tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post1178798276178246454..comments2023-12-18T12:18:21.824-05:00Comments on POLITIZINE.COM: How to end the 'birther' movement ...Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-31302531606020877222009-09-23T19:44:07.300-04:002009-09-23T19:44:07.300-04:00There's a simple answer to this problem. Rele...There's a simple answer to this problem. Release the actual birth certificate. The POTUS has the pull to do this. Instead, he has spent large quantities of money to ensure it doesn't get released. These cases have made it all the way to the supreme court, not just one, but several. And not by wack jobs, but by main stream individual like Alan Keyes (a former republican presidential candidate). I understand the problem with "petty" challenges to his presidency, but this is important. People are already afraid of the things going on with the white house agenda. Then throw in the extremist associates of our president, including Van Jones a black nationalist, self proclaimed communist, Bill Ayers, a terrorist that actually placed and detonated bombs in the US, Jeremiah Wright, a racist pastor that ran a church in Chicago that the President attended for over 10 years, was married at, and had his children baptised at.<br /><br />Release the birth certificate!Jeremynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-18301574557883873482009-09-22T22:06:12.705-04:002009-09-22T22:06:12.705-04:00Thanks everyone for responding to my post and read...Thanks everyone for responding to my post and reading. Someone posted it on Free Republic and hundreds of people have visited and read the post.<br />It is important to remember that the birth certificate is a copy, not the original. <br />Question: Why would the president spend millions of dollars fighting to keep people from looking at his actual birth certificate? It doesn't make sense to me although none of this does.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08248633195693368939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-78804555919001072642009-09-22T20:31:55.399-04:002009-09-22T20:31:55.399-04:00Birtherdom is sputtering.
It had its few moments ...Birtherdom is sputtering.<br /><br />It had its few moments in the sun over the summer, and the verdict was clear. The public at large is now aware of it and is not buying it. The only ones remaining are the delusional hard-core who will not be convinced by anything.<br /><br />There are still the remnants of a couple of legal cases, but Phil Berg, Leo Donofrio, and Andy Martin are essentially done, while Orly Taitz is within a couple of weeks of a spectacular fireball.<br /><br />There are still some people who believe the earth is flat, and there will always be some birthers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-47261086633141784872009-09-22T16:53:42.734-04:002009-09-22T16:53:42.734-04:00~sigh~
Obama did release a copy of his birth cert...~sigh~<br /><br />Obama did release a copy of his birth certificate. He requested a copy from the Hawaii DOH and released it to multiple fact-checking organizations who verified it's authenticity. Including factcheck.org<br /><br />http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html<br /><br />Of course, the 'birthers' would point out that it's not the original copy of the birth certificate, but a "short-form" printed by the state. <br /><br />However, that is what Hawaii gives you when you request a birth certificate. They do not release the originals. In fact, there is not even a mechanism to request it. When you make a request for them to release it, you can only request a short-form.<br /><br />The short-form is a state-issued document that is considered legally valid proof of US birth. I suppose Obama could ask the state to change the law or make an exception to gain access to the original (which the state has certified exists). <br /><br />But honestly, why would he? This 'movement' has demonstrated an amazing ability to rationalize away any evidence. They requested proof of birth. Obama provided it. So they said it was a forgery. Then it was verified. So then they said it wasn't ENOUGH proof of citizenship. Now they're forging foreign birth certificates. Undoubtedly, if the law changes and the original becomes available, they'll claim it's a forgery as well.<br /><br />Additionally, it also sets a dangerous precedent. A precedent that Obama will respond to any petty and idiotic criticism levied by a small group of people.<br /><br />These are people who will always dislike Obama and complain about him vociferously. If it's not about his birth, it'll be about something else.<br /><br />And politically, the 'birthers' are really just helping Obama. They make Obama's detractors look like lunatics to sane and rational people. Because, like it or not, the birthers get lumped in with people who responsibly disagree with Obama's policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056640.post-18530792596437229632009-09-22T16:40:48.942-04:002009-09-22T16:40:48.942-04:00Nonsense. Anyone the least bit familiar with birth...Nonsense. Anyone the least bit familiar with birthers realizes that they have and will continue to throw anything at all, from the age of Obama's mother when he was born, to the nationality of his father, in the vain hope that something sticks to the wall. NOTHING will stop the birthers. Obama's wisest course is to continue to ignore them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com