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The elephant in the room

by Dr. Conspiracy on 02. Aug, 2009 in Lounge, Media

newsConservative leaders and pundits are suddenly teeming to address the elephant in the room, the Birthers. For months, there was scant Media coverage of the Obama denialist phenomenon, save bits in the Washinton Independent and the papers in Chicago and Honolulu. Now there are major articles almost every day. (For samples of the stories, see the Obama Conspiracy Theories Media page.)

From the liberal side the articles ridicule the birther movement. Conservatives not only ridicule the birther movement, but they say that the birthers are hurting the Republican party. It’s not only the birthers that are hurting the Republicans. The Conservative fringe has driven out moderates and literate folk, leaving not much more than stupid old southern white guys (according to the Daily KOS birther poll). Republicans in the last election, by running the likes of Sarah Palin (fundamentalist, unqualified) and stooping to the worst kinds of propaganda and mud slinging, already set the tone for the fringe ascendency: the Birthers, the Tea Parties and the Citizen Grand Juries. This is what happens when Rush Limbaugh becomes leader.

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Obama birth poll shows striking regional divide

by Dr. Conspiracy on 31. Jul, 2009 in Birth Location, Polls

“Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America
or not?”

A poll conducted for the Daily KOS (and this is a real poll,  not one of those unscientific citizen grand jury polls) asked the simple question: “Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America or not?” The results were incredible:

Daily KOS Birther Poll Results

Daily KOS Birther Poll Results

Graphic source: The Washington Monthly.

In most of the country, denialists are in the fringe, but in the South, the view is almost mainstream. (more…)

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Where did “Born in Africa” Start? (Part 1)

by Dr. Conspiracy on 16. Feb, 2009 in Birth Location, Research Notes, The Anti-Theories

Blog Fossil

Blog Fossil

There are any number of groups whose special interest would be better served by a president other than Barack Obama.

  • Conservatives
  • Right-wing extremists
  • Anti-abortion activists
  • Anti-gay activists
  • Gun activists
  • Anti-Muslim activists
  • White Racists
  • Pro-Israel activists
  • Hillary supporters (more…)
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Jay McKinnon admits to forging Obama COLB

by Dr. Conspiracy on 29. Dec, 2008 in Birth Certificate, Fakes and frauds

According to an article in Israel Insider:

Jay McKinnon, a self-described Department of Homeland Security-trained document specialist, has implicated himself in the production of palpably fake Hawaii birth certificate images similar to the one endorsed as genuine by the Barack Obama campaign, and appearing on the same Daily Kos blog entry where the supposedly authentic document appears.

This article makes one strong point (which no one is really disputing): someone can fake an authentic looking Hawaiian COLB image using Photoshop that would easily fool the casual observer. (more…)

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Bookmarks

by Dr. Conspiracy on 27. Dec, 2008 in Research Notes

Following is a list of articles that I’ve bookmarked regarding Obama conspiracy theories and fringe ideas:

Birth Certificate

Citizenship

Obama in Indonesia

News Coverage

Lawsuits

Fact Checking and Debunking

People

Born in Kenya

Odds and Odds

Offensive

Conspiracy Theories

Critics

Associations

  • ObamaBook – facebook clone list nefarious connections to Obama – claims paid for by RNC

Smears

Blogs

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Obama Announces National “Natural Born Day” Celebration

by Dr. Conspiracy on 25. Dec, 2008 in Wild & Wacky

In a stunning reversal the Obama Transition Team announced today that the controversial Hawaiian “long form” birth registration will be released on January 19 in a mass celebration of Obama’s natural born citizenship on the Washington Mall the day before the Inauguration. Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said that the event may be the largest single gathering in the history of the Nation’s Capital. (more…)

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Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate is a Forgery – Part 2

by Dr. Conspiracy on 12. Dec, 2008 in Birth Certificate, Ron Polarik

Continued from: Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate is a Forgery – Part 1.

Theory: Two individuals describing themselves as experts in document analysis showed various features in the scanned images of Barack Obama’s Certification of Live Birth that they claim indicate manipulation of the document beyond cropping and resizing.

Analysis: The analyses were performed by persons identifying themselves as TechDude and Dr. Ron Polarik. The TechDude article was presented on a web site named AtlasShrugs.com. It was subsequently asserted that the resume TechDude presented was stolen from another person. (more…)

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