Citing Dobbs, Maddow says "CNN's helping" move birth certificate story from "the fringe into the mainstream"
July 27, 2009 10:41 pm ET
From the July 27th edition of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Maddox
My memories of VM were of my Grandparents house where I would look at a reel of waterskiers doing a show somewhere in the Everglades. I would imagine finding reels these days is quite the hobby.
IIRC, I see them at the local supermarket in the 'toys' section.
Okay, enough off-topic.
It's kind of like this Gates character! I mean, really, how hard is it to just go down to the station and answer a few questions even though he's already proven that the house in which he's standing is his own? He could have put the whole matter to rest if had just quietly submitted to harassment.
As far as Mr. Gates... he wasn't asked to go the police station, he was arrested. I believe it to be a false arrest, but it's not up to me to decide that, it's just an opinion.
As far as your last comment, why should we have to put up with harassment?
If a police officer pulled you over for no apparent reason and after you showed him your driver's license, registration and proof of insurance...
what if he asked you for an electric bill so he could verify your home address?
what if he then asked to see your auto maintenance records?
search your vehicle?
search you personally?
At what point does the police officer cross the line?
At what point did the birther's cross the line?
If you don't stand up for yourself how will you ever know?
The birther's are public citizens and have the right to say whatever craziness they wish to spew and the government can't do anything to infringe upon their 1st amendment rights.
Gates is a citizen and has the same protections that the birthers have against the government... in this case the Cambridge Police department.
Anyone who claims to be a "patriot", isn't.
I've never heard of either of those people, and they sure aren't referenced in the article posted on this page.
When you get back from your vacation to Never Never Even Close To Reality Land, drop us a note and let us know if you recovered from the mental strain that is making you rant stupidly about imaginary people.
What about Barry White, whose deep black voice, silky smooth disco grooves, and soaring violins threatened to steal all our women?
Obama is a citizen, it's been proven time and again. There is no legit question surrounding his place of birth, only the people who will never believe that he was born in America believe this, and that includes you.
Dobbs is NOT an honest news person, not even close. He's telling lies on a daily basis, and it's not just the liberals in the media who are attacking him, there is a rather long laundry list of conservative media icons who are also calling him out on his BS.
Let me guess. You're a Ron Paul supporter right?
The fact that hes black and the POTUS is what its all about.
I suggest the wingnuts get used to it. With all the crazy unimportant crap that the repugs come out with, Obama will be living in the whitehouse for seven and a half more years.
By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press Writer Jaymes Song, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jul 28, 1:54 am ET
HONOLULU – State officials in Hawaii on Monday said they have once again checked and confirmed that President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen, and therefore meets a key constitutional requirement for being president.
They hoped to stem a recent surge in the number of inquiries about Obama's birthplace.
"I ... have seen the original vital records maintained on file by the Hawaii State Department of Health verifying Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen," Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said in a brief statement. "I have nothing further to add to this statement or my original statement issued in October 2008 over eight months ago."
So-called "birthers" — who claim Obama is ineligible to be president because, they argue, he was actually born outside the United States — have grown more vocal recently on blogs and television news shows.
They'll claim this guy was paid off by Obama to hush it up. Someone "independent" needs to review the birth certificate (failing to mention of course, Factcheck.org, and others already have).
I think indeed, sadly, but truly, it really is boiling down to a racial thing. A lot of these birthers can't stand that a black man is President, so they'll try and find any way, shape, or form possible to bring up questions about his presidency.
From this point forward, I wish that the (legitimate) media would turn away from covering this, and that anybody involved in providing proof (State of Hawaii officials, factcheck.org, etc.) simply state that the issue has been resolved.
9/11 conspiracy theorists
FEMA Concentration Camps
Never before have I seen representatives of our government give even tacit credence to these nut jobs. Are the republicans so desperate that they don't even want to alienate the crazy faction of their party? I guess I know the answer to that.
BIRTHERS ARE MORONS.
THE GOP ARE MORONS.