Obama Addresses Birthers at Prayer Breakfast

By Joy Tiz Canada Free Press.com

Expect Obama to be throwing all kinds of wild punches like this as he straddles the fence between reality and his own inner paranoia ..

Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith—or, for that matter, my citizenship, -Barack Obama

Hey, he brought it up, not us. Using the National Prayer Breakfast to whine about how everyone is picking on him, Obama raised the issue of his citizenship. Using talking points presumably prepared by Chris Matthews, Obama also bleated straight-faced about the lack of “civility” in DC. This from the guy whose chief of staff just referred to his fellow democrats as a bunch of effing “retards.” Former ballerina, Rahm Emanuel quickly recognized the offensiveness of his comments and apologized to the retards for comparing them to democrats.

In what would have been one of the best lines of his career, had he any capacity for self deprecating humor (no narcissist does), Obama denounced DC as a “Tower of Babel”, which he pronounced as “babble.”

Obama’s self indulgent caterwauling compelled him to take a shot at the constitutionalists who have questions about Obama’s eligibility to be president. His nutroots supporters insist on accusing the birthers of claiming that Obama is an illegal alien.

As always, the allegedly Harvard-trained lawyer misunderstands the legal issues. The crux of the birther’s inquiry is not whether or not Obama is legally in the United States. The question is whether or not he meets the Constitutional requirement that he be a “natural born citizen.”

There are no prior cases which specifically take up the issue of how to define “natural born” citizen for the purposes of determining eligibility for the highest office in the land. Courts often look to legislative intent when treading new legal ground. In this instance, our Founders clearly wanted to prevent a situation in which the Commander in Chief’s loyalties could be divided.

Reasonable minds could certainly differ as to whether one parent’s status as a foreign national could lead to an inference of divided loyalties or not. It’s a legitimate Constitutional and legal issue that should have been addressed during the 2008 campaign. An excess of political correctness got in the way and left this serious question unanswered.

Obama has been stung by a string of narcissistic injuries; expect him to be throwing all kinds of wild punches like this as he straddles the fence between reality and his own inner paranoia.

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Joy Tiz, Joytiz.com, born in Chicago, recalls when many democrats were actually normal people who were just wrong about everything. Joy holds a M.Sc. in psychology and a JD in law.

Joy has written extensively about current events and politics. She was a columnist at Americas Voices and now writes for Canada Free Press. Joy’s latest book, Obamanutz: A Cult Leader takes the White House provides an unblinking look at who Barack Obama is and what forces propelled him into the White House.

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