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McClatchy investigation: Birthers are just plain nuts (Annoying Puking Noise Machine Alert)
Kansas City Star ^ | 7/31/2009 | Bill Dalton

Posted on 07/31/2009 11:41:02 AM PDT by mojito

The false allegation that President Barack Obama was born in another country is more than a fact-free hit job.

Marked by accusations and backstabbing, it's the story of how a small but intense movement called "birthers" rose from a handful of people prone to seeing conspiracies, aided by the Internet, magnified without evidence by eager radio and cable TV hosts, and eventually ratified by a small group of Republican politicians working to keep the story alive on the floors of Congress and the campaign trails of the Midwest.

It's a powerful story about what experts call political paranoia over a new face in a time of anxiety and rapid change — the sort of viral message that can take hold among a sliver of the populace that's ready to believe that the new president is a fraud, and just as ready to angrily dismiss anyone who disagrees as part of the conspiracy.

"He is NOT an American citizen," yelled a woman at a town hall meeting in Delaware, angrily confronting a congressman. "I don't want this flag to change. I want my country back."

(Excerpt) Read more at primebuzz.kcstar.com ...


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0's Propagandastaffel operating on all cylinders.

These Birthers must be stopped, don't ya know?

1 posted on 07/31/2009 11:41:05 AM PDT by mojito
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YEEEEEEEAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH! We cannot be stopped. The truth will come out and the sheep will wake up.


2 posted on 07/31/2009 11:43:58 AM PDT by freebird5850 (O-Bomba is not the Messia. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
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However, the article makes one small concession to the truth:

“...it's true that the 2007 document issued by the state of Hawaii, called a Certification of Live Birth, isn't a copy of the original 1961 document. Obama could ask for that from Hawaii but hasn't, without explanation. The longer, original form would show more details, including the name of the doctor, according to copies of other 1961 birth certificates.”

Hey, guess what? Produce the original, and all the speculations stop.

Produce the original: It's all we ask.

3 posted on 07/31/2009 11:45:12 AM PDT by mojito
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If you are not getting flak, you are not over the target.


4 posted on 07/31/2009 11:45:37 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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One of the problems (among many) is the leftist news media saying that the “birthers” claim that Barry Soetoro is not a US Citizen, and unfortunately, you will also hear some of those “birthers” say just that. We all know that, technically, he is a US Citizen (but just what is his proper name, I don’t know...). The question is, whether or not he is a NATURAL BORN citizen, as required by the Constitution. If he cannot prove that he is a natural born citizen, he is NOT the President, but an usurper, a foreign tyrant.


5 posted on 07/31/2009 11:46:20 AM PDT by SandWMan (While you may not be able to legislate morality, you can legislate morally.)
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Barack Barry Dunham Obama Soetero can end it anytime


6 posted on 07/31/2009 11:46:23 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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My parents taught me to politely humor crazy people.

So, hey Zero...humor all those “nuts”.

Show them your records....ALL of them.


7 posted on 07/31/2009 11:46:33 AM PDT by Salamander (Cursed with Second Sight.)
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The only crazy here is Obama refusing to simply produce his birth certificate.
8 posted on 07/31/2009 11:48:10 AM PDT by RJL
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What citizenship are these people? who are they? Why do we care?


9 posted on 07/31/2009 11:50:59 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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Are you suggesting that a contract be placed on His grandmother in Kenya? You know, the one that claims he was born there? Perish the thought. Not even the Birthers are that crazy. {sarc}
10 posted on 07/31/2009 11:52:31 AM PDT by mission9 (It ain't bragging if you can do it.)
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No, birthers and other people concerned with our God given rights under the Constitution of the USA do not advocate killing Grandmas or other heavenly creatures, or anyone for that matter


11 posted on 07/31/2009 11:55:38 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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Obama’s media defenders are going to learn the hard way, when it could have been so much easier had they done their job.


12 posted on 07/31/2009 11:57:39 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (Forget going Galt. Its time to go Braveheart.)
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“The false allegation that President Barack Obama was born in another country”

This is not the allegation.

The allegation is that Obama has not released his birth certificate or any other pertinent documents from his past.

So go back and start over, Dalton.


13 posted on 07/31/2009 11:59:22 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Liberals have neither the creativity nor the confidence to understand the truth of conservatism)
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No one seemed to mind these activities when they were directed at President Bush. Funny how that works out.


14 posted on 07/31/2009 11:59:54 AM PDT by OpeEdMunkey (We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
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He can end the controversy by producing his long form birth certicate, his amended adopted birth certificate, and his passport records, for starters.


15 posted on 07/31/2009 12:02:35 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: 1000 silverlings
The person in the middle is Paul McCartney


16 posted on 07/31/2009 12:02:44 PM PDT by shineon
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‘the story of how a small but intense movement called “birthers” rose from a handful of people prone to seeing conspiracies, aided by the Internet, magnified without evidence by eager radio and cable TV hosts, and eventually ratified by a small group of Republican politicians working to keep the story alive on the floors of Congress and the campaign trails of the Midwest.’

This part of the article is very misleading (dare I say inaccurate?). I believe the original ‘birthers’ were the folks who made a fuss about John McCain’s eligibility to be President. He cooperated and provided the necessary paperwork (including a long form birth certificate) to help quell that issue. Then, the next set of ‘birthers’ were those reasonable and mature folks who wanted Sarah Palin to prove that Trig is actually her son. The usual question - who’s the father? - quickly became ‘who’s the mother’ when Sarah Palin was announced as McCain’s VP candidate. We’re actually on the third incarnation of ‘birthers’. The person who wrote the article needs to go back another year or so to make the story correct.


17 posted on 07/31/2009 12:03:41 PM PDT by joejm65
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Right!! Michael Jackson on the right, and baby “Blanket” in the middle? But who’s the other guy??


18 posted on 07/31/2009 12:04:32 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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Yea... OK so if his COLB is real, show the reciept in the Hawaiin Records for it. I am having mine sent to me, NO CHARGE for it either!

If there is nothing to the whole thing, then release the records!

Otherwise, I am not giving up. I think he is hiding something bad enough to cost him the office.

Prove me wrong, release the records.


19 posted on 07/31/2009 12:09:24 PM PDT by Danae (I AM JIM THOMPSON - Conservative does not equal Republican. Conservative does not compromise.)
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Yea... OK so if his COLB is real, show the receipt in the Hawaiian Records for it. I am having mine sent to me, NO CHARGE for it either!

If there is nothing to the whole thing, then release the records!

Otherwise, I am not giving up. I think he is hiding something bad enough to cost him the office.

Prove me wrong, release the records.


20 posted on 07/31/2009 12:09:42 PM PDT by Danae (I AM JIM THOMPSON - Conservative does not equal Republican. Conservative does not compromise.)
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