There is no possible controversy regarding Obama's citizenship that I cn see since his mother is a born and raised U.S. citizen. I have two children who have a foreign mother and me, a U.S. citizen from birth and they are citizens, pure and simple. We did have to obtain a 'certificate of foreign birth' for one of them as she was born here in Tonga.
Obama doesn't have a free hand to straighten up the past mess since he has of necessity become part of the system. Even McCain said recently that he is making the proper moves - meaning, I guess, proper under these dire circumstances.
There are racists who will never accept him, no matter what, and there is a large conservative base led by people like Rush Linbaugh who are like sheep being led to believe what these TV personalities tell them to. Racism in America runs very deep, BTW, and won't be solved by electing one black president. It isn't cool to express racist tendencies, so not much is there on the surface, but underneath it runs very deep. So combine the right wing propaganda with a basic racism and you are going to get some very stupid criticism of Obama. I'm personally proud of the way he handles himself, though I would hope for economic changes in the future, particularly in the area of diversification of American manufacture, and getting back our status as a manufacturing nation which makes quality products. We do need to get away fro bottom line economics to quality driven economics.
Some time spent googleing around will raise your eye brows. Ignore the opinion and rhetoric on either side and dig for verifiable facts.
Here's how it looks so far.
His father was Kenyan. Under British Kenyan law at the time his children are Kenyans wherever they may be born. His step father was Indonesian. Under Indonesian law at the time when his step father claimed him he was automatically made a Indonesian citizen until his 18th birthday. On that day adopted foreigners need to either file the documents to renounce their Indonesian citizen ship and reclaim their former citizenship or by default accept the permanence of the Indonesian citizenship.
No documents have surfaced to show he filed that choice.
Many millions of dollars have been spent on both sides of the lawsuits and still no verifiable answers.
For the truth seeker, the issue is not one of race. It is about legal qualification.
To automatically dismiss out of hand the seeking of truth as a form of racism/sexism/cronyism/ or any other "ism" could be construed as narrow mindedness. Therein lies the rub. The old specter of "if your not with us your against us".
In many circles dissenting opinions are not tolerated. Decisions based on feelings seldom mesh with decisions based on sound rational thought, reason and logic.
People are egotistical and self centered. Such is the nature of man.
It is nigh on impossible for most to make the distinction between being wrong and being in possession of incorrect information.
Express an opinion or raise a question that does not go along the herd and out come the insults like racist,bigot,un enlightened,ignorant, un educated etc. etc.. It make the
lesser person feel better about themselves to put others down.
Watch out for that wherever your quests for truth take you.
Also be warned that free thinkers are not always welcome where they some times find themselves. It makes some uncomfortable.
That Fannie May and Freddy Mac were ordered to make loans to individuals of unsound finances was poor judgment at work and one more example of a flawed system. If that hadn't happened we likely would not have had a stimulus package.
I believe the stimulus money should have gone to the legitimate citizenry of the US
A kind of trickle up economy if you will.
The paying down or off of personal debt would have been a real shot in the arm of the financial institutions.
The purchase of consumer goods and services would have boosted the producers and providers.
The sending of our children to college would be an investment in our future.
The starting of countless small businesses would have been good for us as a people
in more ways than I can count
Instead it went to fortune 500 companies that make campaign donation$.
No $urpri$e there. Again covering up one mistake with another.
Que in the Who's Pete Towsend singing,,,, < meet the new boss,,, he's just the same as the old boss >