Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Showing Original Post only (View all)

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 09:23 PM Feb 2012

Just when you think you've seen it all: Obama can't be president because he's 'mulatto' [View all]

No I'm not shitting you, this isn't a joke or satire...

If we thought President Obama silenced all the birthers by releasing his long form birth certificate last year, think again. Apparently, some folks still have doubts and are taking it one step further: to court.

Tuesday, Gordon Warren Epperly filed a lawsuit in Alaska challenging President Obama's inclusion on the 2012 presidential ballot. What's Epperly's beef? Apparently, he feels Negroes and mulattoes can't be president because they aren't really citizens.

His lawsuit states:

Barack Hussein Obama II, a.k.a. Barack Hussein Obama, a.ka. Barack H. Obama has the race status of being a "mulatto." Barack Obama's father (Barack Hussein Obama I) was a full blood Negro being born Nyang'oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya and raised in the Colony of Kenya. Barack Obama's mother (Stanley Ann Dunham) was a white Caucasian woman being born in Wichita, Kansas on November 29, 1942 and raised in the state of Washington and in the state of Hawaii.

The petition concludes:

As stated above, for an Individual to be a candidate for the office of president of the United States, the candidate must meet the qualifications set forth in the United States Constitution and one of those qualifications is that the Candidate shall be a "natural born citizen" of the United States. As Barack Hussein Obama II is of the "mulatto" race, his status of citizenship is founded upon the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Before the [purported] ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the race of "Negro" or "mulatto" had no standing to be citizens of the United States under the United States Constitution.


*snip*

http://www.thegrio.com/politics/lawsuit-claims-obama-cant-be-president-because-hes-mulatto.php

No words.

41 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
BSC!!!!! MADem Feb 2012 #1
w.t.f. obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #2
The stink that just will not go away. liberal N proud Feb 2012 #3
Isn't that a kind of coffee? immoderate Feb 2012 #4
Good grief! rexcat Feb 2012 #5
This stuff is as ugly as it is endless. AtomicKitten Feb 2012 #6
they just don't give up, do they? Terra Alta Feb 2012 #7
So, let me get this straight: Richardo Feb 2012 #8
He's trying to claim the 14th Amendment was not properly ratified csziggy Feb 2012 #15
By his logic, wouldn't the 13th also be invalid? ThoughtCriminal Feb 2012 #23
I don't know - I couldn't make it through all his garbage csziggy Feb 2012 #26
I have found when speaking with conservatives of the rw type me b zola Feb 2012 #37
I wouldn't be giving him and his ilk any ideas! liberalhistorian Feb 2012 #39
Apparently, he doesn't understand the meaning of the word "amendment" BattyDem Feb 2012 #25
Amazing. madamesilverspurs Feb 2012 #9
I don't even understand the "argument." Ohio Dem Feb 2012 #10
According to this genius, no one born outside the original 13 states could ever be President... Richardo Feb 2012 #11
Never mind that the Constitution gives clear instructions on the criteria liberalhistorian Feb 2012 #40
Hey! I have friends in the guano business and we're tired of this desecration of bat shit. saras Feb 2012 #12
a mulatto an albino a mosquito a libido athenasatanjesus Feb 2012 #13
'Nuff said. Chemisse Feb 2012 #14
yo, Gord-O... You say potato, I say potahto. You say mulatto... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #31
I don't believe in eugenics, but sometimes I wonder whether or not some people should be sterilized. JNathanK Feb 2012 #16
k&r for broader exposure to the nuts. No words either. uppityperson Feb 2012 #17
Mulatto? The last time I heard that word was in 1948.n/t Cleita Feb 2012 #18
I find it in some old census from about 1870 or so. csziggy Feb 2012 #27
Oy, the stupid, IT BURNS!!! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #19
Unfortunately it never burns the actual STOOPID. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #35
Well... 2labslib Feb 2012 #20
That was my thought. It is there plain as day. TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #28
I'm convinced that right wingholes are psychos nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2012 #21
No. Just racists. nt nanabugg Feb 2012 #22
Racist are psychos Obamacare Feb 2012 #33
Um ... that's why we have amendments! BattyDem Feb 2012 #24
The gloves are off now, it seems The Genealogist Feb 2012 #29
Every single birther suit and every single suit liberalhistorian Feb 2012 #32
Who is Gordon Warren Epperly? n/t friedgreentomatoes Feb 2012 #30
Black people have been here since before there was a United States. craigmatic Feb 2012 #34
He can park his feet under my table anytime he wants too madokie Feb 2012 #36
the [purported] ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, Kablooie Feb 2012 #38
Wtf is right. demmiblue Feb 2012 #41
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Just when you think you'v...