GOP: The birther craze was Obama’s fault
You know, the shamelessness required to utter things like this is just mind-boggling.
“We’re borrowing four and a half billion dollars a day and this president is more worried about birth certificates, Oprah Winfrey and fundraisers at the Waldorf Astoria,” (RNC Chairman Reince) Priebus complained on “CNN Newsroom” Thursday, a day after the president released his long-form Hawaii birth certificate and then jetted to Chicago for a long-scheduled interview with the daytime queen of talk.
“It’s maddening and I just wish the president would engage in the real issues that are affecting America.”
After years in which members of Preibus’ party and its right-wing media remora complain bitterly that Obama has refused to release his “long-form” birth certificate, spinning absurd fantasies in which a large portion of the GOP base eagerly swallows, the president finally relents and forces release of documents that any rational person already knew existed.
And suddenly it’s the president who is making this an issue and a distraction?
It’s pitiful. Just pitiful. Do they actually expect people to believe such nonsense? Unbelievable.
Then again, given that so many were willing to believe the birther craziness in the first place, it’s not too far-fetched to believe they’ll buy this too.
– Jay Bookman
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Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:11 pm
Jay
I’ll taker what ever punishment you decide for calling a pig a pig.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
Mick…..it is a television show that supports charities. It is for entertainment purposes only. Come on now.
Hello?
April 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
Ok, then please cite the lagal battles RB. In what court were they heard? How come nobody was aware of them??
Getting really deep in here now…..
poison pen
April 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
Jay, while some conservatives are Birthers, please don’t put them all in the same pot.
Fox news is a conservative channel and I have heard O’Reilly several times stating that he believed Obama was a citizen.
It’s like me saying Liberals are whackos, that statement is true, but not true for all Liberals.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
Granny…..is it chitterlings that you are dreaming of?
Mick
April 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
uga
At least he landed and didn’t do a flyover like some other dumb arse president..
USMC
April 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
“That was pretty lame.”
Your right, Mick. I was just playing with you.
“I’d rather have told him that you can take this job and shove it up your …..now that’s good tv…”
Mick, we actually agree. Have you thought of a future as a TV producer:-)
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
Mick…..oh that is right. I have seen the people of Alabama shooting, looting and raping each other like they were in Katrina. I would not have landed in that filth either.
JKL2
April 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
SoCo- White African-Americans
I work with a white South African. Anytime he hears the A-A word he starts speaking Swaheli at them then totally goes off on them when they have no idea what he’s doing.
Love to chat but I have to finish my work so I can go watch my Cardinals kick some Brave a$$ tonight.
Cheers
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:15 pm
“oh so one dan rather story that he get’s fired over is equal to all the past two years of birtherism? REALLY?”
No, it is the magnitude of seeing what once was a respected journalist doing so that comes close. And he wasn’t fired for that story. His producer was.
Kamchak
April 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
Birthers.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:17 pm
JKL2…..I have someone here in my office that is a white african american. They are disgusted by the term African Americans for the black race.
Joe Cool~President Obama Tells Birthers,"Thanks For Playing BI+CHES"
April 29th, 2011
1:17 pm
Who wants to bet me that this lady ISNT a Birther. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAcLO6xa4aQ
USMC
April 29th, 2011
1:17 pm
“Love to chat but I have to finish my work so I can go watch my Cardinals kick some Brave a$$ tonight.”–JKL2
Wake Up, and get back to work!
If we catch you sleeping on the job again, your fired!
Mick
April 29th, 2011
1:18 pm
**I have seen the people of Alabama shooting, looting and raping each other like they were in Katrina.**
Nice dodge, nothing of consequence happened in the first few days, it’s the weeks and months that follow. Trust me I know, after hurricane andrew it was the wild, wild west for a while..
Paul
April 29th, 2011
1:18 pm
So I guess what it amounts to is, the birthers and the RNC are admitting they’re pretty easily manipulated?
poison pen
April 29th, 2011
1:18 pm
April 29th, 2011
1:12 pm
uga
At least he landed and didn’t do a flyover like some other dumb arse president..
At least he didn’t wait 30 days to go there.
Hello?
April 29th, 2011
1:19 pm
Seems to me the only legal cost Obama incurred was to have his lawyer petition the state of Hawaii to release the form….
Anything to add, RB from Gwinnett??
Left wing management
April 29th, 2011
1:19 pm
poison: “while some conservatives are Birthers, please don’t put them all in the same pot.”
Right wingers might not all be birthers, but – as I said earlier – ALL birthers are by definition right wing. Period.
Kamchak
April 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Tick…tick…tick….
poison pen
April 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:15 pm
“oh so one dan rather story that he get’s fired over is equal to all the past two years of birtherism? REALLY?”
