A Good Get for the Birthers (More trouble for the Wee Wee alert)

Slate ^ | September 1, 2010 | David Weigel

[Zakeet]

I try to ignore the birther movement unless it inducts someone important -- a congressman, for example. The (sigh) American Patriot Foundation's announcement that Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney (ret.) has signed an affidavit supporting court martialed birther Lt. Col. Terry Lakin is actually a pretty big coup.

How wild is McInerney's statement? This wild:

[I]t is my opinion that LTC Lakin's request for discovery relating to the President's birth records in Hawaii is absolutely essential to determining not merely his guilt or innocence but to reassuring all military personnel once and for all for this President whether his service as Commander in Chief is Constitutionally proper. He is the one single person in the Chain of Command that the Constitution demands proof of natural born citizenship. This determination is fundamental to our Republic, where civilian control over the military is the rule. According to our Constitution, the Commander in Chief must now, in the face of serious-- and widely held-- concerns that he is ineligible, either voluntarily establish his eligibility by authorizing release of his birth records or this court must authorize their discovery. The invasion of his privacy in these records is utterly trivial compared to the issues at stake here.

[Zakeet]

[Frantzie]

Faux conservatives who attacked “birthers”

Tedious Neil Boortz
Hugfh Hewitt
Laura Ingraham
Medved
Ann Coulter
O’Reilly
Glenn Beck

[J Edgar]

LOL - Is he posting his BC to his forehead here?

[noinfringers2]

Only ‘important’ people have standing ,should be understanding, of what is moral, true and worthwhile for society?

[knarf]

Yeah zero ... I noticed how still and hand-folded you were last night.

No offense, but we really can't tell when you're $h!tt!n' your pants ... but we suspect ... you're not as full of it as you were before your last fling on our dime.

You're done, zero .... done.

[J Edgar]

“Faux conservatives who attacked “birthers”

Tedious Neil Boortz
Hugfh Hewitt
Laura Ingraham
Medved
Ann Coulter
O’Reilly
Glenn Beck”

I believe these people have erred!

[Psalm 144]

I am disappointed by Laura and Ann. They do that sometimes.

The others are no surprise. I did not think Boortz billed himself as a conservative? Or am I confusing him with Jim Bohannon, who I like in a mellow give and take kind of way?

[nhwingut]

And is McInerney a serious person? Yes. He's a West Point graduate who ran the Alaskan air command during the Exxon Valdez disaster. As recently as August 5, he was featured on Fox News and referred to as a network contributor -- he's typically referred to as a network military analyst. He writes and comments fairly frequently about how America could bomb Iran. Point is, he's not some kook, and now he's staking his reputation on... this.

[ScottinVA]

Gen. Mac would be my choice for SecDef in a future conservative administration, should we ever have one again.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Neil Boortz is a libertarian.

[BreezyDog]

What is the angle David Weigel working here? Why would this disgraced JournoLister and ex Wash.compost reporter be telling us this?

[reagandemocrat]

Obama: ‘I Can’t Spend All My Time With My Birth Certificate Plastered On My Forehead ...

[blueyon]

“LOL - Is he posting his BC to his forehead here?”

Well like he said “Fact is Fact”....not sure what “fact” he was talking about (he has one or does not have one) but fact is fact

[ScottinVA]

"Uh... uh.. not...uh.. this...uh... ah.. uh... sh*t... uh... again."

[Psalm 144]

Thanks. I thought it was something like. The citizenship requirement would probably not be a big deal to a hard core libertarian anyway.

[Raycpa]

He tries to ignore the birther movement? Really!

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[Frantzie]

He is a bore. Wasn’t he arrested before?

[TexasCajun]

I truly believe that in Imam Obamah’s third year, State Media will have to save face and what little credibility they have and report what they realy know, opening the door for Hillary in 2012.

[silverleaf]

I know him and have worked in same HQ- Gen McInerney is brilliant, an officer’s officer

[GraceG]

Denver Local Radio Show Host Peter Boyles has done a pretty fair and balanced job on the whole birther issue. But it has been a while since I have listened to him, but he seemed to have a really good take on it. Most of his issue was WHY the Obama Admin spending so much money trying to hush and issue they could clear up with 15 bucks and letter to State of Hawaii.

Savage has a farily decent a good job on the birther issue as well.

Alex Jones has covered it too in rare fits of sanity.