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'Constitutional crisis' looming over Obama's birth location
Alan Keyes lawsuit warns America may see 'usurper' in Oval Office

Posted: November 14, 2008 - 8:40 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh, © 2008 WorldNetDaily

The California secretary of state should refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until President-elect Barack Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office, alleges a California court petition filed on behalf of former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others.

The legal action today is just the latest is a series of challenges, some of which have gone as high as the U.S. Supreme Court, over the issue of Obama's status as a "natural-born citizen," a requirement set by the U.S. Constitution.

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The "certificate of live birth" posted by the Obama campaign cannot be viewed as authoritative, the case alleges.

"Hawaii Revised Statute 338-178 allows registration of birth in Hawaii for a child that was born outside of Hawaii to parents who, for a year preceding the child's birth, claimed Hawaii as their place of residence," the document said. "The only way to know where Senator Obama was actually born is to view Senator Obama's original birth certificate from 1961 that shows the name of the hospital and the name and signature of the doctor that delivered him."

The case also raises the circumstances of Obama's time during his youth in Indonesia, where he was listed as having Indonesian citizenship. Indonesia does not allow dual citizenship, raising the possibility of Obama's mother having given up his U.S. citizenship.

Any subsequent U.S. citizenship then, the case claims, would be "naturalized," not "natural-born."

"Based on all of the above, it is the duty of the SOS to obtain proper documentation of Senator Obama's citizenship to confirm his eligibility for the office or the President of the United States," the case said.

Just this week, WND has reported on more than half a dozen other legal challenges have been filed in federal and state courts demanding Obama's decertification from ballots or seeking to halt elector meetings, claiming he has failed to prove his U.S. citizenship status.

Among the states where cases are being tracked are Ohio, Connecticut, Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Hawaii, and there were reports of other cases being developed in Utah, Wyoming, Florida, New York, North Carolina, Texas, California and Virginia.

(READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE...)

From Debbie Schlussel, this information for public review -- made possible only by a late-Election-hour release of records requested over a year ago (but what a story this is):

EXCLUSIVE: Did Next Commander-in-Chief Falsify Selective Service Registration? Never Actually Register? Obama's Draft Registration Raises Serious Questions

Did President-elect Barack Hussein Obama commit a federal crime in September of this year? Or did he never actually register and, instead, did friends of his in the Chicago federal records center, which maintains the official copy of his alleged Selective Service registration commit the crime for him?

It's either one or the other, as indicated by the release of Barack Obama's official Selective Service registration for the draft. A friend of mine, who is a retired federal agent, spent almost a year trying to obtain this document through a Freedom of Information Act request, and, after much stonewalling, finally received it and released it to me.

But the release of Obama's draft registration and an accompanying document, posted below, raises more questions than it answers. And it shows many signs of fraud, not to mention putting the lie to Obama's claim that he registered for the draft in June 1979, before it was required by law...

(CONTINUED...)

THE ISSUES Debbie Schlussel and contributors cover:

-- Document Location Number Indicates Obama Selective Service Form was Created in 2008 (defies Obama's allegation that he registered in "1980");

-- Obama's Selective Service Registration Form is Apparently 1990 Form Altered to Appear Like 1980 Form;

-- Barack Obama's Signature is Dated After Postal Stamp Certifying His Signature;

-- Postal Stamp is Incorrect, Discontinued in 1970;

-- Form Shows Barack Obama didn't have ID;

-- The Selective Service Data Management Center (located in Chicago) Stonewalled for Almost a Year on Obama Registration, Until Right Before the Election; and,

-- Other Questions: Missing Selective Service Number, FOIA Response Dated Prior to FOIA Request, Missing Printout Page.

See Schlussel's post for image files of documents and a very interesting discussion of what these image files represent.

National Review Online just can't let go of the Appease the Left and Insult the Conservatives movements.

Here they go again, another crazy columnist guy at NRO, wailing profanely ("Lord") about an issue he appears too dense to get.

However, above-the-head (and heart) of this NRO columnist guy is this: it's not singularly an argument about Obama's citizenship that remains murky, it's a case of Obama being or not being "natural born" as a citizen (if he is a U.S. citizen).

