The Illegitimate President

Is President Barack Obama an illegitimate president?

Before the election evidence arose which calls into question his eligibility to be president. According to documents obtained by Phillip J Berg (D - Pennsylvania) Barack Obama may not be a natural born American citizen. I realize this has gone round and round and may sound like a crazy conspiracy theory, but why has Obama not provided the documentation to support that he is in fact a natural born American citizen? I know on his website he provided a "Certificate of Live Birth", but according to experts that is not a birth certificate, only documentation that a citizen of the US gave birth somewhere in the world. At every step, Obama and his friends have taken steps to seal all records that could answer this question once and for all.

The problems don't stop there.

Listening to his statements, both past and present, it becomes obvious that he has distain for the Constitution. In a 2001 interview on Illinois Pubic Radio, Obama admits that he thinks the Constitution is flawed. He said "While the Constitution is a brilliant political document for its time, it falls short of addressing the real needs of people." He further went on to say that "The Constitution tells the government what it can't do, but doesn't say what the government must do for people."

What is this lunatic talking about? The Constitution clearly spells out the role of government. It is to provide for the general defense and overall welfare of the people.

Now onto what he has done since becoming president.

Since taking office, Obama has taken unprecedented steps to undermine the Constitution and the principles of capitalism that have made this country the powerhouse of the world in just over 200 short years.

In an effort to usurp the constitutional authority of the congress, President Obama has made new cabinet posts calling them czars. These czars, according to Obama, have the authority to make policy. Under what constitutional authority do they have this power?

The latest czar named is the "car czar" which is "overseeing" the restructuring of US automakers. Under this administration, GM no longer should be called General Motors, but rather Government Motors. The first step taken by the "car czar" was to force out the legitimate CEO of the company. Now the administration has taken it upon themselves to "oversee" the bankruptcy of GM. The biggest problem with this is that under the guidelines set by the Obama administration, the government will own 70% of the company. Where in the Constitution does he have this authority?

Obama has used the power of the "bully pulpit" to be a bully. Everyone from Joe "the Plumber" to the Chrysler debt holders who refused to accept 30 cents on the dollar for the money that Chrysler owed them have been systematically demonized. He has even gone after radio commentators Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

One of Obama's biggest assaults on the Constitution came when he pushed for measures to be added to the reauthorization of the Americorps program. In the act that was passed, provisions were added that would make service mandated for all citizens at the will of the government. The Constitution is quite clear that only those convicted of a crime and during times of war can citizens be forced into service.

Obama has abused his position and violated his oath to uphold the Constitution and therefor, in my opinion, an illegitimate president. Hopefully, in 2010, the American people will have seen through the deception and vote in people who have the good sense to tell this president "NO, we will not let you destroy this country any further!" Then in 2012 vote this president out of office.