Top contender for Ga. governor wants to see proof of Obama birth
Nathan Deal, the U.S. congressman from Gainesville and one of the leading GOP candidates for governor, wants to see Barack Obama’s birth certificate. (H/T Political Insider.)
In an online chat this morning, Tom Crawford of Capitol Impact, one of the most respected reporters at the state Capitol, asked Deal whether he believes Obama is legally eligible to serve as president. Deal replied:
“I am joining several of my colleagues in the House in writing a letter to the President asking that he release a copy of his birth certificate so we can have an answer to this question.”
Back in July, Deal was asked a similar question by Mike Stark of the liberal Firedoglake blog. The exchange outside the U.S. Capitol was caught on a Youtube video. (Deal is at :45 and at 1:20 on the video.)
In the video, Deal is asked whether opponents need some basis in fact or reality to suggest Obama is not a legitimate president. Deal responds:
“You know, the best way to do that, I think, is to produce the birth certificate and let that be the end of it. I don`t think that`s been done yet.
In today’s online chat, Deal also enlisted in the 10th Amendment movement, promising that if elected governor he would “reassert the role of states rights” and “reclaim the rights that are reserved to our state” under the U.S. Constitution.
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Orly
November 5th, 2009
3:00 pm
Call me, any time, Nathan, so we can make a Deal.
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:01 pm
over and over and over…debunked, over and over and over
Normal
November 5th, 2009
3:03 pm
This will get him elected…good move Nathan
@@
November 5th, 2009
3:04 pm
What a stupid request. Everyone knows Obama can’t handle the simplest of things.
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:05 pm
Now all he has to say is that he is favor of secession
@@
November 5th, 2009
3:09 pm
Let me take my 3:04 back. There are dim voters…them he can handle.
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:09 pm
And this is exactly why Georgia remains in the dump. No intelligent life to be seen.
Normal
November 5th, 2009
3:09 pm
From below…Palin/Prejean 2012!!
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:10 pm
“Let me take my 3:04 back”
TOO late…it’s there for all to see and laugh at.
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:10 pm
I heard Carrie Prejean and Michael Phelps are an item.
@@
November 5th, 2009
3:11 pm
Uhmmmm, jay, there’s a bunch of libs demeaning somebody (don’t know who) on your previous thread. Something to do with sex.
You’ve taught them well.
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:13 pm
Normal @ 3.09,
SOOOOOOOOO many slogans come to mind…I have to stop myself.
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:13 pm
” bunch of libs demeaning somebody ”
Uh Oh, ya’all! We’ve been outed by the class snitch. Guess we’ll have to be REAL careful the next time.
Normal
November 5th, 2009
3:14 pm
@@ First amendment rights…I get to say anything I want and sound as dumb as I want…just like Nathan Deal. Ain’t America great?
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:14 pm
@@,
“You’ve taught them well.”
Just as the Republicans and religion taught Miss Prejean hypocrisy very well.
Bosch
November 5th, 2009
3:15 pm
So Deal’s a birther and a secessionist. Lord help us all – but just because he has an R after his name, even though he’s nuts, he’ll be the governor.
getalife
November 5th, 2009
3:15 pm
cons.
Geez.
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:17 pm
Naaaathan, oh Naaaaathan, you gon’ give us back ar’ flaaaag?
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:17 pm
“there’s a bunch of libs demeaning somebody ”
I believe she demeaned herself…and helped to trample my rights while she was being a hypocritical little porn star talking about following the bible.
@@
November 5th, 2009
3:17 pm
Normal:
Yes you do!!!
Wha Oh! The United Nations is temporarily withdrawing more than half of its foreign staff from Afghanistan for security reasons.
There goes over half of Obama’s nation builders in Afghanistan.
Given that it’s the U.N., ain’t no telling how long it’ll take to get back up to speed.
Obama’s problems just keep piling up, don’t they?
Turd Ferguson
November 5th, 2009
3:18 pm
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:09 pm
Then why are you here?
The Kenyan just needs to produce his credentials.
Normal
November 5th, 2009
3:18 pm
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:13 pm
How about “We are out to scr*w America”?
Bosch
November 5th, 2009
3:18 pm
Doggone,
And I guess it’s not demeaning in and of itself to make a sex tape. Nope, it’s always someone else’s fault in the wingnut world of frivolity.
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:18 pm
Can I see Nathan’s birth certificate, the original “long” form? Oh wait, he’s white so he must be an American citizen.
Normal
November 5th, 2009
3:19 pm
@@
Midori
November 5th, 2009
3:19 pm
And this is exactly why Georgia remains in the dump. No intelligent life to be seen
as evidenced at 3:04 AND 3:09
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:19 pm
“Nope, it’s always someone else’s fault in the wingnut world of frivolity.”
And yet they STILL get to bill themselves as the party of responsibility, don’t forget that!
@@
November 5th, 2009
3:19 pm
jewcowboy:
I didn’t even know who you guys were talking about. You libs are the ones who keep such close tabs on other people’s sex lives.
