An Army doctor, Lieutenant Colonel Terry Lakin, rejected his orders for deployment to Afghanistan because he believes the Commander in Chief is illegally president. After heading for the Pentagon (when he should have been shipping out), his brigade Commander, Col. Gordon Roberts, told him "that he could face court martial, and [Lakin's] Pentagon building pass and government laptop computer were seized" (MSNBC). It's about time there was some smackdown. Seriously, people have been too patient with the birthers' conspiracies.
H/T Balloon Juice
Added: More at The Colorado Independent, which asserts that a case for court martial is being prepared.
(Lakin isn't the first soldier to try this. Obama Conspiracy Theories, which has done a remarkable job of keeping up with Birtherism, has the rundown on the unfortunate others).
Showing posts with label Birth Certificate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birth Certificate. Show all posts
13 April 2010
28 July 2009
Hawaii Reaffirms Obama Legitimacy
For the second time (the first was in October 2008), Hawaii's Director of Health, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, verifies that President Obama was, indeed, born in Hawaii, per The Honolulu Advertiser.
The Honolulu Advertiser story also offers details on how the state deals with vital records, including who is, or isn't, permitted to view the original versions of items such as birth certificates, and how the state's COLB formatting has changed over time (the COLB posted online by the Obama campaign reflects the most recent incarnation of the COLB).
It also deflates theories that the Obama birth announcements, which appeared in the Advertiser as well as the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, were "phoned in" from elsewhere: Janice Okubo, the spokesman for the Hawaii Health Department, confirms that such announcements "were not sent to the newspapers by the general public but by the Health Department, which received the information directly from hospitals," (HA). She adds that: "Birth announcements from the public ran elsewhere in both papers and usually included information such as the newborn's name, weight and time of birth" (HA).
So there you go.
Aside: Here is The Guardian's overview of the Birther movement.
The Honolulu Advertiser story also offers details on how the state deals with vital records, including who is, or isn't, permitted to view the original versions of items such as birth certificates, and how the state's COLB formatting has changed over time (the COLB posted online by the Obama campaign reflects the most recent incarnation of the COLB).
It also deflates theories that the Obama birth announcements, which appeared in the Advertiser as well as the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, were "phoned in" from elsewhere: Janice Okubo, the spokesman for the Hawaii Health Department, confirms that such announcements "were not sent to the newspapers by the general public but by the Health Department, which received the information directly from hospitals," (HA). She adds that: "Birth announcements from the public ran elsewhere in both papers and usually included information such as the newborn's name, weight and time of birth" (HA).
So there you go.
Aside: Here is The Guardian's overview of the Birther movement.
24 July 2009
McCain's Camp Checked Out Birther Claims
And came up with nada.
David Weigel reveals that lawyers working with the McCain Campaign's general counsel "monitered" the Birther lawsuits. They did a little investigating of their own as well:
David Weigel reveals that lawyers working with the McCain Campaign's general counsel "monitered" the Birther lawsuits. They did a little investigating of their own as well:
While they ruled out any chance of the ‘birther’ lawsuits holding up in court, lawyers for the McCain campaign did check into the rumors about Obama’s birth and the assertions made by Berg and others. “To the extent that we could, we looked into the substantive side of these allegations,” said [Trevor] Potter. “We never saw any evidence that then-Senator Obama had been born outside of the United States. We saw rumors, but nothing that could be sourced to evidence. There were no statements and no documents that suggested he was born somewhere else. On the other side, there was proof that he was born in Hawaii. There was a certificate issued by the state’s Department of Health, and the responsible official in the state saying that he had personally seen the original certificate. There was a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser, which would be very difficult to invent or plant 47 years in advance.” (Washington Independent)
It's worth your time to read Weigel's entire article, which soundly (and sanely) debunks most of the various Birther claims. While this won't stop the more fervent Birthers, it might help check the mainstream "interest" in the story.
