It all started last year with the allegation that President Obama was actually born in Kenya, not Hawaii, and therefore is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, and therefore is not Constitutionally eligible for the U.S. presidency. That claim has long since been debunked. But the conspiracy theory lives on. Go figure.
Then yesterday I wrote about a claim someone made to me alleging that there are actually two versions of Barack Obama's birth certificate -- one that lists the baby's race as "Caucasian" and one that lists him as "Black". The theory is that Obama has paid millions of dollars to legions of attorneys to keep one of the birth certificates hidden for "personal gain" of an unspecified nature. Never mind the fact that Hawaiian birth certificates do not even list the baby's race; they just list the race of each parent. But, of course, these conspiracy nuts don't like to let facts get in the way of their hysteria.
And now, believe it or not, it gets even crazier.
I received a lot of responses to yesterday's blog post, but one stands out from all the rest. Here it is, word-for-word as presented by the commenter, who hides behind the simple moniker "Ted":
"The time lines, places, actions, motives, when analyzed, support, and are consistent with, what is the answer to the Obama birth puzzle:Wow.
"Obama's grandmother is his mother and his mother is his sister.
"Think about it. Review all the facts and claims."
I wonder if "Ted" believes that the grandmother traveled to Kenya to give birth to her son/grandson. If not, then perhaps we no longer have to worry that he's secretly a Kenyan rather than a U.S. citizen!
And were the grandmother and the mother both romantically involved with Africans, or were the photos of Barack Sr. with Ann Dunham (the president's mom) just a cover-up for some hanky-panky that grandma was having with the young Kenyan student?
And would the birthers be doing this if Obama were white?
Where will it end (if it ever will)?
Rhetorical questions all.
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