Baiting the birthers (Smell their fear)

The Chicago Tribune ^ | April 22, 2011 | The Editors

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just when it seemed the air had finally leaked out of the birthers' balloon, along comes Donald Trump with a fresh blast of wind.

Emboldened by The Donald's insistence that President Obama can't or won't prove he's a legal U.S. citizen, Arizona lawmakers passed the nation's first "birther bill" earlier this month. Gov. Jan Brewer — yes, that Jan Brewer — promptly vetoed it. There won't be an override attempt.

The notion that a presidential candidate might qualify for the state ballot by presenting a certificate of circumcision was too much, even for Arizona. But not for Trump, who may or may not be serious about trying to ride this nonsense all the way to the White House.

"People love this issue, especially in the Republican Party," he explained.

The Arizona bill would have required presidential candidates to submit proof of citizenship to get on the state's ballot. If Arizona's secretary of state wasn't satisfied with, say, the official certification of live birth issued by the state in which the candidate claimed to be born, then other documents — including "early baptismal or circumcision certificates" — could be submitted to support a claim of citizenship.

Brewer, a Republican who proudly signed Arizona's overreaching immigration bill last year, called the citizenship measure "a bridge too far." But lawmakers in at least a dozen other states have filed similar bills, and Trump is their new cheerleader.

His cheap grandstanding plays well with the doubters, but it isn't going to get Trump or any other Republican elected president.....

[jarofants]

That's all he'd have to do and Trump would be the laughing stock of the World. Funny thing though he can't produce it. Also no one has ever asked Barry if that's his Certificate Of Live Birth point blank. I wonder why.

[eyedigress]

If his race is African then mine is European. What a stupid document.

[Freedom56v2]

chicago tribune USED to be a decent Republican-leaning paper. Then they endorsed barry in 2008.

[jarofants]

Wonder what language he thinks he speaks American.

[eyedigress]

Austrian obviously.

[American Constitutionalist]

" The cover up continues. "

What these Bozo Obama supporters don't realize, is ? people are taking notes of those who are doing the cover up.
There is going to be a lot of people going to jail over this.

[American Constitutionalist]

" Oh yeah, the OBot clowns are in fear everywhere. "

Thoughts of jail time might be keeping them awake at night...

[American Constitutionalist]

" True, but since the gen public is also starting to demand answers, along with the Indy/Dems themselves, methinks their well crafted plan ( and Propaganda ) has a big problem. ".... there now, fixed..

The same goes with the bogus propaganda that if Congress removes Obama from office that will start a race riot... well ? the video of those 2 black women beating up on that white person proves that the race riots have already started even without Congress removing Obama from office..

[American Constitutionalist]

" Obama has spent a boat load of money hiding something."

[American Constitutionalist]

Not only that, the fear of race riots breaking out if Congress removes Obama from office is also bogus just for the fact that the race tensions are already here, that video of those 2 black women beating a white person proves that the Obot/anti-birther arguments that there will be riots if Congress removes Obama from office does not hold water... it's just fear baiting..

[Cyropaedia]

For real hypocrisy, understand that Obama voted for a Federal law that requires the state to verify the validity of any birth certificate used to apply for a drivers license ... yet Hawaii says they can't get Obama's permission to verify his birth certificate. They don't need his permission. He voted for a standard that they won't apply to him.

Holy sh*t.

I wasn't aware of that.

Thanks for the info.

[Ronin]

I’ve noticed that they are retreating gradually to a fall back position. Did you see the thread about an ad in a black newspaper about it’s okay for a president not to be born in the US? And some NPR fool saying that the NBC clause needs to go?

I've noticed the same thing. Call it "hedging their bets" or "moving the goalposts", either way they are preparing for the moment the carefully woven myth surrounding Obama is blown away and they are forced to explain just why in the hell we are learning about these things NOW.

It's not readily visible unless you are tracking this issue closely, but it's definitely happening.

Inside, they must be shaking in their Birkenstocks.

[danamco]

The cover up continues.

Who was it that was the AZ's SoS 2008 election, hmmm!!!

It's very difficulty and extremely hard to spell the word "CYA"???

[danamco]

This is a dead story for anyone except those who will simply not accept the truth.

No, it's dead for you and those who hangs the Constitution on the "roll" in your toilet rooms!!!

And the truth IS???

[danamco]

If they are not Obots, they are Roveians!!!

[danamco]

The kleon clown is a “certified” long time SP aka a FINO!!!

[danamco]

Kleon repeatedly comes with Clymer-statements that qualifies for the FReeper well known “Cod Fish Awards”!!!

[liberalh8ter]

I give this paper a lot of credit. It must have taken them many hours and proof readers working diligently to edit out all of Rahm’s expletives from the original copy.

[The Working Man]

At some point the MSM is going to have to let Osama show his cards. It’s pissing them off.

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I think that not only is the thought of Obama having to show his Birth Certificate and other relevant Documents Pissing them off because that shows that they are losing their own power of obfuscation, it also leaves them open to the charge of aiding and abetting a felony. They haven’t done their job. It is patently obvious if Obama had been a Republican President he would have received a full anal exam from them.

In many ways it is very similar to what is happening in Wisconsin. The Union bosses and their Bought Politicians are doing EVERYTHING they can to keep the money rolling in from state collected union dues. The MSM is doing the same when it comes to getting their money for political campaigns. Think about it, this upcoming election promises to have almost two billion dollars being spent on it. And the MSM will get the lions share of that money. Of course the are going to do whatever is necessary to keep Obama viable.

[LorenC]

Well, except for the pesky little fact that there are folks with these documents who are well-known NOT to have been born in Hawaii.

Who are these folks? I'm not aware of anyone shown to have a Certification of Live Birth that states they were born in Hawaii, who was not born in Hawaii.

The only thing close to that that I'm aware of is the Sun Yat-Sen certificate. And that was 1) not a COLB, 2) issued 50+ years before Hawaii became a state, 3) issued 34 years after his birth, 4) states on its face that it's based on affidavits, and 5) only one person (not plural "folks").

So who are the well-known others that I'm not seeing?