Remember all that Bush-era haranguing from the reichwing about Democrats, MoveOn and progressive bloggers undermining the President in a time of war? Now that the Presidency is in Democratic hands, Senator Richard Shelby (D-now-R-Alabama) has decided it’s fine to question the legitimacy of our President to serve — during wartime!
Senator Shelby, you give America’s enemies comfort with statements like this:
“Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate,” Shelby said. “You have to be born in America to be president.”
This issue was put to rest (for everyone but Alan Keyes) last August when FactCheck.org examined the certificate of true birth and provided additional documentation. Senator Richard Shelby needs to stop giving aid and comfort to America’s enemies, especially while our President leads warfighters on two battlefronts left to him by his predecessor. It’s one thing to disagree publicly about policy, and the Senator knows that. It’s quite another thing to publicly question whether our President meets the Constitutional qualifications to hold the office he was resoundingly elected to in November.
It needs to stop. Tell Richard Shelby not to undermine our Commander-in-Chief in wartime. Talk like his is what America’s enemies want to hear. If he is an American patriot, he will stop this senseless questioning. It’s bad for our troops and it’s bad for America.
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Treasonous scumbags are going to try to take this to the next level. Between this, MalKKKin’s malarkey, and Beck’s literal call to arms, they are trying to foment revolution. I believe that is called sedition, a rather serious felony.
President Obama (President Obama – do you hear that Senator Shelby, you traitor?) should and will stay above this filth.
And Teddy!
And DUGG Right Here.
Between this scumbag and the lunatic Alan Keyes and the fascist radio gasbags like Beck and Hannity and Oxy Limpsac the tone is getting right back to Sarah Palin’s Bull Connor rallies.
-G
Aravosis has helpfully pointed out that Shelby has never published any proof that he’s not a pedophile. Is he hiding something? If he’s really NOT a pedophile, why doesn’t he just show us the proof?
whadda douchebag. this guy is such a fuckin’ prick. i ahven’t seen shelby’s birth certificate. so what? even for an idiot like shelby… i can’t believe he would still bring up that horseshit. any doubt that this party got nuthin’? and then later in that link he says that mayors don’t know what they’re getting because no body knows. um…. like…. ok. shelby didn’t read the bill, ok. but like, it doesn’t say on page 719 “Mayor Goober Barnes of Asswipe Alabama …. $3.97.” like, maybe this mayor oughta try to find out. hey, my guv already got his stimulus money worked into hio next budget.
Is anyone actually watching the Oscars? I just keep updating the list of winners to see who’s gotten the awards. It’s pretty bad when (a) you’re a gay man, (b) Hugh Jackman is hosting, (c) they’ve thrown “trophy boys” into the mix, and (d) there’s a movie about a gay icon (”Milk”) up for a bunch of awards, and despite all of this, you STILL have no desire to watch the show.
We’ve also got Jim Bunning praying that Justice Ginsberg hurries up and dies.
Sick fucks.
-G
too bad nobody was praying that he’d catch a comebacker in the teeth.
OK. that was mean. take that back. sorry.
thanks for the number and e-mail, Teddy. do we always have to be polite when we contact these people? even an asshole like Shelby?
Isn’t it time that Senator Shelby come clean about his role in the imprisonment of the Alabama Democratic Governor?
What’s that you say? He had no role?
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggggghhhht.
/s
Dear
DickcheeseSen. Shelby.-G
This was my missive inspired by Teddy:
I find all awards shows a bit of a yawn but it doesn’t bother me that others feel differently. In these serious times, it is good that people can enjoy a brief diversion.
I did catch the acceptance speech by the screenwriter for Milk. That was quite a poignant moment in front of a diverse, worldwide audience. Well done!
Glenzilla reminds us of the latent Black Helicopter resistance movement that was prevalent during the Clinton years but mysteriously subsided after the Bushies regained power..
Never thought I’d even entertain the utility of using the Bush-Cheney conceit for enhanced executive branch power. But Shelby, Beck, Limbaugh et al are sure making a case for it.
Now, wouldn’t that be ironic.
Brace yourselves…the next generation of Bushies are starting to flex their chops….
George P Bush calls Crist D-light.
Was it me, or was Crist the only Republican who sounded sane this a.m.?
