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Obama Should End The Birth Certificate Controversy
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Rev. Michael Bresciani
November 26, 2008
The question of whether Barack Obama was actually born in Kenya thus
disqualifying him to run as a presidential candidate will not go away.
It is like the little mushrooms that appear every morning under the
tree, they keep coming back. What should the president-elect do?
It is not fair to label those who want
answers as racists, disillusioned right-wingers, conspiracy nuts or any
other convenient appellation thereby asking them to simply shut up.
Lawsuits filed to require that an official vault document be produced
have come from African-Americans, democrats and a host of
constitutionally concerned citizens.
In fact one You Tube
offering about the matter garnered 750,000 views alone and the total
viewing of videos and articles on the subject is somewhere near 3
million to date.
The problems with the birth certificate
offered on the extreme left Web site the Daily Kos and a few other
Internet sites are too many to ignore. The short list is first that the
document is not signed. Secondly, it has no seal. Third, is that the
security border doesn't match similar documents from the same time
period. Other objections are that the race of Mr. Obama's father is
listed as African. In the early '60s the State of Hawaii listed
African- Americans as Negroes.
What is missing from the
document is the doctor's signature and physical characteristics at
birth that every original birth certificate reveals.
Some
interested party's have submitted the internet document to the scrutiny
of Adobe and graphic experts who all agree the document is highly
questionable or a complete fraud. Is it? Who knows at this point? What
is far more intriguing is the resistance being thrown at uncovering the
true vault document. This is what is spawning suspicion and doubt.
Attorney Philip Berg has filed a writ of certiorari that should force
the president-elect, the DNC and co-defendants to produce the document
in accordance with law. Ambassador Alan Keyes has pending suits and a
total of 17 others are submitting their quests to various levels of
state courts.
Here are the important reasons President-elect Obama should cooperate and put the whole matter to bed as quickly as possible.
Because he can. With a simple request to the Hawaii Bureau of Vital
Statistics he can quash all doubt and get on with his administration.
He will remove the suspicions of millions of Americans, republicans,
democrats and independents alike. If ignored it could cause a
constitutional crises unlike anything ever seen in this country. It
would make questions of chads and incomplete voting cards look like a
kindergarten problem by contrast.
It will indicate that Mr.
Obama means business when he takes the oath of office and declares that
he will uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. It
will give confidence to many of his opponents who may not agree with
all his policies, but want to know that he is a completely honest man
with the country's best interest in mind.
It would put to rest
the assertion that he is an elitist. All Americans must submit proper
documentation of birth to get Social Security cards, driver's license,
security clearance and passports. He should be willing to carry out the
first and the least of all his campaign promises contained in the
slogan "Yes, we can." In America we can and according to law "we must."
We will all sleep better at night!
It is a surprisingly simple matter to make it all go away but it is
presently entrenched in court battles and suspicion. In a full page ad
in the Washington Times Nov. 17, 2008 three questions are asked. Was
Barack Obama born in Kenya? Is he really a citizen of Indonesia? Does
the Constitution still matter?
Good questions, we're listening.
The Rev. Michael Bresciani is an author of "An American Prophet and His
Message" and columnist for several online and print publications.