Our U.S. Constitution requires, that, for anyone to be President, they must be:

-- a U.S. citizen;
-- over the age of 35 years;
-- in residence in the U.S.A. for the most recent 14 years prior to the Office; and,
-- natural-born (which means, born in the U.S.A., geographically) (no naturalized citizens, no dual citizenships).

If someone does not meet ALL those qualifications, they can't receive the Oath of Office; and, if they are administered that Oath, they cannot afterward be recognized as President of the United States.

It's a simple matter that reaches beyond whether Obama is a U.S. citizen or isn't one (though that also remains unproven with any certainty given the dubious nature of what wan substantiation or proof he's provided so far).

But, let's assume that he was, indeed, born in Hawaii as he says he was (not yet proven to the public -- if "officials" in our government are assured of this, Obama needs to also make that same assuring evidence known to the public), then, he has to ALSO substantiate that he was/is a "natural born" citizen IF he was NOT born in Hawaii as he alleges (some say Kenya is his birthplace, including his relatives).

There are several arguments about Barack Obama / Barry Soetoro's birth circumstances, however, and it's not an unreasonable nor unrealistic (nor unimportant, nor frivolous) inquiry to be making.

The Constitution declares these terms for to be qualified (or not qualified) for the Presidency BECAUSE the writers of our Constitution did not want any foreign-born nor dual-citizenship person (anyone of possible dual loyalties or false pretenses in loyalties where our nation was concerned) to be President. The U.S. Presidency is an important position (d'oh) and needs to be carefully, securely and Constitutionally-qualifying staffed.

Barack Obama has offered questionable to absent documentation about who he is, where he's from; even as to his identity there's confusion and duplicity, and, statements by his own relatives contradict what he's said about himself in these regards.

Thus, the American citizenry stands to be affronted in considerable terms if a charlatan manipulates his way into the Presidency AND that's why the American voters deserve to be provided with some absolute proof of Barack Obama's birth circumstances.

Consider more confusion:

His grandparents and Barack Obama's own wife have let slip that Barack Obama's mother was not married to his father at the time of birth -- Obama and his apparently forged image file on his campaign website and dailykos state that they were married (though if to Mr. Obama from Kenya, wouldn't be legitimate anyway since Mr. Obama was already married to several women in Kenya at that time);

Barack does not resemble the man from Kenya (Mr. Obama) named on Barack Obama's alleged "certificate of birth" and instead, Barack Obama resembles Communist "mentor" to Obama, Frank Marshall Davis (which would explain why Barack Obama/Barry Soetoro is quite so indifferent to the relatives in and from Kenya and was quite so dedicated to "Frank, who he referred to often in his book, "Dreams From My Father");

Obama's grandparents stated their daughter -- Obama's mother -- was married ("her first marriage") to Lolo Soetoro in Indonesia;

Obama's living relatives say he, Obama, was born in Kenya; and,

Obama offered up an image file of what Obama and "dailykos" stated was Obama's "Certificate of Birth" -- presented first on "dailykos" website and then on his own campaign site -- an image file of what three experts concluded was a forgery (a forged image file of a forged document, to make it more complicated); that image file says that the parents were married (father, Mr. Obama from Kenya).

There's speculation that whatever Birth Certificate the state of Hawaii has "on file" (recently announced to be sealed by Hawaiian Governor, Linda Lingle), could have been obtained by Obama's mother after she flew to Hawaii after Obama's birth elsewhere.

That's certainly plausible and possible, since Obama's mother was flying around quite a bit prior to and after his birth, and, combined with the relatives' statements about Obama being born in Kenya (one relative saying she was present at his birth in Kenya), it's reasonable to speculate about the mother flying to Hawaii with the newborn and obtaining a Birth Certificate after the birth with newborn in tow presented at a local hospital, alleging home-birth (known to be a common occurence in Hawaii several decades ago, as also Birth Certificates for anyone born anywhere issued by Hawaii on as little as someone claiming birth there after the fact, or even by illigitimate payment to state employee/s).

All of these things are plausible, possible and remain inconclusively established as to any "natural born" U.S. citizenship status held by Barack Hussein Obama and/or Barry Soetoro.

