Thursday, July 23, 2009
Crazy Crap / Media / Politics / Presidential Politics / Silverman New York Times, Gawker, Everyone Else: Birther Movement Is Gaining Steam
Posted by Jack Silverman on Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:07 AM
"Slowly but surely, this meme is going mainstream," says [Allahpundit]. "Did Lou Dobbs really GO THERE? Seriously? This is getting absurd," says the First Read team at MSNBC. Six months into his presidency, the charge that Barack Obama is -- literally -- un-American is gaining not losing steam. Yes, the Birther bump is growing.... Whether the idea has been debunked or or not is not something that seems to impact the birther movement. In fact, as Dave Weigel points out, "the 'birther' movement began in response to Obama's own efforts to debunk rumors."... Weigel, whose Washington Independent article provides a detailed history of the movement, says "the cottage industry of conspiracy theories about the president's birth shows no signs of disappearing," even despite suffering "scores of embarrassing legal defeats, and even after tussles between the attorneys who've turned frivolous lawsuits about the president's citizenship into full-time jobs."...Sit back and enjoy the ride. I know I will.
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Yesterday afternoon, a man dressed up as a postal worker showed up at my house with a "package." I am convinced he was sent by Obama to silence me so I threw away the package, which I am convinced is a bomb, or at least some kind of tracking device. I am currently writing from an undisclosed location. I will continue to surf the net and gather all of the evidence together so I can present to the world the truth, WHICH IS THAT BARACK HUSSEIN SOETORO OBAMA WAS, AND IS, A FOREIGN AGENT OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER!!!!!!!! Only then can I rest easy.
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I'm offended by any coverage of these people that isn't 100% mocking in tone. It's cruel to let them believe they have legitimate concerns.
You mananged to strike just the right balance of mocking their ridiculous ideas and general incredulousness over their actual existence. Like you, I also try to extract some glee out of the fucktardery. Case in point: even those that condescend to admit that Obama was born in the US will still insist he's not eligible to be POTUS - because his father was a British citizen!
PS - these people are racist.
If I recall correctly, the funniest thing about this whole "birther" nonsense when it came up during the campaign was that McCain was actually *not* born in the U.S. Wasn't he born in Panama?
Of course he's white so there's no need to look into the legality of his citizenship, let's just focus on the black dude with the funny name.
Just like Bush Lied, People Died, this will end up hurting Obama
Say something enough and people will believe it
What goes around comes around
