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Does Peg Luksik Agree With Her Birther Running Mate?
The Washington Independent ^ | 3/12/2009 | David Weigel

Posted on 03/12/2009 9:40:23 AM PDT by AJMCQ

Yesterday, I reported that Pennsylvania conservatives were annoyed, but not all too worried, that Republican-turned-Constitution Party member-turned-Republican Peg Luksik was joining the race against Sen. Arlen Specter. Here’s another reason why Luksik fails to impress people — Jim Clymer, Luksik’s running mate in her Constitution Party bids, is an Obama Birther.

Last year, Clymer — who is now the national committee chairman of the far-right third party — called for President Obama to release his birth certificate or not take the presidential oath of office.

The Constitution is crystal clear on the issue of citizenship. Article 2, Section 1 states that no one can be sworn into office as President of the United States unless he is a natural born citizen. Obama has yet to produce even basic proof that he was born in this country. Average citizens can’t even get a driver’s license without such proof of citizenship and Obama is contending he can assume the highest office in the land without such proof! If a non-citizen can be given a free pass to the presidency than what’s to say someone with no allegiance and who harbors ill will toward the country won’t someday assume office?

Before she temporarily left politics in 2000, this was one of Luksik’s closest political allies.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arlenspecter; birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; specter; usurper
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1 posted on 03/12/2009 9:40:23 AM PDT by AJMCQ
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To: AJMCQ

Another third-party egomaniac out to make a gesture, grab the spotlight, hurt the cause?


2 posted on 03/12/2009 9:45:48 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: AJMCQ

A Clymer seeking the truth? World gets stranger every day.


3 posted on 03/12/2009 9:46:07 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: AJMCQ

Am I mis-reading this? Is it bad that Clymer is demanding Obama produce his bitrh certificate? Are those of us who want to see it now referred to as “birthers”?


4 posted on 03/12/2009 9:47:29 AM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: AJMCQ

Barf alert


5 posted on 03/12/2009 9:50:47 AM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Be prepared for tough times. FReepmail me to learn about our survival thread!)
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To: AJMCQ

Luksik is a single-issue candidate who will only help to get Specter re-elected,

I learned years ago that there are two possibilities when dealing with single issue people:

1. They get what they want, then they pick up their marbles and go home.

or

2. They don’t get what they want, then they pick up their marbles and go home.

They have no concern about or understanding of the larger issues.


6 posted on 03/12/2009 9:50:56 AM PDT by Ikemeister
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To: AJMCQ

So he’s a “birther”?

Sounds good to me.


7 posted on 03/12/2009 9:54:47 AM PDT by marron
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To: AJMCQ

Third parties and their candidates, generally, only exist to split conservative votes and elect Democrats. I’m beginning to wonder if the Constitution Party and other third parties might not be foils from the Left, set out there to split conservatives and get them at each others’ throats. I think it’d be interesting to see a full accounting for the sources of funding for these “conservative” third parties.


8 posted on 03/12/2009 9:55:12 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (True nobility is exempt from fear - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Russ

“Are those of us who want to see it now referred to as “birthers”?”

Yup an originally derogatory term originated on the left to parallel their fringe “truthers” (you know… “911 was an inside job!”). It is meant to ridicule and marginalize those of us who have been simply asking Mr. Obama to confirm his eligibility under the Constitution. It is a lefty tactic straight from the Alinsky rulebook. Embrace it Russ, you are now a “Birther”.


9 posted on 03/12/2009 9:57:08 AM PDT by AJMCQ (Who is Khalid al-Mansour? You mean Obama didn't get into Harvard on his grades?)
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To: Russ
"Moderate" republicans aren't all wired up to this "Constitution" fuss. They are able to call themselves "republicans" and still agree with communists that these amendment things are outdated, and can be scrapped if it is inconvenient.

Moderates can thus sneer at supporters of the Constitution as "birthers." After all, it's not that the President would lie about such a thing...

10 posted on 03/12/2009 9:57:10 AM PDT by jonascord (Hey, we have the Constitution. What's to worry about?)
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To: Russ

11 posted on 03/12/2009 9:57:28 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: marron
So he’s a “birther”? Sounds good to me.

I'm not so sure I believe all this birth certificate stuff myself, but all the same, if it helps to delegitimise Obama, then more power to it. Plus, it helps to at least get a few peoples' minds back on the Constitution, as well as forcing the Obamoids to spend money defending themselves in court - money that might otherwise be used for Obama's re-election bid in 2012.

12 posted on 03/12/2009 9:57:34 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (True nobility is exempt from fear - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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While I admire Peg, I’d rather support Toomey for that seat.


13 posted on 03/12/2009 10:04:33 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Where do I sign up for jewelry stamps?)
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To: MHGinTN

one man’s birther is another man’s freedom fighter ...


14 posted on 03/12/2009 10:06:15 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I second that. Toomey’s stature is much more robust. If W and the RNC establishment hadn’t blundered six years ago, Toomey would be running for re-election.


15 posted on 03/12/2009 10:11:13 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: AJMCQ

Something about Zerobama’s citizenship is very strange, else why would he refuse to release his college records (might they reveal that he matriculated as a foreign student, Indonesian or Kenyan, perhaps?). We know that his stepfather adopted young Barak and renamed him Barak Soweto. How does he explain how he traveled to Indonesia and Pakistan after graduating from college if he never had a US passport until he was elected to the US Senate in 2006? Inquiring minds want to know!


16 posted on 03/12/2009 10:15:13 AM PDT by RightWingConspirator (Impeach Zerobama and send him home to Kenya!)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
I'm not so sure I believe all this birth certificate stuff myself,

I'm not sure I do either, but darned if the guy doesn't act like he's hiding something.

I learned a long time ago, when someone acts like he's hiding something, what he's hiding may not be what you think he's hiding. He may be hiding something not nearly as bad as you think. And that may be the case here, it may be merely embarrassing rather than disqualifying. But danged if he doesn't act like he's hiding something.

17 posted on 03/12/2009 10:16:54 AM PDT by marron
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I learned a long time ago, when someone acts like he's hiding something, what he's hiding may not be what you think he's hiding. He may be hiding something not nearly as bad as you think. And that may be the case here, it may be merely embarrassing rather than disqualifying. But danged if he doesn't act like he's hiding something.

Very true. Granted, Hawaii does claim to have the original goods, but all the same, the RINOism Gov. Linda Lingle may be easily subverted to protect 0bama, too. I sometimes wonder if 0bama doesn't release the birth certificate just because he's too arrogant and proud to think he has to do what the little people want him to do.

18 posted on 03/12/2009 11:03:51 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (True nobility is exempt from fear - Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Russ

Yes we are. See: http://www.birthers.org/

The dike hopefully will crack and he will run out of attorneys to stop it.


19 posted on 03/12/2009 11:21:08 AM PDT by mcshot (What the hell happened to our system of checks and balances and SCOTUS!)
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To: Ikemeister
Luksik is a single-issue candidate who will only help to get Specter re-elected,

What's her single issue? The Constitution? Shame on her and Clymer who think it's a good idea we follow the Constitution. How dare they!

20 posted on 03/12/2009 11:59:53 AM PDT by penowa
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