posted on Mar, 29 2011 @ 08:46 AM
Look, the U.S. Constitution may very well require that a person be a natural born citizen in order to be eligible to run for the office of President,
but it does not require that he/she provide a birth certificate as proof of said eligibility and I would challenge anyone to prove otherwise.
The lack of an official birth certificate issued by a qualifying hospital is not, in and of itself, proof that someone was born outside of the U.S..
The reason I'm pointing out this tiny little flaw in the Birther" mindset is due some of my own life experiences in which I was, from time to time,
posed with a very similar dilemma.
As an elected union official who was sometimes tasked with insuring that workers who wished to join the union had all the required documentation
including Birth Certificate, High School Diploma, Social Security Card, State or Federal I.D., I.N.S. status if applicable and proof of passing a
standard physical examination by a qualified physician. (We did not require that a prospective member be a U.S. citizen, only that they provide a copy
of their birth certificate.)
Well to my surprise, I soon discovered that some people who were actually born in the U.S. do not have official birth certificates proving that they
were born here, or anywhere else for that matter. This was primarily due to the fact that they were born in their homes via mid-wives and no official
hospital record of their birth exist anywhere. In order to prove their births, one has to interview witnesses and in many cases, search out other
records including church records and newspaper articles which documented the birth at the time. I found that this phenomena is much more prevalent
within the minority races and the impoverished sector of our population.
I know that this is a rare exception to the rule and most people don't even consider the possibility but I can tell you, it does indeed occur. Even
in today's medical environment, many people are choosing to birth their children at home in this manner, although our record keeping procedures of
these births today is much more comprehensive than it was in the past. The same is true for marriage certificates, you don't always need one to prove
that you were actually married. Common law marriage is considered legal and binding in many, if not most, states and there are various ways to prove
it's existence other that an official certificate.
Anyway, I just thought I would point out this gaping hole in the "Birther" logic and mentality, that's why it takes an idiot to embrace it.