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Related: About this forumIowa Republicans Challenge Obama's Citizenship
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/05/22/iowa_republicans_challenge_obamas_citizenship.htmlIowa Republicans Challenge Obama's Citizenship
The Iowa Republican Party is "intentionally questioning" President Obama's citizenship with wording in their platform document which calls for presidential candidates to "show proof of being a 'natural born citizen' of the United States," Radio Iowa reports.
Said Don Racheter, chairman of the Iowa GOP's platform committee: "There are many Republicans who feel that Barack Obama is not a 'natural born citizen' because his father was not an American when he was born and, therefore, feel that according to the Constitution he's not qualified to be president, should not have been allowed to be elected by the Electoral College or even nominated by the Democratic Party in 2008, so this is an election year. It's a shot at him."
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Iowa Republicans Challenge Obama's Citizenship (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2012
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zbdent
(35,392 posts)1. "because his father was not an American when he was born"
neither was Romney's, then ...
gademocrat7
(10,680 posts)2. Unbelievable.
These people are insane.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)3. More GOP silliness.
yellowcanine
(35,703 posts)4. Good. This makes them look like idiots and will backfire on them.