Posted on 09/25/2009 2:15:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The suspicion that President Obama was born outside of the United States has been written off as a conspiracy theory, but that hasn't stopped the so-called "birther" movement from keeping their theories alive.
A fundamentalist Christian Web site LivePrayer.com has produced a 28-minute infomercial dedicated to questioning where the president was born. It has run at least once on a CBS affiliate in Lubbock, Texas.
LivePrayer.com was founded by Christian minister Bill Keller, who committed his life to God after spending time in prison for insider trading, according to his site. The infomercial is also the work of attorney Gary Kreep, executive director of the birther group United States Justice Foundation, Talking Points Memo reports. He reportedly said the infomercial will run for at least two and a half weeks on stations around the country.
Mr. Obama has "vigorously fought.. to keep his birth information secret," Keller says in the program. "What is he hiding?"
The half hour spot encourages viewers to call a phone number to add their names to a list petitioning GOP leaders to "force President Obama to obey the law." In thanks for their support, viewers will receive a "Got a birth certificate?" bumper sticker. It also informs viewers that for just $30, they can have a fax sent on their behalf to all 50 state attorneys general and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder demanding they force President Obama to supply his official State of Hawaii birth certificate.
"Join hundreds of thousands of Americans who simply want the truth," Keller says.
Keller may be right about the persistence of the rumor -- a recent poll showed that that 42 percent of Republicans believe Barack Obama was born outside of the United States while 22 percent said they were unsure.
And while the White House has, of course, dismissed the theory as "totally crazy," some Republicans have quietly perpetuated the myth. California Rep. John Campbell co-sponsored a bill (with at least nine others) requiring presidential candidates to submit a birth certificate and refused to give a straight answer when asked whether he believed the president was born in the United States.
The USJF existed long before the 'birther' movement, it is a conservative legal foundation. That would be like saying that Free Republic is a birther group because we have birthers here.
When did this happen and who wrote it off?
Let's see:
"some Republicans have quietly perpetuated the myth"
Hey Stepahnie. Your arse; a hole in the ground. There is a difference.
This reporter obviously went to the Saul Alinsky school of journalism.
Everything else aside, that is a pretty amazing level of defiance - even for them!
Gary Kreep is representing two of the plaintiffs in Keyes v Obama.
I spoke to a former neighbor today for the first time in several years. I made some remark about not having seen the birth certificate so she asked me, "Do you really believe that stuff?" She might have made some reference to the birth document posted on the Internet. But if she didn't, I did. I said: "You are doubtless aware that numerous case have been brought challenging Obama's eligibility. Not once have lawyers representing Obama presented this birth document to a court. It would be so simple to do if it might be considered sufficient proof of anything." She had no further questions about this.
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All the Messiah has to do to end this is release his long form.
Why doesn’t he do that?
Hmmmmm?
I’m surprised that they even report on the birther movement.
Not surprised that they are contemptous of us, but the fact they report on it at all is surprising. They more this is in the news... the better for us and the worse for the Poser in Cheif.
The only people who have written it off are so-called journalists who won't do their job.
I guess ACORN, Blago, Klonsky, Wright, Odinga, Jones and Ayers are not worth mentioning.
Nah, the Liberal hates fact.
PING.
And the cockroaches, aka Obamanoids are already on the thread.
Good for you! It’s the ‘citizens media’ that is doing the job of informing.
Just keeping up on Birther antics.
Thanks for the reply....[whew]....thought I had missed something.
To: Conservative4Ever
The suspicion that President Obama was born outside of the United States has been written off as a conspiracy theory,...
The only people who have written it off are so-called journalists who won’t do their job.
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Oh, they ARE doing their job. Most people don’t know who they really work for.
Falling right into Obama’s trap. These birthers are making us looks like fools. Wasn’t there a birth announcement? Do we ignore that like the Truthers ignore the facts? Flame away. I don’t even care.
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