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Breitbart Busts Birther at Tea Party Confab
cbsnews ^ | February 6, 2010 12:10 PM | Charles Cooper

Posted on 02/06/2010 10:14:41 AM PST by Syncro

February 6, 2010 12:10 PM

Breitbart Busts Birther at Tea Party Confab

by Charles Cooper
Attending the Tea Party Convention in Nashville this weekend, The Washington Independent's always-excellent David Weigel recounts an extraordinary hallway confrontation between online publisher Andrew Breitbart and WorldNetDaily Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah over the question of President Obama's citizenship.

*snip*

"Prove your case."

"I should prove, what, a birth certificate that may or may not exist?" Farah had gotten irritated. "That’s ridiculous. You don’t even understand the fundamental tenets of what journalism is about, Andrew. It’s not about proving things. It’s about asking questions and seeking truth."

Breitbart tensed up after that insult. "Right."

"I know you’re not a journalist, so that’s fine. But don’t diminish people who’ve been doing this for 35 years."

"So you’re going to go on record saying that I’m not a journalist?"

"Are you? I’ve never heard you claim to be. Are you?"

"I’ll let it be answered by you."

"Well, I knew [Matt]Drudge didn’t consider himself a journalist, so I assumed that you were. … I don’t know, I’m not trying to insult you."

"You did."

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


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; birthers; breitbart; certifigate; farah; naturalborncitizen; teapartyconvention
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To: JRochelle
IF OBAMA HAD BEEN BORN IN KENYA, AS SOME FOOLS ALLEGE, HE WOULD HAVE PRODUCED THE LONG FORM OF HAWAIIN BIRTH CERTIFICATE, IF HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE BOTHER OF FAKING ANYTHING.

It's more than an allegation below is BO's/BS's Kenyan birth certificate and the affidavit attesting to the authenticity of the birth certificate under penalty of perjury.




121 posted on 02/06/2010 11:32:23 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: dennisw
"Some say just by having a Kenyan father he is not a natural born citizen"

Like John Bingham, the framer of the the Citizenship and the Citizenship Clause, the 14th amendment.

Center column 3rd paragraph down:

Source:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=071/llcg071.db&recNum=2
>! you have to turn to page 1291 !>

According to the the principal framer (John Armor Bingham )of the 14th amendment, particularly
the Citizenship and the Citizenship Clause (Defining who was a citizen of the United States) and by Mr. Obama’s
own admission he is not a Natural Born citizen.

“Bingham states: I find no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill],
which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the
jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language
of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen… . . –
John Bingham in the United States House on March 9, 1866”

122 posted on 02/06/2010 11:32:36 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: jersey117

They are, but in Kenya!


123 posted on 02/06/2010 11:32:46 AM PST by GregoryFul
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Either way, the question came up before the election.


124 posted on 02/06/2010 11:33:13 AM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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To: jonrick46
It is a question of would you buy a car without looking under the hood? In this case, the car is running funny and you take it back to the dealer.

And you better have the authentic title papers.

125 posted on 02/06/2010 11:33:20 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Syncro

O owes us his BC. It’s easy to make the case.

“It’s clear that BO was born in Hawaii, contemporaneous news announcements exist. However, BO should give over his BC out of courtesy, because John McCain did so when he was asked to do so in the controversy over his birth in Panama. The Census is going to be asking us some nosy questions soon, and handing over his BC would be a gesture of good faith. If BO doesn’t have to show any of his personal documentation, like a BC or a college transcript, why should we answer the Census’ nosy questions? How democratic, is that?”


126 posted on 02/06/2010 11:33:59 AM PST by Mamzelle (Who is Kenneth Gladney? (Don't forget to bring your cameras))
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To: PhiKapMom
Exactly and very well said! It definitely is not a winning issue by the vast majority of Americans.

That notion couldn't be more incorrect! Everyone loses if we don't uphold the Constitution!
127 posted on 02/06/2010 11:34:14 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Man50D
...BO's/BS's ineligibility..."

What does "BO's/BS's" stand for?

128 posted on 02/06/2010 11:36:06 AM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: Syncro

Obama (Soetoro,Dunham,whatever his real name is) has spent at least $1 million on lawyers to fight any demand to release the birth certificate. Here is a question I haven’t heard asked before. Where is the money coming from? Personal funds? Campaign funds? Taxpayer funds? Does anybody know? Would the use of campaign funds or government money (taxpayer’s money) for this purpose be illegal?


129 posted on 02/06/2010 11:36:39 AM PST by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
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To: steadfastconservative
RE: “the continued focus on Birtherism at these rallies undercuts the mainstream nature of the opposition to the Democratic agenda and allows the media to paint it as a paranoid mob obsessed with conspiracy theories. Not only is it not a winning issue, it will hang like an albatross around the necks of conservatives who tacitly or expressly link themselves to it.”

