2010 Elections, Birth Certificates
Between now and the 2010 Senator and Representative elections, I say that we should think about the following:
1. We should demand that candidates for Senator and Representative in the upcoming 2010 elections publicly provide a long form birth certificate so that we, the voters, can be absolutely sure that they are who they say they are and that they are eligible to run for federal office.
2. If for some reason, candidates refuse to provide their long form birth certificate so that the public can examine it, then I say we tell them face-to-face that we simply won't vote for them, and we will look for and vote for someone who is not scared to show his long form birth certificate to the public.
3. Remember, in the 2010 elections, there is a very good chance that Senator and Representative candidates will visit your city and even your neighborhood, so it is a good time to publicly, but politely, demand that a candidate provide his long form birth certificate so that the public can examine it.
4. Again, if the candidate refuses to provide his long form birth certificate for legal or personal reasons, then we can simply tell the candidate that we will look for and vote for someone who is not scared to show the public his long form birth certificate.
5 . And that includes asking the powerful House Speaker, Pelosi, to show the public her long form birth certificate.
Re: 2010 Elections, Birth Certificates
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Originally Posted by mirse
1. We should demand that candidates for Senator and Representative in the upcoming 2010 elections publicly provide a long form birth certificate so that we, the voters, can be absolutely sure that they are who they say they are and that they are eligible to run for federal office.
If I show you a birth certificate for anyone of the proper sex and born within 5 years one way or the other of my actual birth how will you know it is really mine? There aren't any finger prints or pictures on it. No DNA sample. It's just a piece of paper that I claim as mine.
Re: 2010 Elections, Birth Certificates
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Originally Posted by JohnDoe2
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Originally Posted by mirse
1. We should demand that candidates for Senator and Representative in the upcoming 2010 elections publicly provide a long form birth certificate so that we, the voters, can be absolutely sure that they are who they say they are and that they are eligible to run for federal office.
If I show you a birth certificate for anyone of the proper sex and born within 5 years one way or the other of my actual birth how will you know it is really mine? There aren't any finger prints or pictures on it. No DNA sample. It's just a piece of paper that I claim as mine.
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I'm sorry, but I don't understand your statement above. Could you please explain further what you mean.
Maybe I can explain my own position a little clearer with an example.
1. Let's suppose you are running for Representative in my district.
2. I come up to you and ask you to let us, the public, see your certified birth certificate from your home state, if you say you were born in the United States, so that we can verify your age and citizenship.
3. NOTE: I would not expect you to carry around your birth certificate so that you could show it to everyone who asked.
4. Rather, I would expect you to say that you will happy to give a copy to, say, the local paper, so that all the voters could see and examine it.
5. In addition, I would ask you to give us, the voters, permission to contact your birth state so that your birth state can verify that the copy of your birth certificate that you give to the local paper is valid.
6. However, what happens if you don't want to provide a birth certificate for legal or personal reasons?
7. Then I will tell you this: I will look for and vote for a candidate who is not scared to show us voters his verified birth certificate.
2010 elections: I hope the imaginary scene above will help you to understand my position better when it comes to the issue of whether or not candidates for Senator and Representative this coming 2010 elections should be required to show us their birth certificates in order to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are eligible to run for public federal office.