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:20 pm
Naaaaathan, you gon’ git all them what ain’t white outta here?
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:20 pm
Normal,
There is something you could probably do with “Compassionate Conservatives.”
getalife
November 5th, 2009
3:21 pm
Where is the link for the sex tape?
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:22 pm
“There is something you could probably do with “Compassionate Conservatives”
Leave the “com” off?
Turd Ferguson
November 5th, 2009
3:22 pm
The Kenyan needs to produce his credentials or be detained for deportation. I mean he already is an absentee landlord so the Kenyan living in Kenya is really no difference.
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:22 pm
@@,
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b152301_carrie_prejean_sex_tape_yours.html
We libs keep close tabs because you cons keep throwing it our faces. In Miss Prejean’s case, I think literally.
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:22 pm
Midori,
You bet.
Jefferson
November 5th, 2009
3:23 pm
He’s still a “D”.
jewcowboy
November 5th, 2009
3:23 pm
getalife,
No one wants it:
The tape actually began making the rounds several months ago and was offered as an exclusive to various websites for the bargain-basement price of $10,000.
But even blogger Nik Richie of the porn-purveying TheDirty.com didn’t want anything to do with it.
“It was very graphic,” Richie tells E! News, “and our lawyers wouldn’t let us put it on the site.”
Common Sense
November 5th, 2009
3:23 pm
Excellent !
Just remember the released “Certification of Live Birth” (short – form) is NOT the same document as the unreleased “Birth Certificate” (long – form).
Specifically, I would like to see what is listed on the “Birth Certificate” for the “Hospital of Record”, “Attending Physician” and MOST IMPORTANTLY what if anything is in block #23 “Reason for Alteration or Delay” (Note: this block would have an entry “if” one was born outside of Hawaii but was claiming citizenship under the law at that time).
Hey ………. that’s a new sign ! LET’S SEE BLOCK #23 !
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:24 pm
TF,
Everyone’s got to be somewhere, don’t you know?
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:24 pm
“Just remember the released “Certification of Live Birth” (short – form) is NOT the same document as the unreleased “Birth Certificate” (long – form). ”
over and over and over
Midori
November 5th, 2009
3:25 pm
Where is the link for the sex tape?
only you, Getalife!!
@@
November 5th, 2009
3:25 pm
Getalife:
Where is the link for the sex tape?
Still luv ‘ya. Ain’t a hypocritical “bone” on your body.
(IS&WH)
Mr Right
November 5th, 2009
3:25 pm
What is the big Deal !! Just show it and have it over with. orrrrr— maybe there isn’t one.
Normal
November 5th, 2009
3:25 pm
Jefferson is that D as in _ick?
Common Sense
November 5th, 2009
3:26 pm
To DoggoneGa:
Say what you want but they are not the same forms.
BLOCK 23 !
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:26 pm
“Say what you want but they are not the same forms.”
over and over and over
TGT
November 5th, 2009
3:26 pm
Meanwhile, for another episode of “As the Dems Spin:”
Courtesy of Jay Cost from RCP:
“There are a lot of absurd post-election memes floating around out there. For instance, I’ve seen people suggest that NY-23 has national implications, but the GOP takeover of the NJ governor’s race and its running of the tables in VA (winning all three statewide races and extending its majority in the House of Delegates) were purely local. That one makes me chuckle. If there was an Olympic medal to be had for pretzel logic, it would probably win the silver.
But not the gold. The gold must go to the ridiculous notion that the GOP is in so much trouble because it is divided, as evidenced by the results in NY-23. Never mind the fact that the party came together in New Jersey and Virginia. No: the divisions in a district that saw just 135,000 votes cast is a sign that the GOP is divided.” (For those who are a little slow in comprehending, that was sarcasm.)
He continues:
“For, the GOP’s divisions – whatever they may be – are utterly, totally dwarfed by the continuing divisions in the Democratic Party. Not only in scale, but in significance. Republicans might be divided over the symbolic role of Sarah Palin in the party, but Democrats are divided over what to do about health care.
Consider: three Democratic House committee chairs have committed to vote against Pelosi’s bill on Saturday: Bart Gordon of Tennessee (Science), Colin Peterson of Minnesota (Agriculture), and Ike Skelton of Missouri (Armed Services).
Consider: up to 30 House Blue Dogs are considering voting no.
Consider: they’re still going to lose at least a few pro-life Democrats on the vote, even if they adopt the compromise language proposed by Brad Ellsworth.”
danjonglee
November 5th, 2009
3:26 pm
My brother’s SEC football blog gets more traffic…..Cmon Jay…
Marsh
November 5th, 2009
3:27 pm
Naaaaathan, you gon git the Bible teached in ar’ schools?
Doggone/GA
November 5th, 2009
3:27 pm
Here’s a clue for you birthers: if it ever actually came to a court case it would NOT be Obama’s responsibility to prove he IS a natural-born citizen. It would be up to his accusers to prove he ISN’T.