Is He Or Isn't He?

Okay, I admit that when I first heard the buzz about Obama not being eligible to serve as President, I thought it was 100% hooey.  I really thought someone would have leaked proof early on if he wasn't eligible.  Now?  Let's just say I am becoming convinced that there's a very interesting story there somewhere.

On the one hand, I tell myself that SURELY either party would have to see proof that a candidate for President is constitutionally eligible before they are formally nominated.  I mean, how embarrassing would that be if the candidate wasn't properly vetted and it got out?  Why go to all that trouble to fight and win the election if you know darned well it could all be lost in the blink of an eye?  The party who did something that stupid would probably take decades to recover and it wouldn't hurt my feelings to have the Dems de- fanged for the next 10 or 20 years.

On the other hand, it bothers me that Obama hasn't done anything to put this to rest.  Doesn't he have better things to do with his time and money?  If the rumors are so baseless, why not just whip out the birth certificate and have a big ole belly laugh at the other side's expense?  Call it woman's intuition.  Call it a gut feeling.  Either way, there's something wrong about the fact that he hasn't taken advantage of the opportunity to make his opposition look like idiots.

It particularly bothers me that he's kept all his school records locked away.  I know the Dems will claim there's nothing wrong with that but it's not what we've experienced from other candidates and it's certainly not the transparency we were promised.  And that makes me wonder.  When someone elects not to take the easy way out, when they have plenty of supposedly more important things on their place, then you can bet there's a good reason.

I've heard all sorts of convoluted arguments meant to "prove" that he's not an NBC (natural born citizen, in case you don't follow the lingo) simply because his father was Kenyan.  I'm no lawyer but all of those arguments seem to be based on the law prior to the passage of Title 8, section 1401.  From a laywoman's reading of that passage, he certainly seems to meet the criteria.  Assuming he was born in Hawaii as we've been told.  Bottom line - do I really think he's constitutionally ineligible to hold the office?  That seems really hard to believe. 

But what I am starting to suspect is that perhaps he took advantage of his father being Kenyan to get foreign student scholarships that he really wasn't entitled to.  That would be highly embarrassing now and would certainly provide enormous motivation for keeping all his school records locked away. 

I just hope this is resolved and doesn't become an enduring conspiracy like the JFK assassination.  That's the LAST thing we need.