out of work, and not only that, it circumvents the Legislative Process and bypasses the Checks and Balances of Our system.......Just what we should Expect from someone afraid to show a Real Authentic Birth Certificate.

the Leftists are running this Nation into the ground....they are handing Money out to buddies that will *never* help You, and this is from the Same people just a while back were demagoguing "supply side economics and Trickle Down....if it doesn't Trickle Down....who benefits ?....

Not You...that's who....

Here are some of the disturbing facts surrounding Barack Hussein Obama's *actual birth certificate* - not rumors, not wild theories - just the *facts*.

*fact* #1: Article 2, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States, *specifically* states, "No person except a natural born citizen of the United States, at the time of adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President..." It's *not* a technicality, or lunacy on the part of our Founding Fathers. It is a specific statement within a document that forms the basis for *all* of our laws and not open to interpretation (unless the entire Constitution should be now open to interpretation).

*fact* #2: In order to be a "natural born citizen," you must be born in the United States or, if you are born abroad, you *can* (if specific circumstances are met) inherit citizenship status from your parents. If he was born abroad, then that's a problem for Barack Hussein Obama because his father was *not* a citizen of the United States and his mother had not lived in the United States the required amount of time after attaining the age of majority when Obama was born - meaning *she could not* pass her citizenship on to Obama.

*fact* #3: If Barack Hussein Obama *was not* born in the United States, he *is not* a "natural born citizen" and if that is the case, Obama is guilty of perpetuating the most massive fraud in the history of the United States!

*fact* #4: Barack Hussein Obama has *actively refused* to show his *actual birth certificate* to the people who elected him. Under Hawaiian law, only Obama can legally release the document but *he just won't do it!* Why not?

*fact* #5: Obama has multiple teams of lawyers helping him shield the document from the prying eyes of the American people. Why?

*fact* #6: Instead of producing an *actual birth certificate*, Team Obama produced another document - a "Certification of Live Birth" - and said, in effect, "Here's his Birth Certificate! Now shut up!"

And when it comes to *fact* #6, Team Obama engaged in a sleight-of-hand that is going unnoticed by the American people, because the liberal media refuses to scrutinize the actions of Barack Hussein Obama.

A *certification* of Live Birth and a Birth Certificate (A *certificate* of Live Birth)... [notice the difference in the words "certification" and "certificate"] *are two totally different documents!*

A *certification* of Live Birth - the document that Team Obama produced - is a document that essentially proves that you exist and Barack Hussein Obama most certainly *exists* - that point is not in dispute.

A *certificate* of Live Birth (an *actual birth certificate*) - on the other hand contains more information. It gives the specific location of your birth, the hospital, the time of birth, the attending physician etc.

okay. it is not a question of where Obama was born. it is unimportant. Obama is a US citizen.

*But* Obama is not a Natural Born Citizen.

*therefore* Obama is *unelegable* to hold the office of the *potus.*

Obama is at the epicenter of the greatest national disaster in the history of the United States of America. *Nothing* that Obama will ever do in the office of the *potus* will ever be anything more than *fraud* and *illegal.*

28176? we don't have a right to know every little thing about Our future President? why didn't you tell the Media that when they were trying to dig dirt up on Bristol Palin? for *your* information a Certificate of Live Birth, he has from Hawaii is *not* the same as a Birth Certificate, and he didn't ever produce a Real copy, and that is because he wasn't Born in Hawaii, he was Born in Kenya, does it bother *you* in the least someone with "nothing to Hide" would go to all the trouble to have Birth Records sealed?

it does Matter what his Religion is if he's Lying about it and it looks to me and many others he is *doing* to the US what AL Quaeda has been Wanting for years, except Obama is doing it in the name of "saving" the economy and he's got Simpletons like you to fall for it.

To anon27590, and all the others who do not read up on the truth, let me fill you in:

First, Barack *has* proven he is a US citizen.

Second, he *was* sworn in on his *own* copy of the *bible*, the christian one. He is a *Christian*, not a *Muslim*.

Third, you expect change to happen immediately, but it takes time. Just because some people have lost faith, doesn't mean he is doing anything wrong. Let's see any one of you balance your lives with trillions of dollars going in and out with little to no control over the spending.

Fourth, it wouldn't matter what religion he is, people *voted* him in and he is the president. Our country was built on religious principals, not run by them. If you want a religion to play a bigger roll in government, have all the churches, mosques, synagogues and whatnot start paying taxes.

Fifth, we have no right what so ever to know every little thing about the people who want to be president. We may think we do, but it is about as much right as we have to know every little thing about every person we come in contact with at any point. Do you want everyone in the world to know what you do behind closed doors? We have a right to know *how he will lead our country*, nothing more.

