Published March 31, 2012 | Associated Press
The legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency has been a matter of much debate since before the 2008 election. For the most part the majority of Americans, including many of his critics, have assumed that he is a natural born citizen of the United States & is therefore qualified to hold the office as stated in the U.S. Constitution.
Attempting to stanch the persistent distraction of questions concerning his citizenship, President Obama last April released the long-form birth certificate his incredulous critics have been demanding. The document, signed and sealed, revealed that Obama was born at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, as he has always claimed. Donald Trump, one of Obama’s most vocal skeptics, expressed triumph with his personal crusade to put the “birther” doubts to rest. But he also cautioned against drawing premature conclusions, contending that the document will need to be vetted for authenticity.
And so began the investigation into the authenticity of the documents the President provided to prove the veracity of his claims. Recently Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio stated that his investigative team have found the document to be a forgery. But he's not the only one, a Hawaii elections clerk signed an affidavit swearing that his supervisors told him that no long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate existed for Barack Obama Jr. in Hawaii and that neither Queens Medical Center nor Kapi’olani Medical Center in Honolulu had any record of Obama having been born in their medical facilities.
But it's not only his birth certificate that has been called into question, his Social Security number is also flagged as fraudulent by the governments own E-Verify system. There are also questions about his Selective Service registration.Attempting to stanch the persistent distraction of questions concerning his citizenship, President Obama last April released the long-form birth certificate his incredulous critics have been demanding. The document, signed and sealed, revealed that Obama was born at Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, as he has always claimed. Donald Trump, one of Obama’s most vocal skeptics, expressed triumph with his personal crusade to put the “birther” doubts to rest. But he also cautioned against drawing premature conclusions, contending that the document will need to be vetted for authenticity.
And so began the investigation into the authenticity of the documents the President provided to prove the veracity of his claims. Recently Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio stated that his investigative team have found the document to be a forgery. But he's not the only one, a Hawaii elections clerk signed an affidavit swearing that his supervisors told him that no long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate existed for Barack Obama Jr. in Hawaii and that neither Queens Medical Center nor Kapi’olani Medical Center in Honolulu had any record of Obama having been born in their medical facilities.
Perhaps these issues & ongoing Congressional investigations are the reason why, according to unnamed sources which are part of the Presidents inner circle, President Obama will announce his resignation on or around May 1, 2012. The sources state that he has busied himself with setting up the framework required to hand over power to V.P. Joe Biden so that as many of the policies that he has enacted remain in place & that his adversaries in Congress don't reverse the many reforms he's managed to implement.
Another concern is the economic impact his resignation will have on an already struggling economy & how this will affect our position in the world market.