That’s good, assuming there is a literate member of his staff to read it to him. Somehow, I envision his office resembling Boss Hogg’s headquarters.
He and Ahnuld would appear to be the only marginally sane Republican political leaders. That is not an endorsement of their (obvious lack of) intelligence.
Sounds like a term of endearment.
They only appear comparatively sane because they aren’t taking their cues from Rush, which makes them slightly less unfit to lead than their Republican colleagues.
Acting, plus the need to back-peddle endlessly from his very recent past – Ahnald is trying to tread water after presiding over the nearly single-handed destruction of the 7th (or 8th) largest economy on earth.
Performance of a lifetime.
As right-wing zombie talking points go, I have to admire this one’s resilience. I’m particularly fond of the argument that there’s a big difference between a “certification of live birth” and a “birth certificate”. I also enjoy the that-document-would-never-hold-up-in-court argument, when the document itself clearly states, “This copy serves of prima facie evidence of the fact of birth in any court proceeding.” Team Obama was wise to simply publish the document and then ignore all of the wingnut follow-up requests.
Also to ratfood -
As I said, I am emphatically not suggesting either of these Bozos could think their way out of a paper bag. They just are nearly as batshit crazy as the rest of the herd. Of course that only makes them, at best, marginally sane (probably on the edge of a major psychotic breakdown so they can join arms with their Gooper colleagues).
That train was well off the track before Arnold took the throttle. It took a lot of hubris to think he could muscle it back onto the rails.
Sort of like arguing about the legitimacy of Kentucky and Virginia because they aren’t states but commonwealths.
Jibberish by hate mongering clowns.
-G
Blind and ignorant adherence to the Gooper memes – when you get a win, well, big. When you see the swirling and say “Yeah, more like that…” you don’t get to swim anymore.
Dugg as well. This is treasonous, and I just asked Shelby to explain this. We’ll see how he responds…
OT: Kate Winslet wins for a German accent and for wearing makeup to look old. Yawn.
Nothing that a new round of tax cuts can’t remedy.
Hold it. We can get rid of Kentucky AND Virginia?
A GOoPer twofer. The birth of a new talking point.
-G
He did sound sane. Is he going for Commerce?
Ready…
Aim…
gone…
We can’t lose Kentucky, it is featured in one of my all time favorite movie quotes.
OT: Big winners of the night: “Slumdog Millionaire” will get the biggest box office boost from its (at least) 7 Oscars. “The Reader” will get a bit of a jolt from Winslet’s win. “Vicky Christina Barcelona” will get more video rentals for Cruz’s win. And “Milk” will get some juice (and hopefully wider distribution) from its two wins. It’s nice for those four movies, but pretty uninspiring overall for movie lovers. Other opinions?
Richard Shelby is a disgrace to this nation and Alabama and the people who keep electing him but that doesn’t seem to matter. He embodies all thats wrong with the Congress and the Senate. It’s bad enough that he wants to undermine our new president but don’t let that make us forget his past. He has been for almost everything that has ruined this Country and against everything that might have done us some good. We could blame ideology for him but that means he would have to be considered to have intelligent differing ideas on things. I have watched him for years and never saw anything intelligent about the man. He is an emty suit with a big mouth attached that thinks he knows it all.
2008 was probably the only time in 25 years that I had actually seen one of the nominees (No Country For Old Men).
The only one I saw was Milk. Excellent. Maybe because I was a student in nearby Chico, followed the news, but never understood it. This movement was far different than the San Francisco papers described it at the time. What a waker-upper.
I seldom go to the movies, though I often rent movies. Have to say it has not been very inspiring offerings for several years.
Huffpo:
Richard Shelby is undercutting the legitimacy of the Commander-in-Chief in wartime.
Why does Richard Shelby hate American troops?
Great letter, doc
Richard Shelby doesn’t just hate American troops, he hates America and everything about it.
Thanks, you inspired me.
Yeah, but she’s the youngest actress with six noms. And only one win, tonight!
The report I saw was that it was extremely small and they got all of it; there was no involvement elsewhere. She’ll live a lot longer than Shelby thinks. (And he’s a fool, or a tool, or both at once.)
