Honolulu Star-Bulletin refuses to run WorldNetDaily’s ‘birther’ ad attack against Obama.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin refuses to run WorldNetDaily’s ‘birther’ ad attack against Obama.
Media Matters reported earlier this month that many in the conservative media — including Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Fox Nation, the Washington Times, and the LA Times’s Andrew Malcolm — “have advanced various versions of the discredited myth that Barack Obama has not produced a valid birth certificate, is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, and is not eligible to be president.” Among those pushing this false myth is the right-wing site WorldNetDaily (WND), which last night reported a setback in its conspiracy-driven mission to expose Obama’s true birth origins:
In the latest effort to obtain information that could settle the controversy over Barack Obama’s eligibility for office as a “natural born citizen,” WND Editor and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Farah attempted to buy a full-page ad in a Honolulu daily newspaper soliciting assistance in finding documentary evidence of his birth in the city Aug. 4, 1961, as he claims in his autobiography. … [T]he copy was rejected [by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin] – the latest turndown by a growing list of media companies that won’t touch the birth certificate issue even for money.
“I spoke to my publisher and unfortunately we cannot accept the ad because it is political,” explained Cyd Kamakea, classified advertising manager.
A number of billboard companies have also rejected ads from WND that ask, “Where’s the birth certificate?”
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I’d suggest we all order copies of his birth certificate and forward it to these clowns, but they of course know there is no real controversy. It really speaks volumes I think that they have to make up something this stupid.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:04 pmExactly what kind of “documentary evidence of his birth” are they looking for?
I mean, I’d think that a valid birth certificate and a subsequent birth announcement in the city’s newspaper might serve the purpose, but apparently not.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:04 pmSome folks have such a hard time when they lose.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:05 pm“I spoke to my publisher and unfortunately we cannot accept the ad because it is a lie,” explained Cyd Kamakea, classified advertising manager.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:06 pmCan someone tell me how these “birthers” get around the inconvenient truth that it doesn’t matter where Obama was born since his mother was a US citizen when he was born.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pmIt looks like the “birther” movement is gonna be Obama’s Whitewater — a manufactured “scandal” that serves no purpose other than stoking the “base” and giving the wingnuttier Republicans a hobby to keep them busy while they’re marginalized.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pmThe ‘birthers’ will never be satisfied with any proof. Their insanity knows no bounds.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pmInteresting. I note that World Net Daily is suspiciously silent on the related topic of Rep. Bill Posey’s possible background as an illegitimate grandson of an alligator.
Why no coverage on this issue, WND? The “Rep” doesn’t stand for “Reptilian,” you know.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pmThese guys have had way too much success at the bullshit game for the last eight years. They still believe most Americans will latch on to anything they put out there.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pmI guess WorldNetDaily forgot their OWN story (and wingnuts wonder why no one believes any of their sources):
>>…A separate WND investigation into Obama’s birth certificate utilizing forgery experts also found the document to be authentic. The investigation also revealed methods used by some of the bloggers to determine the document was fake involved forgeries, in that a few bloggers added text and images to the certificate scan that weren’t originally there.<<
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73214
June 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pmWhen this doesn’t work, they’ll call to have Hawaii kicked out of the Union.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pmThe Baracknaphobes are persistent little petty critters. You can’t deny that.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:10 pmNice to see a little push back now and then.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:11 pmGrampy McSame lost. Get over it, already.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:13 pmlokidog, thanks, I, too, had forgotten that WND themselves had previously authenticated the birth certificate.
Which, of course, makes one ask oneself, “WTF?”
June 29th, 2009 at 3:13 pmWorldNetDaily knows better than to believe an investigation by WND.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:14 pm“Facts” were never part of WND’s plan with their support of the birther movement. They just want the most simple-minded audience, and the best way to do that is to utilize the most moronic theory in years.
“When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pmWND = Hammer. No birth certificate = Nail.
Barack Obama’s mom is a genius!
Apparently she gave birth to little Barack in Kenya, rushed all the way around the world to plant that birth notice in the newspaper, and then bribed a clerk in the Hawaii hospital to phony up a birth certificate — all because she knew her baby would someday want to run for president.