Combine all of that with Obama's persistent lying about him never having any other citizenship than U.S. citizenship -- he only recently admitted that he had, in fact, held Kenyan citizenship and admitted this only after pressure, following a persistent deceit to the contrary about this -- and you get reasonable doubt about who the man is and what his motives are for lying as he has about who he is.

AND, more complex, his years in Indonesia in his youth with his mother and stepfather, Lolo Soetoro. Obama was in those years "Barry Soetoro" and there's more legal evidence of that identity than there is as to "Barack Hussein Obama," who appeared later.

While in Indonesia, Barry Soetoro was enrolled in a private religious school under that name and as a Muslim. His name was due to him having been adopted by Lolo Soetoro, who married Obama's mother.

When that occured -- Indonesia did not at that time allow dual citizenship, so, to reside there legally as Barry did with his mother, one would need to be an Indonesian citizen and if any other citizenship was held, that would have to have been denounced -- Barry was Indonesian.

He also, later, travelled to Pakistan, India and then on to Kenya, Africa. In which case, no U.S. citizen could enter Pakistan at the time of Barry's travels to that nation, so, thus, since he did enter and remain in Pakistan, he could not have done so as a U.S. citizen; but, he could have done so as an Indonesian or Kenyan citizen.

We know he held Kenyan citizenship by way of his father's citizenship in Kenya (so it's been presented, though Barack Hussein Obama has lied about having had a Kenyan citizenship, which he's only recently, finally, admitted to).

It's reasonably concluded that he had Indonesian citizenship afterward because he lived legally in Indonesia, the son of an Indonesian married couple and attended school there (thus, had to have been of Indonesian citizenship, which would have required him denouncing any other citizenship, U.S. included if it even existed).

What seems likliest from all this information is that he was born with Kenyan citizenship and later became an Indonesian citizen after his mother married Lolo Soetoro of and in Indonesia, and, Barry then renounced the Kenyan citizenship as required by Indonesia.

When he later arrived in Hawaii, there is no record of him having been naturalized as a U.S. citizen and it's even possible he's remained on in the U.S. as an illegal alien afterward -- and reason why the records from Columbia and Harvard have been held as secret by Obama, since those records might reveal that he was admitted and attended (and received financial aid) as a foreign student at both.

Given the abundance of lies and falsehoods already made by "Barack Hussein Obama," the country merits proof of his identity and birth circumstance.

If it annoys National Review Online, who cares.

It also does not lend credence to Barry/Barack's situation as to his qualifications for the Presidency, that he's said to not be so much as qualified for a security clearance from the FBI.

Yet here he is, now informed of our nation's highest-level security issues, imposing himself to be the handler of our nuclear arsenal, a guy who we don't know the identity of beyond a doubt, don't know where he's from, where he was actually born and to whom and how, unqualified to so much as maintain a law license from his local Bar Association because a renewal of his law license was denied him after he lied on his application.

And now we citizens are supposed to assume we're safe in our country with a possible charlatan in the White House. Who smiles a lot, so I suppose that's assumed by some to make us feel safe in our beds at night.

We fought our Revolutionary War over so much less than this.

Read the whole thing about this potential terror and confusing, obfuscating record of someone few people actually know: Obama Timeline

"New Obama Chief of Staff, Others on Board, Missed "Red Flags" of Alleged Fraud Scheme"


And I quote:

"President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com.

President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com.

According to a complaint later filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Freddie Mac, known formally as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, misreported profits by billions of dollars in order to deceive investors between the years 2000 and 2002.

Emanuel was not named in the SEC complaint (click here to read) but the entire board was later accused by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) (click here to read) of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."

Read the whole thing...there will be propaganda.

"You DISAGREED with the Barack Obama position on 48 of the 48 test questions. This means you disagree with the Obama position 100% of the time."

That was my test result announcement after I took "The Barack Obama Test."

Take the Test yourself, see what the under is without the over as to what Obama has in mind, specifically, without the stage-parade-walkie-talk of Obamabonics.

Following are my positions, vs. positions held by Barack Obama, about which I disagreed with "100%": My responses/answers follow each question, respectively -- Obama's positions are noted, also, compared to the higher majority of us Americans who don't agree with him (per the notated statistics).