Last, it doesn't matter who is voted into presidency, there will always be people who are mad that the person they wanted didn't win. Well, deal with it, that is life, if you don't like who is running the country...*leave*!!! The way it is is the way it will be for the next four years so deal with it. People's constant reliance on gossip and rumors just leads to dissent due to your inability or lack of desire to fact check. People can say anything, doesn't mean it is real....look for the facts.

anon27575, well first, obama wasn't elected, he bought the white house with almost 700 Million dollars he refuses to substantiate, second of all he refuses, ....that's "*refuses*" to produce a Legal Birth Certificate,...and for *your* information, a Birth Certificate is *not* the Same as a Certificate of Live Birth, what I really want to know is, How Long it's going to take Liberals like *you* to wake up, or if that's even an Option, and see *his* Policies are Bankrupting the US, the Stock Market has Lost 2800+ Points since his speeches of assurance about the US economy were made, yet he and others after campaigning on how the "Liberals" would turn this around.......No one especially the Stock market seems to think "Change from Capitalism and a free Market to Socialism is what this country Needs,.....or Wants, and Why wont the US close it's Southern Borders, Mexico is spreading it's Mayhem to the South, and Phoenix is succumbing to Kidnappings and other issues the States that Border Mexico shouldn't have to Face.......since *that* is one of the US Governments First Priorities....*not* making sure every Crack head gets *full* Health Insurance....Snap *out* of it.

It amazes me how narrow minded some of our citizens are. Do you honestly believe that our country with its history of slavery would enable a black man to run for Presidency without meeting the requirements? He would have to go above and beyond proving he's worthy and eligible to be in this position.

If all you can wrestle with is his citizenship then I would suggest you are the ones with the problem. There are far greater issues that we have to deal with such as the ones that President Bush "a natural born citizen" has left us with.

i get a feeling before it's over he's only gonna help his own.

sbb2009, The US congress and senate are passing the remainder of over a Trillion dollar Pork and wasteful spending bill and your worried about the Presidents Salary of $400,000.00 a year ?

lets see how those compare, $1,000,000,000,000.00 vs $400,000.00 yea looks close to me.....except for *all those zeros* to the *left* of the Decimal Point.

regardless of who sits in the Oval Office with the largest job in the US i think that its real funny that part of the reason we are in this financial shape is because the President decided to give himself a 200k per year pay raise. now that's funny because all of the other Presidents before were told that there was no money for that. yet, a President gets into office and all of a sudden there is thousands that was suddenly found some where. imagine that. but hey, we are just small american citizens that don't know what to think or who to listen to. i guess unless you have a office in washington a person has no common sense and can't think for themselves. world war III here we come.

anon26344 , funny, m...you and your Liberal buddies complained about Bush and his spending, and in less than 6 Months your side has Doubled the Current National Deficit...and you'll Justify this, because *you* and Your side are going to Save America, when in fact, the bill that was just passed will lengthen the recovery, and those 4 million jobs will be taken by aliens who the US government isn't going to stop from coming into this Land.....you may be one of it's First Employment Casualties, but you are probably some genius going to College the rest of your lives.

All of ya'll who diss Obama are wrong! You people are just upset cause Mcain ain't the new President! Oh well! He lost. Obama won fair and square and he and everyone else in our government knows what they are doing!!

I'm only 21 and not known very well throughout America. I was born in Florida and raised in Louisiana, Mississippi, and California. I do know that it will be a struggle to run since I'm not a politician and not the richest person in the country (i'm a student in college) but, i *will* run for president. I think that an average American who has lived in middle/lower class who will listen to what the people have to say not other politicians should be given a chance to run for president.

obama couldnt pass a background check for the FBI, he couldnt even be his own secret service Guard... this country is headed for trouble, like no other time in history....

As a United States citizen I believe that every American has the right to know every thing, in detail, about the Presidential Candidate. However, here we are voting in a person of which we know hardly any thing about. Where is his true citizenship? Where are his parents? Has any one seen them any where? Where was the BIBLE when swearing in that this land was built upon? What happened to following the federal rules of running for the office that stated "must be a natural American Citizen"? If we are gonna do this then why not let any person from a foreign country come in a run this country? God help us because Revelations is unfolding faster and faster. Way to go America.

For the poster saying that if you don't like it move to russia. There is no need to move anywhere. Socialism is coming here. All I can say is, that if America wanted a man who hates the U.S. Constitution and God, they got him. I will support him so long as he does not violate the law. And yes, in a speech he did say, the problem with America is the constitution. Then in another he said that God and the bible have caused the division of this country and is the problem. And no Obama is not the truth. (he is a politician, the truth is not in him)

anon22906 , heres a Clue, if obama didnt have any issues, why wont he just produce THE real Birth Certificate, instead of stone walling this and all other requests? it is the Law after all, and if he doesnt have anything to hide, why is he making this so difficult ?, why not produce it instead of "sealing birth" records ?..it's clear he isnt a US citizen, it is even More clear, the Democrats in their Quest for all the Power will never let this deal come to light, it will never be answered in my lifetime, instead it will be one More Blight on the US and its elected officials continuing to flaunt the US Constitution, and being aided by the Media to keep a lid on this, most in the US dont even know it's an issue, just like Most dont have any idea of the shady past obama has, and all those around him involved heavily in corruption, and now with the Illinois Gov deal, few will connect the dots to obama, even though the connection is clear.