Here’s my missive, though it choked me a bit to sound so unctuous…
Dear Sir:
I am disheartened by your recent remarks concerning the circumstances surrounding President Obama’s birth. Regardless of our political affiliations, it is the patriotic duty of Americans to support our Commander-In-Chief in a time of war. Making public remarks demeaning our President only supports the terrorists who would destroy our country and our freedoms. You do neither the United States of America nor the great State of Alabama any favors by supporting Al Qaeda in such an overt fashion.
As a patriotic American, I now call upon you to do the honorable thing and publicly renounce your Anti-American remarks. I know that upon sober reflection you will do the right thing for your country. The stakes are too high in these perilous times for a man with your breadth of vision to stand against America.
Thank you,
Elected as a Dixiecrat until the Democrats lost the majority in Congress, then he switched to R.
Very little else I can think of that’s more opportunistic for a politician.
Screw Shelby.
Who would have thought he would have modeled his career after a J. Giles song – First I Look At The Purse…
Oh, the entire Senate, that’s who.
nevermind.
Wow
A blatant opportunist otally without principles or morals. The perfect Republican.
It is often difficult for people who were alive at the time to recall events a the proper historical context and nearly impossible for people born since. During the ’50s and ’60s, news coverage of the civil rights struggle primarily focused on the law enforcement aspect. The protesters were depicted as people looking for trouble and when they found it they were getting what they deserved. The Birmingham church bombing in ‘63 did much to (begin to) shift that perception. Even the average bigot couldn’t condone killing children.
Breadth of vision? Gag me.
Dugg
Shelby is KKK slime
His breadth of vision= zero.
Gagged me, too!
Vision in this case being mostly comprised of cutting taxes and busting unions.
I think she’s a phenomenal actress, but this particular performance shouldn’t have won.
Pennsylvania is a Commonwealth also.
Don’t forget lining his own pockets and those of his buddies.
As is Massachusetts.
George P. Bush is a rich, spoiled punk
In Shelby’s defense, I will say that he has a lovely comb-over. Bet he looks great fresh out of the shower.
teddy! richard shelby should resign in disgrace and spend the rest of his life unsuccessfully appeally his bannishment – the man without a country should be forking shelby
Sent an email, suggesting he might want to either become familiar with facts or descend into the wingnut rathole and not be elected the next time. “Choice is all his.”
Time for me to go to bed. Have young minds to corrupt in the morning (even if I am doing it via video in my classes tomorrow).
I know it’s most difficult to write to the stupids. You try to be respectful, but it ain’t easy when writing to them. I’ve given up on the proper platitudes, and just give a sentence or two about where my opinion lies. They don’t read them anyway. I didn’t even hear back from Boxer, cuz the issue wasn’t worship of her.
OY!
g’nite Dr. Dick
I’m out too. Have only my own mind to corrupt tomorrow but want to get an early start.
the Confederates were traitors, weren’t they?
For being from the land of techno-whiz, our two Senators are really bad about communicating, aren’t they LooHoo? I hear from Feinstein about every three months, and then I get a form letter repeated six times on a topic I cannot recall writing to her about. Boxer only writes about her fundraising for 2010, on her campaign account, which she’ll have to build without my help, I imagine.
Pelosi is much better about communicating web-wise.
The rules:
No Republican politician ever lost ground pulverizing the patriotism of a Democrat.
Until…George H. W. Bush & John McCain, both ‘distinguished members of the military.’
Seeing trends there.
And congratulations to Sean Penn, who made it easier tonight for actors everywhere to “play gay” regardless of their own orientation.
I haven’t seen the movie, Teddy. Was it a great performance?
Dustin Lance Black’s inspiring acceptance speech for screenplay for Milk:
“Oh my God, this was not an easy film to make. I have to thank all the real life
people who shared their stories with me… When I was 13 years old my beautiful
mother and father moved me from a conservative Mormon home in San Antonio, Texas
to California and I heard the story of Harvey Milk. And it gave me hope, hope to
live my life, gave me the hope to live my life openly as who I am. And maybe
even I can fall in love and get married. I want to thank my Mom who always loved
me for who I am even when there was pressure not to. If Harvey had been alive
today, I think he’d want me to say to all the gay and lesbian kids out there
that have been told that they are less than by their churches, their government
or their families that they are beautiful, wonderful creatures of value and no
matter what anyone tells you, God does love you and that very soon I promise
you, you will have equal rights, federally, across this great nation of ours”
I haven’t received anything from Schumer or Clinton.
