31 July 2009

A new twist on the Obama birth conspiracy theory

It's bad enough that some right-wing crackpots still refuse to accept the validity of Barack Obama's publicly released birth certificate. Now they are taking it a step farther (and a few steps more ridiculous).

In response to my recent column about how CNN's Lou Dobbs has been propagating the birth certificate conspiracy theory, I got a comment from a right-winger on the OpEdNews.com site. The commenter, a white man (per his photo) who simply goes by the name "Gallaher", replied to my piece thusly:
Obama does not want people to see is [sic] real 1961 Hawaiian birth certificate, because the state legally declared Obama a "Caucasian" baby, not "Black".

This is the real reason Obama is using millions of dollars and tens of attroneys [sic] to hide his real birth certificate and any other documents where Obama listed his race as black for personal gain.

You see it is felony fraud.

There you are enlightened...
Enlightened? Perhaps Gallaher should enlighten himself a bit more by doing his homework before spreading his conspiracies.

You see, Gallaher apparently doesn't realize that Hawaiian birth certificates do not list the baby's race. They list the race of each parent. In Obama's case, the mother is listed as "Caucasian" and the father is listed as "African".

The certificate is available for viewing online at the Los Angeles Times website here.

But, of course, the conspiracists are unlikely to let the facts get in the way of their hysteria. Especially where a dark-skinned U.S. president is concerned.

2 comments:

  1. The time lines, places, actions, motives, when analyzed, support, and are consistent with, what is the answer to the Obama birth puzzle:

    Obama’s grandmother is his mother and his mother is his sister.

    Think about it. Review all the facts and claims.

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  2. Hey, I just found your blog. I totally agree and what I find funny is that an argument over McCain's legitimacy to run for president would have actually held more water:

    US Code TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER III > Part I > § 1403


    It says Citizen not Naturally Born Citizen.

    ...and I don't want to even get started on that attorney/dentist/nut-case/etc. Orly

    This is my blog:
    http://lookinatdarfur-ash-millersville.blogspot.com/

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