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CNN Kills Birther Story (Dobbs under the bus by his boss)
Politico ^ | 7-24-09 | Ben Smith

Posted on 07/24/2009 1:27:45 PM PDT by STARWISE

CNN president kills birther story

TVNewser reports that CNN President Jon Klein has declared a halt to birther coverage -- a tacit shot at Lou Dobbs.

Klein forwarded Dobbs's producers a memo under this heading, which I suspect won't calm the conspiracists:

Since the show's mission is for Lou to be the explainer and enlightener, he should be sure to cite this during your segment tonite. And then it seems this story is dead - because anyone who still is not convinced doesn't really have a legitimate beef.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; certifigate; cnn; dobbs; joeklein; joeklien; jonklein; kenya; kenyan; liarliar; loudobs; muslim; obamaeligible; underthebus; usurper
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To: a fool in paradise

You said — And this from the candidate who promised transparency in his administration.

LOL... I’ve said this before (about that)... anyone who believed that statement from Obama is a fool...

It’s one thing to say something about meeting Constitutional requirements, because those are cut and dried and you can check on them — and if you have proof that someone swore wrongly on one of those forms he signed, you can convict him of fraud. So, that’s pretty clear-cut, when you get right down to it.

But, it’s quite another when you’re using a term like “transparency” because that one depends on who is saying it... :-)


61 posted on 07/24/2009 2:01:47 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: a fool in paradise

You asked — They have what on record?

That’s easy... they have an image file on record and they have a database entry on file... those are the two things they have on file...


62 posted on 07/24/2009 2:02:59 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Star Traveler
anyone who believed that statement from Obama is a fool...

I trust the foreign raised (he went to school in Indonesia and was raised on the knees of Communists) president as far as I can throw the Hoover Dam.

63 posted on 07/24/2009 2:03:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: bikerman

It’s still there in electronic form...


64 posted on 07/24/2009 2:03:41 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Red Steel

I remember a freeper got theirs shortly after this story heated up back in the fall and posted it online. It had all of the info(they blacked it out for privacy reasons) but they were born around the same time as Obama if I remember correctly.

This kinda obfuscation is just going to make this story mushroom because it is a lie.


65 posted on 07/24/2009 2:03:42 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Star Traveler

Is the attending doctor’s name on file? The hospital name?


66 posted on 07/24/2009 2:04:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: a fool in paradise
The very fact that they are trying so hard to kill the BC issue gives credence that there is something very very wrong here.

One day the truth will be known. And, those that abetted the cover up will be known also.

67 posted on 07/24/2009 2:04:30 PM PDT by Know et al (Everything I know I read in the newspaper and that's the reason for my ignorance: Will Rogers)
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To: a fool in paradise

Well, I don’t blame you at all for not trusting him...


68 posted on 07/24/2009 2:04:50 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: a fool in paradise

In the image file it would be...


69 posted on 07/24/2009 2:05:13 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Star Traveler

He made specific claims that he would put pending legislation online for the public to read and he renegged on that promise rather quickly.


70 posted on 07/24/2009 2:05:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: STARWISE

What you see is what we got.


71 posted on 07/24/2009 2:06:46 PM PDT by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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To: a fool in paradise

The question is not “was he born in Kenya?”, the question is “why can’t he just release his birth certificate as millions of Americans do when they apply for a Social Security card or US Passport?”

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The main question is ... if as he claims ... his father was a citizen of the UK when he was born, how has he been able to bypass the Consitutional requirement of being a natural born citizen (of 2 American citizens)to even be a candidate and then president.


72 posted on 07/24/2009 2:07:01 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: Texas Fossil
I would bet the original was microfilmed and can be printed or the data is in a database.

Exactly. Going paperless only means that the paper no longer exists in a file cabinet down the hall. The image of that piece of paper would still be available.

This is spin, pure and simple. They're dancing on the head of a pin, hoping America buys it. What this tells me, though, is that they are very worried.

73 posted on 07/24/2009 2:08:16 PM PDT by Eroteme
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To: jimbo123

I read elsewhere that they are taking his repeat broadcast away from him and giving the time slot to JOY BEHAR, of all people! (9 pm)


74 posted on 07/24/2009 2:09:15 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: a fool in paradise

You know... that sounds good (a good idea) but isn’t that something that the Senate and the House must take care of.

The President is of the “Executive Branch” and legislation online would be something from the “Legislative Branch”. The one branch of government doesn’t intrude upon the other branch in determining what happens...


75 posted on 07/24/2009 2:09:33 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Star Traveler

And in the issue of Obama’s birth, I do not claim that he was born in Kenya. There is no “evidence”.

There are family members who’ve reportedly made statements to that, but no smoking gun or signed statements.

I likewise do not make the claim that the COLB is a forgery.

It’s clear that there are members of government and public office in Hawaii who are doing their best to sweep this under the rug. It is possible (unlikely but feasible) that someone within the office altered the record. There were people who violated the trust of their offices to dig dirt on Joe the Plumber.

Barack Obama’s been running for the White House for well over a decade now. Who made his 1995 autobiography a bestseller? How did a publisher consent to even publish an autobiography on an unknown?

He wasn’t vetted in the campaign. He wants much more extensive background checks on his staffers and appointees (45 page questionaire reportedly in addition to the necessary paper filings) than he gave to the US public.


76 posted on 07/24/2009 2:11:28 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: duckman

Dobbs belongs on a fair and balanced Fox.”

Agreed- my first thought.

CNN is getting more like a parrot every day.


77 posted on 07/24/2009 2:11:54 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Star Traveler

When there are 300 page amendments to the legislation 2 hours before it is brought to a vote, even the legislators are not permitted transparent access to what is in the pending legislation.


78 posted on 07/24/2009 2:13:02 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: penelopesire

You said — This kinda obfuscation is just going to make this story mushroom because it is a lie.

All that was being said is that it’s not paper but it’s an image file... nothing changes...


79 posted on 07/24/2009 2:13:10 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: a fool in paradise

That’s definitely something to hammer on your legislator about... for sure...


80 posted on 07/24/2009 2:14:05 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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