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Posted on 07/24/2009 5:54:17 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
There are, of course, a whole lot of truly baffling things about the Birther movement and its theories. But perhaps one of the most puzzling is this unanswered question: If President Obama really were born in Kenya, why didn't the McCain or Clinton campaigns dig up the evidence and publicize it? Why has that task fallen to the ragtag crew that is the Birthers, led now by Orly Taitz, a dentist/lawyer/real estate agent who got her law degree online and is regularly admonished for having little, if any, idea how to properly file her court papers?
Turns out there's an answer.
The Washington Independent's David Weigel, one of the best sources of reportage on the movement, had a scoop on Friday: The McCain campaign did hear of the rumors of Obama's birth, and -- though they were skeptical from the start -- checked them out.
"We never saw any evidence that then-Senator Obama had been born outside of the United States," Trevor Potter, who served as the general counsel for the McCain campaign, told Weigel. "We saw rumors, but nothing that could be sourced to evidence. There were no statements and no documents that suggested he was born somewhere else. On the other side, there was proof that he was born in Hawaii."
Weigel also quotes an unnamed lawyer who was working for the McCain campaign and was asked to look into the legal merits of one of the early Birther lawsuits. "The conversation was along the lines of ‘this is idiotic, but explain to me why,’” that lawyer said. “I looked at whether the lawsuit was going to be dismissed. I said yes.”
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
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Coming from the McCain camp this means....essentially nothing.
No, it was because neither of them wanted to piss of the minorities about their saviour, Hillary needed them to win and so did McCain, so they could’nt do jack.
What a load of bogus crap. If 0 gets a bunch of media outlets to call it off, don’t you think McLame would do the same to “help his good friend”?
Why did McLame show his birth cert but accept that 0bama didn’t have to show his?
"Why did McLame show his birth cert but accept that 0bama didn’t have to show his?"
Thanks Trevor, you did a swell job on the campaign. Thanks again.
No matter what the uncertainties are in the concerns over the validity of Obama’s natural citizenship, it is undeniable that the quickest way to resolve the questions would be to waive the restrictions on access to the original document in the possession of the State of Hawaii and let a panel of forensic document examiners and journalists from a wide array of media entities have a look and put an end to all the speculation.
I don’t see why it serves Obama to ignore this. He has a lot on his plate, seems rather challenged at this moment - why not put this behind him?
This line of logic from the same people who mockingly questioned McCain’s vetting process of Governor Palin?
McCain was in it for the face time in front of the cameras. Nothing more.
He didn’t have the will to win. Nor the skills.
His BO birth cert team did at least as well as his campaign strategy team!
Funny.
I hadn’t realized McCain actually ran a campaign. The stuff you learn every day.
>> Obama ... has a lot on his plate, seems rather challenged at this moment - why not put this behind him
Maybe because there’s no documentation that would stand up to careful scrutiny?
Maybe he thought that his buddies in the sycophantic media would saddle up on the issue, like they did with McCain, and compel Obama to produce his birth certificate too. Surprise John!
It seems that McCain has never been any help to this country since he has been in politics.
Spineless McCain! LOL! I never witnessed anyone campaigning for something that had as little fire in the belly as McShame! His true popularity would have been shown if it were not for Gov. Palin. And I believe it all was a setup - he knew his a#$ was grass. Arizonans, please retire this mcLAME horse.
silly, mccain didn’t run a campaign, he just pretended to for the tv cameras......
BUMP!
Why would the McCain campaign waste money on this? There’s no legal standard of proof for the “natural born citizen” test. And if there was any evidence to be found that would have cast serious, legally actionable doubt on Obama’s eligibility, Hillary would have dug it up even if she’d had to have people killed to get at the info.
Oh yeah I’ll buy that. (snicker)
That is why they couldn't substantiate...they couldn't verify anything about Hussien.
The whole thing was over McCain's head.
It's not the place, you moron, it's the parentage.
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If this is the 'best and brightest' we have to offer, we are in for a world of hurt!
Kind of makes you wonder how it is that Hillary has her people in zer0's administration even though she "lost"
Another bullshiite story...
Exactly!
Either way, he was always going to lose. Palin just made it interesting.
Right off the top I would have to ask why now? Why not 6 months ago?
And for those who have been saying that Obama is setting us up for a fall, why was team McQueeg helping him when they could have shut us down months ago?