Now that’s what I call planning ahead! GENIUS!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pmThis is just beyond crazy. Now the rightwingnut birthers are attempting to place ads? More wingnut lunatic behavior to add to a long list of others.
Lets see we have bring your gun to church day,
June 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pmteabagging parties,
Texas Gov. threatening to secede,
GOP attempting to re-name the Democratic party,
labeling Obama as a socialist, then a fascist,
Roeder assassination of Dr. Tiller,
white supremesist Von Brunn shooting death of Tyrone Jones at the Holocaust Museum,
and birthers.
Shoeless says:
WorldNetDaily knows better than to believe an investigation by WND.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!
That’s classic.
And you’re welcome, Jane. WND knows their own readers won’t remember (and probably never read the story authenticating the birth certificate anyways), but us on the left have looooooooooong memories – much needed to keep up with the lies of the right.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:20 pmmaybe we’re just not used to presidents from outside the lower-48, k?
June 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pmMedia Matters reported earlier this month that many in the conservative media — including Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Fox Nation, the Washington Times, and the LA Times’s Andrew Malcolm — “have advanced various versions of the discredited myth that Barack Obama was not born, and is not eligible to be president.”
June 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pmCould WND be projecting their own insecurities?
In the spirit of fairness, each member of WorldNet Daily should post their own birth certificates, social security cards and driver’s licenses to prove they are American citizens as well.
I’m sure everyone would respect them more if they did that. Let’s see those SSN’s, boys!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:26 pmyou can’t just have anyone in the world walk in and become president. you need to ask for the cleavers’ blessings first.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:28 pmJune 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I wonder if these hyenas would have gotten this bent out of shape had McSame won the election? After all he really WAS born outsdie the United States.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pmIt is time to take sterner measures against these traitors, liars and filth. We need to organize groups to go after these treasonous bastards. We should attempt to organize boycotts against any who support or accept money for advertising their lies. Law suits need to be brought against any supporting their cause (yes, tenuous but make them suffer while trying to dismiss). Publish the names, home and office addresses of those at the head of these lies and then mobilize protesters to appear outside their place of business and homes until they are broken.
If that does not work, then we can think of more serious methods of eliminating them.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pmThe Reich doesn’t need everybody to believe their lies. They only need one unstable nutjob with a gun and the training to circumvent security to accomplish their mission.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:33 pmEditors have gotten weak over the years. I understand that owners are skimming so much for profit that most operators can’t afford to pay for investigative journalism, but jeeze louise— they should not lie prostrate and let every nut with an idea stuck in his head use space that could be occupied by any other ad, or better yet an article with the information we citizens need.
Good for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:34 pmJMOHR
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you do it! saddle up! get over to the home depot!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:35 pm“Honolulu Star-Bulletin refuses to run WorldNetDaily’s ‘birther’ ad attack against Obama.”
lol What clowns…. And no talks or ads for McCain’s birth certificate. And good for Honolulu Star-Bulletin for turning down WND.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pmWHERE’S THE BEEF (CERTIFICATE)?
June 29th, 2009 at 3:36 pmThis is so stupid. The Birth Certificate issue is SOO yesterday! Can’t they come up with any other ideas? LOL! This is almost comical. But hey, if they want to waste their money, so be it.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pmCome to think of it, I have never seen a George W. Bush birth certificate, a Dick Cheney birth certificate, a Ronnie Raygun birth certificate or for that matter the birth certificates of Rush Limprod, Sean Insanity or the Savage Weiner. Does that mean I can make absurd claims that they are not natural born US citizens and then refuse to listen when these foreign heathens try to respond? What an easy nonsense game to play.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pmWhen you think about it, Hawaii would seem to be an awfully bad choice to sneak into with a newborn to fake a native birth. “Oh, I’ll just casually cross 5,000 miles of ocean! Just a hop, skip and a jump!”
Gee, it’d be so easy to make a mistake, that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii instead of nearby…where?
But of course, if they’ll cheer Rush when he said that Kenya was in “the Arab part of Africa,” they’ll eat up anything.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm‘Birthers’
Is the same people who will kill to protect embryos, but after birth the same babies are declared ‘welfare babies’ or not worthy of public resources?
I thought so.