ENERGY

(1.) Presently, 80% of American energy comes from fossil fuels while 7% comes from alternative energy sources. Do you support or oppose increasing taxes on fossil fuels in an effort to force our nation to increase its reliance on alternative or renewable energy sources and reducing environmental pollution - even if doing so would mean the taxes are eventually passed on to the consumer?

All Americans,
Obama Position: Support tax increase on fossil fuels @ 35.5% agree
vs.
Oppose tax increase on fossil fuels: @ 60.9%
NS: 3.7%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose tax increase on fossil fuels

(2.) Proponents of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska point out that drilling could cover an area that covers 2,000 of the total 19 million acres that make up ANWR. Should the U.S. begin drilling in ANWR even if we won't realize the potential benefit for several more years?

All Americans, Yes @ 54.1%
Obama Position: No @ 36.3%
NS: 9.6%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Yes

(3.) "How do you feel about increased drilling for oil and natural gas offshore in U.S. waters? Do you strongly favor, mildly favor, mildly oppose or strongly oppose increased offshore drilling?"

All Americans, Favor @ 73%
Obama Position: Oppose @ 27%

(Source: CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. June 26-29, 2008. N=1,026 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.)

You selected: Yes

(4.) Some say Barack Obama's plans to implement sweeping environmental regulations will raise the cost of gas, groceries, heating and air conditioning. Do you favor or oppose Obama's environmental plans?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Favor @ 32.5% - 31.3% - 34.8%
Oppose @ 49.1% - 51.5% - 43.4%
NS: 18.4% - 17.2% - 21.8%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose

(5.) The US currently adds a tariff of 54 cents on each gallon of imported ethanol from countries like Brazil in an effort to protect American companies producing ethanol from corn. The tariff is passed on to the consumer in the form of higher fuel prices. Should this tariff on imported ethanol...

All Americans,
Obama Position: Continue @ 30.1% Agree with Obama (continue the tariff)
Be eliminated @ 61.9% Disagree with Obama (eliminate the tariff)
NS: 8.0%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Be eliminated

(6.) There are 104 nuclear reactors in the US today that produce 20% of America's energy needs and no accident has occurred at these reactors in 30 years. Other nations, such as France, are far more reliant on nuclear power, as 77% of that nation's electricity comes from nuclear sources. How much of America's energy needs would you like to see nuclear reactors meet?

All Americans,
Generate 2%..... 5.2%
Generate 10%.....5.3%
Generate 20%....12.0%
Generate as much energy as possible from nuclear power.....58.6%
vs.
Obama Position: No power from nuclear reactors @12.8% Agree with Obama's position
NS: 6.2%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Generate as much energy as possible from nuclear power

TAXES

(1.) Do you favor or oppose an increase in the tax that stock holders pay on returns from 15% to nearly 40%?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Favor
Americans Who Favor @25.6% - 22.6% - 34%
Americans Who Oppose @ 65.9% - 58.5% - 68.6%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose

(2.) Do you favor or oppose increasing the death tax rate to 55% for any income past the first $1million.

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Favor.....@ 37% - 36% - 39.6%
vs.
Oppose @ 52.6% - 55.4% - 46%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose

(3.) Do you favor or oppose raising the top tax rate on the self-employed from 37.9% to 54.9%?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Favor @ 10.5% - 7.4% - 18.6%
vs.
Oppose @ 84.5% - 88.6% - 74.3%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose

(4.) America's 3.7 million Sub Chapter S corporations, which are small companies with less than 75 stock holders, are currently taxed at a rate of 35%. Do you favor or oppose increasing the tax rate on these businesses to 50.3%?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Favor @ 8.7% - 7.9% - 10.8%
vs.
Oppose @ 85.4% - 87.4% - 80.8%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose

(5.) How much should Americans who earn $1 million per year pay in federal income taxes?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
35% or less @ 51.7% - 50.1% - 52.3%
Obama Position: More than 35% @33.2% - 33.1% - 33.4%
NS: 15.1% - 14.7% - 16.3%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: 35% or less

(6.) How much should someone who wins $1 million dollars in the lottery pay in federal income?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes

Pay 35% or less: @ 67.5% - 66.3% - 70.4% (Do Not Share Obama's position)
vs.
Obama Position: Pay more than 35%
.....@ 22% - 23.7% - 16.9% (Share Obama's position)
NS: 10% - 10% - 12.6%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: 35% or less

(7.) Tell me which of the following top individual tax rates, which combine income and social security, do you think is most fair?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes

28% under President Reagan 48.5% - 51.2% - 32.8%
38% under President Clinton 27.7% - 24.4% - 36.1%
Obama Position: 55% under would-be President Obama 12.1% - 10.3% - 16.5%
60% under President Hoover 9% - 1.0% - .7%
70% under President Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter 2.6% - 2.1% - 4.1%
NS: 10.9% - 11% - 9.9%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: 28% under President Reagan

(8.) According to the Tax Policy Center, Barack Obama's tax plans would cost the U.S federal government nearly $900 billion in his first term, and increase the national debt by $3.3 trillion over ten years. Do you believe the analysis that Obama's plans will be too costly for the U.S., or do you think the changes are needed?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama's plans are too costly 50.8% - 54.3% - 41.5%
vs.
Obama Position: Obama's plans are needed 35.8% - 33.1% - 42.6%
NS: 13.4% - 12.5% - 15.8%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Obama's plans are too costly

(9.) Some say Obama's proposed increase in deductions for taxpayers would increase the number of those who don't pay taxes closer to 40%. Do you agree or disagree with Obama's proposed increase in deductions?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Agree @ 33.3% - 48.5%
vs.
Disagree @ 47.3% - 50.9% - 37.9%
NS @ 15.2% 15.8% 13.6%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Disagree

(10.) If Barack Obama is elected president and follows through on his plan to raise taxes on businesses and the wealthy, what do you think businesses will most likely do?

All Americans.....
Obama Position: Pay the increase in taxes out of their profits 5.1%
vs.
Increase prices of goods: 55.5%
Lay off employees: 19.9%
Reduce employee pay: 3.3%
Absorb the extra cost: 8.1%

(Zogby America Poll conducted 09/11-13/08 of 1,008 likely voters. Margin of error +/- 3.1)

You selected: Increase prices of goods

(11.) Do you think that Barack Obama's plan to increase taxes on businesses and the wealthy will make you better off or worse off?

All Americans....
Obama Position: Better off @ 35.7%
Worse off @ 51.8%

(Zogby America Poll conducted 09/11-13/08 of 1,008 likely voters. Margin of error +/- 3.1)

You selected: Worse off

FELON VOTING

(1.) Do you agree or disagree that laws prohibiting convicted felons and non-US citizens from voting should be more vigorously enforced?

All Americans.....
Agree @ 70.1%
Obama Position: Disagree @ 21%

(Zogby Interactive Post Election Poll conducted 11/3-16/2004 of 36,581 voters. Margin of error + 0.5)

You selected: Agree

SECOND AMENDMENT

(1.) Do you agree or disagree that American firearm manufacturers who sell a legal product that is not defective should be sued if a criminal uses their products in a crime?

All Americans.....
Obama Position: Agree @ 13.9%
Disagree @ 76.2%
NS: 3.4%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Disagree

(2.) Currently, 36 states have laws that allow residents to qualify for a permit to carry a firearm if they pass a background check, if they take a firearms safety-training course, and if they pay a fee to cover administrative costs. Do you support or oppose such laws?

All Americans, Support @ 77.6%
Obama Position: Oppose 14.8%

(Zogby Interactive Post Election Poll conducted 11/3-16/2004 of 36,581 voters. Margin of error + 0.5)

You selected: Support

(3.) Please consider the two statements below and choose which one agree with:

A. There needs to be new and tougher gun control laws to help in the fight against gun crime.
B. There are enough laws on the books, what is needed is better enforcement of current gun control laws.

All Americans,
Obama Position: Statement A 35.1%
Statement B @ 60%

(Zogby Interactive Post Election Poll conducted 11/3-16/2004 of 36,581 voters. Margin of error + 0.5)

You selected: Statement B

(4.) Would you favor or oppose a law that banned the sale of handguns?

All Americans,
Obama Position: Favor 36%
Oppose @ 59%
Unsure: 5%

(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Abt SRBI. April 23-27, 2008. N=1,502 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.)

