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"Birther" Infomercial Hits the Airwaves
CBS News ^ | 9/25/09 | Stephanie Condon

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: billkeller; birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; conspiracytheory; constitution; infomercial; obama; pastor; usurper
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

WHO are you speaking for???


181 posted on 09/26/2009 4:41:23 AM PDT by danamco
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To: Two Kids' Dad

The real question here is, how many real reasonable people do we really have???


182 posted on 09/26/2009 4:43:44 AM PDT by danamco
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To: Non-Sequitur
That none of the cases have gone to trial would be one conclusion. None of the cases have gotten even close enough to trial to allow for discovery would be another conclusion. But that's just me.

Did you write that statement with one hand on the keyboard and the other under the table???

BTW at post 16 you admitting being a cockroach, very fitting for an Aporn-disciple!!!

183 posted on 09/26/2009 4:58:17 AM PDT by danamco
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
Some of us are still fans of common sense. Who cares about an address. Those things can be explained away. What cannot be explained away is the fact that an announcement of his birth was placed.

What about explaining the Constitution. It does NOT refer or speaks about "common sense," huh???

184 posted on 09/26/2009 5:06:10 AM PDT by danamco
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To: danamco
Did you write that statement with one hand on the keyboard and the other under the table???

I see you pulled your head out of the orifice it usually resides in long enough to post.

185 posted on 09/26/2009 5:49:50 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: CodeToad
Rather vague answers. So, go ahead, and post your bogus link.

Here's one Link

186 posted on 09/26/2009 5:52:14 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: danamco

Don’t even bother to respond to them... they are still using proven forged docs to make their point... Don’t feed them.. (not going to post previous pic on this thread..)..

One of them even has the “courage” to post an LA Times link... says a lot about that individual, and where he/she gets information from..

Bikk


187 posted on 09/26/2009 6:17:09 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
Falling right into Obama’s trap.

And what trap is that??? The trap of asking that he prove that he meets the Constitutional qualifications of the office of POTUS before he continues to use that office to dismantle that very Constitution??? Get real.

You and those who don't have the constitutional backbone to stand with and on the document of our founding and require officeholders to abide by it are the real fools.

188 posted on 09/26/2009 6:22:51 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: nickcarraway

I think he is a secret agent sent here to destroy our country. But that is just me.


189 posted on 09/26/2009 6:27:49 AM PDT by Brimack34
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To: Uncle Chip
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2348410/posts?page=152#152
190 posted on 09/26/2009 6:30:01 AM PDT by Bikkuri
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To: Non-Sequitur

No wonder you’re thought of as an idiot, you don’t even know when something is an official image. That image was not released by Obama, so where did it come from. You don’t know, but you want to tell usit is official. LOL.


191 posted on 09/26/2009 6:59:42 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: CodeToad
No wonder you’re thought of as an idiot, you don’t even know when something is an official image.

And you've managed to convince us you're an idiot through all your posts. I hesitated to post links to places like snopes or Factcheck because your first response would be that they're all liberal sites. But the fact remains that Obama posted his COLB on line. He says it proves his natural-born citizenship status. Nothing in the law requires that he do any more than that; hell, nothing in the law required he do as much as that. People have taken what he posted and some have proclaimed it fraudulent and other's have stated it's genuine. Big deal. The fact that you or I or anyone else doesn't believe him is meaningless. Nothing requires that we believe him for him to be president. So it's back to the same old issue. If you don't believe Obama is a natural-born citizen then fine, prove it. Don't sit and wait for him to do it for you, bitching and moaning the whole time. Find proof that he's been lying all along and present it for the whole world to see. You don't even need a trial to do that. Let us know when you've got something.

192 posted on 09/26/2009 7:20:17 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Bikkuri
I think the people that have an issue about us 'birthers' (constitutionalists is a much better name)...

Nope, Birthers is about as accurate as you can get.

193 posted on 09/26/2009 7:21:54 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Kevmo

Hosed for sure.

That which does not kill us makes us strong.


194 posted on 09/26/2009 8:11:39 AM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: Spaulding

What you said!

“It really is that simple. Obama supporters and our legislature want to cloud the issue because they are complicit, and should all be removed. If our Constitution has meaning, Obama is not a legitimate president. To be able to choose the Articles and Amendments which are affective renders the U.S. an oligarchy. I guess we knew that, but now it is official.”


195 posted on 09/26/2009 8:13:32 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: danamco
Sorry, but it IS an old saying...and it IS in quotation marks. But I don't blame you, I wouldn't want commiebama mentioned in the same breath as my country (America) either.

If things keep going down hill, we may all have to move to Denmark.
196 posted on 09/26/2009 9:04:59 AM PDT by FrankR ( We're up to "reverse discrimination"...what's next, "reverse SLAVERY"?)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Yes...post it.


197 posted on 09/26/2009 9:15:44 AM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Smokin' Joe

Wow, you’re a real bag-o-wind. LOL.


198 posted on 09/26/2009 9:34:49 AM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie.)
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly
We’re laughingstocks folks.

You got that right, just what you "After-Birthers" are!!!

199 posted on 09/26/2009 9:40:27 AM PDT by danamco
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To: nickcarraway

LOL - How far will the state-run media/DNC go to prevent American citizens from seeing the word ‘Muslim’ typed in the pertinent area on the original long form BC? This article has it in spades.

Look no further than Alinsky’s rules #5 & #12

RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)


200 posted on 09/26/2009 9:47:18 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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