Barack Obama, Legit or Illegit? Does It Matter?

Despite what Philip Berg has to say and whatever abilities with Adobe Photoshop the Barack Obama campaign crew may possess, let us consider what would happen if Barack Obama were impeached on grounds of his birth. (By the way he probably won't be. The Supreme Court has recently dismissed the case.) The first problem that presents itself is the timing of this inquiry. Obama isn't some obscure canidate currently running for office. He's the President elect, so the problem is already six monthes late to be addressed. More so if you consider the two years he has spent campaigning.

So what if he's President elect? Should that exempt him from the law? In this case, yes. Obama can't help where he was born. It's not like he been sleeping around or taking bribes. While the laws that prevents foriegners from running for office is necessary to protect our sovereignty, we have bigger problems to deal with. This is no time to squabble over leadership. This is a time get things done, to reverse the deadly spiral of debt in this country. To impeach Barack Obama would be to postpone all the problems America must address in the time it takes to elect a new President. Or if it's decided that the seat should go to Joe Biden or George Bush, the time it takes to go through an impeachment process. In any case, who would oversee the auto bailout? How much tax money would a fresh election cost us? How might our economic problems complicate thamselves before someone can take office?

Beyond the tangible implications of impeaching Obama, nearly as imposing are the social ones. It is well beyond the time to question his birth, so anything done now would appear to be the cries of sore losers with an agenda. As of today it warrants a couple eye rolls out of the left wing. When such a venture succeeds, Pandora's box is opened as the right wing is accused of racism, usurping and just being jerks. The precedent that such a action would leave would be justification for impeachment over the most minor of infractions. (You thinking Clinton?) Now when we have voted for a black President for the first time, it would be so unwise to remove him now when he is protected by the anti-racial sentiments of the people.

The best thing to do with the President elect's birthright is to simply turn the other way, legit or not. I hate to suggest something so nefarious but there is no way to pursue the issue with damaging this country. If he should push legislation to change the Constitution, then by all means we should block it (or rather tell our representatives to block it). Conservatives should let Obama make the first move. In future elections we can examine birth certificates early in political races and push legislation to prevent donations from foriegn sources. Until then, the Supreme Court was right to deny the case. America needs surgery before it can worry about a sliver.

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