I read a Facebook status yesterday which again attempted to place President Barack Obama's birthplace into question.
I guess in a speech the president had just given, Obama said something along the lines of, "...Americans don't want that. I don't want that either."
The poster then said, "Isn't the president American? Why would he feel the need to say that if he was?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
When a president speaks, he has often times started the speech with the words, "My fellow Americans..."
I can't remember the last time I heard a president alter that saying, by stating this instead - "My fellow Americans, including myself, for I am indeed an American just like all of you..."
Come on... Really? Were people questioning former presidents when they said such things? George W. Bush? Bill Clinton? George H.W. Bush? Ronald Reagan? Richard Nixon? Dwight Eisenhower? Jimmy Carter? I could go on and on...
"Whoa! Did you hear Bush? He mentioned Americans and didn't include himself! Are we certain that he was born in this country? Ah! I had a feeling he may have been born in Poland! His last name is probably Bushski!"
Yes, the president's name may very well be Barack Hussein Obama. He may have a darker skin tone than any of our preceding presidents. However, that doesn't mean he's "not one of us". I seriously wonder if Obama changed his name to Joe Smith, if his natural-born citizenship would be questioned nearly as much. Also, if he changed his name to Joe Smith, I wonder if his opponent - Mitt Romney (a Mormon) - would start believing that he was the founder of his religion.
I guess in a speech the president had just given, Obama said something along the lines of, "...Americans don't want that. I don't want that either."
The poster then said, "Isn't the president American? Why would he feel the need to say that if he was?"
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
When a president speaks, he has often times started the speech with the words, "My fellow Americans..."
I can't remember the last time I heard a president alter that saying, by stating this instead - "My fellow Americans, including myself, for I am indeed an American just like all of you..."
Come on... Really? Were people questioning former presidents when they said such things? George W. Bush? Bill Clinton? George H.W. Bush? Ronald Reagan? Richard Nixon? Dwight Eisenhower? Jimmy Carter? I could go on and on...
"Whoa! Did you hear Bush? He mentioned Americans and didn't include himself! Are we certain that he was born in this country? Ah! I had a feeling he may have been born in Poland! His last name is probably Bushski!"
Yes, the president's name may very well be Barack Hussein Obama. He may have a darker skin tone than any of our preceding presidents. However, that doesn't mean he's "not one of us". I seriously wonder if Obama changed his name to Joe Smith, if his natural-born citizenship would be questioned nearly as much. Also, if he changed his name to Joe Smith, I wonder if his opponent - Mitt Romney (a Mormon) - would start believing that he was the founder of his religion.
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