Think Progress:Right-wing Conspiracists Plan to Greet Obama's Gulf Coast Trip with Birther Billboard

[flpoljunkie]

Right-wing conspiracists plan to greet Obama’s Gulf Coast trip with birther billboard.

State officials in Hawaii report that inquiries to see President Obama’s birth certificate have fallen dramatically since the state passed a law earlier this year allowing it to ignore repeated requests. Republican state Rep. Gene Ward, who believes Obama was born in Hawaii, expressed hope that “eventually, it will go away.” The New York Daily News recently asked, “Could the ‘birther’ movement be fading away?” If the far right-wing conspiracy theorists have anything to say about it, the answer is no. As President Obama and his family head to the Gulf Coast this weekend, the birther publication World Net Daily plans to greet him with its trademark billboard:



A recent CNN poll found that only 42 percent of Americans have absolutely no doubts that Obama was born in the U.S., while 29 percent say he “probably” was. Eleven percent claim Obama was definitely not born in the U.S. and another 16 percent say the president was probably not born in the country.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/13/wnd-birther-gulf-coast/

[damntexdem]

1. Sour grapes or racism?

Likely both.

[John Q. Citizen]

2. I'm part of the 1% who believe that Obama is Hawaiian.

[kestrel91316]

3. Well, given that Hawaii was A US STATE when he was born, that makes him

a US citizen.

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Good point

[leftynyc]

5. My fervent hope

is he will point to it and burst into hysterical laughter.

[Arkana]

6. And Obama will see it, roll his eyes, and continue on his way

and WorldNutDaily will have wasted all that money for nothing.

[Kdillard]

7. As long as it keeps those crazies off the streets I am glad they have something

to occupy their time.

[DevonRex]

8. Folks here probably believe the birther shit now, since it's anti-Obama.

[Mz Pip]

9. Obama is playing the idiots

for the fools they are.

If I were him, I'd ignore their repeated requests too. They just get crazier and crazier. It really is kind of fun to watch them slobbering all over themselves, foaming at the mouth with their conspisracy theories.

[flpoljunkie]

10. Press corps today wanted to know if President Obama would be swimming in the gulf

August 13, 2010

Another chance for Crist to hang with Obama

Gov. Charlie Crist's schedule shows he will participate in a "roundtable" discussion President Obama will hold with small business owners tomorrow in Panama City.

But enough about that.

Will the president go swimming? That was the question from White House reporters today. Spokesman Robert Gibbs would not say. Transcript at link.

http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2010/08/another-chance-for-crist-to-hang-with-obama.html#more

[rasputin1952]

11. Hard to believe these people are still around...

I have to wonder about McCain, considering he was born in Panama...was he an "Anchor Baby"down there? Even though his parents were American citizens, and he was born in a Navy Hospital...can it be that he was never a citizen...