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Trump will not run for president

By | 05.16.11 | 2:15 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

He was never officially in and now he’s out. Real estate and reality TV mogul Donald Trump flirted for weeks with a 2012 GOP presidential run and came to top Republican voter polls after a high profile proto-campaign in which he rehashed the conspiracy theory that President Obama was More…

Terry ‘Col Birther’ Lakin is coming home, political spectacle likely to follow

By | 05.13.11 | 6:32 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

He is the medal-winning former Army doctor from Greeley who became a hero to “birther” conspiracy theorists like Denver radio talker Peter Boyles when he refused to deploy to Afghanistan, demanding to see his commander-in-chief’s birth certificate. Lakin didn’t get to see any birth certificate. He was court martialed, More…

‘We Don’t Want Donald Trump’ Facebook effort successful

By | 05.05.11 | 4:33 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The jubilant postings on the Facebook page “We Don’t Want Donald Trump to Drive the Indy 500 Pace Car” tell the story: “Awesome news!” and “VICTORY!” and “Na-na-na-na. Hey, hey, hey. Goodbye.”

More than 17,000 people had joined the social media effort aimed and removing real estate mogul and More…

Indy 500 fans effort to ‘bump Trump’ from pace car gains momentum

By | 05.04.11 | 3:16 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Comments made by real estate mogul and potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in relation to President Barack Obama‘s birth certificate haven’t gone over too well with some racing fans. Thousands have joined a Facebook effort dedicated to pressuring Indianapolis 500 organizers to remove Trump as pace More…

Tom Tancredo: Obama withheld birth certificate to embarrass GOP

By | 04.29.11 | 3:42 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Former Colorado Congressman, right-wing icon and talk-radio host Tom Tancredo says he guessed right on the birth certificate. In April of last year on the Alan Colmes radio show, he told listeners President Obama was intentionally delaying release of his birth certificate so that the birther movement would burn hotter More…

Some birthers remain skeptical despite Obama birth certificate release

By | 04.27.11 | 3:05 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

“Today’s action doesn’t solve this issue,” Marco Ciavolino, a staffer at the Terry Lakin Action Fund, told the Colorado Independent in response to news that President Obama released an image of his “long-form” birth certificate today. “The first thing is, you know, why did the president wait so More…

Trump reiterates Birther suspicions at Florida tea party rally

By | 04.18.11 | 10:47 am | More from The Florida Independent

Image by Matt MahurinShortly before his appearance alongside Rep. Allen West, potential U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hasner and others at a “South Florida Tea Party Tax Rally” on Saturday, Donald Trump spoke with The Shark Tank, a conservative Florida blog, about his belief in a conspiracy to cover up the More…

Pawlenty to GOP: Stop the birtherism

By | 03.29.11 | 3:25 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, said Tuesday billionaire Donald Trump needs to stop questioning President Obama‘s birth location.

Rumored GOP candidate Trump reiterates ‘birther’ rumor

By | 03.28.11 | 6:45 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

Rumored 2012 GOP candidate Donald Trump isn’t backing away from his questioning of Barack Obama‘s birth certificate. Instead the New York businessman is doubling-down by demanding that “this guy either has a birth certificate or he doesn’t.”

Huckabee camp, Malzberg respond to uproar over Huckabee’s ‘Kenya’ comments

By | 03.02.11 | 11:07 am

Yesterday, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made headlines when, during an appearance on right-wing radio host Steve Malzberg’s show, he erroneously cited President Obama’s upbringing in Kenya as evidence of an anti-colonial worldview. Huckabee spokesman Hogan Gidley quickly responded to Politico:

“Governor Huckabee simply misspoke when he alluded

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