BY LINDA BENTLEY | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Colin Powell responds to Birther Summit by covering for Obama
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a ‘citizen,’ Gen. Powell, but you know that he cannot be president
WASHINGTON – It appears Gen. Colin Powell decided to respond indirectly to the Birther Summit’s $15,000 offer on NPR’s Morning Edition with Steve Inskeep.
Powell stated, “The president had to produce his birth certificate because there was still this coterie of people in the country who won't believe. And even after he produced his long-form birth certificate, and Mr. Trump decided he better find another thing to do besides run for president, there are still people who don't accept that.
“In fact, as you may have noticed, some people are trying to persuade me to listen to their arguments as to why he is not a citizen, and I don't choose to participate in that any longer. We've spent enough time on this issue. President Obama was born in the United States. He was born in Hawaii. He's shown his certificates, and the rest of this is just conspiratorial nonsense.”
NPR’s website posted a transcript of the above interview with Inskeep. However, it was edited to say, “… The president had to produce his birth certificate because there was still this coterie of people in the country who won't believe. And even after he produced his long-form birth certificate, and Mr. Trump decided he better find another thing to do besides run for president. There are still people who don't accept that. We spent enough time on this issue. The rest of this is just conspiratorial nonsense.”
Birther Summit Executive Director Dean Haskins said, “As to his original comments, it is clear Gen. Powell is still running cover for Barack Obama, as his statement is devoid of fact.”
Haskins points out the Birther Summit’s challenge included no statement that Obama is not a citizen, although, he said, “The fact of the matter is, the general public has no way of knowing whether or not Barack Obama is a ‘citizen’ because he has provided no evidence to settle that matter conclusively, as forgeries establish nothing factual.
However, the Birther Summit is fully prepared to present evidence that Barack Obama is not a “natural born Citizen,” as required by Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution. Gen. Powell conveniently forgot the ‘natural born’ part in his comment. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a ‘citizen,’ Gen. Powell, but you know that he cannot be president.”
In fact, on Tuesday, Paul Hollrah, a freelance writer and Senior Fellow at the Lincoln Heritage Institute, wrote a piece for “The New Media Journal” titled: “The Rubio Eligibility Question,” addressing just that issue, as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s name has been bandied about as the 2012 nominee for vice president.
Rubio was born in the United States to parents who were Cuban citizens at the time.
Hollrah stated, “So if the place of one’s birth is of no consequence, as in the case of Romney (who was born in Mexico to U.S. citizen parents) and McCain (who was born in Panama to U.S. citizen parents), and if the nationality of one’s parents is of no consequence, as in the case of Rubio and Obama, we are then left with the absurd proposition that anyone … male or female, born anywhere on the face of the Earth … is eligible to serve as President of the United States, so long as they are 35 years of age and have resided in the United States for at least 14 years.
“That simply cannot be the case. It leads us directly back to the conclusion that the term ‘natural born’ means something far more than merely being born on American soil of mixed or foreign parentage, and far more than being born on U.S. soil with dual U.S. and foreign citizenship.”
Haskins, responding to Powell’s statement: “I don’t choose to participate in that any longer. We’ve spent enough time on this issue,” said, “It was just this past May when Powell publicly stated that he enjoyed it when ‘President Obama took out his birth certificate and blew away Donald Trump and all the birthers!’”
Haskins went on to say, “So, it appears that Gen Powell is willing to ‘participate in that’ on his terms, but refuses to be called out on the issue when it is understood he will be confronted with the facts, and those facts don't line up with his statements.”
Retired Cmdr. Charles Kerchner, a plaintiff in one of the myriad lawsuits challenging Obama’s eligibility, said “Powell is bringing much dishonor upon himself in not standing up to support and defend the U.S. Constitution in the face of the clear and present danger in having a person, Obama, occupying the White House and in command of our military, for whom we do not conclusively know, and proven to any controlling legal authority, his true legal identity.
“In addition, Colin Powell is saying nothing about Obama’s revealed history of engaging in criminal felonies and activities before and after his accession to the Obval Office, i.e., SSN fraud, draft registration fraud and forging birth certificate documents …”
In pointing out Powell is clearly “shirking his oath as a commissioned officer to support and defend the U.S. Constitution,” Kerchner stated, “I once admired and respected General Colin Powell. I no longer do. If I met him in his uniform at this point in time, I would salute the uniform but not the man! At some point in his life Powell has allowed the Washington D.C. political cesspool to totally corrupt him and any sense of honor he once had during his military career. He is disgracing and dishonoring his oath to the U.S. Constitution.”
Haskins also mentioned retired Lt. Cmdr. Walt Fitzpatrick’s extensive work exposing the numerous commissions of treason committed by Obama, and stated, “Whether Colin Powell is running cover for Barack Obama because of Obama's race or his politics is immaterial, as he is supporting an illegal president — one who has gone to great lengths to obfuscate his true identity. A true soldier, who respects his oath, as well as the principles of duty, honor, and country, would unequivocally oppose the current resident of our White House.”
While the Birther Summit’s original $15,000 offer to Powell still stands, as well as the extension of that offer to four television commentators, Haskins said the Birther Summit is open to public suggestions as to whom else it should extend its challenge, which may be submitted by visiting www.birthersummit.org/contact.html.
In the interim, Haskins said he will still be traveling to Hawaii next week in search of copies of the original 1961 editions of either newspaper in which Obama’s birth announcements supposedly appeared, despite Dr. Orly Taitz’s hearing on her motion to compel Hawaii Director of Health Loretta Fuddy to produce Obama’s original long form birth certificate for examination being continued until November.
