A bit too late, Rich Lowry & Co. stand athwart their birther base and yell "Stop!"
Much foolishness has become attached to the question of President Obama’s place of birth, and a few misguided souls among the Right have indulged it.
Let me see now, those "few" include, just off the top of my head: at least 17 elected Republicans in Congress, numerous Republican state legislators, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Liz Cheney, Michael Savage, Alan Keyes, G. Gordon Liddy, Fox News, World Net Daily, Newsmax and Free Republic.
Oh, and the National Review.
Just a few cranks!
We are used to seeing conspiracy theories from the Left, for instance among the one in three Democrats who believe that 9/11 was an inside job conducted with the foreknowledge of the Bush administration. We’ve seen everything under the sun blamed on Dick Cheney and Halliburton, and Rosie O’Donnell has given us much mirth with her metallurgical expertise, while Andrew Sullivan has beclowned himself and tarnished the good name of The Atlantic with his investigation into the “real” parentage of Trig Palin.
So in the face of the long list of conservative leaders and media who’ve signed on to the birther craziness in addition to the fact that Republicans in Congress have introduced birther legislation, the best they can do is: Rosie O’Donnell and "leftist" Andrew Sullivan. Very convincing parallel.
Anyway, the whole thing is all Hillary’s fault.
The birth-certificate business is not a uniquely conservative phenomenon; the allegation that Obama was born in Kenya seems to have originated with a Hillary Clinton supporter at a blog called The Blue State. Either way, this fantasy is not particularly widespread within the conservative movement, but it has attracted enough interest that it needs to be addressed.
Translation: even though it’s clear that most of the people who believe B. Hussein Obama was really born in Kenya are disgruntled Democrats, in the interest of fairness, we feel we should set the record straight.
Nice try, Starburst Boy.
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Starburst boy, HA!
Don’t you mean to say “disgruntled Republicans”? Doesn’t make sense the way it stands.
In my opinion, the “birthers” themselves are the finest argument FOR pro-choice .
partial OT (on the theme of Republican myths – this time: nobody’s getting any stimulus money, it isn’t working, etc.:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/ne…..icers.html
Yup, San Antonio police dept just received a grant for hiring more cops from the federal stimulus money. More cops on the street in a poor city — gosh, I don’t suppose the new cops will have wives and children, who all will buy clothes, and school supplies, and groceries, and maybe a vehicle or two….naah, no way more cops on the street will have any stimulus effect./s
Dear Republicans:
Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
You created the “Birthers” as an election tactic. Now they are in your base.
Please understand, we do enjoy Hubris, it’s a wonderful spectator sport.
We’re not laughing at you, we’re laughing with you, we hope you can enjoy the joke.
Sincerely
The Spectators..
No, it makes sense as it stands. It’s what the Republics now want you to believe. After milking the birthers for all they can, the Republics will now blame the whole movement on the Democrats.
Oh, yeeeees, I AM laughing AT them. Bwahahahaha.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people.
Don’t forget all the Republicans and far right wingers who endorsed 9/11 conspiracy theories. I’m the keeper of a debunking site for these theories – I’m a lifelong Democrat and the founder of the group I track, Richard Gage, was a Reagan Republican.
@6
“NEVER interrupt your enemy when he is making a fool of himself.”
Napoleon
Texas needs more cops? They execute people regularly there, so it should be crime-free. That is, if one believes the pro-death penalty politicians.
Question – anyone have a link to a legit site that tells what % of people believe that 9/11 truther crap?
Also, anyone have an email address to reply to the stupid “not widespread” thing?
Thanks!!!
ps – I emailed my Texas senators to tell them how committed I am, along with over 60% of the rest of the country, to a health plan with a public option.
How many 9/11 truthers are also birthers or even birchers?
Will someone, anyone, tell these asshats that Sullivan is NOT a liberal?
I mean, I realize that for these clowns, “non-theocratic war-mongering bigot = not conservative,” but still …
Oh, and where the hell did they get the “one in three Dems” are Truthers? I’m guessing from the Academy of Yanking Stuff out of the Ass, but wondered if there was some other source.
Birther control. It passed unanimously.
We’ve got a couple Truthers here who should be able to give you that info.
Lead Birther Bill Sponsor Votes To Recognize Hawaii As Obama’s Birthplace
That an African-American is President just drives these white Southern Rethugs absolutely batshit crazy, as if they weren’t to begin with. FL is no different than any of the other states of the Old South.
Back to the cesspool.
Namaste
Rich Lowry is…
Ziggy Starburst! Watch him as he zigs and zags around the truth and his own hypocrisy. Also.
Try 76% of the country who wants a public option, bud.
The problem is that Truthers have a very exaggerated sense of the percentage of actual Truthers out there. They will conflate the percentage of people who feel there are legitimate unanswered questions (such as all the ass-covering that went on during the investigation) with those who are convinced that the Bush administration had sooper sekrit powers and set explosions or had specific foreknowledge that they deliberately didn’t act on.
Just out of curiosity, I haven’t been to No Quarter recently, but has Larry Johnson picked up the birther meme? He’s certifiable, you know.
Yes, the liberal Andrew Sullivan who’s for low taxes and small government.
Boy, they sure spread shit around when they are forced to approach something like an apology. The “but they did it too!” whine never works past the age of seven. I’m tempted to take a wooden spoon to the back of their pants.
But…but…Rosie O’Donnell!
Just maybe the birthers have gone a step too far. None of the remotely sane Rs are even talking about this – they know that this is high comedy at its best. Don’t know when I have laughed so much. Could be the final nail in R coffin.
The Dems need to demand an APOLOGY to OUR president from the rethuglican congress critters who went along with that birther crap.
There is a key difference between birthers and 9/11 theorists. Birthers’ conspiracy theory was born out of racism and resentment. As far as I can tell (and truthfully, I’ve not looked deeply) 9/11 theorists are bouyed by the merciless secrecy and known evil deeds of Cheney and neocons, et al. They are not motivated primarily by opposition to Repug. policy.
I wholeheartedly agree, I just have no patience for either group. Living down here in Tejas I can tell you that though they don’t say it out loud, it’s obvious that a whole lot of folks here are outraged that a black man is president.
Well, also — there are plenty of trufers on the far-right. The Paulites are crawling with trufers.
I’ll go along with that. Most that I’ve actually met and talked with are unabashed classic libertarians and supporters of Ron Paul.
This is sooo reminiscent of the SwiftBoating attacks on Kerry in 04. I think the groups of believers in both are the same group. It doesn’t matter if the charge is true or not. They will come up with some sort of purple heart band aids for the birther set… and wear it proudly. Mike’s video is the best antidote I’ve seen so far.
No, they’d probably enjoy that.
BT!!!!
I want to give a shout out to Trent Franks. I’ve never heard of you before, but if you’re willing to dismiss those on the lunatic fringe, I’ll at least listen to you (all except the “socialist” crack)
To Tom Price, riding the Chariots of Fire. ROFLMAO! “I’ll race ‘ya” – good one Mike S.!
Speaking of the Birther Bill, did you know that half of the cosponsors represent my home state of Texas? And did you know that my *ugh* Congresscritter John Carter is one of them?
Yeah. Need I say how embarrassed I am to be a Texan today?
Birthers are getting to be dangerously out of touch and closer to deranged.