Kentucky Man Demands Proof That Obama Is A U.S. Citizen

[sabra]

Source: News25

LEXINGTON, KY - An eastern Kentucky man wants President-elect Barack Obama to prove he is a natural-born U.S. citizen. Daniel John Essek, 47, filed a demand in court last week that Obama provide a copy of his birth certificate to a federal judge for verification.

This may be the first post-election court challenge to Obama's qualifications to be president. Being a U.S. citizen is one of the requirements to become president.

A Pennsylvania judge threw out a pre-election court challenge to Obama's birth qualification, saying the arguments were frivolous.

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Essek says he voted for John McCain, but is questioning Obama's qualifications because he claims, "this is patriotism." Essek unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in the primary election this year.

Read more: http://www.news25.us/dsp_story.cfm?storyid=10017&RequestTimeout=500

[bookman]

1. The Wing-nuts..

..they just won't quit.

[still_one]

The media is a joke. This is a story? /nt

[NJmaverick]

2. Did Obama even win Kentucky?

[DS1]

3. Lazy author hasn't heard of Alan Keyes

[hendo]

4. yee-haw

redneck rodeo time!

[fasttense]

5. Keep wasting your money on frivolous lawsuits repukes.

Maybe eventually it will sink in that you lost. In the mean time, use up all your ill gotten gain on fantasies.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

46. You know it sounds a lot like the South

The South lost the civil war and there are still people who think they won :eyes:

[slackmaster]

6. Essek? Sounds like a Kraut name to me.

Just who is "Daniel John Essek" anyway, and what do you suppose his REAL first name is?

[singingbiscuit]

44. Here's his website

http://www.essek4senate.org/

This guy has a wonderful command of the English language. He also takes responsibility for his failures.

Cleaning Up My Mess

Ok, so maybe I got a little carried away, like my wife said.
There were many problems which beset my campaign.
The major one was my boss, Kerry Knight, cancelled, without notice, all of my home time.
I did make it home a few times, but it was always short and late.
Mr. Knight even kept me from making my Doctors' Appointments.

[singingbiscuit]

45. ... and he uses e-mail too!

Go on. You know you want to.

[xchrom]

7. and i demand that everyone call this man an idiot. nt

[Ken Burch]

8. And I demand PROOF...

That this guy's parents aren't first cousins.

[Sub Atomic]

55. Here's the text of my email:

Mr. Essek,

If you insist on concrete proof that President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama is a natural citizen then I insist that you prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that your parents weren't first cousins.

Thanks for the laughs, idiot. The late night talk show hosts are going to have fun running you through the shredder.

LOL

[varkam]

9. Why does it have to be from my home state?

Why? As if Kentucky doesn't have a bad enough image as is...

[kittycat1164]

31. I'm with you on that!!! Why here???? UGH!!!!! n/t

[get the red out]

51. Exactly!

Some idiot from Whitley County trying to make a name for himself. Makes me sick. I am so tired of the lowest, non-sentient, life-forms ruling this state.

The good part is that the very fact that he is from Kentucky makes his claims idiotic from the start. Our state has become such a poster-child for ignorance.

[rurallib]

10. Wasn't Clarence Thomas going to bring a similar lawsuit to a certiorari

conference? Has that also been thrown out or am I misinformed? December 5th as I recall.

[Nickster]

11. This is a news story? Did they bother to mention that this whack job has no legal standing, so the

entire premise of the case is a non-starter.

[Arctic Dave]

12. Every time I read an article about this I get smile on my face.

Let the knuckle draggers waste their time and money chasing paranoid fantasies while we work to undo * CF.

[Political Tiger]

13. I Demand that Daniel John Essek

show proof that HE is a US citizen!

[alfredo]

18. I demanded proof from a wingnut this morning in a chat room after

he came up with that birth certificate BS. He left the chat room after I asked him several times to prove to us that he is a natural born citizen.

