‘Birthers’ still think that Obama wasn't born in America
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32114091/ns/politics-white_house/
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The issue has flared again on political blogs, TV news shows and even a town hall meeting, widely circulated on YouTube, in which a Republican congressman was booed for saying Obama is a citizen.
Mainstream Republicans who want the issue to go away are having a tough time stamping it out as the so-called "birthers" resurface, with assists from talk show host Rush Limbaugh and CNN's Lou Dobbs.
"I've stopped laughing," New York Daily News columnist Errol Louis wrote Thursday. "Too many political and media leaders are deliberately fanning the flames of ignorance and fear, and they should be ashamed."
Passions among the birthers run so high that Rep. Mike Castle, of Delaware, was booed by his own constituents at a recent town hall meeting for saying Obama "is a citizen of the United States." He was responding to a woman who waved her own birth certificate, contended Obama was born in Kenya, and shouted out, "I want my country back!"
Theories that Obama was born abroad abounded during the presidential campaign, even after an official Hawaii birth certificate was produced, along with August 1961 birth notices from two Honolulu newspapers. Numerous lawsuits and emergency appeals were lodged challenging Obama's eligibility to be president, and all were rebuffed.
The Constitution states that a person must be a "natural-born citizen" to be eligible for the presidency. The birthers contend that Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate is a fake, and many say he was actually born in Kenya, his father's homeland.
Limbaugh, for example, joked that Obama and God have something in common — the lack of a birth certificate. Dobbs has broached the issue several times, saying at one point, "The questions won't go away."
And 10 Republican members of Congress have co-sponsored a bill that would require future presidential candidates to provide a copy of their original birth certificate.
One of those congressmen, John Campbell of California, was pressed by MSNBC's Chris Matthews as to whether he believed Obama was a U.S. citizen.
"As far as I know," Campbell replied...
That's funny because I still think their idiots...
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maasanova
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You think that after Bush the Nightmare Continues, the people who are against having an illegitimate president would have known that it is next to impossible to get rid of a president who is installed into that position.
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maasanova
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maasanova
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Actually this story is a complete distraction from the real problems of things like bank robbers masquerading as bankers on Wall Street and Obama continuing the Goldman Sach's revolving door into into government positions, and Obama's wack-job science adviser who wrote a textbook about forced abortions and forced sterilizations.
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maasanova
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BullDogg
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This is a great story because Hawaii issues birth certificates to anyone under the age of one no matter where they were born. This is probably true in most states or easily faked, ie. a witness and the baby on hand. The governor of Hawaii has stated that Obama does indeed have a birth certificate in that state, but it doesn't prove that he was born there...
No matter, Obama is president and if he admitted to being born in Kenya or enroute to Hawaii, the two houses would never vote him out of power. This law is outdated anyway, our forefathers were worried that a sleeper-cell Tory might get elected president...
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BullDogg
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wirehedd
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BullDogg:
you've already been called out for this lie so why are you posting again in another thread? Hawaii DOES NOT give out BCs willy nilly and you KNOW it so you are being a baldfaced LIAR again. Stop it.
Obama's birth was recorded and documented by the attending physician and has been proven beyond a doubt. Do you enjoy looking foolish in public or something?
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wirehedd
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maasanova
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Jesus his head looks like it's going to explode! He looks like he ate his drug dealers!
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maasanova
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medinasoul
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maasanova:
hahahahaha me and my wife got a kick out of that
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medinasoul
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wirehedd
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birthers are simply racists, retards or both.
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wirehedd
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medinasoul
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whats funny to me about this is that they never made a stink about a birth certificate for ANY OTHER president... only the black one.. with the "weird name"... and they really wanna say they are not racist??
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medinasoul
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DeliaTheArtist
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"The Constitution states that a person must be a "natural-born citizen" to be eligible for the presidency. The birthers contend that Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate is a fake, and many say he was actually born in Kenya, his father's homeland."
Damn it for the last time, it doesn't even matter! The funny thing is even John McCain was born in Panama- but it doesn't MATTER because he has US parents- do you think the neocons would be crying about this if he had become president? From Wikipedia:
"The most prominent issue raised against Obama was the claim that he was not actually born in Hawaii. In two other lawsuits, the plaintiffs argued that it was irrelevant whether he was born in Hawaii,[46] but argued instead that he was nevertheless not a natural born citizen because his citizenship at birth was, in part, determined by the British Nationality Act.[47] The relevant courts have either denied all applications or declined to render a judgment due to lack of jurisdiction. Some of the cases have been dismissed because of the plaintiff's lack of standing"
As you see, there is a good reason why all the courts have dismissed these charges- they are ridiculous and impossible to prove! The icing on the cake is that it's totally irrelevant whether or not he was born in Kenya, he would still be a "natural born citizen" according to our OWN LAWS.
Obama is our president! It's perfectly legal! Get over it!
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current89
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These nuts just can't believe that a non-WASP got elected. Pathetic.
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current89
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wayseeker
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This is too easy. I would like to go on and on about the dishonesty and stupidity of the so called Republican leaders but clowns Limbaugh and Dobbs have made it too easy. I don't have to say more, they've said it very well themselves.
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