Gov Pawlenty here in MN just cut medical eligibility to thousands & thousands of poor children and young adults…he’s also proudly pro-life. His latest cuts through ‘unalottment’ are illegal, but he’s doing it anyway. These cuts target Nursing Homes, Hospitals, sick kids, and anyone else lacking a voice in the corporate world.
He hasn’t had time to speak with our Legislature, but he’s found plenty of time to speak to the Arkansas Repuke Party Friday night & CNN on Sunday.
These freaks only think of themselves, & they certainly make a good case for abortion.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pmCome to think of it, I have never seen a George W. Bush birth certificate, a Dick Cheney birth certificate, a Ronnie Raygun birth certificate or for that matter the birth certificates of Rush Limprod, Sean Insanity or the Savage Weiner. Does that mean I can make absurd claims that they are not natural born US citizens and then refuse to listen when these foreign heathens try to respond? What an easy nonsense game to play.
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everyone knows you can’t be pro-american w/o being born in america! they come from the heartland – we can feel it in our hearts!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:45 pmYet the GOP NOMINATED a CANDIDATE from the CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY of PANAMA! ;)
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papa was the commander guy!
June 29th, 2009 at 3:47 pmWell, really, have you ever actually checked out World Net Daily’s website? Nothing is surprising, coming from there. It is nothing but crazy, conspiracy, emotion twisting, made up nonsense, and every other word is in bold print with an exclamation point.
WND is just like that news rag you see at the checkout counters, you know the one, all the stories are about how aliens from space are living next door to you, and smoke coming out of a volcano had Satan’s face. IOW, crazy, made up shit.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pmThanks Honolulu Star—there must be some integrity left in the world of publishing.
As opposed to the Denver Post–last fall they stuffed that obnoxious DVD(can’t remember the name) created by right wingers into all the Weekend papers. Canceled my subscription the next day.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:53 pmEmTee Says:
WND is just like that news rag you see at the checkout counters, you know the one, all the stories are about how aliens from space are living next door to you, and smoke coming out of a volcano had Satan’s face. IOW, crazy, made up shit.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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I find this comparison extremely insulting to the news rags I see at the supermarket checkout counter.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pmJesus Christ himself could come down and tell everyone that Obama was born in Hawaii, and these idiots would still refuse to believe.
June 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pmForget the fargin’ birth certificate!
The important piece of information we are all waiting on is which mosque does he worship his anti-American, Muslim faith at???
What?
He chose a non denomination Christian church at Camp Geneva?
Never mind.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pmthe great Gobsofspit Says:
Bitter?
You side lost, deal with it.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:03 pmOh no! I once read a story in the World Net Daily which said the anti-Christ will be non-denominational.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:06 pmThe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court must have been hoodwinked and bamboozled to have ever delivered the Oath of Office. WTF? Isn’t Judge Roberts (aka Frank Burns) one of them (GOP’er, that is)?
June 29th, 2009 at 4:08 pmCamp Geneva should be Camp David.
Sheeeesh.
Too much work, too little time for posting smart a$$ comments correctly.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:10 pmWND = Weapons of Neocons Destruction.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:11 pmKrazny Says:
Jesus Christ himself could come down and tell everyone that Obama was born in Hawaii, and these idiots would still refuse to believe.
I’ll bet if Jesus was packing a Glock – like those Kentucky nuts carry to church – they might!
Might.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:14 pmM’eh,
June 29th, 2009 at 4:31 pmif these clowns have nothing better to waste their money on, let them.
Kindergarten records? I didn’t know kindergartens kept records. Are they written in finger paints?
June 29th, 2009 at 4:37 pmThe birth cert that was given has been proven to be a fake.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:40 pmI check out WND on a daily basis. They never fail to deliver a daily laugh and a very large WTF. Funny how they claim to be the world’s largest internet news source (over 1 million hits a week) and yet their daily polls (and we all know how the wingnuts do love their polls) never have more than a few thousand respondents. Oh, I almost forgot, Wnd will now sell you vital information about our health: “Is diabetes a bald-faced lie?”.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:42 pmThe Young Dimwit Says:
The birth cert that was given has been proven to be a fake.
