The media’s Constitutional double standard
Which does the mainstream media hold in higher regard: the Constitution or Democratic party interests? After reading Jerome Corsi’s latest article exposing the media’s double standard on presidential eligibility, it would appear to be the latter.
The same media outlets that sounded the alarm in 2008 over McCain’s eligibility are now marginalizing the growing concerns whether our current president is constitutionally qualified to hold office.
When McCain became the Republican nominee, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, FactCheck.org, Snopes.com, the Times of London, and many other media outlets questioned his eligibility to serve, as he was born in the Panama Canal Zone.
Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution states that “No person except a natural born citizen … shall be eligible to the office of President.” But according to U.S. law, McCain was in fact eligible to serve, as he was born on a Navy base to American parents.
McCain appeared before Congress with his actual birth certificate (not a “Certification of Live Birth,”, which Obama and the media wrongly portray as a birth certificate), thereby averting a possible Constitutional crisis. However, FactCheck.org still maintains that “If McCain wins the presidency, the constitutionality of these congressional statutes could be challenged in the courts.”
Why didn’t Congress also bring in Obama, who has sealed nearly all of his records, to testify as McCain did? Obama’s refusal to release the very documents that would resolve the matter has cost an incredible $1.7 million in order to fight requests to release the information according to World Net Daily. If our president has nothing to hide, then why doesn’t he release his actual birth certificate as McCain did? After all, there aren’t separate versions of the Constitution for Republicans and Democrats.
My view is that the media was right to investigate McCain’s eligibility. But they should have given candidate Obama the same scrutiny. While the media – and these supposed “fact-checking” websites – wrote piece after piece questioning the validity of the Republican candidate, those who questioned the Democratic candidate were – and continue to be – attacked and smeared by the same. Their efforts to label concerned citizens “birthers” and “racists” is nothing more than a diversionary tactic to shift the focus from where it belongs.
Whether you think the so-called “birther” movement is nuts or not, what is truly ridiculous is that our president has allowed this controversy to continue for nearly two years. Government officials swear an oath to “support the Constitution,” not to selectively apply the law when it is politically expedient for them.
In: Media, Politics · Tagged with: Barack Obama, birthers, Constitution, media bias
Beck on Birthers
I don’t know if I am a “birther,” but I do think that since the Constitution says our President must be a “natural-born citizen,” our presidential candidates should prove that they are upholding the oath they swear an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend” by producing a valid birth certificate.
Certain media figures like Fox News hosts Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck have taken the position that those wanting to verify Barack Obama’s citizenship are way off base. In fact today, Beck stated that it is the “dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
With our country in the state it’s in and people beginning to question whether any of the legislation that Obama and Congress are passing is even Constitutional, wouldn’t it be a good idea to at least check? The document that those covering for Obama are claiming to be the birth certificate is actually a “Certificate of Live Birth,” and my children couldn’t even play little league if all we presented was that.
All these critical-thinking Americans seem to be asking for is a little bit of the transparency campaign promise that Obama and his cronies pledged. If “birthers” are so “discredited” as Beck claims, why doesn’t Obama just shut the debate down and produce the document. What is to hide, really?
In: Politics · Tagged with: Barack Obama, birthers, Constitution, natural-born citizen
