Posted on 08/08/2009 8:27:14 AM PDT by pissant
For just a moment, let's forget about people like "Dr." Orly Taitz and what may or may not be faked documents. People on both sides of the Obama birth certificate issue have gone completely off the deep end over this topic. Admittedly, for some people on both sides, it was a fairly short trip.
Now, with all of that behind us...
The burden of proof does not rest upon those who doubt the claimant. The burden of proof rests solely upon the claimant. Mr. Obama has said, "I am qualified to be president." For more than a year, more than 40 million American citizens have said, "Prove it." Mr. Obama and his supporters have said in reply, "Prove that I'm not!"
Mr. Obama, et al, have offered a simple and obvious burden of proof fallacy in support of their claims and then followed it up with appeals to ridicule, to popularity, to authority and to false dilemma/false choice -- "Believe me or else you're a nut job!"
In view of the lack of presentation of an original document, there can only be one rational conclusion: An original document does not exist, or if it does actually exist, it contains information that disproves the assertions made by Mr. Obama, the claimant.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesheraldonline.com ...
How is it, that he spouts transparency,
yet hides anything. God forbid anyone challenge him publicly, they will be fired from their jobs, hounded by the IRS, all manner of trouble for them starts happening..
kneepad sycophancy? lol
I am co-opting that for future use. That is funny
“Uh dude, did you see posted anywhere that a COLB is acceptable?”
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Uh, dude, did you see anything saying that Hawaiians with COLB’s couldn’t get passports? I think Hawaiians would be fightin’ mad by now since after 2001, it’s all that Hawaii has issued. If true, it’d be more likely to get attention than “Man with Hawaiian COLB gets passport.”
See any State Dept. advisories that Hawaii COLB’s are unacceptable? Or do you expect a State Dept. advisory that “Hawaii COLB’s are acceptable”?
That’s like the when the pushers of the “Pakistan travel ban” story couldn’t provide any evidence but were demanding evidence that travel to Pakistan wasn’t bannned.
Downthread there’s a mention of the fact that California COLB’s were unacceptable. California had a software glitch, since corrected, and California COLB’s issued since then are acceptable.
It’s halfway through the first quarter and birthers have been pushing the same discredited stories over and again and haven’t gained a single yard. I’d suggest trying something different:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2309830/posts?page=703#703
See private reply and please do not post it elsewhere.
And thru ALL the media hype, the distraction, the attacks, the innuendo, is the population that simply says, in a calm manner:
“Mr. Obama, please provide us with a certified copy of your long form Birth Certificate, and release the information on your school records and other pertinent documentation, that will, once and for all, clear up this controversy, and allow the country to move on in a committed and cohesive manner”
This is not much to ask of the sitting President of the United States. Unless there is something to hide.
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