Elect crazy people, get crazy public policy. Crazy in, crazy out.
State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would require future presidential and vice-presidential candidates to provide the Texas secretary of state with “the original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen.”
Berman told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that the bill, House Bill 295, is necessary to correct an alleged gap in the law that allowed Obama to run for president, even though — in Berman’s view — he just might be a foreigner.
“This bill is necessary, because we have a president whom the American people don’t know whether he was born in Kenya or some other place,” Berman told the Avalanche-Journal. “If you are running for president or vice president, you’ve got to show here in Texas that you were born in the United States and the birth certificate is your proof.”
Hair Balls has some details from the bill. Apparently, the penalty for not having a Berman-approved birth certificate is not getting on the ballot. Yeah, I’m sure that’ll survive a lawsuit. BOR and Juanita have more.