[Botany]

39. I Demand that Daniel John Essek shows proof ....

.... that his mom and dad aren't his aunt & uncle too

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

47. or .... that his mom and dad aren't his sister & brother too

[Xipe Totec]

14. The Birth certificate posted on the web

Notice the small print near the bottom of the document, it reads:

"This copy serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding."

http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate

[HopeHoops]

15. Yo, Mr. Nutjob - Obama's birth certificate is on his web site! Now go get some pork BBQ, good boy.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. I demand proof that this idiot has some sort of functional IQ.

We need a really big rock so that all of these nutcases can crawl back under it.

[blueknight]

17. once again,

i weep for my state. ignorant,redneck moran. it never ceases to amaze me

[prostock69]

21. Oh I couldn't agree more!

If Obama was white, this would not even be an issue

[defendandprotect]

19. Clarence Thomas took this in for Supreme Court last Wednesday --

You can bet they are trying to figure out how much mischief they can cause ...!!!

[prostock69]

23. They are suppose to convene on Dec. 5th to decide whether or not to hear the case

I hope they don't because if they do, they will cause mass rioting like never seen before in the history of the world.

[sharp_stick]

27. mass rioting like

nothing seen in the history of the world? That is the biggest over-reaction to something ever in the history of the world.

[RedEarth]

43. "mass rioting like never seen before in the history of the world." ....huh?

[Wednesdays]

50. Did you mistake mass rioting for mass celebration?

That doesn't come about until January 20th.

:party: :bounce: :beer: :toast: :party: :patriot:

[defendandprotect]

56. Didn't see much happen when they put Bush in presidency ...!!

I think they'll figure they might get away with it again ---

and/or in GOP-thinking at least smear Obama and his presidency.

Thomas is obviously key --- they have a lot on this pervert and

are probably pushing him to do what damage he can ....

They will not be thinking of the well-being of nation nor citizens --

They are the destroyers ...

[DetlefK]

20. And I demand proof that John McCain is a US-citizen: He was born in Panama.

[defendandprotect]

53. ...McCain was born on Panama military base BEFORE rules were in effect ...

that make such individuals natural citizens --

[laylah]

22. This is getting SO old

edited to add: the requests by these nutjobs that Barak produce a viable birth certificate.

[Rebubula]

24. Still with this shit???

I mean...whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot???

Boy's been drinking too much bourbon...

[benld74]

25. Knuckledragging, mouth breathing, Moran!!!!

[Hissyspit]

26. Idiot.

Pathetic.

[nebutar]

28. Questionable

The only issue is that the certificate of live birth differs from a birth certificate. The certificate of live birth is only able to be used as proof of a birth anywhere. The birth certificate proves WHERE and WHEN a birth happened.
So that is where the confusion is, and Obama should just get his people to dig up the birth certificate and it all goes away.

[Hissyspit]

29. Nonsense.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

Born in the U.S.A.
August 21, 2008
Updated: November 1, 2008
The truth about Obama's birth certificate.

Summary
In June, the Obama campaign released a digitally scanned image of his birth certificate to quell speculative charges that he might not be a natural-born citizen. But the image prompted more blog-based skepticism about the document's authenticity. And recently, author Jerome Corsi, whose book attacks Obama, said in a TV interview that the birth certificate the campaign has is "fake."

We beg to differ. FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as "supporting documents" to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said.

Update, Nov. 1: The director of Hawaii’s Department of Health confirmed Oct. 31 that Obama was born in Honolulu.
Analysis
Update Nov. 1: The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate.

Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night.
Honolulu Advertiser, Nov. 1 2008: "This has gotten ridiculous," state health director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said yesterday. "There are plenty of other, important things to focus on, like the economy, taxes, energy." . . . Will this be enough to quiet the doubters? "I hope so," Fukino said. "We need to get some work done."
Fukino said she has “personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures."

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[droidamus2]

36. Well, gee

Who gives a damn about the stupid 'certificate of birth' or 'birth certificate' if his mother is a native US citizen then he is automatically a US citizen no matter where in the world he is actually born. From what I could tell on Wikipedia the different nomenclature of 'Birth Certificate' or 'Certificate of Birth' refer to the same type of document it is just named differently based on what jurisdiction you are in. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the term 'native born' does not specifically mean the person was 'born in the USA' it means that they were citizens at birth and not naturalized so his location of birth means nothing, nada, zero.

