Gee, where did 58 percent of Republicans get the idea that Barack Obama's citizenship is in doubt?
July 31, 2009 12:38 pm ET by Jamison Foser
So, 58 percent of Republicans either think Barack Obama was not born in America, or aren't sure. As Politico's Glenn Thrush explains:
That means a majority of Republicans polled either don't know about -- or don't believe the seemingly incontrovertible evidence Obama's camp has presented over and over and over that he was born in Hawaii in '61.
Now, where on earth would people get the idea that Barack Obama might not have been born in Hawaii?
Obama has, after all, proven that he was. The state of Hawaii and its Republican governor have said that he was born there. Prominent conservatives like Joe Scarborough have made clear that Obama was born in the US. Even many of the nuttier media conservatives -- Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, Michelle Malkin -- have dismissed the Birther conspiracy theories.
But not everyone has been clear that there's nothing to this nonsense. Lou Dobbs promotes this insanity, pretending that Obama has not proven his citizenship. And CNN -- the "most trusted name in news" stands by him as he does so.
CNN may not realize this yet, but this is not a game. Lou Dobbs' promotion of ludicrous conspiracy theories is not amusing, and it is not harmless.
A frighteningly large number of people believe the patently, provably, obviously, clearly false claims that Barack Obama was not born in America. At best, that does significant damage to the public's ability to make informed decisions, without which democracy cannot properly function.
That's bad enough, but what happens when some nutcase decides he's going to do something about this foreign interloper illegally sitting in the White House?
The bottom line is that millions of Americans hold the false belief that Barack Obama's American citizenship has not been proved -- and CNN's Lou Dobbs is the most prominent media figure who has given that theory credence. The linkage between those two facts is clear -- unless CNN wants to argue that its reporting has no effects whatsoever on the beliefs of its viewers.

















To show him as Weak & Feakless lacking the Tanacity of a Harry Truman.
Now in comes Liz Cheney who's family history is built on Cowardice & Deceit.
I hope President Obama understands that this is only the beginning and that Liz Cheney & her Hate Mongers will never Retreat.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
Oh, them. Why didn't you just SAY "Republicans"?
A "Natural Born Citizen" is some one born on U.S. soil to parents (plural) that are both U.S. citizens. Obama does not meet that criteria.
Does the Constitution matter?
They truly are beneath contempt.
This is the intellectual content of real conservatism. Supply side isn't any smarter than this, nor are any of their other ideas.
The discussion is OVER.
Anyone applying for a passport would get a certificate from their state of birth similar to that issued to Barack Obama and the same as publicly circulated and displayed. The Constitution does not require special forms of birth certificates to appease racist subversives undermining the presidency using falsified Kenya documentations and claims.
When it comes down to who do you trust, the STATE of HAWAII is trusted over unknown Kenyan alleged witnesses. STANLEY ANN Obama, Barack's mother, was unable to travel to Kenya for medical reasons, and an infant returning with her would not be admitted into the US for medical reason -- it didn't happen and was medically impossible due to Yellow Fever Virus Vaccination medical requirements.
Pregnant women were not vaccinated and infants under 1-year-old were not vaccinated. It didn't happen.
Stanley Ann was in classes at University of Hawaii before the birth -- there was no prolonged absence from classes. Barack Obama Senior was conspicuous as the FIRST-EVER BLACK STUDENT at University of Hawaii, and was not absent from classes before or after the birth.
The only conspiracy is the criminal fraud conspiracy falsifying documentation purporting that there are witnesses in Kenya who allegedly attended the alleged Kenyan birth. These felony fraudsters need to be punished with severe prison sentences, including those aiding and abetting after the fact, because they have undermined military good order and have already caused at least one officer to refuse orders of assignment caused by the fraud crime. This is not harmless political tug-of-war but actual treason. Traitors must be punished for undermining America's security during a time of war.