TN Lawmakers look dumb for reviving Obama hoax (birthers)

[RamboLiberal]

In the Handy Guide for Newspaper Opinion Columnists, this is called shooting fish in a barrel. Or hitting a slow-pitched softball.

Four Tennessee state representatives, all Republicans, have signed up to be plaintiffs in a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, aimed at forcing him to prove he is a United States citizen by coughing up his birth certificate.

Let me just say what all the world is now thinking, including their fellow Republicans on the Hill: This is dumber than a box of rocks.

Tennessee Reps. Eric Swafford, Stacey Campfield, Glen Casada and Frank Nicely now have a giant "G" on their foreheads for "Gullible." The four were so willing to drink the craziest flavor of Kool-Aid, they've gotten themselves caught up in a national urban legend that has been thoroughly debunked.

What's next? A resolution honoring the Easter Bunny for doing such a great job with the annual colored egg delivery system? A proposed law asking these four to prove they have a brain?

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090216/COLUMNIST0101/902150378/1097/COLUMNIST

[uppityperson]

1. He needs to cough it up, not provide the one from Hawaii?

I am sorry for decent people from Tennessee that this gives a bad look to.

[fasttense]

2. Every time I think my state has outgrown the stupid hick reputation,

someone from the state goes and does something really bat-sh*t republicon crazy like this. Come on TN, your are a lot better than these idiots make you look.

[WeDidIt]

3. What's more is the urban legend got its start from White Supremecists

The whole Birther movement was begun on Stormfront.

[old mark]

4. They didn't look all that bright before, look even worse now.

The GOP really is intent on killing istelf, and we must do all we can to help them lost the next election.


mark

[Tsiyu]

5. Don't they though?

And if you take a look at their pictures, you'll see that any claim they might make of Caucasian Supremacy totally and completely falls on its face if their DNA is used as evidence.

All four look like inbred, Deliverance types who'd have no problem saying "Boy, you sure got a purty mouth."

Sorry, America, that our state's racists enjoy showing off their ignorance and inability to help move America forward. We're not all like that, I promise.

[firedupdem]

6. The entire thing is a racist bunch of bullshit...

If obama wasn't a citizen, trust and believe it would have been discovered long ago. This witch hunt shows them for what they are. Ignorant fucks.

[asdjrocky]

7. And I thought these were the guys that hated frivolous lawsuits.