For months now, many have been putting the dots on the paper as we try to learn just exactly who Barack Hussein Obama really is and what that means to America’s future. With just over three weeks to go, it’s time to start connecting the dots and seeing the picture that comes up:

Is he really an American and does he meet the basic qualifications to be the President of the United States? When these questions first showed up in my email inbox months ago, I read them with complete skepticism. Forcryingoutloud – the guy was a US Senator, so that shouldn’t even be a question. But guess what? This question remains at the heart of a Pennsylvania lawsuit that HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED!!!! Now – if you were asked to prove your US citizenship – how long would it take you to produce a certified copy of your birth certificate? A week or two at the most, right? There’s a whole lot of legal gobbly-gook out there about this issue, but for me it comes down to two points – Obama could put this mess totally away by producing a certified copy of his birth certificate (as opposed to an electronically reproduced “Certificate of Live Birth” which is not the same thing), and two, the Obama campaign and the DNC are spending a bunch of time, money, and effort to thwart the aforementioned lawsuit. Doesn’t make any sense to me if there’s no there there. Why not just call Honolulu and order a certified birth certificate. I checked – it’s a pretty straightforward process with the requested document sent within 2- 4 weeks. Mr. Berg’s lawsuit was filed in August. Why not just provide the damn birth certificate, Senator???

His “Associates”. I would like to say that this doesn’t matter, but I can’t. It does matter. Right, wrong, or indifferent, Obama has some pretty disconcerting connections to people, organizations, and cultures that legitimately causes concern in the minds of many Americans. We’ll probably never get the truth about his familial and childhood ties to Islam, but we deserve and should demand clear, honest, and complete answers to questions about his relationships with some – shall we say questionable characters, such as Louis Farrakhan, who recently referred to Obama as “The Messiah” in a YouTube video. Not to mention those really fun guys like “Cousin” Odinga (Kenyan ethnic cleanser who Obama campaigned for until the Kenyan government made a formal protest to the US Department of State), our old “friend” Mohammar Quadaffi, and, lest we forget, the leader of Hamas, Moussa Marzook, who all think that “it’s their way or the highway”. And “their way” is not the American way! Which brings us to… Bill Ayers – domestic terrorist, unabashed radical, self-proclaimed anti-American. Prof. Rashid Khalidi – former PLO spokesperson and Obama fundraiser, Ali Abunimah of the Arab American Action Network, Nadhami Auchi, former Baathist and close associate of Saddam Hussein who also has fundraising ties to Obama, Tony Rezko – long-time player in Chicago Democrat political machine, convicted felon, money connection, Syrian (anti-Semite?). Then there’s Reverend Jeremiah Wright – that fun-loving, loud-mouthed, anti-American racist and his faithful sidekick Father Pfleger. George Soros of MoveOn.org fame and long-known anti-American bias. That’s a gang that anybody would be proud to call friends. NOT!!!

So what about his affiliations to these organizations? ACORN, Nation of Islam, the New Black Panther Party, The Woods Fund, the African Liberation Movement, as well as those mentioned above in relation to specific individuals. We’ve heard about some of these to greater or lesser degrees, but we have to look at the sum of the parts. When you check out Obama’s resume, do you see any of the organizations you belong to? Kiwanis? Lions Club? Chamber of Commerce? I’m pretty sure there are chapters of those groups in Chicago.

How about his non-Chicago political friends? Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Franks, Chris Dodd, Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson et al – ad nauseum. That’s a real special group of politicians that have done the American people a ton of good lately.

What about his record on the issues? Well, let’s start with the big picture. Obama has been ranked the MOST LIBERAL senator of all. Beating out Teddy Kennedy, John Kerry, Bernie Sanders (a self-described socialist), and Chuck Schumer, to name a few of our favorites. But let’s look at a few specific issues of national interest. (Not that you haven’t heard about ANY of this stuff – but we are providing dots here)…

Abortion. Obama’s position is more extreme than even Planned Parenthood and the vast majority of Americans and mainstream politicians. He opposed the “Born Alive Infant Act” that would require medical assistance for babies who survived an abortion. He attempted to justify this one by saying (among other explanations) he would have supported the bill, but he was worried that it could lead to abortionists who botched the job being held liable for malpractice, because obviously a live baby is not the desired result of an abortion.

Mandatory sex education for kindergartners and early elementary students. He tried to explain this one by claiming the education wasn’t mandatory, and it was just to teach little ones about “inappropriate touching”. All you have to do is read the bill. He’s full of BS.

The Second Amendment. Speaking of BS. Obama has never supported your right to “keep and bear arms” without qualifications. He’s cool with letting you have a gun for hunting – but read the fine print. You can have a gun – but he’s not too keen on letting you have any ammo! Amazing that he’s considered a “Constitutional Scholar” by some, and yet doesn’t understand the concept that “Congress shall not abridge…” Guess he was all confused by that boondoggle in Alaska.

Then there’s his position on immigration (perhaps more understandable given his own citizenship status??), and his plans for social security, health care, the Supreme Court, and all the rest. Problem is – he keeps changing them, and modifying them and/or hiding them.

But we’re supposed to trust him to represent us – the American people – in spite of what he says, what he’s done in the past, who his friends are, what groups he supports, what he’s hidden from us, and what he’s lied about to us.

There isn’t enough “hope” in the world that would allow me to think that’s a good idea.

Connect the dots. From this we can begin to see a disturbing picture of the man who would be President.

Color Obama GONE on November 4. For America’s sake.