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Birthers are embarrassing the GOP in Georgia

By Nomograph   Follow   Wed, 25 Jan 2012, 10:40pm   3,680 views   32 comments
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Here's one for Shrek:

Harper: Georgia GOP should disown 'birthers'

These are people who believe that despite of the president producing his birth certificate, and the state of Hawaii certifying the authenticity of said certificate, that somehow a half century ago a Kenyan family posted a birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper to begin a diabolical plot to install a Kenyan/Muslim/Socialist/ as president.

The attorneys representing the clients include California attorney Orly Taitz and Georgia State Rep. Mark Hatfield. Hatfield previously filed a bill in the legislature requiring presidential candidates to produce their “original, long form birth certificate,” despite no legal description or standard for such a document exists outside the confines of conspiracy based websites.

http://savannahnow.com/column/2012-01-25/harper-georgia-gop-should-disown-birthers

Taitz, for her part, has been fined $20,000 by a federal judge in Georgia for filing frivolous cases challenging the president’s citizenship. The fine was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, with the consent of conservative Justices Scalia and Thomas.

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1. EightBall Follow Befriend 12 threads 495 comments

   1   6:00am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I heard Obama is a Muslim as well - is this true?

2. Nomograph Follow Befriend (1) 104 threads 2,851 comments

   2   6:33am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   EightBall says I heard Obama is a Muslim as well - is this true? Wow. How deep does this rabbit hole go?

3. CBOEtrader Follow Befriend (2) 26 threads 502 comments Chicago, IL

   3   7:05am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   First, admit it. You and the rest of the Democrat loyal types LOVE this brand of idiocy. Birthers are a waste of everyones' time and energy. The correct response should be, "Not only are you a moron, but who fucking cares if he was born outside the US?" Seriously, why does it matter? It's a stupid law to begin with. There are serious criticisms of Obama, actual issues to focus on. The Democrats LOVE to see crazy pooh being slung from the shortbus monkeys on the other side. It allows them to pretend that all criticisms of Obama are crazy. Keep your blinders on and focus all attention on the silly internet pictures of crazy teapartiers and birther nonsense. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

4. EightBall Follow Befriend 12 threads 495 comments

   4   7:26am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Nomograph says Wow. How deep does this rabbit hole go? I also heard that Bill Ayers uses the Marilyn Monroe secret door to dictate communist party mandates to Obama - do you think Chavez and Castro are in on this too?

5. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

   5   7:42am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Nomograph says Wow. How deep does this rabbit hole go? Nearly 40 years of my life were in Georgia. I can attest. PRETTY DEEP!

6. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 273 threads 12,489 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   6   9:05am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Protected   Cloud says What's next the fact Obama is the only president who got a free pass from the press when it can to showing his grades? Or the fact that he was president of the Harvard Law Review having never published a review of a law? I heard that Obama threw a rock at a squirrel once.

7. CBOEtrader Follow Befriend (2) 26 threads 502 comments Chicago, IL

   7   9:39am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I heard he appointed all the same crony capitalists into power, continued the same international and economic policies, and generally continued to screw the US just as his predecessors did before him. BUT, ya know, fuck it, that couldn't possibly be true. Everyone with a brain knows that all Obama critics are either "rigid-ideologues" or racists. Plus his speeches sound neat-o!! Besides, everything is the rich peoples' fault. Rich being defined as making more than $200k per year, of course.

8. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 273 threads 12,489 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   8   10:05am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   CBOEtrader says I heard he appointed all the same crony capitalists into power Unfortunately yes. CBOEtrader says continued the same international and economic policies, Not correct at all. Obama did in fact extract us from Iraq, kill Bin Laden, and significantly change our foreign policy. There will be no nation building under Obama. He hits, kills terrorists, and leaves. Obama has also been pushing for changes in economic policy and specifically taxes. It has been the congress which has blocked him at every turn. CBOEtrader says generally continued to screw the US just as his predecessors did before him. I don't agree. It's clear we're in a recovery now and he deserves a lot of credit. The money spent on stimulus actually did get to blue collar workers. (contrast this with the billions sent to Haliburton where most of it is now in Dubai) We're no longer occupying Iraq. Obama resisted calls for a ground war in Libya. (no thanks to McCain) Obama sacrificed short term tax increases to cut payroll taxes for the working class as well as extend unemployment. He also raised the minimum wage.

9. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

   9   10:06am Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   CBOEtrader says Besides, everything is the rich peoples' fault. Rich being defined as making more than $200k per year, of course. Yes, OBVIOUSLY stagnating wages among the lower classes and soaring incomes of Richie Rich, must be because of..... we aren't working hard enough. Yeah that's it.

10. Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq Follow Befriend 53 threads 658 comments

    10   5:16pm Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   When did the government start giving birth certificates to Negroes? What's next? Letting monkeys, bears, and Irishmen out of the zoo to live in houses?