18 June 2009
Fresh Air on Conspiracy Theories, Extremism, Racism, Violence
On the Fresh Air broadcast for 18 June, Terry Gross interviews Chip Berlet, a senior analyst at Political Research Associates who "has studied extremism, conspiracy theories and hate groups for more than 25 years." (NPR). The broadcast focuses on the links between conspiracy theories, extremism, and violence.
According to Berlet, there have been nine murders linked to white supremacist groups and/or prompted by conspiracy theories since Obama's election [correction: since the inauguration].
You can listen to the show here.
Aside: Berlet addresses both right wing and left wing conspiracy theories, extremism, and scapegoating.
And on a related note: The OC Weekly has published a profile of Dr. Orly Taitz, an anti-Obama activist and birth certificate conspiracy theorist, as well as an overview (and debunking) of her various claims. Read it here.
According to Berlet, there have been nine murders linked to white supremacist groups and/or prompted by conspiracy theories since Obama's election [correction: since the inauguration].
You can listen to the show here.
Aside: Berlet addresses both right wing and left wing conspiracy theories, extremism, and scapegoating.
And on a related note: The OC Weekly has published a profile of Dr. Orly Taitz, an anti-Obama activist and birth certificate conspiracy theorist, as well as an overview (and debunking) of her various claims. Read it here.
09 April 2009
Bill Posey (R-FLA) Eases Out of Birther Status
One month after introducing a bill--H.R.1503--that would require all presidential candidates to provide a copy of his or her birth certificate, U. S. Representative Bill Posey still lacks a co-sponsor for said bill.
Additionally, Representative Posey says that,
Sorry Birthers.
Update: Representative Robert Goodlatte [R-VA6] has signed on as co-sponsor to H. R.1503. It only too a few months then.
Additionally, Representative Posey says that,
he has "no reason to question" that Obama — born in Hawaii to an African father and an 18-year-old American mother — is a U.S. citizen. (Orlando Sentinel)
Sorry Birthers.
Update: Representative Robert Goodlatte [R-VA6] has signed on as co-sponsor to H. R.1503. It only too a few months then.
02 April 2009
Salon on the Birthers
Alex Kopelman at Salon reviews the latest "Birther" nonsense, a "citizen grand jury" that opted to "indict" President Obama over the past weekend. Kopelman's concise discussion also notes the creeping violence emerging from the "Birther" folks.
22 March 2009
Biden's Birther Joke
At the 124th annual Gridion Dinner, Vice President Joe Biden poked fun at the conspiracy theories about President Obama's birth certificate, saying:
Biden's Gridion address is pretty hysterical altogether, so you might want to take a moment to read the transcript here.
You know, I never realized just how much power Dick Cheney had until my first day on the job. I walked into my office, and you know how the outgoing president always leaves the incoming president a note in his desk? I opened my drawer and Dick Cheney had left me Barack Obama’s birth certificate. (Politico)Looks like the administration is quaking, doesn't it?
Biden's Gridion address is pretty hysterical altogether, so you might want to take a moment to read the transcript here.
21 March 2009
Lonely Posey
On 12 March, Representative Bill Posey (R-FLA) introduced a bill--H.R.1503--to require future presidential candidates "to produce copies of their birth certificates and other documentation to prove natural-born citizenship" (Politico).
Representative Posey asserts, through a spokesman, that he only initiated the bill in order to prevent future presidential candidates from being subjected to rumors about their citizenship status (CNN). However, he's a bit evasive when asked about his own thoughts on the President's citizenship, telling the Orlando Sentinel: “I haven’t looked at the evidence. It’s not up to me to look at the evidence … I can’t swear on a stack of Bibles whether he is or isn’t.” I expect you can't blame the man for dancing around a bit: you can't really appeal to conspiracy theorists without looking like one yourself.
On March 20th, after a week of backlash, Representative Posey posted his reasons for introducing the bill at his 'blog.
The irony: Posey's bill proposes that a candidate produce a copy of a birth certificate. President Obama's COLB is just that--a certified copy that, as the document states, "serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding."
Ah--and one week later, Representative Posey has yet to find any co-sponsors for his bill.
