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If the Governor of Arizona will not honor the wishes of the people and the state legislature to require a presidential candidate to conform to the requirements of the Constitution, what can the people do? Education is the key for a peaceful solution to regain our country’s honor and principles. Using “an overlooked provision” of Arizona’s laws, the people have found an alternate to make sure that only legal candidates can appear on the state ballot in the fall presidential election.
The above painting shows Obama burning the Constitution. What will be the consequences if this is the beginning where several states remove him from their state’s ballots? I believe Obama would suspend elections and seize power. The Constitution has little meaning to Obama: he has publicly stated that HE will bypass Congress and that the Supreme Court should rule the way HE wants in the healthcare case. If the Supreme Court correctly rules healthcare as unconstitutional, what will be the consequences to them personally? Since they are unelected and cannot be removed from office, his only recourse is personal attacks. Will their names be added to his list with Bill Gwatney and Kam Kuwata?
Arizona’s Tea Parties are leading the nation and showing us the way. What other states will stand up for the Constitution irregardless of the consequences? Or will we sit in the corner cowering in fear hoping the ABO (anybody but Obama) Republican policy will restore our freedom?
David DeGerolamo
TEA PARTY TO ARIZONA: CHECK OBAMA’S ELIGIBILITY
Evoking an overlooked provision of state law, Arizona tea party groups are circulating a petition urging a chamber of the state legislature to pass a resolution that would force Arizona’s secretary of state to examine Barack Obama’s birth credentials.
The law does not require a signature from Gov. Jan Brewer, who previously vetoed a bill that would have required Secretary of State Ken Bennett to ensure Obama is eligible for Arizona’s 2012 ballot.
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Brian Reilly, co-chairman of a gathering of tea party groups held Saturday at the Church on the Green in Sun City West, Ariz., said the strategy is to “force the hand” of Bennett “without requiring the Arizona legislature to pass a bill in both houses and to get the governor’s signature.”
Reilly said the petition serves as a “command for the Arizona secretary of state to perform,” which would require Obama to submit eligibility documentation even if Arizona never passes an eligibility statute.
At the tea party meeting, Reilly and co-chairman Jeff Lichter got 1,092 signatures from the estimated 1,100 in attendance, including members of the Surprise Tea Party, in Surprise, Ariz., and the Sun City West Tea Party.
The tea party groups planned to present the petition on Monday to state Rep. David Burnell Smith in the Arizona House of Representatives and toSen. Judy M. Burges in the Arizona Senate, both strong supporters of passing new eligibility legislation.
The online petition has drawn an additional nearly 600 signatures so far.
The petition is being advanced under Arizona Revised Statutes 41-121-1, which reads: “The secretary of state shall: (1) Receive bills and resolutions from the legislature, and perform such duties as devolve upon the secretary of state by resolution of the two houses or either of them.”
The petition reads:
We the undersigned Arizona citizens are requesting that the Arizona House, and/or the Arizona Senate pass a RESOLUTION directing Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett to send a certified letter to Democratic National Committee Chairperson, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, requesting that she produce certified source documents that are satisfactory to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that positively identify the U.S. natural born citizenship and the Selective Service System Registration of Barack Hussein Obama II. With the recent findings of the MCSO Cold-Case Posse, there is probable cause to believe that Barack Hussein Obama II’s Selective Service Registration Form and his State of Hawaii Certification of Live Birth are criminal forgeries, it is imperative to determine Barack Hussein Obama II’s status regarding his eligibility to be placed on the 2012 Arizona ballot.