You selected: Oppose

(5.) Do you support or oppose legislation to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting?

All Americans,
Obama Position: Agree 9.4%
Disagree @ 77.1%

You selected: Disagree

(6.) Do you agree or disagree that you have the right to use deadly force as a means of self-defense in your home, without having to retreat?

All Americans, Agree @ 87.7%
Obama Position: Disagree 7.9%

You selected: Agree

(7.) While in the Illinois State Senate, Barack Obama supported increasing taxes on firearms and ammunition by 500 percent. Do you agree or disagree with such a tax increase?

All Americans, Disagree @ 54.2%
Obama Position: Agree 39.8%

(Zogby America Poll conducted 09/11-13/08 of 1,008 likely voters. Margin of error +/- 3.1)

You selected: Disagree

SPENDING

(1.) Some people think the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses. Others think that government should do more to solve our country's problems. Which comes closer to your own view?

All Americans,
Government doing too much @ 49%
Obama Position: Government should do more 43%
No Opinion: 8%

(Gallup Poll conducted September 14-16, 2007)

You selected: Government doing too much.

DEFENSE

(1.) Should someone who is not a U.S. citizen, being held under suspicion of terrorism, be afforded Constitutional rights?

All Americans, No @ 64.0%
Obama Position: Yes 30.1%
NS: 5.7%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1,005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: No

(2.) Should the U.S. negotiate with Iran without preconditions?

All Americans, No @ 62.5%
Obama Position: Yes 21.0%
NS: 16.5%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: No

(3.) If American deaths in Iraq are greatly reduced and stability has returned to the Iraqi government, should American troops withdraw in 18 months, or should they withdraw gradually over a longer timeframe?

All Americans,
Obama Position: Withdraw in 18 months 43.6%
Withdraw gradually over a longer timeframe @ 51.3%
NS: 5.2%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Withdraw gradually over a longer timeframe

TRADE

(1.) Some say Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes and increase trade barriers are similar to those created by President Herbert Hoover in the 1930s, which contributed to worsening America's economy. Do you think Obama's plans will worsen the economy as well, or do you think they will help the economy?

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Worsen the economy: 49.8% - 52.9% - 41.7%
Obama Position: Help the economy 34.1% - 33.6% - 36.0%
NS: 16.1% - 13.5% - 22.3%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Worsen the economy

HEALTH CARE

(1.) Do you agree or disagree with Barack Obama's $65 billion plan to institute taxpayer-funded universal health coverage, which would provide health insurance for those currently uninsured, including illegal immigrants.

All Americans, 70% who pay taxes - 30% who pay no taxes
Obama Position: Agree 35.1% - 31% - 46.5%
Disagree @ 59.9% - 65.1% - 45.5%
NS: 5.0% - 3.9% - 8.0%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Disagree

SOCIAL VALUES

(1.) Should a doctor give medical care to a fetus that survives an abortion, or should medical care not be given?

All Americans - Female
Doctor should give medical care @ 67.8% - 68.1%
Obama Position: Doctor should not give medical care 17.7% - 18.6%
NS: 14.5% - 13.2%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Doctor should give medical care

(2.) Do you favor or oppose a woman's right to an abortion based on the sex of the fetus?

All Americans - Female
Obama Position: Favor 12.3% - 9.1%
Oppose @ 82.2% - 87.5%
NS: 5.5% - 3.4%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Oppose

(3.) Do you agree or disagree that a physician should be legally required to notify the parents of an underage girl who requests an abortion?

All Americans, - Female
Agree @ 77% - 73.5%
Obama Position: Disagree 19.7% - 22.5%
NS: 3.4% - 3.9%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Agree

(4.) Do you agree or disagree that abortion destroys a human life and is manslaughter?

All Americans, - Female
Agree @ 51.5% - 55.5%
Obama Position: Disagree 39.8% - 36.6%
NS: 8.7% - 7.9%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Agree

(5.) Do you believe that human life begins at conception, when the baby may be able to survive outside the mother's womb with medical assistance, or when the baby is actually born?

All Americans,
Conception @ 58.9%
Baby survive @ 16.9%
Baby is born @ 17.2%
Obama Position: Don't know 7%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Conception

(6.) In general, what should be more important to Americans in their daily life: Moral values or material concerns?

