The People’s View

What happened to the promise of the ‘most ethical’ congress in history?

Article 2 Section 1 of the United States Constitution defines the qualifications to be President:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

There have been rumors circulating that Barak Obama was born in Kenya, thus not a natural born citizen. I have no idea if they are true but it seems a valid question and would be easily answered if Mr. Obama would produce his actual birth certificate. Unfortunately, he has refused to do so. The Hawaiian government has sealed all records pertaining to Mr. Obama. Also Kenya has sealed their records and Mr. Obama refuses to release any school or college records. He didn’t even have a US Passport until was issued one when he became a Senator.

The Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday whether or not it will consider two cases contending that Barack Obama is not a “natural born citizen,” as the president is required to be under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. One case, referred to the court by Justice Clarence Thomas after Justice David Souter had rejected it, argues that because Obama’s father was a citizen of Kenya, at the time a British colony, the president-elect was born with dual citizenship. The other, filed by Attorney Phillip J. Berg, effectively contends that Obama has outright lied about having been born on American soil.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16257.html

Without joining the tin foil hat conspiracy theory ranks on this subject, I would like to see REAL, CERTIFIED, LEGAL proof of Mr. Obama’s birth details. Anyone can go online and fill in a copy of the form posted on his website, it has no real value. What does he have to hide? I am getting that ‘sleazy’ feeling again. Remember when Bill Clinton said he tried marijuana but “didn’t inhale”…. when he said “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.. Ms. Lewinski”…. YEAH!!! Those kind of sleazy feelings!

If Bill Clinton would have said….. Well, yeah, she was kinda cute, it was late, she flashed her thong at me….. and hey….. look at Hillary……… I just couldn’t help myself.

CASE CLOSED!! He would have been in the news less and not gotten impeached. Now we have the President-Elect effectively telling us the US Constitution doesn’t matter, he doesn’t need to prove he meets the requirements to hold the office, he can just do it. That type of arrogance and self-aggrandizement makes me quite nervous.

No, it PISSES ME OFF!!!! The MOLES won’t touch the story, won’t investigate, continue to prop up the candidate they refused to actually examine, and he continues to sweet-talk the brain-dead followers into more support.

SCOTUS……. Take the case and make him show proof. Simple, if he is qualified, swear him in. If not, put him in jail for perjury.

Well, the official word has been given. SCOTUS won’t hear the motion, it has been denied. I guess the requirements set forth in the US Constitution don’t matter.

Continuing down the lack of ethics path

Remember that ‘sleazy’ feeling I mentioned? Well, THEY’RE BAAACCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!

Hillary Clinton is scrambling to reduce her massive campaign debt before she becomes secretary of state, when federal ethics laws – and political sensitivities – will severely hamper her ability to do so.

AP

And…..

Sen. Hillary Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Secretary of State in the Obama administration, according to the public interest group Judicial Watch.

The Ineligibility Clause of the U.S. Constitution stipulates that no member of Congress can be appointed to an office that has benefited from a salary increase during that Senator or Representative’s current term of office.

A January 2008 Executive Order signed by President George W. Bush during Hillary Clinton’s current Senate term increased the salary for Secretary of State from $186,600 to $191,300.

Specifically, Article I, section 6 of the U.S. Constitution states: “No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments (salary and benefits) whereof shall have been increased during such time.”

At the 1787 Constitutional Convention there was fear that of members of Congress might create new jobs or give raises to existing jobs, and then take those jobs for themselves.

President Richard Nixon circumvented this provision after appointing Ohio Sen. William Saxbe to the position of Attorney General. The Attorney General’s salary had been increased during Saxbe’s term, but the Nixon administration managed to push legislation through Congress to reduce the salary to its previous level.

This scheme, known thereafter as “The Saxbe Fix,” was also used to allow Sen. Lloyd Bensen to assume the position of Treasury Secretary under President Clinton.

So Hillary will require a “Saxbe Fix” to serve as Secretary of State, according to Judicial Watch. But the group asserts that the tactic “may reduce the salary of Secretary of State to previous levels, but it does not affect what is a clear constitutional prohibition.”

Newsmax .com

And……….

Bill Clinton’s business deals and global charitable endeavors had been expected to create problems for the former first lady’s nomination. But in negotiations with the Obama transition team, the former president agreed to several measures designed to bring transparency to those activities.

“It’s a big step,” said Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said he plans to vote to confirm Clinton.

The former president long had refused to disclose the identities of contributors to his foundation, saying many gave money on condition that they not be identified.

http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/clinton_secretary_state/2008/11/30/156501.html

PLEASE…….. SOMEBODY PUT A STAKE THROUGH THEIR HEART(S)!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Do they have hearts?)

Today’s breaking news

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat President-elect Barack Obama, federal prosecutors said.

While Obama has long distanced himself from the governor — who has been under investigation on other issues for months — Blagojevich’s arrest was likely to be an embarrassment to the president-elect, who takes office on January 20. The case shines a light once again on old-style corruption in the Chicago political caldron from which Obama emerged.

“The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the federal prosecutor, said in a statement.

Blagojevich was also accused of threatening to withhold state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of the Chicago Cubs’ baseball home, Wrigley Field, in order “to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply critical” of him.

We are in for a rough 4 years! My only hope at this point is that the libs feel so comfortable, they already have the arrogance, that they continue to show their true character. Let’s arrest them ALL!!!!!!!

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