Update: One month after introducing his bill, Posey still lacks a co-sponsor. Additionally, he now says:
Sorry Birthers.
Representative Posey asserts, through a spokesman, that he only initiated the bill in order to prevent future presidential candidates from being subjected to rumors about their citizenship status (CNN). However, he's a bit evasive when asked about his own thoughts on the President's citizenship, telling the Orlando Sentinel: “I haven’t looked at the evidence. It’s not up to me to look at the evidence … I can’t swear on a stack of Bibles whether he is or isn’t.” I expect you can't blame the man for dancing around a bit: you can't really appeal to conspiracy theorists without looking like one yourself.
On March 20th, after a week of backlash, Representative Posey posted his reasons for introducing the bill at his 'blog.
The irony: Posey's bill proposes that a candidate produce a copy of a birth certificate. President Obama's COLB is just that--a certified copy that, as the document states, "serves as prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding."
Ah--and one week later, Representative Posey has yet to find any co-sponsors for his bill.
Update: One month after introducing his bill, Posey still lacks a co-sponsor. Additionally, he now says:
he has "no reason to question" that Obama — born in Hawaii to an African father and an 18-year-old American mother — is a U.S. citizen. (Orlando Sentinel)Update Two: Two months later, Representative Robert Goodlatte [R-VA6] signed on as co-sponsor of Posey's bill. Anyone else?
Sorry Birthers.
15 March 2009
Audio: Taitz Questions Chief Justice Roberts (Update: Video, Too!)
(Updated)
This little item was an "aside" in an earlier post, but it deserves its own little space.
California dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz, an active player in the "Obama eligibility" business, attended a lecture by Chief Justice John Roberts at the University of Idaho (Moscow) on Friday, 13 March.
Dr. Taitz took advantage of a post-lecture Q&A session to ask the Chief Justice about certain lawsuits challenging Obama's eligibility for the presidency. Here's an article describing the event, and here's audio, of Dr. Taitz addressing the Chief Justice.
Draw your own conclusions about the Chief Justice's reaction to Dr. Taitz. The audience's reaction is fairly evident. The laughter can't have been too encouraging.
Update: You can access video of the event here (Taitz appears about 53 minutes in--H/T to Politijab for the video link!).
This little item was an "aside" in an earlier post, but it deserves its own little space.
California dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz, an active player in the "Obama eligibility" business, attended a lecture by Chief Justice John Roberts at the University of Idaho (Moscow) on Friday, 13 March.
Dr. Taitz took advantage of a post-lecture Q&A session to ask the Chief Justice about certain lawsuits challenging Obama's eligibility for the presidency. Here's an article describing the event, and here's audio, of Dr. Taitz addressing the Chief Justice.
Draw your own conclusions about the Chief Justice's reaction to Dr. Taitz. The audience's reaction is fairly evident. The laughter can't have been too encouraging.
Update: You can access video of the event here (Taitz appears about 53 minutes in--H/T to Politijab for the video link!).
Next Up: Bilderberg!
Like your conspiracy theories but getting bored hearing about Obama's birth certificate? Take heart! Refreshed interest in the Bilderberg Group is accelerating! Yes indeed, folks are, once again, pointing suspicious fingers at this top-secret cabal--the elites who plot our global destiny.
And if you're not quite ready to surrender your Obama-related theories, you get to double your fun: Obama's cabinet is chock-full of Bilderbergers, and he just can't get enough! The President has recently nominated Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services--and she, too, is a Bilderberger! What must this mean? Is the President is in the Group's employ? It's all so peculiar....I'm sure there must be a way to tie everything together.
Aside: Speaking of "birth certificate" and "conspiracy," California dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz, a participant in one (maybe two--I lose track) of the "Obama eligibility" lawsuits, attended a lecture by Chief Justice John Roberts at the University of Idaho the other day. During the Q&A period, she asked the Chief Justice about her lawsuits on the President's eligibility. Here's an article about the event, and here's audio of Taitz's questioning. Enjoy.