You are a liar. Show us the proof of your assertion and go away – not necessarily in that order, tool.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pmNO IT HASN’T. But I’m sure you have a link to a reputable source that says it is, right? Above somebody pointed out that WND themselves stated that it was not fake.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pmBut you know in a country run by despots like Bush and Cheney you could probably be found guilty of treason and sent to Gitmo for saying so.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:45 pmIf our Young Republican is any indication for the chances of the GOP ever making a comeback – forget about it.
If this troll is one of their ‘best of the best’, the dems will rule DC for a long, long time.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:49 pmcaught this comment at the anti-birther site obama conspiracy theories:
ain’t that th’ truth!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:51 pmDRxJ Says:
Camp Geneva should be Camp David.
Sheeeesh.
Too much work, too little time for posting smart a$$ comments correctly.
somebody needs a vacation at lake geneva…
June 29th, 2009 at 4:58 pmThis is the paper that had the original birth announcement for Obama–back when he was first born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
June 29th, 2009 at 4:58 pmHey, don’t you remember during the campaign when Obama took a vacation in Hawaii (where his grandmother LIVES!), and on ABC’s This Week, Cokie Roberts castigated him for taking “an exotic” vacation instead of just jetting down to good ole Amurkin Muscle Shoals in NC like all the brain-dead Villagers in DC do. Guess nobody told her that the islands became a state in 1959! Idiots!
June 29th, 2009 at 4:59 pmI was born in Lennox hill hospital in Mannhatten 44 years ago anyone here can get my birth certificate through the freedom of information act. Just like anyone can get Obamas birth certificate. These wingnuts know that but they just grasp at anything they can make up. Holy shit glenn beck is on. he should be arrested and then shot for treason.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:02 pmGod, where do they get these freak shows? WND just gets weirder and weirder.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:11 pmno you can’t. like most other states, if you’re not:
then you need to get a court order:
June 29th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Yes, we know about your alternate reality.
Meanwhile, back in the real world…
June 29th, 2009 at 5:18 pmWell, can we at least get President Obama’s kindergarten records. I want to know if he ate the paste.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:21 pmSigh…
The poor Reichwhiners still can’t accept the simple fact that they blew their chance at a “permanent majority”. They are still locked in denial with no signs of realization.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:23 pm…
there’s a crazy rocket flying around in circles
in deep outer space and it’s mission
commander is joseph farah.
K:-)
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pmWhile I seriously doubt that any significant number of rigth-wing nutbars are trolling these comments, just in case thier is one here it is: Mychildren were both born in Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. I was born in the Queens Medical Center in Honolulu. My Childrens birth certificate, & my own birth certifate look EXACTLY like that of President Obama. EXACTLY, in every possibly way (except for the names of course). OK, so finally, Right-Wing Nutbars listen carefully: Unless the Honolulu Advertiser & the Honolulu Star Bulletin, the two major newspapers in Hawai’i, unless they conspired with each other way back in 1961, just in case a new baby might someday become President, then the case is closed. These two daily newspapers published Vital Statistics on completely different days for the same period of Mariiages & Births, and guess what NUTBARS: THEY BOTH PUBLISHED THE LIVE BIRTH OF PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA ! So, nutbar, still not convinced? Go to the Hawai’i’ State Library, in the basement are microfilm machines, pull the films from August, 1961 and you will see two seperate announcements, days apart from each other. It used to cost 10 cents for a print of anything from microfilm, whatever the cost now, I will gladly pay for it in order to shut you people up. In fact, I will pay for a trip to Honolulu for you (but only with proof that you intend to leave) …..
June 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pmOh yeah? Well, I heard that Hawaii is way out in the middle of the ocean, so it doesn’t count anyway. If you were real Americans, you’d be living somewhere all American, like Oklahoma, or Nebraska.
June 29th, 2009 at 5:49 pmThe Young Republican Says:
The birth cert that was given has been proven to be a fake.
Actually, the opposite of what you said is true.
But who should I believe, some wingnut conspiracy theorists, or Hawaii’s Secretary of State? How about the Aug 13 1961 edition of the Honolulu Advertiser?
The fact is, he has submitted his birth certificate, just not to you personally. And the only reason you want to get your hands on it is to rip it up.
