Know Your Birthers
Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at 12:42 pm
When is it fair to accuse a member of Congress of being a “birther”? I’m wrestling with this a little today. Jason Linkins calls Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) a “birther” because, in a video shot and edited by The Huffington Post, he said that President Obama’s birth records were “certainly being looked at” and that “there are questions.” But Boustany walked that back in a radio interview, and, crucially, he has not co-sponsored Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-Fla.) infamous “birther bill.”
On the other hand, Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), who has not signed onto Posey’s bill, has been caught on camera telling an irate birther, who claims President Obama cannot hold office “by our Constitution”: “I agree with you, but the courts don’t.” Telling a voter that the president of the United States (who, er, carried Ohio in 2008) is not legitimate is far beyond what Boustany did, and the Democratic National Committee is hitting Schmidt on this today.
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Comment posted September 9, 2009 @ 9:01 pm
She is allready backpedaling, trying to blame the birther.
Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 4:06 am
Obama is actually a citizen of Indonesia and “possibly still citizen of Kenya, usurping the position of the president of the United States of America and the commander-in-chief.”
Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
zzzzzz… More warmed over and utterly discredited claims.
Comment posted September 10, 2009 @ 11:07 pm
Personally, I think that Schmidt felt she was in a pickle with this intransigent birther. Her body language-and most certainly her response-is one of submission.
Comment posted September 11, 2009 @ 7:42 am
Army captain’s lawyer Orly Taitz summons Obama, Gates By ALAN RIQUELMY
Summonses have been issued in the case of an Army captain seeking to stop her deployment by questioning the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency, court records show. The summonses, issued Wednesday, are for defendants in the civil complaint of Capt. Connie Rhodes, who claims the president is “an illegal usurper” and “an unlawful pretender” and that she cannot lawfully act under his authority. Defendants include Obama, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Thomas MacDonald, Fort Benning garrison commander. The complaint, filed Friday in the Columbus division of U.S. District Court, is similar to the July 8 suit filed by Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, who sought conscientious objector status and a temporary injunction. California attorney Orly Taitz, a national figure in the “birther” movement, represents both.
According to the summonses, the defendants have 20 days to answer the complaint once received; they have two months if they are an officer or employee of the federal government.
Rhodes seeks to stop Gates, MacDonald and others from giving her and others orders until Obama’s citizenship status is established, her complaint states. She also seeks conscientious objector status based on her doubts of Obama’s qualifications. A hearing on the complaint hasn’t been scheduled.
Comment posted September 19, 2009 @ 9:14 pm
Thanks for the update, GrahamCracker. Any news on the status of the lawsuit to have Bigfoot declared an endangered species?
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