Think about it. With Hillary in the Senate, she didn’t have to take orders from President Obama, and he couldn’t fire her — she could cause all the trouble she wanted to for him. Putting her in the Secretary of State slot made him her boss, and her continued employment in a significant national office contingent on pleasing him. It was one of his more astute political moves. And accepting the offer was one of her least astute political moves.
Salon takes the stand that if McCain vetted the birth and didn't call it, it means Obama is a citizen. I think it means that just as Jimmie Carter never met a dictator he didn't love; McCain never met a Democrat he couldn't love. I just do not believe he would have run with it.
vaudine
When "his own kind" are threatened by his existence he will be given the "lead or silver" talk and that will be the end of him. Cetainly the upcoming legislation under the new Rep Congress in 2010 will require him to come up with more than he has prviously to prove his legitimacy if he plans to run again. That is if the Rep Party isn't terminally infested with RHINOs. Interesting times, fer sure.
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There's proof that Obama was born in Hawaii?
If there is proof, could that unnamed McCain lawyer please show that proof to me and the rest of America?
I can't wait to see it.
McCain is head republican Soros puppet anyway.
John McCain was ineligible as well. Screw him.
CC,,,We gotta be near the target cause that flak is sure
getting heavy,,,
McPain is a sell out sumbitch,,,
FReeper Polarik has proven that BS-BC to be a fake!
He has also posted that HE called on the phone and was
told that NOBODY had asked for a copy of O’Bammy’s BC!
IMO : They are skeeert to death of the blacks rioting
which is what will happen when/if O’Bammy is found out
and thrown out,,,
Many heads will roll at that point,,,(SHTF),,,
All it’s gunna take is for one of Orly’s suits to
hit the mark,,,
Game Over,O’Bammy!!!...
Y’all, whatever ‘we’ can do to help RETIRE Senator McCain in 2010, let’s agree to do it.
The MSM will continue to think that he speaks for Republicans as long as he’s in the Senate.
My Mother Thanks You, My Father Thanks You, and I Thank You.
McCain sycophants just repeated the Obama talking points. I call BS.
Let’s face facts folks. McPain was a plant and we were duped. His actions in the campaign were a daily signal that he wasn’t interested in being President. Especially towards the end when members of his campaign were allowed to berate Sarah over her wardrobe and interviews. Let us not be fooled again with a RINO who doesn’t really care if he wins.
"We never saw any evidence that then-Senator Obama had been born outside of the United States," Trevor Potter, who served as the general counsel for the McCain campaign, told Weigel. "We saw rumors, but nothing that could be sourced to evidence. There were no statements and no documents that suggested he was born somewhere else. On the other side, there was proof that he was born in Hawaii."
O RLY?
These people are desperate.
Bingo.
However, another unanswered question is why doesn't Obama simply end any lingering doubt, baseless or not, and simply produce a valid birth certificate?
Either way, I'd love to be a fly on the wall to know what is really happening behind the scenes and who's running the show.
We're in for a rough ride no matter what, stay safe :)
They ‘vetted” Obama’s natual born citizen status like McCain took on his socialist ideology. Fail.
So would Lou Dobbs...he’s asking the same question and even his staff is complaining...hopefully he won’t get fired for it...but I’m not too optimistic at this point...unless he stops reporting on it.
Were these Panamanian lawyers?
TOO LATE NOW! There are now some constitutional/legislative “theologians” who say that even IF the DemocRAT votes COULD be found to impeach him, that Obama is legally UNIMPEACHABLE, if in fact he is not a natural-born American. They say that, because then he would never have been eligible to hold the office in the first place, and so is NOT the President, and thus CANNOT be impeached! The articles simply would NOT APPLY to him, any more than they would to you or me. Meanwhile, he occupies the White House, sitting around smoking cigars, drinking Crown Royal, and flitting about on Air Force One. If true, HOW would he be removed from the White House? Perhaps via an ordinary EVICTION process? Don’t let the media bury this story!
And you sir, are a fool and an unpatriotic one at that. Love or hate his politics you can't label this American who volunteered to strap a jet on his back in defense of your sorry ass a puss. As a veteran I take personal offense to your remark. What have you done for our country that makes it so easy for you to denigrate the service of John McCain?
McCain is in his second career and it is this position as a Senator and candidate for POTUS for which he has come up short in the past year.
McCain asked millions of us to vote for him and we did. He let us down by not following through then, and now back in the Senate is not standing up against the policies of Hussein and the Dems. He didn't even stand up for his running mate Palin while she was being trashed then and now.
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