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Culture of conspiracy: The Birthers (mainstream decides to cover)
Politico ^ | 3-1-09 | Ben Smith

Posted on 03/01/2009 8:22:44 AM PST by STARWISE

Bill Clinton had the Vince Foster "murder." George W. Bush had 9/11 Truth. And the new administration has brought with it a new culture of conspiracy: The Birthers.

Out of the gaze of the mainstream and even the conservative media is a flourishing culture of advocates, theorists and lawyers, all devoted to proving that Barack Obama isn't eligible to be president of the United States.

Viewed as irrelevant by the White House, and as embarrassing by much of the Republican Party, the subculture still thrives from the conservative website WorldNetDaily, which claims that some 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding more information on Obama's birth, to Cullman, Alabama, where Sen. Richard Shelby took a question on the subject at a town hall meeting last week.

Their confinement to the fringe hasn't cooled the passion of believers; the obscure New York preacher James Manning turned up at a National Press Club session in December to declare the president "the most notorious criminal in the history not just of America, but of this entire planet."

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; conspiracytheory; eligibility; obama; obamatruthfile; wnd
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To: Big_Monkey
Since when does a public official get to make a statement and have that statement be accepted as law:

Blago: “I did nothing wrong” ??

Clinton: “I did not have sex with that woman”?

Besides, you grossly mis represent what was stated by the officials involved.

Just about every state has more than one version of the Birth Certificate/Certificate of Live Birth.

Why? Because, the laws as to who can deduct a “dependent” on a tax return, or who has “custody” in a domestic case, or what document is acceptable, on a passport, or who can be POTUS, are all DIFFERENT!

You are a wimp or a Democrat stooge.

I make no claim as to what is on any of these documents, but I demand that Obama PRODUCE: His original vault copy of his Birth Certificate, All Passports ever issued to him, All Bar Exam applications and all College Admission papers.

Why?

Because, if he WAS born in Hawaii, he might very well have lied on any one of these other documents.

If he WAS born in Hawaii, his father might be the Communist Frank Marshall Davis.

Because if he WAS born in Hawaii, he might have committed fraud by gaining college assistance, as a foreign national.

There is something there.

We know this, because OBAMA told us, in his own legal response, that these documents would “embarrass” him.

Look it up yourself!

121 posted on 03/01/2009 10:55:21 AM PST by Kansas58
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To: LoneStarC

I can only hope that you are not referring to the Ron Brown crash as having occurred in Turkey? You might want to fact check that.


122 posted on 03/01/2009 10:55:33 AM PST by Ciganina
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To: Big_Monkey

False. when you pay for a certified copy, it has an official seal on it, Obama will not produce it, and like the man says, why not, it costs about 12.50. I have a certified copy of mine, I have to use it to get a driver’s license, a passport, to buy a house, for just about anything since 911. Where is Obama’s?


123 posted on 03/01/2009 10:56:39 AM PST by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: LoneStarC
(occurred in Turkey, a friendly country at the time).

No it did not occur in Turkey, it occurred in the former Yugoslavia, parts of which were not at all friendly at the time. However the crash site and the airport that they were headed for, are both in Croatia, which was friendly, more or less, at the time.

the airport was at Dubrovnik, Croatia


124 posted on 03/01/2009 10:56:54 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: stockpirate; STARWISE

Hold it.

You misunderstand Starwise, who definitely is concerned with what the truth is regarding the ursurper.


125 posted on 03/01/2009 10:57:08 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: Kansas58

That is rank speculation KS58, in a country where a little league hopeful must produce a Birth Certificate, is it to much to ask for the President to produce his actual one?

Regardless of Davis or whomever, why in the world wouldn’t they just release the thing and be done with it?


126 posted on 03/01/2009 10:57:09 AM PST by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: padre35

1. Why did the HI Gov seal Obama’s birth records?
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It was reported the Gov. Linda Lingle sealed them. When that came out she issued a statement saying she did no such thing. That all birth certificates are handled the same. Only zer0 can get it, or a family member such as mo or one of his children.She insinuated he’s not even from there.
Lingle said she had never met him and that Ninety-five percent of the people in her state had never heard of him before he ran for president.

The Republican governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, has issued a statement saying that she did not seal Obama’s birth certificate, certificate of live birth, or any other documentation relating to his birth. The report of this are false.

“No state official, including Gov. Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawaii,” Fukino added.


127 posted on 03/01/2009 10:58:41 AM PST by mojitojoe (None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: Big_Monkey
A birth certificate on file in a state does NOT prove said person was born in that state.

It just doesn't.

However, it is possible that Paternity is the issue.

Obama said it would embarrass him to release the documents.