Aside: Speaking of "birth certificate" and "conspiracy," California dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz, a participant in one (maybe two--I lose track) of the "Obama eligibility" lawsuits, attended a lecture by Chief Justice John Roberts at the University of Idaho the other day. During the Q&A period, she asked the Chief Justice about her lawsuits on the President's eligibility. Here's an article about the event, and here's audio of Taitz's questioning. Enjoy.
06 March 2009
About that Sarah Obama Tape. . . .
Claims that Sarah Obama, the President's step-grandmother, attended the President's birth--in Kenya--have been floating around for a while.
The allegations stem from a recorded telephone interview Ron McRae conducted, via a translator, with Sarah Obama. The interview has been made available on the internet, but it's been edited to conform to the "eligibility" conspiracy (see this example of an incomplete transcript that seems to confirm the citizenship rumors; in reality, whoever posted the piece failed to include Sarah Obama's clarifying remarks negating the rumors).
The good doctor at Obama Conspiracy has posted a link to an unedited version of the tape as well as a link to an independent transcript of the conversation. Dr. Conspiracy's current post supplements an earlier post on the same topic.
(Seriously--how many tapes, or rumors of tapes, is this now? There was "whitey," there was API, and now this. . . perhaps that's it. Or perhaps there are more--if not now, I'm sure there soon will be).
The allegations stem from a recorded telephone interview Ron McRae conducted, via a translator, with Sarah Obama. The interview has been made available on the internet, but it's been edited to conform to the "eligibility" conspiracy (see this example of an incomplete transcript that seems to confirm the citizenship rumors; in reality, whoever posted the piece failed to include Sarah Obama's clarifying remarks negating the rumors).
The good doctor at Obama Conspiracy has posted a link to an unedited version of the tape as well as a link to an independent transcript of the conversation. Dr. Conspiracy's current post supplements an earlier post on the same topic.
(Seriously--how many tapes, or rumors of tapes, is this now? There was "whitey," there was API, and now this. . . perhaps that's it. Or perhaps there are more--if not now, I'm sure there soon will be).
01 March 2009
Ben Smith: Meet "the Birthers"
"The Birthers" are in the MSM, and they're not going to like it.
In "Culture of Conspiracy," Politico's Ben Smith takes on "the Birthers," a group of people who claim, in lawsuit after lawsuit, that President Obama is ineligible for his office because, they argue, he is not a "real" citizen. Smith summarizes their arguments and debunks a few rumors (for example, that the state of Hawaii won't confirm Obama's birth, that President Obama is paying millions of dollars to attorneys to block the various Birther lawsuits. Obama's attorney in one case, Fredric Woocher, is working pro bono, and says "[t]here is absolutely no truth to the stories about the untold millions supposedly being paid to us" [Smith]).
Smith also cites some fairly influential conservative folks on how this conspiracy movement is, well, cracked. Michael Medved, for instance, suggests that the Birther movement might simply be a conspiracy designed to undermine/discredit the conservative movement. This does make some sense (and I wouldn't be surprised to discover that some liberals are deliberately stoking the fire) because the conspiracy is so far-fetched and because the movement's spokespeople tend to speak in such outrageous terms (cf. Alan Keyes's recent declamation). The fact that courts continue to dismiss the Birther lawsuits, that the vast majority of legal scholars reject or mock the "evidence" presented by Birthers, suggests that the people driving the movement are motivated by an antipathy for Obama rather than anything else--especially patriotism. How do you otherwise explain their often-expressed wish for civil war or for the military to "do something"? (Yes to Democracy maintains and regularly updates a collection of "the Birthers'" seditious dreams). I've said it before, but I don't recall the most rabid of "Bush derangement" (or even "Clinton-derangement") sufferers plotting to overthrow the country.
