fyi, this whole COB thing is making those on the right look like tinfoilers.
What is the only benefit a natural born citizen has over a naturalized citizen? Yep, the presidency, that's it, not anything else. This is why this "conspiracy" makes so little sense to me. One would have to assume that Obama's parents devised some elaborate plot to smuggle their newborn son from Kenya to the US. In the process of doing so, they would have committed multiple American and international immigration, forgery, and fraud crimes. The types of crimes that send you to "pound me in the butt" federal prison. And this what done why? Just so the newborn Obama had a chance to one day run for the highest office in the land? Then you consider the era. Who in their right mind would ever think, in 1961, that a black (or bi-racial) person would ever attain the presidency? The 1965 Voting Rights Act was full 4 years after his birth.
Now, the possibility of his birth certificate indicating that he was of dual citizenship (US/Kenya) is far more compelling a reason for him hiding it. For the presidency, one's allegiance must be singular. If Obama was born with dual citizenship, it makes things a bit more interesting.
What is the only benefit a natural born citizen has over a naturalized citizen? Yep, the presidency, that's it, not anything else. This is why this "conspiracy" makes so little sense to me. One would have to assume that Obama's parents devised some elaborate plot to smuggle their newborn son from Kenya to the US. In the process of doing so, they would have committed multiple American and international immigration, forgery, and fraud crimes. The types of crimes that send you to "pound me in the butt" federal prison. And this what done why? Just so the newborn Obama had a chance to one day run for the highest office in the land? Then you consider the era. Who in their right mind would ever think, in 1961, that a black (or bi-racial) person would ever attain the presidency? The 1965 Voting Rights Act was full 4 years after his birth.
Now, the possibility of his birth certificate indicating that he was of dual citizenship (US/Kenya) is far more compelling a reason for him hiding it. For the presidency, one's allegiance must be singular. If Obama was born with dual citizenship, it makes things a bit more interesting.