Saw it for the second time just today, this time at the Castro Theatre.
It was a magnificent performance. He truly inhabited the role.
I’ve written my fingers to the bone trying to get Kit Bond to acknowledge reality, with no response…and I know the guy. The only one who ever writes me back is Azure Mutt Ike Skelton. Skelton’s not all that bad, given the Neanderthal country he has to represent. It’s a miracle here that any D gets elected.
WRT Bond, that is regrettably, a fools errand. You might as well be writing to Inhofe.
:-(
wow thank you – i missed his speech
It was Kentucky’s Dim Jim Bunning who was telling his constituents that Justice Ginsberg was going to die in 9 months.
Scumbag.
-G
Right, and that was while he was ON his meds.
Shelby is just filling time until the Republics in the House get their impeachment train back on its tracks. There will be many reasons for impeachment, but for some reason they first want to tie Obama to the Vince Foster suicide. Sooner or later, they figure they will find something that has some traction.
BTW they don’t care about your economic concerns. Things are just fine if you are a wealthy Republic.
I heard the Clintons’ (elderly) cat just died. Was O responsible for that, too? I guess I should listen to redneck radio to find out.
He’s got little green doctors pounding on his back.
-G
Speech and link to video here.
He’s just losing it. I’d say he took too many beanballs, but he was a pitcher and probably didn’t get hit any more than he got hits.
thanks teddy
at the grocery store the other day, a kid was sacking my groceries and one of the paper bags tore open. I said something about how they aren’t making those bags as strong as they used to (trying to get customers to quit asking for them, I guess) and the kid said he blamed global warming. I said, “I blame Bush.” The kid shot back,”I blame Bush!” The kid was probably 17 years old. Off to a good start.
and i dugg it
me too, thanks suzanne!
I really like the way John over at Americablog is taking on Shelby
Kind of like ….. have you stopped beating your wife kind of question….. implies something but hasn’t see proof…..
So Shelby questions the authority of the Hawaii Department of Vital Statistics, quite a senator….. what happened to states rights?
It’s unbelievable. Not like they don’t have staff to respond.
They will start saying that Barrack was in that closet with Bill and Monica.
they have staff – but they only respond to lobbyists and donors
They don’t need Arkansas – they have Chicago. Should be enough to get the ball rolling.
The Clintons are always responsible. Doesn’t matter the issue. They’re to blame.
From Village stenographer Ben Smith at Politico, an update from Jonathan Graffeo, Shelby’s spokesman:
Shelby should do alabama a favor and quit the office! He speaks Traitorously and is against workers having any work place rights! How can he say he represents his voters!
well, he probably represents the KKK members…
did shelby realize his forkup and got the cullman times to take the blame?
Spokesman just gets to add whatever the fuck he wants. Just in case the good Senator was thinking about adding it. Or in case he should have added it.
“All you stupid Lefties™, the good Senator was k-i-d-d-i-n-g!”
It’ll be fun to see how team Obama handles this tommorrow…
Kidding ain’t gonna cover it!
Check Americablog, I thought the paper was calling bullshit on the Shelby camp’s spin.
-G
They won’t rise to it. It’s scurrilous and toxic and Gibbs will be well briefed. Dismissive is about as forward they can afford to be.
Oh — it was a JOKE!
Those righties, always pulling our legs.
Renowned humorists, they are… I never get tired of their gleeful wit.
… worth repeating,
CheneyShelby is a Dick !Shelby is an errand boy. But “Dick” applies, nevertheless.
T. Boone Pickens is on C-Span talking abt making auto’s run on natural gas and he also talked abt wind turbine energy. He wants to set up wind turbines from Tx to Canada and says that manufactoring would have to locate there. Is he wanting to manipulate where businesses locate for political reasons?
Is this the best the republics can come up with? They’d better put on their big boy pants and think a lil harder. This is definitley some lame ass shit.