All Americans, Moral values @ 88%
Obama Position: Material concerns.....6.1%
NS: 5.9%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Moral values

(7.) Should America's laws be written following Judeo-Christian values or should America be an entirely secular society, devoid of any decisions based upon Judeo-Christian moral values?

All Americans, Judeo-Christian Values @ 44.4%
Obama Position: Secular Society.....40.3%

(Source: Associated Television News / Zogby America Poll of 1, 005 likely voters conducted 7/9/08 through 7/14/08. Margin of Error +/- 3.2 percentage points)

You selected: Judeo-Christian Values

(8.) Which comes closest to your view on abortion: abortion should always be legal, or should be legal most of the time, or should be made illegal except in cases of rape, incest and to save the mother's life, or abortion should be made illegal without any exceptions?

All Americans.....
Obama Position: Always Legal: 31%
Legal Most of the Time: 13%
Illegal with a Few Exceptions: 40%
Illegal without Exceptions: 10%
Unsure: 6%

(Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. Oct. 19-22, 2007. N=1,039 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. RV = registered voters)

You selected: Illegal with a Few Exceptions
(NOTE: my "exception" is when the mother's life is in jeopardy, with a decision about that made by a panel of physicians attending - not left up to any "practitioners" or single employee of any clinic or group.)

(9.) Now I would like to ask your opinion about a specific abortion procedure known as a 'late-term' abortion or 'partial-birth' abortion, which is sometimes performed on women during the last few months of pregnancy. Do you think that the government should make this procedure illegal, or do you think that the procedure should be legal?

All Americans, Illegal @ 66%
Obama Position: Legal @ 28%
Unsure: 5%

(CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. May 4-6, 2007. N=1,028 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.)

You selected: Illegal

(10.) Would you support or oppose a ballot measure in your state that stipulates only marriage between a man and a woman will be legally recognized?

All Americans, Support @ 58.3%
Obama Position: Oppose @ 36.3%

You selected: Support

(11.) Recently, Barack Obama was asked when he thought life begins, in reference to the issue of abortion. Obama responded by saying that decision was above his paygrade. Knowing that the next president may be able to appoint two or three U.S. Supreme Court Justices, who may be called to make rulings on the issue of Abortion; do you support or oppose a president who does not know when life begins?

All Americans, Oppose @ 55.3%
Obama Position: Support @ 27.7%

You selected: Oppose

(12.) Would you support or oppose a ballot measure in your state that prohibits preferential treatment for any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education or public contracting?

All Americans, Support @ 53.6%
Obama Position: Oppose @ 39.6%

You selected: Support

(13.) If you knew you had a step brother who was living in a slum and barely surviving on $300 a year, would you help them financially?

All Americans, Yes @ 83.8%
Obama Position: No @ 6.5%

You selected: Yes

(14.) Barack Obama recently said, 'The first thing I'd do as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act,' This legislation would wipe out all state and federal abortion restrictions including the partial-birth abortion ban. Do you agree or disagree with Barack Obama's statement?

All Americans, Disagree @ 53.9%
Obama Position: Agree @ 38.5%

(Zogby/ATN Interactive Survey conducted 07/31-08/01/08 of 1,011 likely voters. Margin of error +/- 3.1)

You selected: Disagree

JUSTICE

(1.) In general, do you think the current Supreme Court is too liberal, too conservative, or just about right?

All Americans, Too Liberal @ 21%
Obama Position: Too Conservative @ 32%
About Right: 43%
No Opinion: 5.0%

(Gallup Poll conducted September 14-16, 2007)

You selected: Too Liberal

CRIME (1.) Do you agree or disagree that it should it be illegal for convicts on probation or on bail to have contact with a street gang?

All Americans, Agree @ 81.7%
Obama Position: Disagree @ 12.4%

You selected: Agree

LABOR

(1.) Some organized labor groups want to eliminate a workers' right to cast a secret ballot in elections in which workers decide whether or not to organize as a union. Do you support or oppose the workers' right to a secret ballot when deciding on unionizing

All Americans, Support @ 78%
Obama Position: Oppose @ 15.4%

You selected: Support