No, it is the magnitude of seeing what once was a respected journalist doing so that comes close. And he wasn’t fired for that story. His producer was.
Dave, is that why he tried sueing his station, for his producer, Really! He would have gotten on his knees to get his job back.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Poison……at least the people of Alabama are not raping, looting and murdering each other.
Peadawg
April 29th, 2011
1:24 pm
“ALL birthers are by definition right wing. Period.”
Hillary supporters in 2008 were right wing? Who knew!!!
mm
April 29th, 2011
1:24 pm
“All of the legal battles have been fought by attorneys working for free.”
He didn’t have to battle anyone. The state of Hawaii was handling the wackos that challenged it.
“I hope Obama isn’t counting these as the SHOVEL READY jobs he lied about; I mean promised.”
You mean the jobs the GOP blocked in the Senate?
Mick
April 29th, 2011
1:25 pm
**at least the people of Alabama are not raping, looting and murdering each other**
Not yet and how would you know if they are not looting?
poison pen
April 29th, 2011
1:25 pm
Left wing management
April 29th, 2011
1:19 pm
poison: “while some conservatives are Birthers, please don’t put them all in the same pot.”
Right wingers might not all be birthers, but – as I said earlier – ALL birthers are by definition right wing. Period.
LWM, So are you saying that Chris, ( I spit when I talk ) Matthews is a right winger? because as you know he called for Obama to release his Birth certificate many many Monthe ago.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:25 pm
mm….who is in control of the senate again?
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:26 pm
Mick….no reports yet…probably because everything is destroyed.
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:26 pm
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:21 pm
Come on Jay harder harder….oh yeah!
proof positive of what liars and cowards some are
so sorry if this lil’ granny makes you squirm
poison pen
April 29th, 2011
1:27 pm
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:22 pm
Poison……at least the people of Alabama are not raping, looting and murdering each other.
Dude, you have ne mixed up with someone else, apology accepted.
Kamchak
April 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
Red card?
Or yellow?
Doggone/GA
April 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
“Do you even know the differenc between being a citizen and being a natural born citizen as the constitution requires? My guess is you don’t know and don’t want to know.”
John McCain was born in Panama
Mick
April 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
uga
If you were there and found a laptop in the brush, would you be a looter?
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
Granny….squirm no……vomit yes.
poison pen
April 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:26 pm
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:21 pm
Come on Jay harder harder….oh yeah!
proof positive of what liars and cowards some are
so sorry if this lil’ granny makes you squirm
Granny, we left Jay’s last post about San Fran hours ago.
mm
April 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
Peadawg,
“Hillary supporters in 2008 were right wing? Who knew!!!”
Do you not comprehend? That is total BS.
Joe Mama
April 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
Peadawg — ““and the President proved you to be liars.” – took him long enough. I’m glad he finally released it so we can hopefully move onto more important things now.”
So when the Republican governor of Hawaii said it was the genuine article and valid, are you saying that wasn’t sufficient?
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
Doggone….which makes him a natural citizen of the United States fool. See the Demoncrats are the birthers. They started with the debate first with McCain.
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:29 pm
Dave R,
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
Or a citizen of the United States…Explain this, please.
Mighty Righty
April 29th, 2011
1:30 pm
Look up Philip J. Berg, former Deputy Attorney General, Commonweath of Pennsylvania and Hillary Clinton Supporter vs. Barack Hussein Obama and then tell me no Hilliary supporters were ever involved in the Obama birther issue. Mr Berg also claimed that Obama was a citizen of Indonesia and as such could not be a citizen of the United States.
Thulsa Doom
April 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
The birther issue is the best thing to ever happen to Obama and Jay. It keeps them from having to talk about nearly 5 trillion in new debt, the U.S. now being in 3 wars, inflation ramping up with coffee, sugar, and other staples over 100% more expensive than a year ago, gas going to record levels and threatening the already anemic recovery, and unemployment still above 9%.
But ya’ll have fun getting as much mileage as you can out of the birther issue since it keeps you from admitting Obama’s disastrous economic failures.
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:28 pm
Granny….squirm no……vomit yes.
so you admit to worms
RB from Gwinnett
April 29th, 2011
1:32 pm
Can you explain how leaving the tax rate unchanged INCREASED the deficit?
I’m so sick of the liberal lie of Bush tax cuts increasing the deficit. Why are you so hung up on the tax rate from 2000 and not the one from 1973 or 1958 or 1812 or some other year? Why is it so dang important to you to get back to the rate before Bush? And the current tax rates are now the Obama tax rates, so please call them what they are.
Lil' Barry Bailout
April 29th, 2011
1:33 pm
Trump said we would all be very surprised when he announces next month.
The announcement will be that he is challenging the Idiot Messiah for the Democrat nomination.
You heard it here first.
