Comments on: The birth certificate http://statelineobserver.com/gone-crazy/the-birth-certificate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-birth-certificate   Morenci, Mich. & Fayette, Ohio Sun, 05 May 2013 04:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Green http://statelineobserver.com/gone-crazy/the-birth-certificate/#comment-787 Green Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:23:33 +0000 http://statelineobserver.com/?p=4374#comment-787 From the Weekly Standard in 2004, reporting on an effort to allow the foreign born to serve as president:

On July 10, 2003, Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, took action against what he calls “an anachronism that is decidedly un-American.” He introduced a bill that would allow a person who has been a U.S. citizen for 20 years and a resident for 14 years to run for president.

]]> By: Steve http://statelineobserver.com/gone-crazy/the-birth-certificate/#comment-786 Steve Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:05:27 +0000 http://statelineobserver.com/?p=4374#comment-786 I remember the Paris Peace talks couldn’t start because of the shape of the table. Maybe this birther issue was what kept our leaders from working together on economic problems.

]]> By: sybil diccion http://statelineobserver.com/gone-crazy/the-birth-certificate/#comment-785 sybil diccion Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:11:37 +0000 http://statelineobserver.com/?p=4374#comment-785 (The Borowitz Report) – In a stunning announcement that took even political insiders by surprise, President Barack Obama revealed today that he ran for President of Kenya in 2005 but was disqualified when a birth certificate surfaced showing he was born in the United States.

At a press conference at the White House, Mr. Obama spoke for the first time about his little-known unsuccessful foray into Kenyan politics: “Like every American boy or girl, I grew up with the dream of someday becoming President of Kenya.” …

… “I felt strongly that the people of Kenya deserved the truth,” Mr. Ogongo said. “We were not about to elect a President of Kenya who was really a secret Hawaiian.”

]]> By: sybil diccion http://statelineobserver.com/gone-crazy/the-birth-certificate/#comment-784 sybil diccion Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:04:27 +0000 http://statelineobserver.com/?p=4374#comment-784 Sarah Palin suggesed (?) that Obama released his birth certificate to overshadow Ben Bernanke’s press conference.

]]> By: Green http://statelineobserver.com/gone-crazy/the-birth-certificate/#comment-783 Green Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:27:14 +0000 http://statelineobserver.com/?p=4374#comment-783 Salon’s Justin Elliott concludes the birthers aren’t going anywhere.

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