A 'birther' billboard in Wheat Ridge, Colo. that caused an uproar. (Moore/Getty)

First, it must be stated unequivocally, that the confusion surrounding the “birther” controversy is completely contrived. This issue is not complicated… at all.

Natural-born citizens are quite simply, and forever and for all time: citizens born in America of parents who are both citizens.

Was that difficult?

Whether or not Barack Obama was born in Hawaii could not matter less. The unassailable fact is that his father was a Kenyan. If it’s the intention of birthers to have Obama impeached over this issue, arguing about his post-partem nexus doesn’t help their efforts. If fact, arguing about that aspect of this controversy probably helps secure the tenuous perch to which Obama is clinging.

Let’s consider Obama’s pre-election dilemma for a moment. Being a Constitutional scholar he must have known early on that this was a potential problem. Our first clue to his strategy was the non-sequitar acquisition of the disputed Certificate of Live Birth in June of 2007. This was without question a tactical move designed to put the focus directly on the most meaningless aspect of the citizenship controversy, which is of course, Obama’s actual place of birth.

Natural citizenship accrues to children through their parents, and while it probably would disqualify someone to run for President if they were born in Kenya, having a foreign father definitely disqualifies them. The point being that the importance of parentage trumps the circumstance of world travel when it comes to every aspect of citizenship, up to and including “natural-born” citizenship.

Obama had to have known this, and it’s easy to imagine that he was way ahead of the curve if for no other reason than it was something he had probably considered for many years. His thoughts about citizenship must be more developed than the average American because he had a non-citizen father, and a non-citizen step-father.

Obama has actually been a Kenyan citizen by virtue of his supposed natural father, an Indonesian by virtue of his adoption by his step-father, and depending on the veracity of his actual place of birth, only probably an American also.

Is it really possible that Obama is not even an American? Yes, and not just because he is a radical Marxist. It might sound strange, and I’m sure that this will shock many, but it is more likely that Obama is not an American Citizen at all, than it is likely that he is a “natural-born” citizen.

At the time of his birth he was definitely a Kenyan, because Kenyan law at the time conferred Kenyan citizenship on any child born of a Kenyan father, regardless of where his child was born. Obama may or may not have lost that citizenship when his step-father adopted him and had his name changed to Barry Soetoro, and likewise he may or may not have lost his American citizenship after being adopted.

Regardless, the salient point is that running for President requires more than citizenship, it requires a pure citizenship that is beyond reproach. This is precisely why the Founding Fathers included the special requirement of natural-born citizenship to become President.

Obama’s troubles illustrate the theory behind the Constitutional requirement perfectly. It was their intention to avoid having a national leader with divided loyalties and un-American values. It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that after we completely ignore the Constitutional requirement of special citizenship we now have a President with divided loyalties and un-American values.

The confusion about the difference between regular citizenship and “natural-born” citizenship can only occur by avoiding a simple question. If natural-born citizenship is a peculiar form of citizenship, in what way could it be different? There are only two possibilities: parentage, and soil. If soil is all that matters then a Mexican woman can in theory spend five minutes in El Paso, Texas, return to Mexico for the next thirty years to raise her child, and then that child could return to America and run for President, possibly unable to speak a word of English.

In truth soil matters less, and maybe not at all, when considered against the citizenship of the parents. Common sense tells us this, and a proper understanding of the Constitution (especially the 14th Amendment) confirms it. No one questions the natural-born status of Americans born within the country of parents whom are both themselves citizens. The reason is simple; parentage and soil are the only two possible hurdles to clear. To say that only soil matters doesn’t pass the smell test, and to say that only parentage matters points directly to Obama’s real problem: a Kenyan father who had no intention of ever becoming an American citizen.

More important than Obama’s national identity however is the seeming willingness of millions of Americans to accept a President whom obviously harbors a multitude of beliefs that run completely counter to traditional American values. It is a undisputed truism that some Americans cannot be President by Constitutional prohibition… and now we know why.

It is truly frightening to consider that we have a leader who apologizes for America, but much more alarming is the continued support that he receives from our friends and neighbors. We might survive 4 years of amateur hour in Washington D.C., but can we survive the consensus opinion that Statism is now acceptable?