The Last President
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 11:09 am
Far-right anti-Obama blogger Pamela Geller got all misty watching the farewell address of “the last American president.”
We do not have a President-elect that loves this country, or one that grew up in America, that cherishes the constitution, that plays it straight. The President elect is an internationalist, not an America firster.
Look, let’s leave aside the way Geller (accidentally?) accused herself of sympathizing with the Nazis in World War II. Her real worry is that President-elect Barack Obama is a left-wing radical who—according to some!—might be the love-child of Malcolm X. Back in October she posted a periphrastic “guest post” that argued this, before updating the post to clarify matters.
I posted it because the writer did a spectacular job documenting Obama’s many connections with the Far Left. The Malcolm X claim is one minor part of this story, and was of interest to me principally as part of the writer’s documentation that Stanley Ann Dunham could not have been where the Obama camp says she was at various times.
She? She’s perfectly reasonable. Apart from her demand that Obama release his birth certificate to prove he was born in Hawaii and that his father wasn’t Malcolm X.
Imagine if there is something on that birth certificate that disqualifies Obama from the office of the President. What are you going to do? Start a civil war? There will be blood in the streets you try to enforce the rule of law.
Pictured above: Geller with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.
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24 Comments
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 10:02 am
Actually, the concern today is that Obama's official birth certificate exists but claims something like Indonesian citizenship. In which case, Mr Obama would not be a natural born citizen, lacking the citizen part of that. What has been posted on the internet during the campaign was essentially a document that says “a birth certificate exists”.
The question is why does the Obama camp allow this to linger and create the spectre of yet another President whose legitimacy is questioned? He could crush this in an instant by releasing his vault copy of the birth certificate.
I am forced to conclude that he does this because he has no other choice and there is something on his birth certificate that would cause more problems than not knowing. He prefers to have everyone guessing as opposed to knowing, so he is stonewalling the American people.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 10:10 am
oraprog says:
'What has been posted on the internet during the campaign was essentially a document that says “a birth certificate exists”.'
But that's not true. The document clearly and unambiguously says that Obama was born in Honolulu.
The only way around it is to show that the document was forged, but the evidence for that is entirely unconvincing. Even World Net Daily says so (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE….).
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 11:43 am
The truth is that the kind of people who believe the BCT are on the fringe of the fringe. Your numbers are so small and your points so irrelevant and wrong that you are very easily dismissed as 'looneys'.
You have fallen in love with a hollywood plotline of a theory and refuse to let it go.
Now go troll some more, It clearly doesn't tax your immense intellect and you obviously have nothing better to do.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
Yes, this isn't pointed out enough, probably because the Hawaiian certificate is so easy to find that I assume people will just read it. It very clearly says “Honolulu” for “city, town, or location of birth,” “Oahu,” for “island of birth,” and “Hawaii” for “county of birth.”
The Birthers are left arguing that Hawaii would mark Honolulu as someone's “city of birth” even if someone was born elsewhere, and his parents went back home to register him. Which is simply crazy.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
And of course I make a typo: the county is Honolulu, not Hawaii.
http://samuelatgilgal.files.wordpress.com/2008/…
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 12:49 pm
BTW, according to ScotusBlog (http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/todays-orders-11609), Berg v. Obama was not among the six cases granted Cert at today's SCOTUS conference.
However, all is not lost — reliable sources say that the Supremes will indeed be meeting shortly to discuss Obama. But that will be to decide whether to grant him permission to use the 5th floor basketball court.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 1:20 pm
I'm forced to conclude that Reagan's tactic of emptying the mental hospitals was not merely a cost savings but a way to contribute to the Republican right wing base for generations to come.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
ATTENTION! HELP! ANSWER TWO (2) SIMPLE QUESTIONS!
1. Why does Obama refuse to request the same Hawaii state office to mail the same COLB (Obama calls it his “birth certificate”) that Obama displays on his websites directly to all the parties who sue him to do just that? After all this is just a computer printout with a stamp and a seal on it, like a college transcript. Many state offices issue similar computer printouts to millions of Americans each year. There are many Americans willing to pay all the processing fees, even to pay Obama for his effort to request extra copies of his COLB. Instead Obama uses at least three law firms to defend all the lawsuits and to avoid presenting even a single physical copy of his COLB that he shows on his websites, mailed directly from the Hawaii state office.
2. Who is the Hawaii state official who “confirmed” Obama's COLB? So far, no Hawaii official ever confirmed that Obama was born in Hawaii or confirmed any of the COLB images Obama posted on his websites. Find me a source with exact quote from any of the Hawaii officials. There are some discredited “news” organizations like Associated Press that spread lies and totally misrepresent what Hawaii officials said. This is the last official statement issued by Hawaii officials:
http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2008/08-93.pdf
Hawaii officials only stated they have Obama's original birth certificate. Under Hawaii laws his certificate could be from any country. Hundreds of people asked Hawaii state officials to specifically confirm Obama's birth in Hawaii and no Hawaii official answered directly. Instead, they issued carefully worded statements.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
Gosh, you sure have a funny way of trying to convince people of something. Could I suggest you read the book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carengie? It might make your writing a little more effective.
