Mad magazine takes on the birthers.

[Mass]

http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/11/madmag_and_birthers.php

The punch line -- hardee har! -- is that news of the baby girl's birth had to be telegrammed to her mother, who had missed the plane on which the surprise birth occurred.

What's the connection to the birthers? If Barack Obama had actually been born in Kenya, then his mother would have to have been in Kenya too! I don't think anyone is suggesting that his mother was other than the one he has always claimed, Stanley Ann Dunham. Presumably somewhere in the passport records of the United States or Kenya is information about whether his mother (a) left the United States, or (b) entered Kenya in 1961 when her son was born. If she didn't leave the U.S. in the summer of 1961. then by definition her child has to have been a natural-born U.S. citizen.

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[Kingofalldems]

1. Game set and match freepers.

[rurallib]

2. I believe Mad is over their collective reading level.

Got anything in a "Dick and Jane" narrative?

[TrogL]

10. I found some of my son's "Dick and Jane" books in some old boxes

They're pretty racy stuff. I do wish Dick would pay more attention to what's going on and less time trying to look up her skirts.

Then there were the magazines at the bottom of the box. I do not remember that from grade school and I'd love to know how Jane got herself into some of those positions.

[Buzz Clik]

3. Well... it's just a Mad spoof.

There never was a match being played.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Yes but this is the first mention (that I have seen) of the passport

issue. I would think that would be crucial.

[Buzz Clik]

7. Well, he has a valid birth certificate. I think this discussion is done.

[quantass]

4. That's pretty good! recomm.

[Sedona]

6. um, the Grand Canyon is in Arizona

[Blue_Tires]

8. i think that's part of the joke...

[eleny]

9. Birthers would know this?

:rofl:

[Roosesvelte]

11. MAD Magazine Does Hit The Zeitgeist Well

Or at least used to, been a few years since I picked one up.