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shoeless Says:
Oh yeah? Well, I heard that Hawaii is way out in the middle of the ocean, so it doesn’t count anyway
Hey, McCain was born in Panama.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:01 pmHey, Hawaii isn’t like being born in Panama–which is much more American. Why, because IOKIYAR.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:05 pmfrom hawaii’s kapi’olani medical center website, a letter it received on its january centennial celebration:
June 29th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
“I spoke to my publisher and unfortunately we cannot accept the ad because it is political,” explained Cyd Kamakea, classified advertising manager.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:52 pmBecause it’s political? How about because it’s a bunch of right-wing lying, dishonest crap?
Wasn’t there a little discussion on the sme subject when Goldwate was running — he was born in Ariozona before it was a state!
June 29th, 2009 at 6:54 pmBut 1) he was Republican, so it doesn’t matter
and 2) repugniscum weren’t rabid partisans who owned a TV propaganda channel and several radio stations.
oops – Goldwater
June 29th, 2009 at 6:55 pmThe “birthers” are just a bunch of racist malcontents, the ones who shamelessly parrot that which most repiggies truly believe but are too afraid to publicly state.
Give a repiggie a couple of drinks, and boy oh boy does the racist stuff start flying.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:11 pmListen for it if any of you are subjected to a 4th of July cook-out at the home of a repiggie partisan.
I got a Transportation Workers Identification Card from homeland security By showing a drivers license and social security card. Presumably Obama can do the same. McCain must show additional ID because he is not born in the US or American territory. Look it up. When I picked up my card there was a man born in the same situation as McCain who was mad as hell because he had to go back for more ID. Homeland Security doesn’t think McCain is natural born.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:40 pmThe right wing has no legal path to do anything about this, the conservative US Supreme Court has already turned down a case related to this. The only thing left is using this as a fund raising technique to empty the wallets of weak minded racists.
June 29th, 2009 at 7:44 pmEverytime I hear those stupid birthers I want to puke… These Birthers has nothing better to do, because his father was a Kenyan, racist…. Ok, so what I did was googled “Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate and wala there it is, his Birth Certificate.
Do those idiots ever think?
June 29th, 2009 at 7:49 pmit’s way more pathetic than that. by my count, as of the end of this month scotus has turned down five birther cases. 39 others have been dismissed by lower courts. only one case has returned a judgment, against the plaintiff, surprise, surprise …
the birther movement is running on fumes.
June 29th, 2009 at 8:01 pmHey, TP, nice new feature when when we flag someone!
If you haven’t flagged anyone yet, you now get a response in the Report Abuse box: “The comment has been reported. Thank you.”
June 29th, 2009 at 8:02 pmWorldNet Daily = Weekly World News.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:17 pmGreat! Now STFU
June 29th, 2009 at 9:27 pmDoesn’t ever cross these racists minds that a man who was educated in the USA, served as state senator for the state of IL, US Senator, before being elected President of the USA had to be a citizen for three of these positions and they have been satisfied? Look at Factcheck.org.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:01 pmGhost Walker373 Says:
MowOboma stands for evey thing that i don’t– so he can be your Resident, not mine
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Good luck, wingnut. I tried that with the dumbass W for eight years and everytime I looked at the television the dumbass was still my resident.
Do they expect someone to deliver these things on a cracker? Phone calls. His Harvard Law Review articles! Jiminy cricket–libraries.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:30 pmThe man published two autobiographical books before he even ran for office. He may be a little opaque, but he’s not hiding his history.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:33 pmObama doesn’t have a birth certificate because Obama doesn’t have a navel.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:03 amFWIW, Fontsdeleon—LOL.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:14 amGhost Walker373 Says:
Resident MowOboma
I don’t know who you’re referring to. Try to stay on topic, please.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:19 amwhat if??? I didn’t vote for either of these guys, but just what if??
June 30th, 2009 at 2:33 amBy the way McCain was born on a military post,that was considered U.S. property.. although I think he should not ever become president.. But Just what if Obama was born in Kenya, his mother having been under age keeps her from conferring citizenship to him, according to the citizenship laws of the time. That would make him a subject of British rule, how ironic that would be. I really don’t think I want to know if he is a citizen or not, simply because, what took place in Honduras, would take place here, the military would be forced to remove him. That is what we swear an oath to , the Constitution, not the president.
