The “Obama Birthers” are at it again!
President Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, which was a U.S. state last time I checked. But despite mounds of proof, including the certification of his official birth certificate by Hawaii’s Republican Gov. Linda Lingle, as well as two published newspaper announcements of Obama’s birth in Hawaii in August 1961, at least 11% of crackpots the population still want to believe a lie — that President Obama was NOT born in the U.S. and is therefore ineligible to be Commander-in-Chief.
A most recent and highly visible case involves an Army officer who has refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he says President Barack Obama has not proven that he was born in the United States and is therefore ineligible to be president.
Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin is a decorated Army doctor and 18-year military veteran who is now facing court martial for disobeying orders to ship out for tour of duty in Afghanistan. In his defense, Lakin says the orders are illegal because Obama has not proven he was born in this country and can therefore not act in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief. Lakin wants Mr. Obama to produce his birth certificate for him to see personally, or he will continue to defy and refuse military orders. “It’s a fundamental of the Constitution, and my oath of office is to the Constitution. And I believe we need truth on this matter,” Lakin told CNN.
But Gov. Lingle weighed in, saying “I had my health director, who is a physician by background, go personally view the birth certificate in the birth records of the Department of Health. The president was in fact born at Kapi’olani Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. And that’s just a fact. It’s been established he was born here. I can understand why people want to make certain that the constitutional requirement of being a, you know, natural born American citizen … but the question has been asked and answered. And I think just we should all move on now.”
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LOL they ate him alive on CNN. He sat their like a bump on a log letting his lawyer do the talking. I just don't think these people are well in the head though. They refuse to believe the truth no matter how many times they hear it. SMH
And in a related story…certainly as it realtes to "IQ" in "right-wing Republicanland."A bunch of “right-wing bloggers” recently decided to take a poll among themselves selecting _and I quote: “The 25 Worst Figures In American History.” RightWingNews: “Out of all the gangsters, serial killers, mass murderers, incompetent & crooked politicians, spies, traitors, and ultra left-wing kooks in all of American history? have you ever wondered who the worst of the worst was? Well, we here at RWN wondered about that, too, and that's why we decided to email more than a hundred bloggers to get their opinions. Representatives from the following 43 blogs responded”Yep. In ALL of American history…(pause)….I Kid you NOT! 23) Saul Alinsky (7)23) Bill Clinton (7)23) Hillary Clinton (7)19) Michael Moore (7)19) George Soros (8)19) Alger Hiss (8)19) Al Sharpton (8)13) Al Gore (9)13) Noam Chomsky (9)13) Richard Nixon (9)13) Jane Fonda (9)13) Harry Reid (9)13) Nancy Pelosi (9)11) John Wilkes Booth (10)11) Margaret Sanger (10)9) Aldrich Ames (11)9) Timothy McVeigh (11)7) Ted Kennedy (14)7) Lyndon Johnson (14)5) Benedict Arnold (17)5) Woodrow Wilson (17)4) The Rosenbergs (19)3) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (21)2) Barack Obama (23)1) Jimmy Carter (25)Read: <a href="http://rightwingnews.com/2010/08/conservative-bloggers-select-the-25-worst-figures-in-american-history/http://rightwingnews.com/2010/08/conservative-blo… />I’ve said it before and I'll keep right on saying it. I’m thinking MOST_right-wingers suffer from being STUNTED growth in all kinds of areas of functioning (intellectual, psychosocial, emotional, sexual/gender, religious etc.) You name it: They suffering from it.THIS “list” has alarmed _and even OFFENDED_a few right-wingers with an actual bit of A BRAIN. They don’t know whether to laugh and/OR cry_smh. Professor Bainbridge:“Personally, I find the collated list pretty much of a joke. It reflects the partisan passions of the moment, not anything resembling a serious verdict of history.“All in all, I have to agree with Jim Geraghty that: “I’m no fan of most of the Dems on the list, and there are some good picks. But most of the modern political figures look ridiculous when we compare their actions to some of America’s most really notorious figures.”Full Read: http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2010/08/20-worst-americans.html(paraphrasing Geraghty’s response): WHAT THE H***??! http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/243264/some-my-fellow-righty-bloggers-need-broader-definition-worst-figure.H/T: Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish