“Saturday Night Live” has again drawn upon the ongoing issue of President Barack Obama’s refusal to release his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate in a comedy sketch in which the “president” says he’s beginning to doubt his own birthplace.
The NBC program premiered a skit in which Obama, portrayed by comedian Fred Armisen, explains how he’s been suffering from Stockholm Syndrome – the condition in which captives eventually sympathize with their captors – after being “held hostage” by Republicans over recent tax law negotiations.
Armisen’s “Obama” then quotes Rush Limbaugh, extols the virtues of “trickle-down economics” and announces his plans to go on tour with Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly before making the following joke about his birthplace:
“In closing,” the “president” says, “let me reassure you that however long it takes, this nation’s current troubles will pass because you Americans never have and never will give up. I say ‘you Americans,’ because even though I always thought I was born here, uh, lately I begin to have my doubts.”
This is not the first time “Saturday Night Live” has made light of the lingering uncertainty over Obama’s birthplace.
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Hussein, you are not a natural born citizen, own up you yellow bellied wimp.
Obama was born in Hawaii, as has been proven by the official birth certificate and the confirmations of the officials in Hawaii.
Every US citizen at birth, including every US citizen who was born in the USA, is a Natural Born Citizen.
"Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural born citizen in the sense of the Constitution, and entitled to all the rights and privileges appertaining to that capacity."—William Rawle, A VIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2d ed. (1829)
“Under the longstanding English common-law principle of jus soli, persons born within the territory of the sovereign (other than children of enemy aliens or foreign diplomats) are citizens from birth. Thus, those persons born within the United States are "natural born citizens" and eligible to be President. Much less certain, however, is whether children born abroad of United States citizens are "natural born citizens" eligible to serve as President …"—- Edwin Meese, et al, THE HERITAGE GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION (2005) [Edwin Meese was Ronald Reagan’st attorney general, and the Heritage Foundation is a well-known Conservative organization.]
“Natural born citizen. Persons who are born within the jurisdiction of a national government, i.e. in its territorial limits, or those born of citizens temporarily residing abroad.” — Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition
“What is a natural born citizen? Clearly, someone born within the United States or one of its territories is a natural born citizen.” (Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on OCTOBER 5, 2004)–Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT).
You are in the wrong place Ellen if you think you can convince anyone here that Zero was either born in HI or that he is a natural born citizen. The people you quoted don't matter worth a hill of beans. Edwin Meese and Orrin Hatch? Come on. Get real. Try Vattel Law of Nations which is what the founders looked to to define a natural born cittizen which according to the Constitituion is a person born on US soil with 2 citizen parents. They did not want any foreign allegiance through the parents being citizens of another country. As far as the "birth certificate" you are referring to, apparently you lack enough critical thinking skills to be able to question a document that has no dr signature, does not list a hospital, has been altered and does not have the proper seal. Try registering your child for kindergarten with that and see what happens. Your arguments won't go anywhere here.
rhcrest-As you, no doubt, noticed, this gal also likes to quote "English common-law principle of jus soli" – -English "law" and "laws" of any "foreign country" DO NOT apply in the USA! We are a nation of "laws" based on the Constitution of the United States of America! It does not matter what Meese, OR Hatch "think", the facts are the facts-hence discussions underway to void Amendment XIV, thereby eliminating the "anchor baby" snafuu!
The english common law does not apply. What applies is the meaning of Natural Born at the time of the writing of the Constitution. That meaning referred to the meaning of Natural Born Subject under the British common law and the laws in the American colonies. Not a single AMERICAN writing at the time of the writing of the Constitution ever used the term Natural Born to refer to the parents. It only referred to citizenship due to place of birth.
That is why Meese, and the CONSERVATIVE Heritage Foundation, are right in:
“Under the longstanding English common-law principle of jus soli, persons born within the territory of the sovereign (other than children of enemy aliens or foreign diplomats) are citizens from birth. Thus, those persons born within the United States are "natural born citizens" and eligible to be President. Much less certain, however, is whether children born abroad of United States citizens are "natural born citizens" eligible to serve as President …"—- Edwin Meese, et al, THE HERITAGE GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION (2005) [Edwin Meese was Ronald Reagan’st attorney general, and the Heritage Foundation is a well-known Conservative organization.]
