Posted on 04/21/2010 5:53:00 PM PDT by Plutarch
President Barack ObamaThe "birther" myth is the political equivalent of a horror-movie villain: Not only does it refuse to die, but every time someone tries to kill it, it only comes back stronger.
The latest incarnation: a bill approved 31-22 by the Arizona House of Representatives on Monday that would require 2012 presidential candidates to offer proof of citizenship in order to qualify for the ballot. The proposal has little chance of becoming law. For that to happen, the state Senate would have to pass it and the governor would have to sign it. But it's still the closest birtherism has come to being codified.
Democrats have dutifully condemned the bill. One Phoenix legislator said it's turning Arizona into "the laughing stock of the nation." White House spokesman Bill Burton dismissed the measure and others like it on CNN as "fringe right-wing radio conspiracy theories." Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly wrote, "The fact that fringe lunacy is being taken seriously at this level suggests a strain of contemporary Republican thought that's gone stark raving mad." Even some Republicans are rushing to distance themselves from the bill, particularly senatorial candidate J. D. Hayworth, whom John McCain has tried to tie to the fringiest elements of the Tea Party movement....
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Because it is true
“Myth”?
Have you seen a valid BC, Christopher?
It doesn’t die because people want the truth. If he is a citizen, prove it and get it over with. Until then, people will never trust him.
“White House spokesman Bill Burton”
Yeah, I would put a lot of stock in anything Burton has to say. During the campaign he was all over the media, and was the most arrogant, obnoxious liberal a-hole in a sea of arrogant, obnoxious, liberal a-holes!!
Lame article, the author hasn’t been keeping up. He apparently thinks all Obama has to do his hand over his long form BC showing his birthplace as Hawaii and he’s eligible. No mention of that little natural born technicality.
How is it “fringe” to ensure that the candidates on your presidential ballot are eligible to hold office? Their overly harsh reaction to this could backfire on them.
It makes them look like they are hiding from something....
He is a citizen. But that doesn't meet the requirements to be President. He is NOT at "natural born" citizen. He is not qualified to be President.
That's amazing that proving constitutional citizenship to be President is mocked as "birtherism".
Hayworth is distancing himself from this? arg.
I wouldn’t hire anyone without checking out their credentials and either their citizenship or their immigration status. It’s SOP.
My mistake......I think I’d rather believe he’s not.
If the lamestream media would do its job, no one else would have to.
This man’s past is a long train of unknowns: is he a British subject? Did he become a citizen of Indonesia? What passports has he held? On what passport did he travel to Pakistan in 1981? What nationality did he claim when entering Occidental College on a scholarship set aside for foreign students? What were his grades there? On what basis was he accepted at Columbia? What were his grades there? What has he written?
Why do the lamestream media not care about these intriguing questions?
That’s why it won’t go away.
We hate you Kenyan (sung to We love you Conrad, Bye Bye Birdie)
We hate you Kenyan
Oh yes we do
We hate you Kenyan
And you’ll be sued
No birth certificate?
You’re screwed!
Ken-yan, we hate you.
~~The truth refuses to die ... PING!
Because Obama is a lying, criminal fraud?
The so called “birther myth” has shown us we need more scrutiny before allowing strangers into the White House.
It’s going to get really strange when Obamao refuses to provide proof of his US birth to states with the new requirements. I bet he will forgo being on those ballots rather than show proof he was born in the US.
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