I'm sure the Obama team is working diligently to provide you all with a certified copy of his birth certificate. LMAO The whole "Obama is not a citizen" movement is so full of holes its not even funny. Have any of you bothered to read the immigration laws on the CIS and Department of State websites, or do you all just blindly believe what Phil Berg spouts out of his mouth?

In 1982 I got a job working for the government. All I had was a certificate of live birth from the state of Michigan. I was told by the governing bodies that this was not a birth certificate and that I must obtain one before I could go to work. Seems to me this is a double standard. So I guess if the elect president doesn't have to follow the rules or laws, then I don't either

Only ONE of Obamas parents were born in the USA...the rules say that if you are born abroad and BOTH parents are US citizens you are a US citizen, Obama isn't a US citizen.

This all does not make sense ! It was proven he was not born in Hawaii. But tell me this. The Mexican ladies will jump the borders to have their babies on U.S. land so they are citizens. And we then have to pay for them. So why is it that he is. I like him and I think he would do a good job. But I like we have rules and rules come first.

If a child of American citizens is born abroad, he or she is technically considered a natural born citizen, and can therefore hold Presidential office. It doesn't matter if he was born in Kenya as long as his parents are american citizens. John McCain was born abroad too, anyone trying to say he isn't a naturalized citizen?

All of those who continue to spread lies about our next President are obviously un-American and do not believe in Democracy. We had an election and Barack Obama won. He is our new President, end of story. He was eligible to run, and, therefore, he was allowed to. No matter what level of office one runs for, their eligibility is checked. Only a complete moron would believe that candidates running for the highest office in our land would not have their eligibility checked & would be able to "sneak in". If you don't like our political process, move to Russia.

First, Obama's own "beloved grandmother" is quoted as saying she was present for Obama's birth in Kenya. Second, it is explicitly written in the first line of article II, clause 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen - can run for the presidency of the U.S. What other president or candidate has ever had his (or her) birth certificate sealed as this man has? I would venture to say none. This man was voted in as president by an uneducated America or at best an uninformed America.

okay anon21089, he will not be the first president to not be sworn in with the bible. sooo what's the big deal with that?

People are dumb believing that Barack Obama won the election and he is just 67 days to go to the Oval Office, and still hasn't prove his citizenship? Come on! If any person applied to work for the Post Office they checked your background 10 yrs. back! How can some people be so narrowminded! To "run" for President he had to prove his citizenship already. Do you think he will be that far?

ok first off i am all for Obama and i am not black. second off whoever wrote the comment about where he was born, he was born in hawaii, and he lived with his late grandmother so get your facts straight!!! and he is a U.S. citizen, i am getting sick and tired of hearing these dumb and wrong accusations that are being implemented against him, he is now and will be the president of our United States, and if u dont like move out of the country!!!!!!!!

I believe the Obama was elected for the wrong, because he is "black", I dont care if the president is black or white, but Obama does not believe in American values, he has stated that he would not be sworn on the Holy Bible, but that he would be sworn in the Koran, the Islamic "bible", He has no experience what so ever, and also with the democrats running the gov't now, we might as well kiss our basic rights away, like freedom of speech, right to bear arms, etc...,

I am unsure about Obama living 14 consecutive years in US as he was in Bali writing book sometime in 1990's can't find out when or for how long. Still it seems this should all have been vetted before now.

I think that we as true American citizens should not even have to worry about whether the man trying to win this country over as president is a true "natural born" citizen. I believe that with all of this controversy he never should have made it this far. There should be no question or worries about who will run for president. All of this should be checked before they are allowed to run. I can honestly say that if Obama wins this country is in more trouble than we bargained for.

I would like to tell all of you that one of his parents were American and his dad was born somewhere else besides the u.s. you have to be born on the u.s. soil in order to be a u.s. citizen. Obama was born in Kenya, Africa to an American Stanley Ann Dunham but his dad was Kenyan man, Barack Hussein Obama Senior, as reportedly shown by a birth certificate from Mombasa Maternity Hospital. According to the law at that time, a parent could pass US citizenship on to a child born abroad if the parent was at least 19 years old. Obama's mother was only 18.husband to his country, Indonesia. Records indicate Obama was naturalized as an Indonesian citizen.

so that should answer all your question Barack obama is not a u.s. citizen and Hawaii has no proof that he was born there.