And that is why Black's Law Dictionary is right:
“Natural born citizen. Persons who are born within the jurisdiction of a national government, i.e. in its territorial limits, or those born of citizens temporarily residing abroad.” — Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition
And that is why the federal courts have written rulings like these:
Mustata v. US Dept. of Justice, 179 F.3d 1017 (6th Cir. 1999) (children born in US to two Romanian citizens described as “natural born citizens” of the US):
"Petitioners Marian and Lenuta Mustata are citizens of Romania. At the time of their petition, they resided in Michigan with their two minor children, who are natural born citizens of the United States."
Diaz-Salazar v. INS, 700 F.2d 1156 (7th Cir. 1983) (child born in US to Mexican citizen is “natural born citizen” of US):
"Petitioner, Sebastian Diaz-Salazar, entered the United States illegally [from Mexico] in 1974 and has been living and working in Chicago since that time. *** The relevant facts which have been placed before the INS, BIA, and this court can be summarized as follows: The petitioner has a wife and two children under the age of three in Chicago; the children are natural-born citizens of the United States."
Nwankpa v. Kissinger, 376 F. Supp. 122 (M.D. Ala. 1974) (child born in US to two Biafra citizens described as “natural born citizen” of the US):
"The Plaintiff was a native of Biafra, now a part of the Republic of Nigeria. His wife and two older children are also natives of that country, but his third child, a daughter, is a natural-born citizen of the United States."
What makes the third child different from the other two? She was born in the USA.
And, by the way, there is no evidence that the writers of the Constitution followed Vattel, recommended that every country should have a state religion. Vattel is not even mentioned once in the Federalist Papers, while the common law is mentioned about twenty times.
That should read; 'there is no evidence that the writers of the Constitution followed Vattel, who recommended that every country should have a state religion."
I almost feel sorry for the fellow; it would be sad if it were not so serious. Robin of Berkeley's psychoanalytical profile of Obama rings more and more true.
0buma 0buma, no problemo laraza loves you.
I love it, I love it, I love it! NBC (the New Barack Channel) is waking up to reality! Fred Armisen is a hoot and he portrays Obummer with all the sleaze and stupidity of the real Obummer! LOL…
Funny Funny However So True, Pres Obamacare Has Told So Many Untrue Stories, Yikeess, The Book "Born To Lie" Is A Great Read About The Muslim Pres Obama.
Interesting, because I don't! Watch! It will not take much longer, I assure you!
This is a joke. The reason that it is so funny is that the proof of Obama's birth in Hawaii is overwhelming. He has shown the physical copy and posted on the Web the official birth certificate of Hawaii, and the officials in Hawaii–members of a Republican governor's administration–and the Republican governor herself have repeatedly confirmed the facts on Obama's birth certificate, that he was born in Hawaii in 1961.
Lingle is no republican, she just ran under that ticket and acted republican till after she
was elected.
That still does not give a reason for her to lie. And it does not explain the fact that two officials of the Hawaii government also confirmed the facts on the birth certificate, the heads of the departments of vital records and health. And there was the clerk who filled in the form. That makes a total of four who would have to be lying if the files showed that Obama was born somewhere else than Hawaii.
And there is a witness who recalls being told of Obama’s birth in Hawaii, in Kapiolani Hospital, in 1961:
http://www.buffalonews.com/incoming/article137495…
Obama’s Kenyan grandmother NEVER said that he was born in Kenya. She said repeatedly in the taped interview that he was born in Hawaii, where his father was studying, and she said in another interview that the first that her family in Kenya had heard of Obama’s birth was in a letter from Hawaii.
HAY HAY ELLEN ANOTHER MUSLIM LOVER, YOU AND YOUR MUSLIM TEACHER JAMES MCPHEE MUST BE ON THE SAME OBAMACARE KOOL-AID WITH THOSE BAD SIDE EFFECTS, YIKKEESS, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA AND SARAH PALIN POTUS.
Regardless of what religion I like or love, the facts do not and cannot change. Even people who hate Muslims must recognize the fact that Obama has shown the official birth certificate of Hawaii, and the fact that it has been repeatedly confirmed by the officials in Hawaii.
Merry Christmas to you also, and God bless the United States of America.
"she just ran under that ticket and acted republican till after she was elected"
Yeah, 'cuz being a Republican is such an advantage in Hawaii, right?