And here is the transcript of this exchange through Americablog:
BUCHANAN: You saw that lovely photograph on Drudge yesterday and Drudge said initially that Clintonites gave it to her. If Clinton, the Clintonite did that, would you consider that first a dirty trick and secondly, would you think the individual that did it should be fired if they could find him or her.
JONES: Understand this: The Clinton campaign does not condone people putting out pictures that they seem to believe are inappropriate. But let me say this: I have no shame or no problem with people looking at Barack Obama in his native clothing, in the clothing of his country.
This is a diverse country and people across America recognize that. I would not personally have done it and we can't attribute it to anybody in our campaign, but the Clinton campaign does not condone the conduct and we would hope that America is going to have an opportunity or begin to see if we're supporting a woman or an African-American for President, we ought to be able to support their ability to wear the clothing of their nation.
Okay, I'm confused here. Is Stephanie Tubbs Jones saying that Barack Obama is not a citizen of the United States, but rather a citizen of Somalia? The clothing that Obama is wearing in the picture are native clothes of a Somali elder, presented by Sheikh Mahmed Hassan. Stephanie Tubbs Jones claims that she has no problem with Obama wearing the native clothes of his country. And since Obama is wearing the native clothes of a Somali elder, then Tubbs Jones is saying that Obama is really a citizen of Somalia. But wait a minute--if Barack Obama is a citizen of Somalia, then how can he become president of the United States, as according to the Constitution:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
So I guess, according to Tubbs Jones, that Obama has every right to wear the native clothing of his country, and the picture is showing him wearing the native clothing of Somalia. So Obama is really a Somali citizen, and not an American citizen since he is wearing the native clothing of his country in that picture. If Obama is really a Somali citizen, then he has no right to become president of the United States, since only natural born citizens of the U.S. can become president. Because Obama is showing that he is a Somali citizen by wearing the native clothing of his country, then he should pull out of the Democratic nomination for president, because Obama is not an American citizen, and hand the nomination over to Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a true American citizen, and not the fake American citizen that Somali citizen Barack Obama really is. At least that is what Stephanie Tubbs Jones is probably saying in this YouTube video.
I know you are rolling your eyes at this ridiculous logic, and you are right. It is ridiculous. I'm starting to think that what Tubbs Jones really meant was that Barack Obama had the right to wear clothing of his heritage, rather than of his country--Obama was actually born in Hawaii! If Obama had to wear the "native clothing" of his country, it would be a Hawaiian shirt and a lei, considering that Hawaii was once an independent, sovereign state. His father was born and raised in Kenya--not Somalia. Does that mean that Obama is no longer a citizen of Somalia, but rather a citizen of Kenya? Is Obama even a citizen of any country? It is obvious that Tubbs Jones' mouth was working faster than her brain, otherwise she would not have said something this stupid on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
My bad--Tubbs Jones has just said something really stupid on behalf of the Clinton campaign.
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