Aside: Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, explains that "he hadn't 'seen any credible evidence Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen eligible for the presidency'" despite being contacted by "untold numbers of people" (Smith). Let's just say that Judicial Watch hardly qualifies as a liberal organization, and it seems likely that, should they have seen anything resembling "credible evidence," they'd have hopped onto this case months ago. Take away quote by Fitton:
In "Culture of Conspiracy," Politico's Ben Smith takes on "the Birthers," a group of people who claim, in lawsuit after lawsuit, that President Obama is ineligible for his office because, they argue, he is not a "real" citizen. Smith summarizes their arguments and debunks a few rumors (for example, that the state of Hawaii won't confirm Obama's birth, that President Obama is paying millions of dollars to attorneys to block the various Birther lawsuits. Obama's attorney in one case, Fredric Woocher, is working pro bono, and says "[t]here is absolutely no truth to the stories about the untold millions supposedly being paid to us" [Smith]).
Smith also cites some fairly influential conservative folks on how this conspiracy movement is, well, cracked. Michael Medved, for instance, suggests that the Birther movement might simply be a conspiracy designed to undermine/discredit the conservative movement. This does make some sense (and I wouldn't be surprised to discover that some liberals are deliberately stoking the fire) because the conspiracy is so far-fetched and because the movement's spokespeople tend to speak in such outrageous terms (cf. Alan Keyes's recent declamation). The fact that courts continue to dismiss the Birther lawsuits, that the vast majority of legal scholars reject or mock the "evidence" presented by Birthers, suggests that the people driving the movement are motivated by an antipathy for Obama rather than anything else--especially patriotism. How do you otherwise explain their often-expressed wish for civil war or for the military to "do something"? (Yes to Democracy maintains and regularly updates a collection of "the Birthers'" seditious dreams). I've said it before, but I don't recall the most rabid of "Bush derangement" (or even "Clinton-derangement") sufferers plotting to overthrow the country.
Aside: Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, explains that "he hadn't 'seen any credible evidence Barack Obama is not a U.S. citizen eligible for the presidency'" despite being contacted by "untold numbers of people" (Smith). Let's just say that Judicial Watch hardly qualifies as a liberal organization, and it seems likely that, should they have seen anything resembling "credible evidence," they'd have hopped onto this case months ago. Take away quote by Fitton:
"If people understood better what the law is, I don't think they'd be as concerned as they are."Update: One of the lawsuits questioning President Obama's eligibility, just got shot down by D. C. District Court Judge James Robertson. Judge Robertson included some choice comments for the plaintiffs. You can read about it here, and the followup comments. . .well, they're a hoot. A little scary at times, but pretty revelatory of the "Birther" following.
09 December 2008
Nutjobs Convene at the NPC
A selection of "prominent" anti-Obama conspiracy theorists descended on the National Press Club Monday afternoon. David Weigel was there and he's got the goodies here.
08 December 2008
Back to Square One, eh?
So the Supreme Court declines to hear the current suit arguing that Barack Obama is not a "natural born citizen." Is there really any shock to this? The case is built on straws. and when no less a personage than David Horowitz chimes in to tell people obsessed with this concocted citizenship issue to back off (rather, to "shut up about the birth certificate"), you might consider the issue closed. We shall see.
Added: At The Next Right, Patrick Ruffini argues that "this kind of crap" will effectively derail legitimate critiques of the Obama administration. He's got a valid point: the story's received significant media coverage in the past few days, and, as more people become aware of it, the more likely that the public will imagine 1) it's a larger movement than it is, and 2) it's an issue within the mainstream Republican party (which it's not).
Added: At The Next Right, Patrick Ruffini argues that "this kind of crap" will effectively derail legitimate critiques of the Obama administration. He's got a valid point: the story's received significant media coverage in the past few days, and, as more people become aware of it, the more likely that the public will imagine 1) it's a larger movement than it is, and 2) it's an issue within the mainstream Republican party (which it's not).
05 December 2008
It's Getting Tiresome
Salon’s Alex Koppelman weighs in on the Obama citizenship mania and argues that, despite all the evidence confirming Obama’s natural-born status, the conspiracy theorisits won’t let this go.
You just know that when the Supreme Court shoots down the current lawsuit (which it is expected to do), the theories will simply grow more elaborate (e.g., someone has paid off /threatened Supreme Court Justices).
25 October 2008
On the Berg Suit and Other Bits
Well, sources followed by a ramble.