Obama is the truth...

Why would anyone vote obama in as president, when he refuses to wear the US Flag on his Lapel, refused to Salute the Flag, refuses to prove his citizenship, refuses to disclose all of his Health records, refuses to Admit he's a Marxist posing as a Moderate Democrat, he refuses to help his Aunt who is here illegally, and then wants ME and YOU to pay higher Taxes to Help her...when He wont, refuses to admit the Surge in Iraq helped, refuses to admit his Tax plan isnt written in stone, and with the help of Joe Biden and Joe the plumber we find his tax plan goes from $250,000 down to $200.000, and now Joe Biden says $150,000.....so....barry soetoro, aka barack hussien obama,...(he insists isn't a muslim name) even when middle east officials praise his "muslim name"....anyone tell me a good reason to turn a Great Nation over to him....Pelosi, and the Rest of the Leftists ?.....huh ?

I agree and im an avid hunter and if obama is pres i will have my guns taken away and thats against the 2nd amendment for the right to bear arms.

Why is it obama knows more about where he was born, than people who were there? his grand mother said he was born in Kenya, his mother took him to Indonesia, Indonesia doesnt allow dual citizenship, and therefore he wasnt a US citizen anymore, he never reapplied for US Citizenship...therefore he is an Alien.....and the US Federal Courts, if they dont toss this, Like the Judge in Pennsylvania, who never addressed the Issue of the Authenticity of the Document, made his ruling based on The Alienation of the VOTERS, that isnt his JOB, as usual with "Liberal courts" and is being Appealed, and also filed in 8 other States so far....this needs looked into, it needs Forensic experts , even the FBI if necessary to find out the truth, it's just as Much against the Voters who are against him, as For those who support him, I am being Alienated at the decision vs the Alienation of those he Lied to again.....so, my vote is less important than Those who followed him to this Crisis ?....sorry, thats their Loss...not mine

Senator Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii! Because his mother was a citizen, I would say that he would still be considered a citizen from birth and would be qualified as President. That is not my real concern about him. The man is heart and soul a Marxist and his word is that of a political opportunist. He can't be trusted with the Presidency!

What happens if a person wins the election and it is found out he is not an US citizen? or Just before the election what then happens? Do we start over or ????? To be considered a citizen do you not have to be born U.S. soil (military etc.) or just because your parent was born in the U.S.?

Does not the person have to fall under the law that was in effect at the time of birth for the place of birth to qualify and not under today's law?

Let's not be too hasty to accept that Obama was born in Hawaii. The birth certificate his campaign has posted on the web site does not have a seal on it and could be a fraud. He has yet to produce a bona fide copy in response to the suit filed alleging his lack of citizenship. Why is he not responding?

Barak Obama was born in Hawaii which, contrary to Anon15065's opinion, is part of the United States. Also, John McCain was born in Panama when it was still part of the United States. So, they are born natural born citizens.

Since McCain was born in Panama, does he hold dual citizenship?

Does the candidate have to produce their birth certificate?

What about Barrack Obama? He is a citizen but only one of his parents was a citizen, as well as he was not born either within the country, a U.S territory, or a military post. Is he really eligible according to the rule of law, or is an exception being made?

So...if both of my parents are citizens, but had me while they were on a trip to China, I would still be eligible to run for president?

I meet the qualifications of a US citizen. What do I need to do to get on a ballot in a state to run for the president?

Can the US President hold dual citizenship?

Anon10366 - Yours is an interesting question with lots of nuances that depend on where the child is born (e.g., outside the US versus outside the US but in a US possession or territory) and whether the non-citizen parent is also considered a national (legally protected by the US, e.g., a long-term resident of the US). A natural born citizen is determined by the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution and 8 USC 1401. But, to answer your specific question, the following is a natural born citizen for purposes of being eligible to be a US president:

Parent 1 is a citizen and did any of the following collectively for 5 years: lived in the US, served in a branch of the US military, and/or served the US in a diplomatic way; and parent 2 is an alien.

Some other interesting scenarios giving the child natural-born US citizen status:

Parent 1 is a citizen who lived in the US for at least a year and Parent 2 is a US national. A US national is a non-citizen who is legally protected by the US, e.g., a long-term resident of the US.

Parent 1 is a citizen and lived in the US for at least a year, and the child was born outside the US but in a US possession (note a US possession is different than a US territory) and Parent 2 is an alien.

If one parent is a citizen of the US, and the other is not, and the child is born outside of the US, is the child a "natural born" US citizen for purposes of US presidential requirements?

Perhaps this goes without saying, but there are also term limits to the US Presidency. So, you could say another requirement is that the 35 plus year old citizen who's resided in the country for at least 14 years has not served two 4-year terms whether they be consecutive terms or not.