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The Secret History of the Birthers
http://www.thedailybeast.com ^ | 02/08/10 | by John Avlon

Posted on 02/08/2010 8:30:33 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

Investigating the roots of the Obama birthplace conspiracy theory, John Avlon—author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America, available now on Beast Books—uncovers the first Birther and finds she's a Hillary Clinton supporter also implicated in Dan Rather's exit from CBS.

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


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: bho44; birthcertificate; birthers; bookreview; certifigate; naturalborncitizen; wingnuts
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” Orwell


21 posted on 02/08/2010 9:19:52 AM PST by tumblindice (*Let me be clear=I'm going to lie to you now. Obamaspeak/English)
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To: agere_contra

People have to understand Obama and Clinton work for the same people and they decide who will run as if McCain wasn’t a prime example of that.

It has been proven our politicians were already working the scam of Obama before we knew who the candidates were.


22 posted on 02/08/2010 9:22:40 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: IMR 4350
Yes to all you said.... but the most important thing to Hillary was to be first, all by herself president. And look where/what she ended up getting to ‘run’. The very place that holds the documentation of the pedigree of this man.... Hillary ticked off too many Raham Emmanuels during her copresidency to allow her the ultimate uncontrollable position of presidency.

AND then comes of all things a prayer breakfast and BamKennedy throws that salvo right in her face.

23 posted on 02/08/2010 9:22:40 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Typical article on the issue, a tone of ridicule and a complete lack of definition of “natural born citizen,” let alone what the founders meant by the term.


24 posted on 02/08/2010 9:22:54 AM PST by ccruse456
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To: agere_contra

Oops, there was that passport worker who saw Obama’s passport info and was found dead in a blue car even though he was participating with the law right before he was due to testify.


25 posted on 02/08/2010 9:24:24 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
The question still remains, no one has seen Obamas real birth certificate. We have seen Chinese copies that can't be verified, if that is the convincer.
26 posted on 02/08/2010 9:28:28 AM PST by ANGGAPO (Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Avlon, the worst amoral, rudderless "big-tenter" we have. Of course his big tent doesn't allow conservatives. Big tent = euphemism for small tent, but their small tent, please.
27 posted on 02/08/2010 9:28:43 AM PST by firebrand
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To: TruthHound
If team Clinton couldn't pin him on this, what makes anyone on the right think they can?

The Clintons needed to keep their skeletons well hidden in the closet, the basement, the attic, the garage, the spare room, the shed, the rented storage units, etc.

28 posted on 02/08/2010 9:29:06 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

First, the socialist websites mocked the birthers, then labeled all people speaking out against Obama as birthers. That did not work. Then the socialists created false stories about “revolution and racism” within talk radio. Didn’t work. Next the socialist websites were abuzz about an ultra-right combine funding anti-tax grass roots movements. That one didn’t play well. Next, they took Tancredo’s speech as an indication Tea Bag Convention is racist.

All in all, socialists fail to grasp who the people are in the Tea Bag movement. Wait! What if many “tea baggers” are their fellow Democrats sickened by Obama and tyranny? Uh oh. Better go back to the birther model. Maybe their comrades will hate birthers enough to leave the grass roots movement. But what if many birthers are Democrats? Curses, foiled again.

Silly socialists. You cannot fathom that it’s the policies and the tyranny, not a birth certificate or one man that drives the reaction to Obama and the far left. Your ideology blinds you.

I suppose something will stick in time. But know this much, you are the butt of so many jokes when you start multiple profiles on Free Republic, Facebook, Twitter, Lucianne, etc and post your tantrums, or your daily birther updates, your demands for obamacare, your hatred for america e-mails, your sanctimonious lectures at parties, or those funny little articles from your “unbiased” pundits. We’re laughing at you. Can you hear it? Obama heard it.


29 posted on 02/08/2010 9:31:14 AM PST by egannacht (Inalienable rights granted by...)
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To: Mr. K
Obama is behind the story- RELEASE THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SCHOOL RECORDS and we’ll go away

Yeah right. Jesus Christ Himself could hand deliver a Hawiian long form and most of you Birthers would say, "Yeah but what about...".

30 posted on 02/08/2010 9:33:13 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I think we could be more successful if we re-framed the topic to “show us your records”. Obama’s executive order to seal all his documents is fair game.


31 posted on 02/08/2010 9:37:14 AM PST by w4women ("All great change begins at the dinner table". Ronald Reagan)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

As far as I’m concerned, SCOTUS handed down a decision on this topic.

What is fascinating is the multiple profile names for two or three posers stirring the pot about the birth certificate issue. I mean World Net Daily is not the journal of record in my life, nor the lives of many here. Why stir the pot?

If birth certificates are a non issue for John Avlon why is he “investigating the secret origins” of this so-called movement when more important issues are taking place?

Divide.


32 posted on 02/08/2010 9:46:43 AM PST by egannacht (Inalienable rights granted by...)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
John Avlon is, first and foremost, a homo - who appears in CNN as the token "independent" hired to (mostly) trash conservatives.

He's married to the blonde ditz, Margaret Hoover - of OReilly's culture clash fame.

Here's his new book cover - which trashes his wife's co-workers at FOX. Class act, this queer is.


33 posted on 02/08/2010 9:49:19 AM PST by nhwingut (Palin/Bachmann '12)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Jesus Christ Himself could hand deliver a Hawiian long form

Nothing like that has happened, though.

Nor have the Occidental College records appeared.

Ditto for Columbia U., where almost nobody seems to remember him.

Not much is known about his career at Harvard Law.

Why the secrecy? What's he hiding?

34 posted on 02/08/2010 9:53:49 AM PST by Campion ("President Barack Obama" is an anagram for "An Arab-backed imposter")
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To: Campion

None of that has any bearing on his Constitutional qualifications to be president.


35 posted on 02/08/2010 9:55:24 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: null and void

“In my mind’s eye I cansee the meeting:

Hillary produces proof 0bama was born in Kenya.

Obama shows Hillary proof of a fraction of her felonies.”

BINGO


36 posted on 02/08/2010 9:57:14 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops, and vote out the RINO's!)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Yeah right. Jesus Christ Himself could hand deliver a Hawiian long form and most of you Birthers would say, "Yeah but what about...".

Ah I have read the Book, and obviously by these words YOU have NOT. We got US a stranger ruling over US...

37 posted on 02/08/2010 9:59:42 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Mr. K
These cult threads do get old.

Who cares any more?

Show us your COLLEGE class data: now THAT will make EVERYONE happy!

38 posted on 02/08/2010 10:05:46 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

As corrupt as the government is, I don’t see how anyone can blame people for wanting to know where Obama was born. He has spent millions in lawyer fees to cover his WHOLE HISTORY up. Just remember when we warned people about the New World Order. We were crazy then too.


39 posted on 02/08/2010 10:07:17 AM PST by Cowgirl
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To: Dryman
Not legal
40 posted on 02/08/2010 10:08:31 AM PST by reefdiver ("Let His day's be few And another takes His office")
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