I can’t understand why everyone here, on the Huffington Post, etc, gets so upset about these redneck racist scum morons; everyone knew all along what they were.The fact that Barak won now has them openly foaming at the mouth,crawling out from under their rocks, they can’t stand it. They will self-destruct, these types always do. Barak will save this country, he’s too smart not to and has a plan, unlike the others before him. The scumbags will then be exposed, and subsequently written off, and they know this, they’re running scared. It only reinforces my belief that after we in the North won the Civil War we should have taken every redneck and deported him/her to the country of their choice; it would have helped everyone because they didn’t want to be here anyway, and we didn’t want them here and still don’t. Think of it-racism would now be dead and so would ignorance; the US would be a forward-looking country led by people who think before making war; there would be no funny-looking right wing media types with their dimestore answers, and the average IQ of the South would be above the number 10.They haven’t changed since they lost the Civil War, do you think they will now? They’re lost in time, like the TV crackpots, who are also motivated by anger as well. This is what happens when family members intermarry, it’s nothing more than that. This scumbag, Shelby, looks for all the world like George Wallace in his prime. Check out the photos from then, I remember these people, they even look the same as they did back then. I’m a 62 year old retired white guy who sees Barak as this country’s last hope, trust me on this. But I never thought the scumbags would last this long; I was wrong. In fact, the list of scumbags has gotten far longer than at any time in our history; in the 60’s we used to laugh these people off, but they multiplied, disproving even Darwin.
I think that Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud. Calling someone racist for demanding proper documents is what all illegal aliens do and Obama could easily separate himself from illegal aliens in a single move but instead has surrogates cry racist just like the illegal aliens.
Just like the illegal aliens who invade our country, the “president” must be held to the same standards for no one is above the law white or black.
What led you to this conclusion? Are you a forensic scientist that has had a chance to examine the documents? Or is it that you just wanted McCain to win the election?
My guess is the latter. You and your ilk will be disappointed once again in 2010 if you continue on your current path — so please do.
staying up all night to pen this nonsense?
Great catch Teddy, thanks. Dugg and email sent.
I agree with you about the racism part. I think the word white-supremacist fits a lot better.
Methinks thou doth triest thyself with the utterance of sticks and stones as obfuscation from truth.
Does not fly. That dog won’t hunt as Americans say here in the midwest. Firstly… I think it is wonderful that a man of color occupies the Whitehouse. That having been said, I think it is being sung thoughout Chicago “Just tryin to get over..” So far Obama has done just that…got over on the US constitution. To say that Senator Shelby is attacking a President in wartime is just extremely comical as Obama supported partial birth abortions and I would call that the very worst of wars but lets get cogent shall we.
I challenge Obama to resolve all of this vitriole he has brewed very quickly. He must authorize the State of Hawaii to release all records related to his birth. Of course he will not because the blind surrogates will call the R word as a strawman. I call on all patriots who have nothing to hide to join me in calling on Obama to authorize full disclosure of his birth as well as his academic records. Anyone too fearful to do so? And no… I can’t stand McCain because he helped to spawn the horrific illegal alien crisis that has placed Americans as grifted prey.
Resignation or expulsion
Here’s what I e-mailed Shelby.
“Sir,
I understand that you have recently expressed concern over the qualifications of Barack Obama to hold the office of President of the United States, specifically concern that he may not be, as the Constitution (Art II, sec 1) requires, a natural born citizen. I have seen these words attributed to you, “Well, his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president.”
If you had any doubts as to the qualifications of the incumbent, you had not merely the right, but the Constitutionally mandated duty, to raise these concerns when the Electoral College votes were received and counted by the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2009. If you had these doubts, and did not bother to attend that session to do your duty and raise this concern, then you failed your clear duty to the people of the United States. If you were there and raised these concerns, as the law requires you to do, I am incensed that the media did not report this dissent. But if you just sat there silently, when you believed that you needed to see a birth certificate to be reasonably certain of the candidate’s citizenship status, and then even voted to accept what you claim is the subject of substantial doubt, on this most momentous of questions, then you are guilty of the worst sort of betrayal of the trust that we the people vest in our elected representatives.
If you cannot account for your behavior in this affair in a way that explains this apparent gross dereliction of duty, you should resign immediately. Clearly, the question of the legitimacy of the incumbent presidency, in this time of war, is of sufficient importance that if you cannot be trusted to do your duty on this question, you are ethically unfit to hold any office of trust under the United States. I am not a citizen of the great state of Alabama, but I am a citizen of the United States, and you owe all of us your complete candor and fidelity to duties that our Constitution, and not just the people of Alabama, require of you. You represent me and my nation, not just the state of Alabama, and if your behavior is a stain on the honor of the United States Senate, then I too am dishonored, and not just the people of your state.