Rather than explore the various intrigues and updates involving the (now-dismissed) lawsuit Phillip J. Berg has brought against Barack Obama, I'll just direct you to some sources. (in case you're unfamiliar with Berg, he's brought a lawsuit demanding all kinds of personal information from Obama and the DNC in an effort to "prove" that Obama doesn't fulfill the presidential citizenship requirement).
What's Your Evidence discusses Berg's lawsuit in some detail.
Yes to Democracy offers regular updates on the suit's status, the most recent being from 10/23/08. Another YTD post worth reviewing is "Seeing What Sticks," from 10/13.
The Washington Times's collection of Berg-related issues.
FactCheck and PolitiFact on the Obama/citizenship matter. Factcheck's writers, by the way, have seen and handled Obama's Certificate of Live Birth (COLB).
If you're interested in aspects of similar claims about Obama's citizenship, The Huffington Post offers this piece by Elizabeth Rauber. Clintons4McCainer and media figure Cristi Adkins gave Rauber a copy of a report by "Judah Benjamin," a pseudonym for someone who tries to substitute Canadian law for that of the USA in arguing that Obama fails to meet the citizenship requirement for the presidency. Rauber went over the report with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky (a man held in high esteem by his colleagues--liberal and conservative alike), and Cherminsky concluded that, overall, it was bunkum. Additionally, Rauber spoke to attorneys whom Clintons4McCain's Evelyn Adams claimed to have cleared the report with. Not only do the attorneys, affiliated with the firm of Walston Cross, deny working with Clintons4McCain, but their representative offered this:
Update: Judge R. Barclay Surrick dismissed Berg's suit on Friday night. Will this stop the "he's not a citizen" conspiracy theories, or will those theories expand?
Rather than explore the various intrigues and updates involving the (now-dismissed) lawsuit Phillip J. Berg has brought against Barack Obama, I'll just direct you to some sources. (in case you're unfamiliar with Berg, he's brought a lawsuit demanding all kinds of personal information from Obama and the DNC in an effort to "prove" that Obama doesn't fulfill the presidential citizenship requirement).
What's Your Evidence discusses Berg's lawsuit in some detail.
Yes to Democracy offers regular updates on the suit's status, the most recent being from 10/23/08. Another YTD post worth reviewing is "Seeing What Sticks," from 10/13.
The Washington Times's collection of Berg-related issues.
FactCheck and PolitiFact on the Obama/citizenship matter. Factcheck's writers, by the way, have seen and handled Obama's Certificate of Live Birth (COLB).
If you're interested in aspects of similar claims about Obama's citizenship, The Huffington Post offers this piece by Elizabeth Rauber. Clintons4McCainer and media figure Cristi Adkins gave Rauber a copy of a report by "Judah Benjamin," a pseudonym for someone who tries to substitute Canadian law for that of the USA in arguing that Obama fails to meet the citizenship requirement for the presidency. Rauber went over the report with legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky (a man held in high esteem by his colleagues--liberal and conservative alike), and Cherminsky concluded that, overall, it was bunkum. Additionally, Rauber spoke to attorneys whom Clintons4McCain's Evelyn Adams claimed to have cleared the report with. Not only do the attorneys, affiliated with the firm of Walston Cross, deny working with Clintons4McCain, but their representative offered this:
[the attorney] told me he had never spoken to anyone from Clintons4McCain, and added, "I have seen nothing that would make me believe that Senator Obama was not eligible to be a candidate for president in the United States of America. Chemerinsky is correct -- it's absolute nonsense."I should make it clear that Berg and "Benjamin" aren't in cahoots; they simply mirror each other in the strange echo chamber provided by people suffering from Obama Derangement. I never "got" the sheer, unthinking hatred that people targeted at Bill Clinton and George W Bush, and I certainly don't get this. What sets off this kind of dehumanizing, demonizing behavior--who knows. Is there any reasonable explanation for it?
Update: Judge R. Barclay Surrick dismissed Berg's suit on Friday night. Will this stop the "he's not a citizen" conspiracy theories, or will those theories expand?
