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2011-04-27 --Tech & Moderator Notes

Editorial policy restatement: birther controversy

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Posted by Steve White 2011-04-27 12:12|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 GWOT and Snark remain the emphasis? YAY! (not being sarcastic, glad to see it)

Posted by The Other Beldar 2011-04-27 12:24|| 2011-04-27 12:24|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd like to note, he released this within a couple days of Trump starting to ask questions about his transcripts. I suspect he was holding onto this so he could release it as a distraction from someone starting to ask really uncomfortable questions.

I still think Trump is running interference for the Zero, but I think he may have actually stumbled into an important question and this was released to distract from this.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-04-27 12:26|| 2011-04-27 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 I was for the Birth Certificate before I was against it!

Posted by DarthVader 2011-04-27 12:27|| 2011-04-27 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Born in the U.S.A.

~~41,000,000 Kenyans were WRONG? Depriving these people of their 'native son is'....well it's, it's RACIST!!!!~~

Born in the U.S.A.
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-04-27 12:58|| 2011-04-27 12:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting, Thing. My thought was that Bambi is getting desparate if he's letting a clown-act like Trump push him around.

Posted by Spot 2011-04-27 13:05|| 2011-04-27 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I heard Trump was born in Canada.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-04-27 13:16|| 2011-04-27 13:16|| Front Page Top

#7 If so then he'd be Canada's Trump card.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2011-04-27 14:09|| 2011-04-27 14:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Steve White: In all fairness, it's not right to say, "Okay, here's a piece of evidence. That satisfies me. So nobody else can say otherwise. Last tag." If you don't want it talked about, then don't talk about it in the first place.

That is, the former policy of nothing, ever, about birtherism was just fine. It should be kept. Don't pretend that the issue is resolved, however.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-27 14:17|| 2011-04-27 14:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Huh. The long delay had me thinking that (while Mr. Obama was actually born a U.S. citizen) there was something wrong with the birth certificate. Something trivial like a missing date or signature. Looks like I was wrong.

So why the heck did it take so long to release this?

Posted by Page 1 of 1 2011-04-27 15:12|| 2011-04-27 15:12|| Front Page Top

#10 A couple additional points I'd like to make:

* I listened to Rush during the midday errands, who noted that it's interesting that Zero will dignify Trump with a response, but won't really dignify Ryan with one.

* Also, what Lotp said in the other thread. "Helicopter Ben" is spooling up the turbines again, suddenly Zero needs reasons to claim to be a legitimate president instead of facing how he's doing an illegitimate job.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-04-27 15:38|| 2011-04-27 15:38|| Front Page Top

#11 If this thing turns out to be fake, for the first time I'd wonder if the "birther nonsense" is really nonsense. However, I would not want to see the 'Burg get hijacked by the debate.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-04-27 16:12|| 2011-04-27 16:12|| Front Page Top

#12 Maybe he was jealous of the Royals' coverage?

What RandomJD said.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-04-27 16:35|| 2011-04-27 16:35|| Front Page Top

#13 Our reputation is important to us.

Requesting a document be made public that validates a Consitutional requirement to occupy the Oval Office is a hit on ones reputation? Just shows the contempt people have for the Constitution and the general public by the One and by others as well.

Posted by Gromoth Grumble3912 2011-04-27 17:51|| 2011-04-27 17:51|| Front Page Top

#14 My question is, if they can't find his birth certificate (which the Governor of Hawaii said he can't) how did Bambi get a passport?

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2011-04-27 21:06|| 2011-04-27 21:06|| Front Page Top

#15 It is important to separate the two issues here.

Issue one, the person -- Barack Obama -- was not born in Hawaii. This is totally busted and dumb. Worthy of ridicule.

Issue two, not a single State requires that a candidate for Federal office, President, Senator or Representative, provide any evidence of Constitutional eligibility in order to appear on the ballot or be selected by the State's electors. This is a real threat to the Republic, which must be corrected by law at the State level.

Rantburg's policy should differentiate between the personal and the procedural.

Posted by rammer 2011-04-27 22:07|| 2011-04-27 22:07|| Front Page Top

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