If I do not receive personally, or see reported in the media, a reasonable explanation for your conduct in this matter, my next step will be to forward this letter to the Senators who represent my state, urging them to file a complaint with the Senate’s Ethics Committee to look into the matter of your expulsion.
Sincerely,
Glen Tomkins”
Neo-Confederate ignoramus. When is Alabama going to come into the 21st century?
Another great letter.
Thanks, Glen. It’s so inspiring to see the letters written about this matter.
Birth certificate arguments.
I’ve heard all the screaming about vault copies, long forms, certificates of live birth, birth certificates and all the rest of the poppycock.
My ‘vault copy/long form/certificate of live birth’ is a half-page, hand-written document that is missing almost half of the information on it. A xerox copy of this pitiful thing with the seal of the state pressed into the corner is accepted as my birth certificate for purposes of getting a passport, driver license, marriage license, and anything else.
My father’s birth certificate had “Boy” on the line for his first name. He later wound up with three names – which he used in various combinations throughout his life. So – with that document, how do you think he managed to get a driver license, get married, et al?
My mother’s birth certificate was filed with the state 10 days after her birth at home in another community. This was typical of most people of her generation. The fact that it was filed ‘late’ does not mean she is not a natural born citizen. My grandfather’s birth certificate was filed two years after his birth. Same reason. He served in the military during WWI – and no one questioned his citizenship.
And then there are the hundreds of people who don’t have a ‘vault copy/long form/original’ birth certificate due to the days before microfilm and other forms of record-keeping, courthouse fires and losses of paper records were commonplace. That does not change the fact of their birth.
The State of Hawaii has publicly provided a document, the one on the internet, and has stated officially and for the record that Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
So, all these nutbags questioning his birth might want to take that up with the officials at the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Honolulu. None of these nutbags are forensic experts in documents, and it would be quite a stretch for a huge conspiracy between the government of the State of Hawaii and the Obama extended family to perpetrate such a fraud. Obama has received the absolute highest security clearances you can get (he’s the President for crying out loud). Don’t you think that if the FBI/CIA/Secret Service/NSA investigations turned something like this up the gig would have been over at that time? Yeah – at around the time he was running for the Illinois Senate.
And that will accomplish what exactly? What is needed here is that the news organs should be made aware that failure to report the truth, rather than the nothing that is now reported, would hurt their bottom line as letters should state that unless the entire story is reported I and all of my friends who are also signing on to this will write to your advertisers and tell them that we will not purchase their products as long as they support your news organization which fails in their job of reporting the entire story. Which I have already done-to all networks, yes to faux news also. I have explained-in nice language-that I will be contacting their advertisers, which I will be doing later this week about hoiw their products will no longer be purchased by me or the other 500 signers(that I have already got) due to their advertising on networks that fail to tell the entire story.
Why don’t you try that? You have a much better chance of getting something done than if you just contact a rethuggee senator. And, yes, I am connectiong the rethuggeelician party with the Thuggees, a group that was-according to my remembering what I have read about in the history of the subcontinent of India and Pakistan-a murder for religion and sometimes hire organization
In response to Teddy Partridge, commentary on Senator Richard Shelby, questioning the eligibility of Obama aka Barry Sotero aka Barry Dunheim aka whatever the usurper calls himself, I say thank you to Senator Shelby. Senator Shelby you have demonstrated an enormous amount of courage in the face of willful violation of our nations laws. May this Long legged mac-daddy called Obama be held accountable for the constitutional crisis at hand.As an American Blackman, and current President of the Minuteman Project, Inc., of which former Vice Presidential candidate Dr. Wiley Drake who serves as chaplain for our organization and Presidential Candidate Dr. Alan Keyes who were disenfranchise by the wickedness of the media, democratic party, federal election commission, the apathetic conduct of the Republican Party of which I’m a member, and all the other aiders and abettors who have contributed to the greatest hoax this nation has witness since it inception. Obama the long legged mac-daddy is a liar and needs to come clean. If he is not hiding anything why does he spends millions of dollars in an fruitless attempt to conceal the truth? That fraudulent certificate of live birth that he pandered to the public,was just that a fraudulent document that has already been taken apart by a forensic expert. Barack aka whatever his name might be needs to do the right thing and come clean with himself, Almighty God the creator of the heavens and earth and the people of this world.