Otherwise, I don't see that you've contributed anything to the conversation. Minds are like parachutes, yada, yada, yada…
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 1:34 pm
My point was and is that questions have been raised and continue to be raised. Rather than answer the question, the far left insults those asking the question.
FWIW I am concerned exactly because I voted for Mr Obama and now I'm quesitoning whether I might have helped to elect someone in violation of the Constitution. All I get is dismissive insults, which I take as more trying to stifle the topic. If Mr Obama was born in Honolulu and has American citizenship, then there is nothing to fear by releasing what should already be a public document.
Unless, that is, there IS something to fear, in which case I'll feel pretty bad about this election.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 1:44 pm
Now, oraprog, you're not telling the truth. I didn't insult you; I simply pointed out the error that you made. The Certification of Live Birth is not 'essentially a document that says “a birth certificate exists”' — it is an official State of Hawaii document that certifies that he was born in Honolulu.
Now, that document is considered prima facie evidence in any court in the land, which means that it takes solid evidence to call it into question.
What solid evidence do you have?
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
And you, LowerStates, you aren't fooling anyone! I've seen those same questions posted over and over again verbatim on different sites, and they've been answered many times. There's no point pretending they're still open questions. You're just trying to stir up trouble. Fortunately, you're nowhere near succeeding.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 2:05 pm
ATTENTION! HELP! ANSWER TWO (2) SIMPLE QUESTIONS!
1. Why does Obama refuse to request the same Hawaii state office to mail the same COLB (he calls it “birth certificate”) that he displays on his websites directly to all the parties who sue him to do just that? After all this is just a computer printout with a stamp and a seal on it, like a college transcript. There are many Americans willing to pay all the processing fees, even to pay Obama for his effort to request extra copies of his COLB. Instead Obama uses at least three law firms to defend all the lawsuits and to avoid presenting even a single physical copy of his COLB that he shows on his websites, mailed directly from the Hawaii state office.
2. Who is the Hawaii state official who “confirmed” Obama's COLB? So far, no Hawaii official ever confirmed that Obama was born in Hawaii or confirmed any of the COLB images Obama posted on his websites. Find me a source with exact quote from any of the Hawaii officials. There are some discredited “news” organizations like Associated Press that spread lies and totally misrepresent what Hawaii officials said. This is the last official statement issued by Hawaii officials:
http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2008/08-93.pdf
Hawaii officials only stated they have Obama's original birth certificate. Under Hawaii laws his certificate could be from any country. Hundreds of people asked Hawaii state officials to specifically confirm Obama's birth in Hawaii and no Hawaii official answered directly. Instead, they issued carefully worded statements.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 3:17 pm
Obama seems to have a new part of the government that includes people like Maine Skeptic, Alferd and a group of others that always show up and spout the same BS rather than answer the question of why Obama and the Democratic Party failed to provide verifiable evidence that Obama is a natural born citizen. If you look at these sites you will see it is the same names that keep popping up.
To a large group of Americans Obama is on the President, nor will he be until he stops the dodging and provides this information. The fact is Obama is a ghost, there are no records, other than the worthless Certification of Live Birth that he produce to pro-Obama websites and his blogging and press corp proclaim him to meet the natural born standard.
We all know, from an announcement from Hawaii that the COLB he produced is not evidence that he was born in Hawaii. There are articles that state the immigration laws before 1972 were riff with fraud and a person could bring a foreign born baby and register them in Hawaii. Those babies would be able to get a Certification of Live Birth just like the one Obama produced. The fact is that the birth certificate in Hawaii could have been issued from Kenya and Obama could produce the same document. That is why no one that understands what the COLB is will accept it. To get a federal job, passport, drivers license or any other item that required real identification requires a certified copy of the actual birth certificate which is easily available to Obama. All that would require is Obama to sign a release and pay $10.00. Here is a Hawaiian website that shows the form and how to fill it out. Note also that this land program does not accept what Obama produced for the same reason that it lacks verifiable facts. Read pages 7-11:
http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/Loaa%20Ka%20A…
Speaking of lack of news coverage, here is an article on Team Obama sending in a cleaning crew to wipe out records in his passport file. Any news coverage? Where are these burglars? Who sent them? Can you spell Obamagate? Obama has effectively sealed his records or had them destroyed. Why would he do that? Likely no news there.
http://www.newsmax.com/timmerman/brennan_passpo…
An historic event coming up. The first swearing in of an illegal alien in our Nation's history. A proud moment.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
Regarding Maine Skeptic, Alferd and a group of others.
If they are not paid shills, then they must be the typical liberals. Read some latest scientific research about mental defects of liberal minds. Liberal minds tend to lack the abilities to anticipate serious consequences for their actions.
