# Lawyer sues to block Obama from presidency as a non-native citizen (2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 29, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-sues-to-block-obama-from-presidency-as-a-non-native-citizen-2/461641 "2008-08-29T02:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-sues-to-block-obama-from-presidency-as-a-non-native-citizen-2/461641/61 "2008-10-31T13:14:20Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > i wonder how the rico case against bush is working out. _suave!_ ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-sues-to-block-obama-from-presidency-as-a-non-native-citizen-2/461641/62 "2008-10-31T14:21:52Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Actually, even that isn’t sufficient. The US government has to agree to accept your renunciation of your citizenship. And it often does not. > For example, Lee Harvey Oswald tried to renounce his American citizenship when he had married a Russian woman and was living & working in the Soviet Union. The US government (via our ambassador in Moscow) declined to accept that. The Moscow embassy, following its usual proceedure for would-be defectors, put him off. Oswald, for whatever reason, didn’t follow through. Had he been persistant he would have gotten his wish. (And this happened at the beginning of this time in the Soviet Union, before he was packed off to Minsk and many months before he met and married Marina. Forgive my nitpicking, but I’ve developed a bit of a mania for “keeping the record clean” in the Kennedy assasination case.) ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-sues-to-block-obama-from-presidency-as-a-non-native-citizen-2/461641/63 "2008-10-31T14:52:39Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > The Moscow embassy, following its usual proceedure for would-be defectors, put him off. Oswald, for whatever reason, didn’t follow through. Had he been persistant he would have gotten his wish. (And this happened at the beginning of this time in the Soviet Union, before he was packed off to Minsk and many months before he met and married Marina. Forgive my nitpicking, but I’ve developed a bit of a mania for “keeping the record clean” in the Kennedy assasination case.) Thanks for that; a lot of the conspiracy buffs’ scenarios rely on a certain vagueness about verifiable facts. My girlfriend, an otherwise intelligent woman, had lunch the other day with an idiot coworker and came home saying that she thought she might vote for McCain out of fear that Obama is “hiding something” regarding his birth certificate. I gave her relevant information (much of it gotten through this board), and she finally voted for Obama, but still feels she “can’t trust him”. No wonder I have migraines. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-sues-to-block-obama-from-presidency-as-a-non-native-citizen-2/461641/64 "2008-10-31T14:54:53Z")
That’s something I’ve never understood so far this cycle. If I had children, I’d let Obama (and Michelle) babysit them. That’s how much I trust him. I don’t see the reasons for mistrust. On the other hand, I wouldn’t let McCain or Palin anywhere near them. I don’t trust either one of them any further than I can throw them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-sues-to-block-obama-from-presidency-as-a-non-native-citizen-2/461641.md?page=3)