"Except Obama, except Obama!" (Wizbang)

You know... this smells funny to me... smells like a leftist plant frankly:

A woman was arrested in the House gallery Thursday after interrupting a reading of the Constitution by yelling out her belief that President Barack Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States.

When Frank Rep. Pallone (D-N.J.) read the part of Article II, Section 1 mandating that only a "natural-born citizen" may be president, the woman, seated in the front row of the public gallery, screamed "Except Obama, except Obama. Help us Jesus."

An officer removed her from the gallery as she yelled out "My name is Theresa."

"You're under arrest," the officer could be heard telling her as he led her through double doors at the back of the chamber.

The birther issue is no longer worth the time of day. It may've been an issue before Obama was elected, but not now, not 2 years into the man's reign. In fact, those pushing the issue are coming across as... well... loons.

And there's no better way to push that loon meme forward than to yell something like that which this woman yelled at the time she yelled. And to end her stunt with "Help us Jesus".... just a way to paint Christians as loons too. It's essentially a leftist two-fer.

I'd like to find out more about this Theresa woman. And I'd like to know whether she has any ties to moonbat groups.

I, of course, could be wrong. But it's what struck me when I first heard this.

You?

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BHO is not a natural born c... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Mrs. Right | January 6, 2011 1:19 PM | Score: 0 (16 votes cast)

Mrs. Right:

BHO is not a natural born citizen; his father was not an American citizen at the time of his (Barack's) birth. So, if we assume BHO was born in HI, he's still an American citizen, just not a natural born citizen (an American born of parents who are American citizens). My husband isn't either. His father was a legal immigrant from Guatemala who became a citizen after Mr. Right was born.

It's really kind of a moot point right now. What's anyone going to do about it? Does it matter?

Posted on January 6, 2011 13:19

Mrs. Right, since when is a... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by john | January 6, 2011 1:30 PM | Score: -2 (18 votes cast)

john:

Mrs. Right, since when is a "natural born citizen" defined as "an American born of parents who are American citizens"? Do you know something the Supreme Court doesn't know?

As Rick said... loon.

Posted on January 6, 2011 13:30

Oh, man, not this shit agai... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Jay Tea | January 6, 2011 1:33 PM | Score: 2 (14 votes cast)

Jay Tea:

Oh, man, not this shit again...

Posted on January 6, 2011 13:33

What JT said. Also, find ou... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by WildWillie | January 6, 2011 1:35 PM | Score: 1 (11 votes cast)

WildWillie:

What JT said. Also, find out who invited her. ww

Posted on January 6, 2011 13:35

My understanding of "natura... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Suburban Scarecrow | January 6, 2011 1:35 PM | Score: 5 (9 votes cast)

Suburban Scarecrow:

My understanding of "natural born citizen" is that it means (according to case law and common law) a person who is a citizen at birth. Unless Obama's father was a foreign diplomat, he was a citizen of the U.S. at the moment of his birth on U.S. soil. This makes him a natural born citizen. As you say though, it's a moot point now.

Barry's legitimacy is out s... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by 914 | January 6, 2011 1:38 PM | Score: 0 (12 votes cast)

914:

Barry's legitimacy is out somewhere on a grassy knoll. He needs to go regardless of his birth status as he is so non American like in every facet of policy.

Posted on January 6, 2011 13:38

A partial answer as to who ... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by GarandFan | January 6, 2011 1:44 PM | Score: 9 (13 votes cast)

GarandFan:

A partial answer as to who "Theresa" is might be found in who gave her a pass to enter the visitors gallery. You don't just walk in off the street.

Posted on January 6, 2011 13:44

It must give the Dems fits ... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by Michael | January 6, 2011 2:02 PM | Score: 1 (11 votes cast)

Michael :

It must give the Dems fits of laughter to plant one of their own in the gallery to do this, then sit back as the gullible public laps it up.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:02

"Do you know something t... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by John S | January 6, 2011 2:05 PM | Score: 2 (10 votes cast)

John S:

"Do you know something the Supreme Court doesn't know?"

Maybe we'd know if the administration wasn't spending millions in taxpayer dollars to keep this question out of the Supreme Court. Obama's father is irrelevant because his parents were never legally married. Obama knows this: read the "autobiography" that Bill Ayers wrote for him. Anyway, it's just the same old shit again... Obama is neither eligible nor qualified to be the president. Get over it.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:05

Ditto #9. At leas... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by 914 | January 6, 2011 2:12 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)

Ditto #9.

At least She did not yell "YOU LIE!!" On the floor..Which coincidentally has been proven.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:12

/sighGive it a fuc... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by Gmac | January 6, 2011 2:24 PM | Score: -1 (7 votes cast)

Gmac:

/sigh

Give it a fucking rest already.

The SOB is (P)resident now and unless there's a cataclysmic event he will be until Jan 22nd, 2013 so just drop it, soonest.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:24

Agree with those thinking t... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by Hank | January 6, 2011 2:31 PM | Score: 8 (12 votes cast)

Hank:

Agree with those thinking this is a plant.