128 posted on 03/01/2009 10:59:37 AM PST by Kansas58
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To: LucyT

Thanks for the ping, LucyT...the left is spinning again.


129 posted on 03/01/2009 11:01:43 AM PST by IrishPennant ("We're surrounded...That simplifies our problem.")
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To: saquin

Obama’s lawyers have argued:

....revealing these documents raises a “legitimate privacy concern” and the above mentioned risk that “particularly serious embarrassment will result from turning over the requested documentation.”
http://israelinsider.ning.com/profiles/blogs/2018399:BlogPost:10858

That every conservative does not demand to know that he’s Constitutionally qualified is what’s silly.


130 posted on 03/01/2009 11:03:17 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: Big_Monkey

I’m glad it’s good enough for you but it’s not good enough for many. Oh and by the way, you can get into the military with NO birth certificate and that’s a fact. Check it out.


131 posted on 03/01/2009 11:03:55 AM PST by mojitojoe (None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: STARWISE
All of the cases I've heard about have been rejected because no one in the entire country, apparently, has "standing" to file as an aggrieved plaintiff.

If no citizen has a legal right to know if the man in the White House is CONSTITUTIONALLY QUALIFIED, then why should we pay any attention to any of the other odds and ends in the document that supposedly apply to us? It is flamingly obvious (RE: Declaring DC a State), that various unwanted parts of the Constitution no longer apply. As such, please explain why the rest of it should obeyed, and that, since shooting traitors is not actually covered, either, we can thus proceed to the next step?

This has got to be the Largest COVERUP in American Jurisprudence!

132 posted on 03/01/2009 11:04:11 AM PST by jonascord (Hey, we have the Constitution. What's to worry about?)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
This issue does many things for us.
It fires up many who will spread doubt about Obama.

Also, if various states begin to pass laws that demand any Candidate for POTUS produce a certified copy of their original Birth Certificate -—

What do you want to bet that Obama does NOT run in that state? That, alone, would be great for our side!

133 posted on 03/01/2009 11:04:50 AM PST by Kansas58
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To: All
interesting stephen king movie coming on scifi channel right now - ‘the storm of the century’

the debate about if this b/c matter should be challenged reminds me of a line from the movie

‘give me what i want and i will go away’

134 posted on 03/01/2009 11:05:40 AM PST by sloop (pfc in the quiet civil war)
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To: Big_Monkey

This is ridiculous. The REPUBLICAN Governor of the state and the Lt. Governor (the de facto HI Secretary of State) have both said that the Obama Hawaiian birth certificate is LEGITIMATE.
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THAT IS A BALD FACED LIE. THEY NEVER SAID THAT..........stop lying. Post the links, show me where they said what you think they said. Link has to be from a reputable source, not from some moonbats blog.


135 posted on 03/01/2009 11:07:43 AM PST by mojitojoe (None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: mojitojoe
"I’m glad it’s good enough for you but it’s not good enough for many. Oh and by the way, you can get into the military with NO birth certificate and that’s a fact. Check it out."

As a 20 year Marine Corps veteran, I don't need your advise on service eligibility requirements for the US Armed Forces. Yeah, you can enlist. But, no. You can't be an officer and no, you can't handle classified materials, and no you can't fly our planes unless you're a US citizen. And, if you're not a US citizen, you still need a BC from your country of origin.

136 posted on 03/01/2009 11:07:54 AM PST by Big_Monkey
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To: mojitojoe
"THAT IS A BALD FACED LIE. THEY NEVER SAID THAT........."

So, the conclusion you are forced to cling to is that the Governor of the great state of HI is implying that the state is in the business of keeping on file FRAUDULENT birth certificates. USE SOME COMMON SENSE

137 posted on 03/01/2009 11:10:22 AM PST by Big_Monkey
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To: penelopesire; STARWISE

You are right, and i think i may have confused Starwise with star traveller, who frequently trolls the BC threads.

if that is the case, my humble apologies to Starwise.


138 posted on 03/01/2009 11:11:40 AM PST by Canedawg (Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.)
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To: seekthetruth

Where are his health records? Unavailable
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No he REFUSED. He had a doctor say he was healthy now. That’s it.


139 posted on 03/01/2009 11:14:30 AM PST by mojitojoe (None are more hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: Verginius Rufus
agree to a point

However, Congress can NOT pass a law that changes the Constitution.

“Natural Born Citizen” means what it says: That at the MOMENT of Birth, Obama was a Citizen.

Any act of Congress, in the mater, would be “naturalization” and could NOT confer “Natural Born” status.

Still, I want states to demand, from here forward, that all candidates for POTUS produce a valid birth certificate copy.

140 posted on 03/01/2009 11:15:09 AM PST by Kansas58
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