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Point it out in the first post please
The opening post challenges the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate. Why is Obama's birth certificate an issue? Because a small handful of people who lack a basic understanding of Constitutional law believe that Obama's birthplace is relevant to his eligibility to serve as President. They wrongly believe that the fact that he is the son of a U.S. Citizen is insufficient to make him a "natural born citizen". Thus, to such people, his place of birth is somehow relevant to his eligibility to be the POTUS.
Meanwhile, his opponent in the last election, who happens to be Caucasian was admittedly born in another country to U.S. Citizen parents. Yet, there are no accusations from the conservative crowd (and very very few from the left) that he was not eligible to run. So, yes, we can say with certainty that a white guy in the same predicament would not face the same scrutiny.
Unlike McCain, however, Obama has always been clear that he was born in Hawaii and has provided more than enough proof of this fact. Yet, the criticism remains that, because he is the son of a Kenyan national (an issue of race), he is not eligible to be POTUS if he was in fact born in Kenya, even though there is really no one out there saying that McCain would have been ineligible because he was born in Panama. The only logical distinction is Obama's Kenyan ancestry. And, that my friend, is an issue of race, whether you want to admit it or not.
(And, incidentally, the Constitution says nothing about the son of a foreign national being ineligible for the presidency).
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