Jay
April 29th, 2011
1:34 pm
The next person who appropriates someone else’s name is gone permanently. Cease the personal attacks.
Peadawg
April 29th, 2011
1:34 pm
“Do you not comprehend? That is total BS.” – mm, google “obama birther timeline” to see where all this originated. Then get back to me about bs.
“are you saying that wasn’t sufficient?” – It was sufficient for me, yes. But not of others obviously. Obama should have shut them up 2 years ago. We have more important things to talk about.
Paul
April 29th, 2011
1:35 pm
Or, put another way, Priebus and the birthers are admitting that the cons got conned?
mm
April 29th, 2011
1:35 pm
UGA,
“mm….who is in control of the senate again?”
That is pathetic. You know damn well it takes 60 votes to override a filibuster. You wingnuts are not only dishonest, you are devoid of facts.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:36 pm
Thank you Jay.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:36 pm
mm…..who is in control of the senate again???
Kamchak
April 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
yellow card.
Jefferson
April 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
Some of you folks show a pettiness that is ugly when speaking about the president. It is a reflection of your character and seriousness.
Joe Mama
April 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
USMC — “I’m not even a Trump supporter, but he completely “punked” Obama and everyone knows it.”
Not at all.
Obama’s actually taken Trump’s whole act away from him with this. Trump hardly talked about anything BUT the birther issue until yesterday. And now, he’s got nothing else TO talk about. That’s why he went off on that profane rant yesterday — because he’s got no actual policy positions to talk about.
Trump won’t have any actual policy positions to talk about or give interviews on until his scriptwriters and handlers come up with some for him and drill him on them. The President just helped expose Trump as the stuffed shirt he really is.
If you disagree, then show us a clip of Trump giving a calm, cool and collected speech about a substantive issue. Go ahead. I dare you.
tetley's tea tea
April 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
From all Repulicans and Conservatives from sea to shining sea, we hereby extend this heart felt apology to Obama for doubting anything he has said where he did not back it up with proof.
We are now on the Hope and Change wagon and eagerly await the fruition of all Obama’s promises.
Thank you for showing America the light, Mr. Obama.
ttt
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:37 pm
Jefferson….so you feel Hussein should be off limits?
Jay
April 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
What do you mean, “thank you,” UGA? You were one of the perpetrators.
Joe Cool~President Obama Tells Birthers,"Thanks For Playing BI+CHES"
April 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
What kind of country do you Birthers live in where a “mixed” man who looks black, who comes from very very little and makes it to be President of the US and think he pulled off the biggest conspiracy in American history??
And you wonder why you guys look stupid.
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
So… I guess RB’s and Dave R’s new conspiracy theory is that President Obama gave billions of our tax dollars to Hawaii to manufacture a long form birth certificate and make it look old in order that secretive “Return King Kamehameha to Power” supporters and even more secretive “Communist Kenyan Muslim” supporters can continue to overthrow America…is that correct, guys?
mm
April 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
“I’m so sick of the liberal lie of Bush tax cuts increasing the deficit.”
As I said, dishonesty. A lie? Do you know how to add?
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
Joe mama…..actually you are wrong again. You say “Trump hardly talk about anything BUT the birther issue”. Liar, the only reason he kept talking about it is because the left wing media kept asking him about it. Trump 1 Obama 0
emo
April 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
I guess the reason we focus on the BUSH tax cuts is they weren’t paid for, changed a record surplus to a record deficit, and resulted in a LOSS of jobs, not the gain that you probably thought we got.
My advice is, step away from Fox and try to think for yourself.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:39 pm
Jay….only have mine was hijacked first.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
Joe Cool…..In case you havent heard. Obama is white.
Peadawg
April 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
“I’m so sick of the liberal lie of Bush tax cuts increasing the deficit.”
Ya they are only getting half of the equation. Tax cuts + increased spending = increasing the deficit. It’s not just one or the other…it’s both.
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
It’s good to believe in something, I guess…
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
Joe Cool….”looks black”…..<——racist!
Jefferson
April 29th, 2011
1:41 pm
An adult can disagree without calling names, or trying to turn any little thing into a fart in church. Like at Hannity, his mom should be ashamed of him.
Doggone/GA
April 29th, 2011
1:41 pm
“Or a citizen of the United States…Explain this, please”
It is qualified by the phrase following: “at the time of the adoption of this Constitution” and it was put there so that the people living in the new USA could be elected, even though they were not born in the “USA” (because it didn’t exist when they were born)
That phrase actually qualifies both restrictions. Because you can’t be a “natural born” citizen until AFTER the Constitution was adopted.
It is that qualification that prevents naturalized citizens like Arnold Schwarzenegger from being eligible to run for President.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:41 pm
Jefferson….”fart in church”……Ok THAT was funny!!! I dont care who you are!