[aquart]

38. They did. And Hawaii happily confirmed.

[kestrel91316]

41. Wrong. Obama's Certificate of Live Birth is legally exactly the same

as his "birth certificate". It may substitute in any court of law. Original paper not necessary.

Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

[EFerrari]

42. These crazy idiots could watch his mother birthing him in Hawaii

and they still wouldn't have the common sense to know what they were seeing.

[ima_sinnic]

58. obama doesn't have to do jack. do people really think that the ones

ultimately responsible for proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is eligible to be president didn't do their job and totally, thoroughly vet this question?

obama simply needs to tell them to go suck on a tailpipe. Since he's much too mice to do that, I'll do it for him.

[rvablue]

60. Nice first post....giving credence to this maniacal freeper BS

go home....they miss you over there!

[rateyes]

30. Daniel Essek has provided proof-positive that he was born

a fucking idiot, and that he is still a fucking idiot.

[rasputin1952]

32. I wish someone would file a demand to find out if...

Daniel John Essek, 47,is sane.

[Roland99]

33. Boy, my state sure is one hotbed of political intelligence of late.

*sigh*

[Libertas1776]

34. ...

I DEMAND that Sarah Palin prove she was born in the US. She was always saying she could see Russia from her house...maybe, just maybe she is really a spy for Kremlin Joe...OH NO!

[louis-t]

35. So grab the moron by the scruff of the neck

and fly him to Hawaii in leg irons and cuffs, then slam his face down on the birth certificate and let him read it (if he can read) and have all of the proper authorities swear on the bible that the certificate is legitimate, then throw his ass in a rowboat and let him row back to Kentucky. Jeez, food hangover, I am in NO mood for this shit today.

[htuttle]

37. Wisconsin Man Demands Proof That Kentucky Man is a US Citizen

Two can play that game...

[Mike Daniels]

40. Jesus, isn't the fact that McCain and Clinton didn't touch this proof enough for these idiots?

Bloody Hell. If the McCain or Clinton campaigns had thought this was a viable issue they would have brought it up during the primary / general campaigns.

That neither did should be proof enough to these idiots that Obama's opponents were convinced he met the citizenship requirement for POTUS.

[pipi_k]

63. Actually, it isn't...

I was reading some stupid blogs a while back and a lot of them really believe the entire government is behind this huge plot to put a non-citizen in the White House....and I do mean everyone...from Fux News to the CIA to the FBI...

according to these people, "they" are all in on it....

:tinfoilhat:

[bdamomma]

48. people just don't get it.

Obama was elected and he won. period. hurry up Jan. 20th.

[Acadia Blue]

49. Ignorant racist rednecks, got to love em

[BootinUp]

52. Just throw eggs at him and tell him to get lost nt.

[leftynyc]

54. I wonder what his freeper name is (n/t)

[FriendlyReminder]

57. Good grief, get a grip fella'. Maybe you should try and do something constructive!!!

[Vinca]

59. What's so amusing is that McCain was actually the one born

outside the U.S. These people have way too much time on their hands.

[divineorder]

61. What baffles me about this is that Homeland Security

With a Republican President, and a Republican Governor would have failed to pass on this information to John McCain in time to derail Obama's election. Just think: all of the CIA, FBI and NSA resources to investigate-they even investigated his trips to Pakistan-and they would have not noticed that he wasn't a natural born citizen? A well-timed leak to a reporter could have derailed Obama and thrown the Democratic Nomination into turmoil.

That alone tells me that the whole thing is bunk.

[pipi_k]

62. I demand that this cretin

submit a DNA sample to prove that he's an actual human being.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe the lower primates have a right to issue court challenges...

[and-justice-for-all]

64. Dumb ass...

There is a fucking illegal war going on, people who don't have clean water to drink or food to eat. Yet this fuckwad is fucking around with nonsense, something that has been verified/confirmed by Hawaii!

Obama is a US Citizen! get the fuck over it already!! YOU LOST!

Repukes are the Nonsense Party

[rocktivity]

65. Rocknation demands that John Essek take a flying leap.

:eyes:
rocknation

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

66. I'd demand a new football coach instead.