Those of a conservative bent have no need to disrupt a now conservative majority House.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:31

<a href="http://people.mags... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by Mrs. Right | January 6, 2011 2:43 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)

http://people.mags.net/tonchen/birthers.htm

"According to Dr. Lawrence Solum, a law professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, we know two things for sure about the meaning of "natural born citizen":

* Anyone who is born in the United States, of parents who are U.S. citizens, is definitely, without doubt, a natural born citizen.

* Anyone who acquires U.S. citizenship through naturalization, after his or her birth, is definitely not a natural born citizen [03]."

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:43

"The SOB is (P)resident now... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by 914 | January 6, 2011 2:48 PM | Score: 4 (8 votes cast)

"The SOB is (P)resident now and unless there's a cataclysmic event he will be until Jan 22nd, 2013 so just drop it, soonest."

I opt for the cataclysm scenario.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:48

That quote doesn't address ... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by john | January 6, 2011 2:55 PM | Score: -1 (11 votes cast)

That quote doesn't address the issue. It's one thing to say "x qualifies as a natural born citizen", but another to say "a natural born citizen is defined as x". Your quote is the former, but it's not an exhaustive list. Or are you suggesting that someone born in the US (as you acknowledge Obama was) to non-citizen parents is not a citizen? In that case, you don't need to worry about anchor babies anymore. And you also contradict the law:

The following shall be nationals and citizens of the United States at birth:
(a) a person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof;

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001401----000-.html

If you acknowledge Obama was born in Hawaii, end of story.

Posted on January 6, 2011 14:55

Mrs. Right,I forge... (Below threshold)

16. Posted by Baggi | January 6, 2011 3:18 PM | Score: -11 (17 votes cast)

Baggi:

Mrs. Right,

I forget, where George Washingtons parents US Citizens? Adams? Jefferson?

Posted on January 6, 2011 15:18

"If you acknowledge Obama w... (Below threshold)

17. Posted by Sky Captain | January 6, 2011 3:20 PM | Score: 6 (10 votes cast)

Sky Captain:

"If you acknowledge Obama was born in Hawaii, end of story."

Ah, but there's the problem.
Obama is pretty much the only person who can prove definitively that he was born in Hawaii.

Even though this is no longer a story, Obama still will not prove it. (Why?)

Thus, I do not acknowledge Obamna was born in Hawaii due to lack of proof. And the Certificate of Birth released by his propaganda machine is not proof, it is not a Birth Certificate of the type signed by the parents.

If (and it is a very big IF) it turns out Obama was lying (again), there would be a Constitutional crisis of unimaginable proportions.

Posted on January 6, 2011 15:20

Baggi,From Article... (Below threshold)

18. Posted by Sky Captain | January 6, 2011 3:26 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)

Baggi,

From Article II, Section 1:
"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;..."

Obviously, the early Presidents could not be natural born citizens, so this was written this way.

Posted on January 6, 2011 15:26

Oh, man, am I gonna have to... (Below threshold)

19. Posted by Jay Tea | January 6, 2011 4:02 PM | Score: -7 (13 votes cast)

Oh, man, am I gonna have to rip the Birthers another new one AGAIN? Please, don't make me go there...

Posted on January 6, 2011 16:02

I still think there's somet... (Below threshold)

20. Posted by cirby | January 6, 2011 4:17 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)

cirby:

I still think there's something else wrong with his birth record - not something like the Birther nuts are whining about, but an embarrassing typo or a misspelled name. Maybe a little scrawl in the margin saying something like "look at the EARS on this kid!"

It's happened before - Oprah Winfrey was supposed to be named "Orpah" (a name from the Bible) but it was mistyped, and she was stuck with it...

Posted on January 6, 2011 16:17

21. Posted by cirby | January 6, 2011 4:17 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)

Per US Code Title 8, Chapte... (Below threshold)

22. Posted by Weegie | January 6, 2011 5:57 PM | Score: -1 (5 votes cast)

Weegie:

Per US Code Title 8, Chapter 12, subchapter III, Part 1, § 1401, "Nationals and citizens of the United States at birth", he meets the criteria.

Look it up for yourselves.

Posted on January 6, 2011 17:57

Wait..Barrack is a Thetan?<... (Below threshold)

23. Posted by MunDane68 | January 6, 2011 6:00 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

MunDane68:

Wait..Barrack is a Thetan?

Posted on January 6, 2011 18:00

Guarantee that if she were ... (Below threshold)

24. Posted by jim m | January 6, 2011 7:16 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)

jim m:

Guarantee that if she were given a pass into the gallery by a republican that news would have been all over the MSM by now.

Posted on January 6, 2011 19:16

I no thinka he's-a Thetan.<... (Below threshold)

25. Posted by Michael | January 6, 2011 7:18 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)

I no thinka he's-a Thetan.