Obama polls are very misleading, they only indicate dislike for Republicans. However, the polls are very clear about the vast majority of Americans who want to defend the US Constitution. It is a matter of time, before all the facts reach the critical mass of US population and a hell will break loose. Sick liberal minds are not able to see the consequences ahead of time and the rest of population will have to live with the consequences.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 5:55 pm
Swearing in Obama is a slap in the fact to birth certificate truthers everywhere.
Where is the tinfoil love?
Truthers: Look, the Constitution wanted to make sure it was someone who had American-ness (I know it's not a real word) who was the President, since they didn't want some foreigner trying to make himself king. Obama, undisputedly, went to school in Hawaii since he was a boy, plays basketball, listens to hip-hop, went to college in LA and New York, went to Harvard Law (how american establishment can you get!), plays fantasy football, golf, and poker, etc. etc.
He's as American as apple pie. So even if he was born in Kenya or Indonesia or on the moon… so what?
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
Zip it. If I wanted to know what the thoughtless people were thinking, I'd ask you.
Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 6:59 pm
Well, Citizenx, LowerStates, etc., I guess the arguments have run dry and all you've got left are feeble insults and threats.
Well, it's OK, I'm not the one you have to convince.
On the other hand, the ones you DO have to convince — you don't seem to be doing too well with them either, do you?
Comment posted January 17, 2009 @ 11:42 am
The reply agorobama is scary and only shows how Obama was elected. There needs to be a minimum education level established for voters. Proof of passing high school American history should be mandatory. It is obvious this person does not have a clue about the Constitution. Where in the natural born citizen requirement does it say that riding a bicycle, playing basketball or other such nonsense equates to vetting a candidate. Obama could pay $10.00 and produce a birth certificate that he has refused to do. Obama has placed his personal interests over those of the Nation.
The issue here is the failure of the Democratic Party to qualify Obama before they placed him on the ballot in the primaries. The Democrats have caused this crisis and Obama if he is not a natural born citizen has committed election fraud in every State. When, not if, the evidence that Obama is desperately trying to hide comes out, if it shows he is not eligible to hold the office he will have to step down or be removed. The Constituion requires it.
The English have a quaint saying, “You cannot educate pork.” They apparently raise a lot of pork in Maine.
Comment posted January 17, 2009 @ 12:13 pm
Hitler was not actually German, but Austrian. Nobody gave him any grief about that! So leave Obama alone. If Hitler could get away with it, why not Obama?
Sieg Heil!
PS Or we could enforce the constitution and go ahead and have a civil war. It would be good for the country in the long run. This festering, open sore needs a good bleeding.
Comment posted January 17, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
What if Arnold the Gubenator was born and raised in the exact same circumstances as Obama? Let's imagine that his mother had been American and that only his father was Austrian and that for some reason, his birth was registered in Hawaii and that he ran for POTUS while posting the exact kind or document on the internet (that Obama has posted) and called it proof of his NATIVE BORN status. Oh my GOD what a difference you would have seen! The MSM would have been all over that like the proverbial flies on a pile of dung. Every one of the 20 something law suits would have gone forward to the discovery phase and the Supreme Court would definitely have taken any that didn't and themselves required that insolent, grandson of a NAZI to prove his citizenship by producing immediately all records connected with it, starting with the long form BC and going through all of his exit and entry visa documents, applications for passports etc. etc. until everything was made, well, “transparent”! And, if it could be shown that he was not in fact eligible to be POTUS, he would have been denied his inauguration and swearing in. His party presidential ticket would have been nullified and voided. He would probably have been arrested, charged with immigration violations and eventually deported to Austria after serving jail time in federal prison. Why would Arnold be treated so differently from Barry?
Why? Because he is WHITE. And it doesn't help that he is Germanic. I don't think the government fears wide-spread rioting in the nation's inner cities from all of the potentially pissed-off German-Americans. But for some reason, they do fear BLACK (African-American) mobs causing riots.
Our government has failed to rise to it's responsibilities to it's citizenry out of fear of the masses. The Supreme Court ignored its duty to protect the constitution. Not one member of our Congress raised his voice concerning the question of Obama's eligibility despite numerous letters and petitions for nearly all of them to do so. Our Executive Branch was completely mute on the subject.
The MainStreamMedia (NEW PRAVDA) runs the country. The tail wags the dog. The monkeys run the zoo. We're done. We need a civil war! Let's just do it. We might as well. The economy is already in the toilet anyway. At the very least, those who know all of this to be the truth should just admit that and STOP SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT. No longer take part. Don't pay your taxes.
Don't join the armed forces. Don't be citizens of this thing that has replaced our country.
Our “President” is a usurper and the rest of our “government” are enabling him. Whatever happened to “GOD, GUNS and GUTS”? Our founding fathers are spinning in their graves.
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Comment posted February 4, 2009 @ 7:04 am
HeHeHe! I never new the Republican Party had so many with such vivid imaginations. Entertaining!
Comment posted February 4, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
HeHeHe! I never new the Republican Party had so many with such vivid imaginations. Entertaining!
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