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Senator Graham calls for tightened restrictions on birthers buying guns

By on April 18, 2013 in Birther Politics

In a telephonic town hall meeting earlier this evening, Senator Lindsey Graham pointed out a gaping loophole in the federal background check system (NICS): state participation in submitting mentally ill persons to the NICS database is spotty at best, allowing persons legally unable to own guns to evade background checks.

In 2008, Senator Graham at another meeting identified persons who think Barack Obama was a Muslim or born outside the United States were “crazy.”

It seems to me that the Senator is calling for the birthers to be entered into the NICS database and forced to buy their guns from private sellers online and from unlicensed sellers at gun shows (Graham opposes universal background checks).

Senator Graham spoke of some sort of adjudication before a mentally dangerous person was placed in the federal system, but I assume that if he introduces legislation, being a birther would be one of the tests for being dangerous.

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Palin flirts with birtherism at CPAC?

By on March 17, 2013 in Birther Politics, Videos

More background checks? Dandy idea, Mr. President. Shoulda’ started with yours.

Our colleagues at ORYR (BirtherReport.com) think so, describing the previous quote as “Sarah Palin Goes Birther on Obama.”

I wouldn’t quite lay the birther mantle on her yet because of the context, which deals with associations, not place of birth. The longer version, which was related to the 2nd Amendment/gun control is:

[00:56] Background checks? I guess, to learn a little more about a person’s thinking and associations and intentions. More background checks? Dandy idea, Mr. President. Shoulda’ started with yours.

Anti-Obama books abound at CPAC

By on March 16, 2013 in Birther Politics, Books, Orly Taitz

Business Insider reports:

A quick spin around the CPAC book store reveals a range of narratives about the President, indicating that the market for Obama conspiracy theories is still thriving, even in his second term.

Sigh.

Photo of Obama's eyes

Orly was there too, cornering such notables as Reagan’s Attorney General Edwin Meese (who was not indicted in the Iraq – Jordan Pipeline scandal), former Senator Jim DeMint, and Republican Congressmen to whom she showed her exhibits that document that President Obama has a social-security number from the series assigned to Connecticut (Connecticut apparently not in the United States of Birthistan).

Orly Taitz shows papers to Edwin Meese

Michigan state senator wakens from 4-year sleep

By on February 28, 2013 in Birther Politics, Media

At least that’s how it seems as Michigan State Senator Tom Casperson told radio host Michael Patrick Sheils:

I don’t know [whether Obama was born in the US] because it seems that the issue was dropped immediately as far as the major media went.

A number of years ago I got stuck with hosting an off-year county Democratic Party precinct meeting that was held in an independent Baptist church. Nobody showed up except me and the pastor of the church who unlocked the doors. We chatted briefly and the pastor asked me about the President: “Is Reagan a Democrat or a Republican?” I said that the President was a Republican. The pastor explained that he didn’t know because he had just gotten out of Bible college and “we didn’t get out much.”

I don’t know whether Casperson was asleep or in Bible college, but he certainly missed a huge amount of media coverage about the Obama eligibility question. CNN even sent a team to Hawaii and broadcast a two-part report.

Up until February of 2010, I used to keep a record of the best news stories about birthers. I stopped because it was too much work! Here’s the index to those pages:

The return of the birther bills

By on January 26, 2013 in Birther Politics, Legislation

A number of states saw attempts in their legislatures to pass some sort of legislation aimed at providing stricter controls over who could run for President of the United States. The Arizona legislature actually passed a bill, but it was vetoed by Governor Brewer.

Many said that those so-called “birther bills” were thinly veiled attacks on Barack Obama, who the birthers have long believed was not born in the USA and hence not eligible to be President. Now that the President is duly installed in the White House for a second term, and constitutionally precluded from ever running for President again, that criticism is harder to make stick, except…

Now, in the post-Obama-election climate, Texas leads the way for perhaps a new string of birther-inspired legislation aimed at ensuring that Presidential candidates have unassailable paperwork. The Texas bill  is sponsored by Arlington State Representative Bill Zedler, who says his bill has “nothing to do with Obama.”

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Colin Powell: birthers killing the Republican party

By on January 22, 2013 in Anti-birthers, Birther Politics

Photo from Wikimedia CommonsGeneral Powell served his country as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as United States Secretary of State under George W. Bush. Powell, a moderate Republican, spoke to ABC News and said that the extremists, including the birthers, are destroying the Republican Party. This is a sentiment expressed by a few other brave Republican moderates, including Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who said that the Republicans should tell the birthers that they are “crazy.”

Powell calls birtherism “nonsense” and an example of an “idiot presentation” that is to blame for the Party’s low approval rating.

Republicans have to stop buying into things that demonize the president. I mean, why aren’t Republican leaders shouting out about all this birther nonsense and all these other things? They should speak out. This is the kind of intolerance that I’ve been talking about where these idiot presentations continue to be made and you don’t see the senior leadership of the party say, ‘No, that’s wrong.’ In fact, sometimes by not speaking out, they’re encouraging it. And the base keeps buying the stuff.

And it’s killing the base of the party. I mean, 26 percent favorability rating for the party right now. It ought to be telling them something. So, instead of attacking me or whoever speaks like I do, look in the mirror and realize, ‘How are we going to win the next election?

Arpaio’s millions

By on December 18, 2012 in Birther Politics, Follow the money, Orly Taitz

The birthers seem to think that Sheriff Joe Arpaio raised $7 million in support of his investigation of Barack Obama, a veritable mandate for him to prosecute a case against the President. Here are two examples:

Give us Liberty 1776 blog:

URGENT: Sheriff Joe and the Cold Case Posse have successfully raised more than $7 MILLION dollars to fuel their law enforcement investigation of Barack Obama’s eligibility to be President of the United States after being compelled to do so by constituents concerned about the integrity of our ballots. And the Posse professionals [?] found evidence of systemic fraud, forgery, corruption and cover-up! Now, we are demanding that Sheriff Joe and the Cold Case Posse put their money where their mouth is and FILE A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT!

Orly Taitz blog:

Since Arpaio did not file a criminal complaint against Obama and refused to comply with subpoena and testify at trial, demand that he refund the public 7 million that he collected!

In truth, that money was raised for Arpaio’s re-election campaign. According to his campaign finance reports, not a nickel of that money went to investigating Obama.  Arpaio raised a total of $8,476,526.18 for his 2012 campaign, and reports spending all but about $300,000. The money is gone. If you expected your donation to go to the Cold Case Posse, you’ve been ripped off. If you want a refund, forget it.

You can read Arpaio’s complete campaign finance reports at the Maricopa County Recorder’s web site.

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