VIDEO: Brown suggests Obama was born out of wedlock

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Brown in 2008. He suggests that Obama's mother was in the same situation as Bristol Palin.

When informed that Obama's parents were married he laughs and says, "Well, I don't know about that..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAjCaxN-_s8&feature=player_embedded

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Paul Krugman's commentary on the clip:

Wow. A video clip has surfaced from 2008 in which Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for Senate in Massachusetts, clearly suggested that President Obama may have been born out of wedlock.

I’m sure some will try to dismiss this as an isolated stray remark. But it’s clear if you watch the video that there’s a broader context: Brown is clearly aligning himself with the Limbaugh wing of the GOP, in which slurs along these lines are standard fare. And as Steve Benen points out, claims about Obama’s illegitimacy were an integral part of the birther craziness.

So will this actually make political waves? If Brown were a Democrat, it would instantly be a huge scandal. The outrage machine would be working overtime. And the news media would, of course, pick it up.

But Democrats don’t have the same kind of outrage infrastructure. Can they nevertheless find a way to use this? I guess we’ll soon find out.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/brown-coakley-and-the-outrage-gap/

[bigdarryl]

1. WOW

[WeDidIt]

2. That's a common Birther argument...

Just what we need in the Senate.

:eyes:

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Did that video get TV exposure during this short-ass campaign?

If not, then our strategists aren't earning their keep IMO. Perhaps I'm all wet, but I've seen studies indicating that negative campaigning works - even when it's totally baseless. This video is the real deal, however - wingnuttery in full bloom.

[Pab Sungenis]

4. Wow. He's not only a birther

he's a birther-out-of-wedlock!

[vaberella]

5. Why is this news?! Would it matter if his parents weren't married?!

So it's part of the Constitution that kids from unwed mothers cannot be President?! This Brown idiot can suggest what he wants...but it's not news. Neither would it be news if a Dem suggested it---stupid hits a wide range of people. Reid or Biden's earlier comments on Obama are perfect examples of that.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. The point is that he KNOWS they were married...

And most of the birther-friendly politicians KNOW he was born in the US.

It's not confusion. It's what is meant to be a nasty implication tossed off in the non-committal mode ("I never said they weren't married... I said I didn't know.") that wing-nut Pols have been using for quite some time.

[marshall]

12. I think most people know that Obama's father was already married

I'm not sure about the legality of the Obama/Dunham Hawaiian marriage. Certainly it (and the divorce) are in clear record. But in the end, does it really matter whether Obama Sr. was a bigamist or whether the marriage to Dunham was legal? It doesn't have any impact on Obama Jr.'s citizenship.

[Phx_Dem]

6. WHere's the media on this? A candidate knowingly makes an erroneous claim

the the President was an illegitimate child and the media says nothing.

On CNN Ed Henry is too busy tweeting rumors to bother with words from a candidate's own mouth. What's MSNBC's excuse?

The media has said nothing about the "shove a curling iron up her butt" remark either.

[ChiciB1]

7. But From What I'm Hearing It's THOSE PEOPLE Who Have Mounted This Huge

support for Brown! If they think Obama isn't legit, well they're just going to keep on keeping on!

Pretty simple, especially if Dems are pissed and Indy's are moving toward Brown!

[DailyGrind51]

9. But, for Bristol Palin it was okay? WTF?

[Parker CA]

10. Fucking slime. nt

[Hippo_Tron]

11. And I claim Scott Brown was born on Mars

I demand to see his earth birth certificate!

[ibegurpard]

13. and so what if he wasn't?

wasn't aware that being born out of wedlock was a disqualifier to run for higher office.