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Is Barack Obama American?
He claims he was born in Hawaii, but is his birth certificate genuine? I heard he was born in Kenya. Did anyone check this before the election?
Posted 2 months ago
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He was not born in Kenya and he is not Indonesian...it's sad that people can't accept that he won the election.

He's American born in Honolulu to an American mother (which gives him US citizenship automatically) and a Kenyan father.

He travelled to Kenya late in life to meet his father's side of his family and did live in Indonesia when his mother married his step dad but only lived there for a few years. During his school years in Indonesia he attended a Catholic school...not a Madrasa as has been claimed by a ton of right wing people trying to discredit him to the American people.

All this is fact and can be verified whereas the claims that he's not American, born in Kenya or anything else is unverifiable.
Posted 2 months ago

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Posted Nov 6th, 2008 at 1:20AM
Yes, I know it's hard to accept, but he's biracial, multicultural, and very much American. Some would say he's the quintessential American. I'll just call him President Obama.
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Posted Nov 6th, 2008 at 1:20AM
Obama is from Mars. Now that he is president he will allow the Martians to land on earth and eat all racists and all republicans.
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:55PM
Come on... Do you really think that the Republican party would have let something like that slip through the cracks?
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Posted Nov 6th, 2008 at 1:21AM
Are we not living in the "melting pot"? He is 100% American, and a majority of this country saw him fit to be our president. Lets move forward!
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:55PM
that is a dumb question lol....let's be done with this crap and move forward!
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:54PM
Yes he is. He wouldnt have made it into Yale and the Senate otherwise noddlehead. He didnt just walk up out of the housing projects or climb off an immigrant boat and say i am running for president. He has been in politics for years working and lobbying and trying to help the people. I am so happy that Obama made it. And by a landslide too. I am so happy that he will get an opportunity to show you naysayers and racists that it is not about color but about character, about integrety and intellegence. All possesions that he has. This will be a wonderful 4 years and i hope for 4 more after that.
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:55PM
im an african and from all ive seen and heard of obame and from obama himself.he is more american than african .as a matter of fact i feel so sorry for all african who thinks obama is their brother.yes his father is kenyan but we all know how close some kids are to their mum and obama seems to have taken only the name and black hair from his dad.the rest from his mum

the question is belated.he has been a senator so whats the big deal in being the president.

I CONGRATULATE ALL AMERICANS FOR REALISING EARLY ENOUGH THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT AND FOR VOTING OBAMA.YOU SURE NEED AN ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR PRESENT SITUATION.im a nigerian-yoruba
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:55PM
Obviously he is, or he could never have run for president.
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:55PM
I guess you can ask a silly question....
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Posted Nov 6th, 2008 at 11:36AM
Well We certainly have Our Opinions, Don't We? Well Here's Mine, Since the court in Hawaii threw the case of Obama's Citizenship out, And not one shred of proof has been shown, this question is still up in the air. Since We ARE an ANGRY Society, and YES WE DEMAND Change try this on for SIZE, If, Obama has His way NOT only will AMERICA turn into a Third-World Country WITH NO Rights, Ya'll just Thru Our FREEDOM Right Out the Window, He Also Intends to Remove Our Right To Bear Arms, and Removing Our Troops Early BEFORE the Countries have been re-built that have been Devestated Because of the Terrorrist Regimes and Their Allies, WE will Lose Our Allies Leaving Our Country Vulnerable to YET even MORE Attacks, by Electing O-Freaking-bama into the Highest Office in Our Country, Let Alone the World Ya'll Have inadvertantly OPENED the FLOODGATES for DISASTER, Welcome to YOUR OWN DOOM, The Country I Fight For and LOVE Sooooo much has just BEEN Handed to HECK, and I and other Military Members Now FEAR for OUR Country because You The DEMOCRATS AND LIBRERALS have MADE IT REALITY to see OUR Country DIE. NEVER MIND those that Have DIED to SAVE YOUR BUTTS!!!!! OR THOSE THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES LEAVING FAMILIES BEHIND BECAUSE OUR FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN HAGE GIVEN THIER LIVES FOR YOU THE UNGRATEFUL, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED YOU HAVE BETRAYED YOUR OWN COUNTRY FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING GREED TAKE OVER AND ALL BECAUSE YOU WANTED SO CALLED CHANGE !!!
NOW THAT YOU IDIOTS HAVE DONE THIS YOU THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS JUST HUNKY-DORY DO YOU???? GUESS WHAT YOU SCREWED UP!!!! UNLESS YOUR MAN IS ALSO GOIUNG TO TAKE AWAY OUOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH TOO, YA'LL ARE IDIOTS, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT!
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 10:13AM
I don't think he is. If he were he would have no problem producing the correct papers.

I think this is a great question because nothing bad sticks to this particular person.

I think he was born outside this country. That is my opinion and I have a right to express it.
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 9:27AM
This is a rather unintelligent question. No insult intended but they don't just let any person run for president. If there was any doubt whatsoever of his birthplace, he would not have been allowed to run. Evidently the officials were satisfied.
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 3:54PM
i agree with roaring20's, it's like some people can't accept the fact that he won. i doubt seriously that he would have progressed this far if he wasn't an american citizen.
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 7:25PM
Are ya freakin kidding Me!?
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Posted Nov 5th, 2008 at 8:22PM
who cares!
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Posted Nov 8th, 2008 at 8:55AM
It is a shame BaldEagle hasn't looked into the rights we had taken away already by the current administration. But then again why should he. He obviously has been drinking heavily from the Republican Kool Aide and has abdicated his right to think for himself to for the betterment of the "party". The world rejoiced when we voted out the Chimp and his cronies and those like him cannot accept the fact the only "special interest" group the new president is going to work for is US. Oh yes, don't throw the patriotism thing around to much, as disabled vietnam vet, I too fought for your right to have your opinion. Enjoy!
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Posted Nov 8th, 2008 at 3:43PM
rhett thanks for your service I served as well.

Baldeagle I have no fear of my weapons being taken away.
Obama is concerned about assault weapons not all weapons.
As for you and your belligerant post I believe if he can single anyone out to sieze their arms it should be you and people like you.
My reasoning is you seem somewhat unstable.
Relax, Even those of us who voted for Obama have got your back.
After 8 years of Bush and his attempt and in some cases success at killing our rights which ,by the way the Supreme Court has said they are unconstitutional, We have all had enough of the assault on our freedoms.
Obama will restore our freedoms.
You will probably see that as the end of the world because you can't tell who is friend and who is foe.
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