11. Nomograph Follow Befriend (1) 104 threads 2,851 comments

    11   6:09pm Thu 26 Jan 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq says When did the government start giving birth certificates to Negroes? They get one that is 3/5ths the size of ours. That's why he couldn't produce a long form.

12. Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq Follow Befriend 53 threads 658 comments

    12   11:46am Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Cloud says Exactly Iwog, I agree, bringing up Obama's birth place is old news. A Strange and boring post. It's never old news to stalwarts of the underclass intelligentsia like Donald Trump! He's going to blow this whole election wide open when reveals his endorsement for President.

13. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,688 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    13   1:02pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   The existence of any birthers at this point is a testament to the stubbornness of the clinically stupid. Such people will never accept any proof that contradicts their bigotry. They are beyond hope and should be ridiculed and laughed at. What I would like to see are all the birthers brought up one by one to admit they were idiots for ever thinking the president was born in Kenya. The whole birther bullshit, started by Fox News, was a tremendous waste of time and media attention that would have been far better spent on real issues.

14. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    14   1:08pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   The more I think about it the Birthers in Georgia, are not an embarrassment. They are an accurate REPRESENTATION of GOP Georgia.

15. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    15   1:48pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Come on, the Birther movement is live-action comedy. If the Democrats were smart, they would fund it to help portray the Republicans as a bunch of tinfoil-hat kooks.

16. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,688 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    16   3:20pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   shrekgrinch says Dan8267 says The whole birther bullshit, started by Fox News, was a tremendous waste of time and media attention that would have been far better spent on real issues. Translation: Anything critical of Obama does not qualify as a 'real issue' nor a good use of time. Drink the Kool-Aide! Dude, Shrekgrinch, take down that filter of yours. I am the most vocal opposition to Obama on this site. Have you read any of the stuff I've written about him? I've gone on record as saying the guy should be brought before Nuremberg-like trials and hung for war crimes. But when someone makes an untrue assertion against Obama, I'm going to refute it. The truth is far more important than politics. Hell, if someone makes an incorrect argument for a correct conclusion, I'll tear apart the incorrect argument and show why it's wrong. Of course, then I'll give a correct argument for the conclusion. The point is that it's not sufficient to be right; you have to be right for the correct reasons. The analysis is more important than the conclusion. A conclusion can only be used once. A correct line of reasoning can be reused to solve many problems. Why does no one get this? It should be obvious. You see, the problem with you Shrek, and your liberal counterparts, is that you let the conclusion drive the conversation. That's putting the horse before the cart. As soon as someone reaches a different conclusion from you, you immediately classify them as the enemy and the conversation degrades into a he said /she said ranting of ideologies and assertions. Conversations should be driven by facts and logic, not political agendas. Otherwise politics becomes religion, and we all know how much religion sucks.

17. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,688 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    17   3:21pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   shrekgrinch says Or (more likely) they just don't trust the media or Obama even when they tell them that the sky is blue, since they have been deceived by both groups so much and so consistently. In that case, those folks' response is rational in its own way. There comes a point when if you believe the lunar landing was faked, you are a nutcase.

18. HousingWatcher Follow Befriend 285 threads 1,760 comments

    18   4:05pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   shrekgrinch says Not if you don't believe in those who tell you it was real (the media and government). Tin Foil Hat Alert!

19. CBOEtrader Follow Befriend (2) 26 threads 502 comments Chicago, IL

    19   4:42pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Vicente says CBOEtrader says Besides, everything is the rich peoples' fault. Rich being defined as making more than $200k per year, of course. Yes, OBVIOUSLY stagnating wages among the lower classes and soaring incomes of Richie Rich, must be because of..... we aren't working hard enough. Yeah that's it. “Eagles are dandified vultures” - Teddy Roosevelt This sounds like something someone in Southpark would say. Do you have a point, or are you simpy regurgitating what some muppet on TV was saying? I'm not trying to be a dick, I'd actually like to discuss the implications of your statement-- but i wont presume to know what your point is until you tell me ;)

20. CBOEtrader Follow Befriend (2) 26 threads 502 comments Chicago, IL

    20   4:45pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   shrekgrinch says CBOEtrader says It's a stupid law to begin with. The Constitution is a 'stupid law to begin with'? Wow....you must be a Libruhl, then. Are you a forum version of a beta fish? Fight first, ask questions later? The constitution is the finest outline for proper central government power and limits of power ever written...but yes, this part of the constitution serves no purpose for us today.

21. CBOEtrader Follow Befriend (2) 26 threads 502 comments Chicago, IL

    21   4:47pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says A correct line of reasoning can be reused to solve many problems. Why does no one get this? It should be obvious. I like this guy.

22. Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq Follow Befriend 53 threads 658 comments

    22   5:18pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   The real issue is clearly not about President Negro's birth, but the fact that he has not adequately proven that he is not dead. I was visiting an old friend, Dupre Barbancourt in Port-au-Prince back in 1892, and we were tipping back a very fine rhum while discussing the fallacy of equality advocated by Firmin. In the middle of one of my most eloquent arguments about the wretchedness of the underclass, we were set upon by a mob of Negroes. Not normal, lazy, slow, incompetent Negroes but fast DEAD ones!!! We hardly escaped these Hatian Zombi with our lives! The current American President is a Zombi and no more alive than King Tut. Forget birthers. Count me as a Deather.

23. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,688 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    23   9:32pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   shrekgrinch says Where have I done that in the quote you provide? Dan8267 says The whole birther bullshit, started by Fox News, was a tremendous waste of time and media attention that would have been far better spent on real issues. To which, shrekgrinch replies Translation: Anything critical of Obama does not qualify as a 'real issue' nor a good use of time. Drink the Kool-Aide! Conclusion: Shrekgrinch thinks that Dan refuses to accept any criticism of Obama. Yet even a cursory readings of Dan's posts regarding Obama shows a consistent highly negative opinion of the president including accusing him of committing capital offenses, which absolutely no Obama supporter would do. This clearly contradicts Shrekgrinch's belief that Dan is unwilling to accept criticism of Obama. In fact, Dan has criticized Obama far worse than anyone in the media. Second conclusion: Shrekgrinch ignores what people actually are saying when he thinks they might be saying something that goes against his political beliefs. I don't know how much more clear I can make this argument.

24. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,688 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    24   9:39pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Protected   Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq says he current American President is a Zombi and no more alive than King Tut. Forget birthers. Count me as a Deather. Normally I tip my hat to the astute Moneyworth. However, I find myself in disagreement on this issue. First, Haitian zombies are not real zombies. They are not undead creatures bent on the consumption of your brain, but rather drugged out homeless people. Although these homeless people are quite capable of spreading infection, the infection does not turn you into a homeless Haitian and therefore clearly is not a zombie plague. However, zombies have been known to infiltrate the White House from time to time as we see in the following press conference.

25. uomo_senza_nome Follow Befriend (13) 787 threads 1,542 comments

    25   9:40pm Thu 2 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says Second conclusion: Shrekgrinch ignores what people actually are saying when he thinks they might be saying something that goes against his political beliefs. I second the second conclusion.

26. Taint Boil Follow Befriend 3 threads 13 comments

    26   5:18am Fri 3 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says The whole birther bullshit, started by Fox News, was a tremendous waste of time and media attention that would have been far better spent on real issues. &feature=player_detailpage No Comment Needed

27. bob2356 Follow Befriend 2 threads 2,497 comments

    27   9:39am Fri 3 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   shrekgrinch says Dan8267 says There comes a point when if you believe the lunar landing was faked, you are a nutcase. Not if you don't believe in those who tell you it was real (the media and government). There's a reason why the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf exists. In that story, when the wolf turns out to be real, Peter gets eaten because he lost all credibility with those who could have helped him. Bad things happen like that when you consistently lie about shit -- like no one believing you when you tell the actual truth. Did shrek really just say he believed the lunar landings were fake based on the story of the boy who cried wolf?

28. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    28   11:00am Fri 3 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   bob2356 says Did shrek really just say he believed the lunar landings were fake based on the story of the boy who cried wolf? There's this button next to Befriend, it's labelled Ignore.

29. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 273 threads 12,489 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    29   11:20am Fri 3 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Protected   bob2356 says Did shrek really just say he believed the lunar landings were fake based on the story of the boy who cried wolf? I think so. Of course Shrek is the birther who isn't a birther so I would expect half assed denials followed by continuing arguments why no one should believe the moon landings. Shrek is actually too entertaining to ignore.

30. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,688 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    30   11:41am Fri 3 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   The difference betwen Shrek and ApocalypseFuck is that ApocalypseFuck knowingly distorts reality into a Mad Max dystopia. Shrek is more like Glenn Beck. He actually believes what he says. iwog says Of course Shrek is the birther who isn't a birther Thanks for putting the image of Shrek giving birth into my mind. I'm going to puke now.

31. uomo_senza_nome Follow Befriend (13) 787 threads 1,542 comments

    31   11:44am Fri 3 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   iwog says Shrek is actually too entertaining to ignore. :) Dead on.

32. bob2356 Follow Befriend 2 threads 2,497 comments

    32   12:18am Sat 4 Feb 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Vicente says bob2356 says Did shrek really just say he believed the lunar landings were fake based on the story of the boy who cried wolf? There's this button next to Befriend, it's labelled Ignore. “Eagles are dandified vultures” - Teddy Roosevelt Never, shrek is the funniest thing on the internet. The fact I think he is actually serious makes it even funnier.