Left wing management
April 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Peadawg: “Hillary supporters in 2008 were right wing? Who knew!!!”
If a Democrat or someone to the Left of Obama makes an issue about his citizenship, that’s not birtherism. It might be political opportunism, but it’s not birtherism.
You have birtherism the moment you become intolerably irritated at some perceived alien quality or otherness in Barack Obama, which finds expression in the demand for proof of citizenship (which can’t actually be provided; even presence at his birth would have been insufficient, since if Obama is truly Other, then he might even possess supernatural powers and thus might have even created a whole fake world, with hospitals and doctors to boot, to fool his victims).
Poison pen, if Matthews really did call for the release of the extra birth documents, it was out of irritation and a desire to see an end put to the matter, not birtherism (see above).
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Jefferson….His mom should be ashamed of him?? Really for being the #1 radio personality in the country? And what are your accomplishments?
Lil' Barry Bailout
April 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Bush’s job killing tax cuts produced 4-5% unemployment. Obozo would kill for Bush’s unemployment numbers.
Oh, and revenue went UP after His tax cuts were fully implemented in 2003.
Joe Cool~President Obama Tells Birthers,"Thanks For Playing BI+CHES"
April 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
5 for the price of 1 ” Show Me The Birff Ceretifcate” T-Shirts on sale @ http://www.WorldNutDaily.
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:43 pm
Thanks Jay.
I should not have called what’s his name a porker.
Get Real
April 29th, 2011
1:43 pm
We get it Jay… another round of:
Democrats…Good
Republicans…Bad
Blah, Blah, Blah, followed by more Blah
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:43 pm
Granny….apology accepted.
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:44 pm
Thank you, Doggone,
But isn’t being born from an American mother qualify you as “natural born”?
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
Normal: “Or a citizen of the United States…Explain this, please.”
“No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”
Easy. Any person downloaded from the womb of an American woman is a natural born citizen.
Case closed.
Move on.
Peadawg
April 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
“Oh, and revenue went UP after His tax cuts were fully implemented in 2003.” – That has been proven false many times on here yet you still spew it…
Jefferson
April 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
You can have a balanced budget and still have a deficit. Example, you live on your paycheck without borrowing or charging your expenses, but you have a mortgage. (Current in payback)
Mighty Righty
April 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
Joe Mama
The Governor of Hawaii is Neil Abercrombie, Democrat who along with dozens of other Hawaiians claim to have been present during the birth of Obama.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
Peadawg…being “proven false” on this blog doesnt mean a thing!
emo
April 29th, 2011
1:46 pm
Last I looked, unemployment was 10%+ when your little godling left office. And I’m not buying the “it’s Congress’ fault” lie, either.
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
Oh, I get it, now, Normal.
Reading comprehension is your friend. You’re barking up the wrong tree with me.
Jefferson
April 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
His pettiness soils his accomplishments, success is not measured by dollars and cent.
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
Jefferson…..cent or cents? Just asking?
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
Heck, Normal, I even have the rabid libs agreeing with me on this issue!
Jefferson
April 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
or being petty?
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
Jefferson….just making sure I understood your comment.
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
…add Mighty Righty to my conspiracy list…
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
“success is not measured by dollars and cents.”
No, but it’s a pretty good starting point.
The Snark
April 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
Somewhere in the darkest pits of hell, Lee Atwater is laughing his head off.
Granny Godzilla
April 29th, 2011
1:50 pm
UGA1999
Reading comprehension.
I apologized to Jay NOT you.
Jay doesn’t namejack.
We now all know YOU do.
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:50 pm
Dave R.
April 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
Lil' Barry Bailout
April 29th, 2011
1:50 pm
So, Peadawg, when revenu in 2004 was higher than in 2003, revenue went DOWN?
You remind me of someone I debated who thought they could demonstrate that there really are 57 states…too stupid to engage.
TaxPayer
April 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
Wow! UGA1999 has to be told that he is one of the attackers that Jay is referring to in his comment. Just, Wow!
Mick
April 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
doom
Keep repeating the 5 trillion number enough times but it still will not make it a fact, sorry. As for oil prices, why not blame big oil, or the futures market? By all accounts there is no shortage rather this is the delayed gouge that they were probably planning last year but pulled back because of the bp disaster. Now it’s full steam ahead, ramming speed….gouge, there’s nothing any president or conusmer can do except ride a bike…
Normal
April 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
LBB,
Prozac can still be your friend, if you’ll just let it…
Left wing management
April 29th, 2011
1:52 pm
By the way, Jay, do you still consider birtherism the “monster” that ate the GOP now that Obama has released the extra documents?
UGA1999
April 29th, 2011
1:52 pm
TaxPayer….way to address the issues! Like Obozo Hussein you would rather divert, hide and run than address what is really going on. Good work!