Hey! that sounds familiar."the continued focus on Ruby Ridge and Waco at these rallies undercuts the mainstream nature of the opposition to the Democratic agenda and allows the media to paint it as a paranoid mob obsessed with conspiracy theories . . . .”

I recall vividly the years of ridicule and threats that questioners endured before the Congress finally! held real hearings on Ruby Ridge and Waco -- some of those in power and with something to hide needed the ridicule of the questioners. It's the ridicule that is Obama's cover not the insistence to release the b.c.

I say again, IMO the birth certificate is not politics -- it's respect for fellow citizens. He has the right to use the peoples White House, Air Force One . . . but he has no right to tell us to stop already, pound salt!

130 posted on 02/06/2010 11:36:46 AM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: steadfastconservative
The problem with the birther argument, outside of the fact that the birthers have not proven their case, is that no one else believes it, not even other conservatives.

The burden of proof is not on those demanding BO/BS obey the Constitution. The burden of proof is on BO/BS to prove he is a natural born citizen. BO/BS could have ended this controversy long ago by simply producing his birth certificate. Instead he has spent nearly a million dollars on a team of lawyers to prevent producing any documentation.
131 posted on 02/06/2010 11:38:56 AM PST by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Mamzelle
It’s clear that BO was born in Hawaii, contemporaneous news announcements exist.

If my grandchild is born in Iowa, I can run a birth announcement in my local New Jersey newspaper.

132 posted on 02/06/2010 11:39:18 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Syncro

Farah is an idiot.
As to this issue, people can think what they want.

But leave it out of these organizations. This movement works because there are a few princples everyone agrees upon. Once you start making it about issues not everyone is in agreement with even on matters of life or 2nd Amendment...wahetevr the movement dies.

So we’ll stick to small government. Cut spending. Lower taxes. This is what founded the movement an this is what gives it it’s power.


133 posted on 02/06/2010 11:39:50 AM PST by Soul Seeker (?)
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To: PhiKapMom
You are right. It's a losing issue now. But I predict it will have surprising value in about a year or maybe a little longer. The unwillingness of the president to fork over the most basic of documentation will illustrate his overreaching and lack of transparency. When he wants to put our personal medical information at government disposal, the Census, etc.

This isn't the first Birther issue, the case should be made--the left challenged McCain on this very thing, and JM produced his BC quickly and the controversy died in mere minutes. I think this is how the OB BC issue got started...people saw JM complying politely and thought BO should reciprocate. When BO refused, it didn't just raise suspicions, it raised the basic issue of fairness and transparency.

134 posted on 02/06/2010 11:40:17 AM PST by Mamzelle (Who is Kenneth Gladney? (Don't forget to bring your cameras))
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To: whatisthetruth

Whoops - my mistake. I knew that. I meant to write “natural-born”. So, I’m with you on that.


135 posted on 02/06/2010 11:40:21 AM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: Syncro
I work in aerospace and to set up an employee of one of our suppliers to have an account to access some of our systems, they have to provide a valid birth certificate and proof of citizenship. It falls under the laws of export control. If audited by the gov (which they do constantly), and it came up that I allowed someone access without having a copy of their BC on file, I would, not could, go to jail.

So, we the sheeple are held to a different standard I suppose. Once you get so far up, or popular, you're too big to fail, or immune from the laws the govern everyone else.

People can call me any kind of name they want. Call me a nut, I don't care. I know what is right, and will not fold just because of name calling. In my business, you can call a government auditor anything you want, stomp your feet, hold your breath, they don't care, and will not be swayed. You are either in compliance, or you are not, and no amount of hope or hype will make them go away.

With that said, every single person providing any type of proprietary information to zero, even in the form of a conversation, is in violation of the laws of export control, not mention the Constitution, since zero's citizenship status has not been proven by certified documents.
136 posted on 02/06/2010 11:41:44 AM PST by domeika
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To: Man50D; PhiKapMom
Instead he has spent nearly a million dollars on a team of lawyers to prevent producing any documentation. )))

Here's what I mean. At some point, we're going to be able to ask, "Who's paying to keep O from producing the most basic of resumes?" I suspect strongly that it will be the legal bills here that will cause O huge headaches because he's clearly not paying them.

137 posted on 02/06/2010 11:43:13 AM PST by Mamzelle (Who is Kenneth Gladney? (Don't forget to bring your cameras))
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To: Man50D

Hear! Hear!!!!


138 posted on 02/06/2010 11:44:00 AM PST by jackibutterfly
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To: jackibutterfly

BO = Barack Obama
BS = Barry Soetoro

Cheers


139 posted on 02/06/2010 11:44:10 AM PST by DoctorBulldog
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To: Man50D
The burden of proof is on BO/BS to prove he is a natural born citizen.

Exactly. If he is a "natural born" citizen, end of story. If he's not, it means he commit fraud against the American people. What harm does it do for him to put the controversy to rest?

140 posted on 02/06/2010 11:44:12 AM PST by jersey117
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