Posted on 07/25/2009 11:49:46 AM PDT by lbryce
The conspiracy theorists who have claimed for more than a year that President Obama is not a United States citizen have found receptive ears among some mainstream media figures in recent weeks.
Despite ample evidence to the contrary, the country’s most popular talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh, told his listeners on Tuesday that Mr. Obama “has yet to have to prove that he’s a citizen.” Lou Dobbs of CNN said that Mr. Obama should do more to dispel the claims. Larry King, also of CNN, asked guests about it. Chris Matthews debated it with guests on MSNBC, and “NBC Nightly News” even did a segment debunking the theory.
Cable news is often stretched for news in the summer, but the birth certificate case has been fueled by the combustible combination of luck, compelling video, media-savvy doubters — and an outlandish topic.
The theory that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya, his father’s homeland, first took root among some staunchly conservative elements. In response, the Obama campaign scanned the candidate’s “certification of live birth” from Hawaii’s department of health and published it on the Internet. Numerous third parties have examined and confirmed the birth certificate and concluded that it met the requirements for citizenship.
“This smear was thoroughly debunked during the election,” said Eric Burns, the president of Media Matters for America, a liberal media monitoring organization.
But advocates of the issue, who are sometimes termed birthers, called attention to themselves through frequent calls to talk radio shows, e-mail messages to news organizations and a videotaped question at a Congressional town hall.
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Talking about the way the way they cover the news, this graph speaks volumes
about the obsequious nature so pervasive within the MSM 
The MSM continues to duly ignore the natural born part of the equation.
Close, but no cigar. The "theorists" are more interested in the "natural born citizen" aspect of Barry's burf - a significant difference.
No worries. When the birth certificate finally surfaces the MSM will claim credit for being on this story from the beginning.
"Despite ample evidence that Mr. Obama, if that's his real name, failed to produce a valid birth certificate, the mainstream media continues to marginalize all who question our Dear Leader."
There, fixed it.
Um, and just what would that be?
It costs about $10 to obtain a certified copy(raised seal) of your birth CERTIFICATE(not a CERTIFICATION OF live birth)so, where is it. That would meet the definition of "ample" in my mind. Simple.
Olberman the Great is convinced it was a virgin birth
Olbermann is right, but the virgin was a jackal.
OMG, Olbermann is the mother?
Hey Brian, why are you and your ilk afraid to just ask your Master to produce his authenticated birth certificate? Where’s your investigative journalistic instincts? Ask him to produce the documents then you have your answer.
Brian, really, it’s just that simple. Aren’t you bold enough to ask this simple request? C’mon man, you’re with the NYT, the paper that goes to the trouble to reveal national security secrets, so this can’t be that difficult . . can it?
Man up, Brian. It’s not racist to ask a black guy for identification is it . . you’re not in Cambridge any more.
Yep.
DUH! New York Slimes calls another bad one! Sonds like quite a crosssection of broadcasters are covering the total and absolute absence of OBOZO’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE! For crying out loud, if it is an issue that has already allegedly been proven, then PROVE it by submitting the actual Legal BIRTH CERTIFICATE! OBOZO cant produce his Birth Certificate because it confirms OBOZO is a LIAR and a FRAUD and denied Eligibility by The CONSTITUTION to hold the Office of PRESIDENT of The United States!How much longer until OBOZO is having a Beer with Zalaya in Venezuala and commesurating the wrongs they have been dealt in their pinhead brains?
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AT ALL TO THE CONTRARY. The on-line COLB was a forgery, which has since been pulled.
The announcements in the Hawaiian newspapers prove nothing since they too may have been faked; and if they are real all it means it that O's grandmother phoned it in.
Obama himself has never said anything at all about the controversy.
He did apparently write a letter to a Hawaiian hospital complimenting them on having assisted at the birth of the Messiah, but that letter was then pulled, and his press secretary said he didn't know anything about it and wasn't going to bother to ask.
So, what else do we have? Witnesses? None. Hospital records? None. Original birth certificate? None. And no school or college or any other kind of records. It's good to know that America's former "newspaper of record" considers that "ample evidence."
The editors at the Times are pimps and liars.
HAHAHA! You know, I bet he wishes that was the case.
We must send Chrissy a Congratulations On Becoming A New Dad card!
Apparently yesterday, in ONE FELL SWOOP, on Yahoo and Google and other major search engines, World Net Daily was put way back, not appearing on the first page even tho NO OUTLET has more researched articles on uhbama's strange and rather creepy early stages.
JOE FARAH was more than devastated and Savage, of course, was LIVID.
So am I. This is creepy.
lol. the thrill ran up his leg and impregnated Keithy
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