>>There is a word for them. Birthers. No matter how many times it is proven Barack Obama was born in Hawaii they just keep coming.
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>>IMO it's just an accident that the nutjob in Arizona put a bullet through Rep. Giffords's head and not Obama's. We have a significant proportion of our population that just can't deal with it.
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>>>When I hear the same story for the umptieth time, I have a tendency to get tired, and sometimes I even fall asleep. OK?
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>>>>Tore, it is anything but a yawn.
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>>>>I do not know if Obama is a citizen or not.
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>>>>For years, Obama has been in a position to end any legitimate questions, once and for all.
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>>>>I'm sure others have wanted to run for U.S. president, but could not, because it was KNOWN that they wouldn't be able to.
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>>>>Obama has already openly attempted to violate federal law (use of recouped $$$ from TARP) - so we already know that it didn't take very long in his first term to outwardly attempt to violate federal law. These are facts and are indisputable.
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>Oddly, John McCain was born in Panama, but he ran for President anyway. What is the rule governing elegability for being President?

IIRC he was born in the Canal Zone to American citizen parents. The Panama Canal Zone was a US territory at that time.

Unlike Obama, he had documentation to prove he was a US citizen (not statements from people that they had seen his name on a list at the hospital in Hawaii, or pictures of sections of what is supposed to be newspapers announcing someone with that name's birth).