Nobody is 'letting' Obama run.

Submitted by Glenn (Denmark), Mar 25, 2008 at 19:07

It is not the right of anyone to deny Obama the right to run for office if he meets the standard required for running for office. 1. Natural US citizen, meaning candidate must be born on US soil. 2. Must be 35 years of age or older. 3. Must have lived 15 consecutive years in the US prior time of being a candidate. FYI, felons can run for office, but if elected, cannot be sworn in.

This is why every year we have KKK members, radical left and right members and yes even Muslims running for president every election. The only reason these groups do not get any press is because one must attain 5% of the electoral college votes in every district that they wish to gain federal funding and media coverage from. Yes, Media coverage if federally mandated shich actually means the media controls who does and does not get on the ballot.

So who is to blame for Obama getting as far as he has? Stupid people who believe everything they see on TV. The media can make or break a candidate.

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