Cliff Stearns: Birther

Rep. Cliff Stearns currently embroiled in a corruption scandal
. With Stearns facing so many problems, he has found the time to launch a potential investigation into President Barack Obama's citizenship.

“I am, shall we say, looking at all the evidence,” Stearns told reporters in the Capitol Tuesday, comments that come after he expressed similar doubts at a meeting with constituents in February.

Stearns has decided to join the birther movement. This list of fellow birthers includes Donald Trump, Judson Phillips, and the utterly bizarre Orly Taitz. Sterns has joined an all-star team of conspiracy theorists. The perfect reason for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to give Sterns a vote of confidence.

"I think Cliff Stearns does a good job with the chairmanship of his subcommittee,” Cantor told The Hill in the Capitol Wednesday. “He has my full confidence.”

Well, that settles that.

Wingnut of Day: Judson Phillips

Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips is found of conspiracy theories that have no basis in reality. Phillips contends that President Obama 2009 presidential campaign was funded by Hamas. From a Phillips post on Tea Party Nation web site.

The party of treason has never been shy about taking foreign cash, even though it’s illegal. In 2008, Obama even received campaign contributions from Gaza (I.e. Hamas). So where does a corrupt, unpopular President from the party of treason go for reelection cash? China, of course.

Phillips provides no proof. The wonderful thing about being a conspiracy theorist is that proof is never ended. When a conspiracy theorist like Phillips is challenged, he will demand that you prove that Obama did not receive campaign contributions from Hamas.

Phillips is a member of the birther movement that claim President Obama was not born in the United States.

After Obama released his long form birth certificate, Phillips wrote a post on how the American Bar Association should give Orly Taitz an award.

The American Bar Association frequently gives awards to lawyers who show a commitment to justice. Unfortunately, the ABA is about as far left as the Communist Party, so those who usually get those awards are lawyers committed to socialism, not freedom.

Orly Taitz has waged an almost one-woman war on the eligibility issue. She is absolutely convinced that Barack Obama is not legally qualified to be President. She had endured insults, threats, some from Judges, fines and every roadblock the Obama regime could throw her way. Had she been as tenacious on a similar issue with George W. Bush, she would be the toast of the legal community.

Orly probably does not want an ABA award, but she may be getting closer to something of great importance to her. It is the “holy grail” of the eligibility movement.

Taitz is one of the cartoonishly hysterical conservatives. There are several Youtube clips of Taitz going batshit insane on cable news programs. Taitz is the living version of a character in a Saturday Night Live sketch.



This is the woman that Phillips think should get an ABA award.

Phillips sent out an email for a post on his web site written written by anonymous Ayn Rand fan Jane Galt. This less than clear-headed blogger claims that Obama faked the assassination of Osama bin Laden.

This incident with Iran getting one of our top secret military drones, has been puzzling me since it happened. It's vaguely reminiscent of the alleged killing of Osama Bin Laden, with no evidence shown to the American people. ( Personally, I think he's been dead since around 2003, have seen no evidence otherwise, and think Obama staged the incident just so he could take credit. People prove they're alive by showing up, and he hadn't shown up in any way, in years. )

Phillips actually felt this post merited sending out to his readership. I am not shocked that Phillips is not acquainted with reality. What is sad is the Republican Party takes Phillips seriously.

Conservative Blogger Blames Birther Movement on Left

An online prankster has taken credit for the fake Barack Obama birth certificate. WorldNetDaily and birther attorney Orly Taitz believed the bogus Kenyan certificate to be real. The truth is they were punked. The conservative blog Confederate Yankee blames the entire birther movement on the Left.

So really, who is stoking the so-called "birther" movement?

Democratic officials and left wing bloggers like to pretend that the issue is a creation of Republicans, even though the claim that Obama was not born in the United States can be definitively traced back to Hillary Clinton-supporting Democratic blogs.

Members of the Hillary Clinton campaign sent emails implying Barack Obama was a Muslim. Those emails also stated Obama was born in Hawaii.

Who is Barack Obama?

Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii , to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black MUSLIM from Nyangoma-Kogel , Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white ATHEIST from Wichita , Kansas .

Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii . When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya . His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a RADICAL Muslim from Indonesia . When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia . Obama attended a MUSLIM school in Jakarta . He also
spent two years in a Catholic school. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim. He is quick to point out that, 'He was once a Muslim,
but that he also attended Catholic school.'

The email goes on. It's Swiftboating-style politics but verifies Obama being born in Honolulu, Hawaii. I followed the Clinton campaign swears against Obama. I can't recall any that questioned the President's place of birth. The attacks were Obama being a secret Muslim.

Yankee Conferate ignores Republican Rep. Bill Posey's birther bill. Posey was asked if Obama was born in the United States.

"I haven’t looked at the evidence," Posey told Politico It’s not up to me to look at the evidence … I can’t swear on a stack of Bibles whether he is or isn’t.”

Posey's bill has not picked up a single Democratic co-sponsor.

WorldNetDaily and Free Republic have pushed the birther conspiracy theories. No one has ever confused these web sites as being liberal. WorldNetDaily and the Freepers are proudly Republican.

Can Confederate Yankee identify these Democrats that don't believe Obama was born in the United States? Yankee's thesis is the Left are responsible for conservatives believing a stupid conspiracy theory. The Left is responsble for conservatives not being able to fact-check and use the invention known as Google. If Yankee believes that then what does that say about the intelligence of the Right?

Stephen Colbert Meets Orly Taitz

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Stephen Colbert thanks birther queen Orly Taintz for comparing the Obama administration to Nazi Germany.

Orly Taitz MSNBS Meltdown

Birther queen Orly Taitz has released a Kenyan birth certificate of Barack Obama. The problem is the birth certificate is a forgery. The fake birth certificate contains hysterical errors. Obama's year of birth is listed as 1964. The certificate states Obama was born in the Republic of Kenya. The wrong birthdate on the phony certificate means Obama would have been born in Dominion of Kenya. Dan Branch, assistant professor of African history at the University of Warwick declares Taitz's birth certificate a forgery.

It seems highly implausible and certainly a hoax. I have not seen any documents from this period in early 1964 that uses the heading of Republic of Kenya -- unsurprisingly given Kenya was not a Republic until December 1964. Moreover, the label of 'Region' was being used in early 1964 instead of 'Province.' While some of the old colonial forms may have still been in circulation, which would have used 'Coast Province,' these would have been headed as 'Colony & Protectorate of Kenya.'

Political Carnival has part of the transcript. David Shulter asks Taitz about her refusing an NBC limo because the driver has a Muslim sounding name? Taitz hesitates and then denies she did such a thing. If people don't think racism isn't driving the birthers then they are being intellectually dishonest?

David: Orly, ya gotta give me a second here.

Orly: Obama's brown shirts in the media...

David: Name one. You're making references to Nazi Germany to many of us who had relatives...

Tamron Hall: Orly, we've been fair and given you time...

Orly, cutting in... Tamron cuts her off, refusing to be interrupted:

Tamron: Let's not go there.

Orly: All I hear from MSM is dumb insults...

Tamron: Ann Coulter?

Orly: Let me answer!!

Tamron: Karl Rove says it's a forgery. Answer that or we're done.

Orly: YOU will be done.

David: Orly, is it true that MSNBC offered you a car, and you refused because the driver had a Muslim sounding name?

Orly: No, it is not true. Blahblahblahblah....

Tamron: Orly, you're repeating yourself... We've been patient... Thank you Orly... You don't know HOW much patience we've offered you.

David: Wow.