Maybe-a Luthifer.

Thigned,

Vito, the lithping Italian thstereotype.

Posted on January 6, 2011 19:18

You know... this smells ... (Below threshold)

26. Posted by john | January 6, 2011 7:35 PM | Score: -5 (17 votes cast)

You know... this smells funny to me... smells like a leftist plant frankly

And now we know. She's just a good ol' regular right-wing, batshit crazy, nutjob.

Posted on January 6, 2011 19:35

Why couldn't she just do wh... (Below threshold)

27. Posted by Drago | January 7, 2011 12:38 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

Drago:

Why couldn't she just do what all respectable protesters do and soak her hands in fake blood, appear with an insane impression on her face while waving her hands inches away from obamas face?

I mean, that's what all the respectable protesters do........

Posted on January 7, 2011 00:38

President Obama's mother wa... (Below threshold)

28. Posted by superdestroyer | January 7, 2011 6:56 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)

superdestroyer:

President Obama's mother was a citizen of the U.S. thus, President Obama would have been a citizen even if he was born while his mother was outisde the country on a tourist visa. The same rules apply to the military dependents born in Germany or to children of U.S. students studying abroad.

Once again, the loonies are loose. My guess is that birthers are the same people who believe that vaccines cause autism.

Posted on January 7, 2011 06:56

Re: "And now we know. She's... (Below threshold)

29. Posted by Hank | January 7, 2011 7:55 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)

Re: "And now we know. She's just a good ol' regular right-wing, batshit crazy, nutjob."

Initially I suspected a lib plant but I now think you're right, especially since there wasn't any violence.

Posted on January 7, 2011 07:55

"Once again, the loonies ar... (Below threshold)

30. Posted by Sky Captain | January 7, 2011 8:50 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)

"Once again, the loonies are loose. My guess is that birthers are the same people who believe that vaccines cause autism."

This comparison is not valid, IMO.
The "vaccines cause autism" was created by a huge media blitz based on a study that turned out to be a lie.
The "birther" movement was created by a lack of information, due in part to a total lack of media coverage of the candidate's background in 2008.

Intriguing though, that if the media had actually done its job (ie, investigative reporting), both groups would be minimized in membership...

Posted on January 7, 2011 08:50

I've got an old friend from... (Below threshold)

31. Posted by Timmer | January 7, 2011 10:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Timmer:

I've got an old friend from my days in the Air Force. He still adds, "Show me the birth certificate." to the sig block of his emails. If you even bring up President Obama's name, he becomes absolutely red-faced and livid and begins counting off all of The President's "crimes." Over the past few years, my friend has become VERY right wing, VERY fundamentally Christian, and has gone so far as to say he's thinking of either joining or forming a militia. He and I have had to stop speaking or communicating because I'm not conservative enough and because my family and I aren't "good enough Christians."

In short, they're out there. I know this lady sounded too crazy to be true, but...

Posted on January 7, 2011 10:45

So, #5 you say...."Unless O... (Below threshold)

32. Posted by NJ MIke | January 7, 2011 11:06 AM | Score: 0 (4 votes cast)

NJ MIke:

So, #5 you say...."Unless Obama's father was a foreign diplomat, he was a citizen of the U.S. at the moment of his birth on U.S. soil" and I am wondering did Uhhbama's dad regain his BRITISH citizenship moments after JugEars was born, or did his US Citizenship have some sort of expiration date?
Cuz Barry's dad was NEVER an American citizen....

Posted on January 7, 2011 11:06

"I forget, where George Was... (Below threshold)

33. Posted by Mrs. Right | January 7, 2011 11:47 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)

"I forget, where George Washingtons parents US Citizens? Adams? Jefferson?"

"The U.S. Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 [01]. Anyone born after that date must be a "natural born citizen" in order to be eligible to serve as President of the United States [02]."

Posted on January 7, 2011 11:47

He's not an American...he's... (Below threshold)

34. Posted by Marianne | January 7, 2011 9:53 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)

Marianne:

He's not an American...he's a communist. This woman should be called a Truther Birther...and those who believe Barry Sotaro are loons, and those who voted for him to destroy this county.

Posted on January 7, 2011 21:53

#34I second that.<... (Below threshold)

35. Posted by 914 | January 8, 2011 1:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

#34

I second that.

Posted on January 8, 2011 01:48

2 years into the man's 'rei... (Below threshold)

36. Posted by Denise Porter | January 8, 2011 12:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Denise Porter:

2 years into the man's 'reign'??? And SHE'S the 'loon'? Hmm. It really is a good thing we're reading the Constitution ---might undo some brainwashing & restore some basic understanding of the difference between a servant of the people & one who reigns arbitrarily over them. Either we are all under the rule of law ---or our Constitutional system of governance is mere symbolism & utterly meaningless.

Posted on January 8, 2011 12:38

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