3 from Leo Donofrio's NaturalBornCitizen blog
Leo Donofrio's NaturalBornCitizen blog has three pertinent articles at the top.
Why do both Obama's State Department and the Senate require two US citizen parents for those born abroad to attain natural born citizen status?
[size=3]Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2009 by naturalborncitizen
Ed. 7 FAM 1131.6-2 Eligibility for Presidency
(TL:CON-68; 04-01-1998 )
a. It has never been determined definitively by a court whether a person who acquired U.S. citizenship by birth abroad to U.S. citizens is a natural born citizen within the meaning of Article II of the Constitution and, therefore, eligible for the Presidency.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86757.pdf
The State Department is part of the Executive Branch. The Foreign Affairs Manual is hosted at State.gov
Leo Donofrio's letter to Congress (in bold)
[size=117]Dear Hon. Sen. or Rep. ______,
When Barack Obama II was born in 1961, his father was a British protected citizen. [b]During the election, then Sen. Obama published on his website a statement from his book, which correctly stated that his birth status was “governedâ€
FighttheSmears.com scrubbed, even from Google cache
[They must be worried that Dr. Orly Taitz's case in California on Monday morning could result in discovery, and thus expose their own false testimony and obstruction of justice at FighttheSmears.com.]
"FighttheSmears" website scrubbed, even from Google cache and Way Back Machine archive.
Obama 'smear' site vanishes from Web
Statements scrubbed on birth certificate, Bill Ayers, ACORN
Posted: July 09, 2009 11:50 pm Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
A website aimed at combating so-called Internet "smears" about President Obama has disappeared from the Internet - including an alleged certification of live birth posted during his campaign - and archives for the website have been thoroughly scrubbed.
As The Obama File notes [ED.: I haven't found that note], even the Internet Archive Way Back Machine appears to have lost its archived copies of Obama's "Fight the Smears" website.
http://www.wnd.com/images/waybackmachine.jpg
WayBackMachine fails to produce archives for "Fight the Smears" website
A Google cache of the website still shows many of the "smear" topics the website addresses, but content for each posting is no longer available. The snapshot of the page from July 2, 2009, lists the following topics:
* Obama's campaign was funded by foreigners
* Obama sought endorsement from the New Party
* Obama has connections to Bill Ayers
* Jerome Corsi's research on Obama and Kenya's Raila Odinga
* Obama's relationship with Fannie Mae executives
* Obama's affiliation with ACORN
* NRA research on Obama's record on guns
* "Born alive" accusations concerning Obama's pro-abortion stance
* Jerome Corsi's research on Obama in "new hit book"
* Obama is a Muslim
* Obama has not shown a long-form birth certificate and may not have been born in America
Obama's campaign posted a "Certification of Live Birth" on the "Fight the Smears" website that has been widely touted as "Obama's birth certificate" - though it does not in any way prove he was born in Hawaii, since the same "short-form" document is easily obtainable for children not born in Hawaii. The true "long-form" birth certificate - which includes information such as the name of the birth hospital and attending physician - is the only document that can prove Obama was born in Hawaii, but to date he has not permitted its release for public or press scrutiny.
Nonetheless, that posting has vanished along with the website. A screenshot image of the original page can be seen below.
http://www.wnd.com/images/FighttheSmears.jpg
Obama "Fight the Smears" website posted response to eligibility issue
The statement read, "Smears claiming Barack Obama doesn't have a birth certificate aren't actually about that piece of paper - they're about manipulating people into thinking Barack is not an American citizen."
It continued, "The truth is, Barack Obama was born in the state of Hawaii in 1961, a native citizen of the United States of America. Next time someone talks about Barack's birth certificate, make sure they see this page."
The White House did not respond to a WND request for comment.
As WND reported, another main issue addressed by Obama's "Fight the Smears" site was the contention he was once a Muslim.
"Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian," stated the site.
The following is a screenshot of that topic.
http://www.wnd.com/images/Obamafaith.jpg
Screenshot of "Fight the Smears" website statement on Obama's faith
Obama launched his "Fight the Smears" website in June 2008 to stop "ideologues" from "spreading a 'pack of lies' about Barack."
Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the Obama campaign, told the New York Times at the time of launch that the campaign sought to confront "lies" and "false rumors" with the "Fight the Smears" website.
"Whenever challenged with these lies we will aggressively push back with the truth and help our supporters debunk the false rumors floating around the Internet," he said.