McLachlan sponsors birther bill in Hartford
Stacy Davis, Staff Writer
Published: 02:21 p.m., Monday, January 31, 2011
DANBURY -- State Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury, submitted a bill proposal last week mandating presidential and vice presidential candidates to provide their birth certificates in order for their names to be placed on the ballot.
"You have to have a birth certificate to get a driver's license," McLachlan said. "The same should be true to become president or vice president."
McLachlan submitted his proposal after hearing several arguments about President Barack Obama's citizenship, he said.
"They claim that he is not a natural-born citizen," McLachlan said.
McLachlan said he is not suggesting that Obama is not a natural-born citizen with this bill. Instead, McLachlan said, he hopes passage of the bill will stop these types of arguments in the future.
"Let's stop talking about this," McLachlan said.
McLachlan suspected he might receive some negative feedback about his proposed bill, but he said he is trying to enforce the U.S. Constitution, which says in Article 2, Section 1, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
The proposed bill is currently being reviewed by the Legislative Committee, McLachlan said.
Contact Stacy Davis at 203-731-3331 or sdavis@newstimes.com.
McLachlan submitted his proposal after hearing several arguments about President Barack Obama's citizenship, he said.
"They claim that he is not a natural-born citizen," McLachlan said.
McLachlan said he is not suggesting that Obama is not a natural-born citizen with this bill. Instead, McLachlan said, he hopes passage of the bill will stop these types of arguments in the future.
"Let's stop talking about this," McLachlan said.
McLachlan suspected he might receive some negative feedback about his proposed bill, but he said he is trying to enforce the U.S. Constitution, which says in Article 2, Section 1, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
The proposed bill is currently being reviewed by the Legislative Committee, McLachlan said.
Contact Stacy Davis at 203-731-3331 or sdavis@newstimes.com.
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In November 2008, our country elected as its president, a man who not only had no verifiable qualifications for the job, but was also constitutionally ineligible to hold it. The only proof he offered the public was an image that was thoroughly debunked as a computer-generated abstract that was not what it was purported to be.
Additionally, LTC Terry Lakin, an 18-year honorable Army flight surgeon who could not, in good conscience, deploy to a foreign war until he had confirmation that Barack Obama was a legitimate Commander-in-Chief (something that the April 27, 2011 document would have purportedly answered), LTC Terry Lakin was stripped of his military career and sentenced to prison in Leavenworth (
An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
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