06 September 2008
New Site Debunks the Berg Suit
Perhaps "debunk" is the wrong word, but a site titled "What's Your Evidence" has emerged. Essentially, it moves through each of Philip J. Berg's contentions about Barack Obama's birth certificate with a critical eye. Take a gander.
h/t: Yes to Democracy
22 August 2008
Fact check Gets Ahold of Obama's COLB
12 August 2008
The Obama Birth Certificate Flop
I guess that "White" story didn't pan out, eh? (oops! I spoke too soon). I guess if one attempt to smear doesn't work, you move onto the next.
I'm sure you're well aware that a few bloggers have made it their mission in life (errr...this election cycle) to prove that Barack Obama was not born in the United States and is, therefore, ineligible for the presidency. This branch of the Obama conspiracy tree features several mutations, but it evolved out of claims that, since Obama was born in Hawaii, he isn't an "official" US citizen. From that point, the conspiracy theorists turned their collective eye to Africa and claimed that Obama is a citizen of Kenya. As these two allegations of Obama's citizenship didn't work out too well, the anti-Obamites moved on to claim that Obama was (and might still be!) a citizen of Indonesia. In fact, they've found that he's not even named Barack Obama: his "real" name is "Barry Soetoro."
How did these supersleuths uncover this supersecret info? TechDude--an anonymous genius who has discovered, after extensive analysis, that Obama's COLB (certificate of live birth) was forged (apologies for the cahed link: the "regular" link now leads to a 404 error). Unfortunately, "TechDude" isn't a supersleuth--he's a superfake! See Cannonfire for an interesting expose of the people who keep pushing the fake birth certificate story--including allegations that one of the story's primary supporters might be tied to Stormfront.
It also appears that the major stoker of the birth certificate fire is a female Larry Sinclair supporter. She's also an alleged PUMA (I say "alleged," as I'm unfamiliar with Hillary supporters who post at Free Republic).
Aside: Yes, Mr Cannon is fiercely anti-Obama, and I have no problem with that. I only take issue with people who choose to make unsubstantiated, intentionally harmful claims for the sake of sliming a public figure, no matter who that public figure might be. Besides, I get a kick out of Cannonfire.
A Further Aside: Enjoy David Weigel's take on the birth certificate conspiracy theories.
I'm sure you're well aware that a few bloggers have made it their mission in life (errr...this election cycle) to prove that Barack Obama was not born in the United States and is, therefore, ineligible for the presidency. This branch of the Obama conspiracy tree features several mutations, but it evolved out of claims that, since Obama was born in Hawaii, he isn't an "official" US citizen. From that point, the conspiracy theorists turned their collective eye to Africa and claimed that Obama is a citizen of Kenya. As these two allegations of Obama's citizenship didn't work out too well, the anti-Obamites moved on to claim that Obama was (and might still be!) a citizen of Indonesia. In fact, they've found that he's not even named Barack Obama: his "real" name is "Barry Soetoro."
How did these supersleuths uncover this supersecret info? TechDude--an anonymous genius who has discovered, after extensive analysis, that Obama's COLB (certificate of live birth) was forged (apologies for the cahed link: the "regular" link now leads to a 404 error). Unfortunately, "TechDude" isn't a supersleuth--he's a superfake! See Cannonfire for an interesting expose of the people who keep pushing the fake birth certificate story--including allegations that one of the story's primary supporters might be tied to Stormfront.
It also appears that the major stoker of the birth certificate fire is a female Larry Sinclair supporter. She's also an alleged PUMA (I say "alleged," as I'm unfamiliar with Hillary supporters who post at Free Republic).
Aside: Yes, Mr Cannon is fiercely anti-Obama, and I have no problem with that. I only take issue with people who choose to make unsubstantiated, intentionally harmful claims for the sake of sliming a public figure, no matter who that public figure might be. Besides, I get a kick out of Cannonfire.
A Further Aside: Enjoy David Weigel's take on the birth certificate conspiracy theories.
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