It would get ugly…… But still what if?
Jeezuss Pleazuss. Obama is a citizen because his mother was a natural born citizen. The Constitution states that a president must be a “natural born citizen”, but that is not defined.
McCain was born on a military base in Panama. Americans born to American citizens overseas are citizens. We could argue over minutiae, as if the founding fathers were animistic and believed that being dropped from your mothers loin on U.S. soil conferred qualities upon U.S. citizens that presidents couldn’t do without, but we have better things to do with our time.
What the hell is wrong with these people?
June 30th, 2009 at 2:49 amRight wingers are much better at spreading lies than spreading the truth. As*holes!
June 30th, 2009 at 7:04 amWell, now, isn’t that so cute? The rightwingers have a conspiracy that is completely theirs and no one else’s, and their going to hold onto it with their little fingers forever and ever.
Those who continue with this line are either trying to be intentionally disruptive to American government simply because they lost the election(s), or they are completely delusional and are clinging to this purely right wingnut conspiracy theory like a soiled security blanket — hoping beyond hope that somehow this conspiracy theory will lead them back into political power where they can be the ones telling people what to do again.
And, of course, with the wingnut rightwing, it is all about telling other people what they can and cannot do. It’s not even “power” in a general sense — it is literally power to tell others what they cannot do that drives the rightwing-nuttery loons.
Keep this up, and the rightwing will become more lunatic fringe than tin foil hatters.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:33 amWhy are all you birther conspiracy nut jobs denying your rigtwing ideology? Did the republics lose favor with you when they lost power?
You birther nuts are seriously mental.
Seriously.
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June 30th, 2009 at 7:41 amI think poster #7 has a very valid point. However, there is something much more mundane associated with the nonsense spewed by the right—money.
There are many people who make a shit load of money inflaming the weak of mind, the fearful, and the easily led. Limbaugh makes $44,000,000/year. Syndicated radio show host Sean Hannity has signed a new radio deal with Ctitadel/ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. The deal will pay Hannity $100 million for the next five years and keep his radio show broadcasting nationwide on about 500 affiliates. Coulter has to be raking in at least a couple million a year from her “books” and synicated column.
The fact is these people are making a killing speading lies and nonsense. The reason they won’t face up to reality is because they can’t make any money, or at least what they’re use to, by doing so. It’s really no more complicated than that.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:50 amBunk. It’s stupid to entertain such unmitigated crap.
June 30th, 2009 at 11:09 amThere is a lot of wrong-minded arguing on both sides.
Here’s the reality, guys:
Obama is a US citizen because he was born in Hawaii. This is not only a fact, to dispute it is simply stupid. No polite way to say that, really – people who dispute this fact are STUPID. There are plenty of more satisfying ways of saying it, but that’s as nice as it gets. Stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. Pathetically stupid. Not intelligent enough to tie their own shoes without injuring themselves, stupid. Mustard gets to gloat because it has a higher IQ, stupid. W could whip your ass at Jeopardy Infant Edition, stupid.
On the meme that if he was born in Kenya, he’d be a US citizen because his mother was a US citizen – that’s also false. The law that requires only one parent to be a US citizen was not passed until the 80s (1981, specifically). At the time that Obama was born, both of his parents would have had to be American citizens in order to naturalize him had he been born in Kenya. But he wasn’t, so that’s an entirely moot point.
On the meme that John McCain is not a US citizen because he was born in Panama, that is also not true. McCain is a naturally born US citizen because he was born on a US Military base. Whatsmore, at the time he was born, the US was the sole controller of the Panama Canal Zone (since we built and paid for it), had been the sole controller of it since 1903, and continued to be the sole controller of it until 1979, so military base or not, it was US soil.
Seriously, this is so completely ridiculous, I’m simply amazed that this many people have commented on it. I read it, because stupidity and craziness like this is funny…but sweet jebus, people. Wake up and recognize how stupid it is and how stupid you are for buying this incredible bullshit. My god, the scope of the conspiracy necessary for this to be true is of the same magnitude as the Flat Earthers espouse. You don’t want to be widely-known as being just as batshit crazy as those morons, do you?
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