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Born Again: Why the "birther" myth refuses to die.
Slate ^ | April 21, 2010 | Christopher Beam

Posted on 04/21/2010 5:53:00 PM PDT by Plutarch

Born Again
Why the "birther" myth refuses to die.

By Christopher Beam
Posted Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at 7:08 PM ET

Barack Obama.

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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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; birthers; certifigate; military; naturalborncitizen; nbc; obama; palin; teaparty
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1 posted on 04/21/2010 5:53:00 PM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Plutarch

Because it is true


2 posted on 04/21/2010 5:53:52 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Plutarch

“Myth”?

Have you seen a valid BC, Christopher?


3 posted on 04/21/2010 5:55:19 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Plutarch
"Why the "birther" myth refuses to die"

How stupid are these people? Because he wont show his BC or any other documents. Well, other then his books but we all know how credible that source is.
4 posted on 04/21/2010 5:56:38 PM PDT by JoSixChip (You think your having a bad day?.....Somewhere out there is a Mr. Pelosi!)
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To: Plutarch
For that to happen, the state Senate would have to pass it and the governor would have to sign it.

So in other words it will have to be passed into law like every other law? LOL
5 posted on 04/21/2010 5:56:57 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Plutarch

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.


6 posted on 04/21/2010 5:57:49 PM PDT by RC2
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To: Plutarch

“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!!


7 posted on 04/21/2010 5:58:06 PM PDT by Batman11 (Sarah Palin: "Illegal immigrants are called illegal for a reason!")
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To: Plutarch

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.


8 posted on 04/21/2010 5:58:45 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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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....


9 posted on 04/21/2010 5:59:08 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: RC2
If he is a citizen, prove it and get it over with.

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.

10 posted on 04/21/2010 5:59:30 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Plutarch
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.

That's amazing that proving constitutional citizenship to be President is mocked as "birtherism".

11 posted on 04/21/2010 5:59:55 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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Hayworth is distancing himself from this? arg.


12 posted on 04/21/2010 6:00:45 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: KoRn

I wouldn’t hire anyone without checking out their credentials and either their citizenship or their immigration status. It’s SOP.


13 posted on 04/21/2010 6:01:53 PM PDT by gitmo ( The democRats drew first blood. It's our turn now.)
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To: Plutarch
At this point, all could be settled if Obama just released the damn thing. Seriously, he is just playing games, toying with everyone. An adult would say, enough is enough, it is EXTREMELY easy to put this to rest...all he has to do is release the original birth certificate. It is up to Obama. He has wasted thousands, if not millions of dollars that could have gone to his pet “social justice” campaign to fight releasing it. He thinks he make his opponents look stupid, but it is the people who support him who are his true patsies. He doesn't respect any of us. None of us. If he were a serious leader, he would have done the easy, pragmatic thing and released his records. He is not a serious leader....and the people who support him are fools.
14 posted on 04/21/2010 6:02:07 PM PDT by madinmadtown
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To: GingisK

My mistake......I think I’d rather believe he’s not.


15 posted on 04/21/2010 6:02:11 PM PDT by RC2
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To: Plutarch

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.


16 posted on 04/21/2010 6:02:41 PM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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To: Plutarch

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.


17 posted on 04/21/2010 6:02:47 PM PDT by y6162
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To: onyx; penelopesire; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; Pablo Mac; ...

~~The truth refuses to die ... PING!


18 posted on 04/21/2010 6:03:44 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: Plutarch

Because Obama is a lying, criminal fraud?


19 posted on 04/21/2010 6:03:59 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Plutarch

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.


20 posted on 04/21/2010 6:04:38 PM PDT by pallis
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