The last stand of the 'birther queen'?

LA Times ^ | 6/9/2010 | Paul Thornton

[markomalley]

Politico.com raised a stink Tuesday over the possibility that "birther queen" Orly Taitz may win the GOP primary for secretary of state and put California Republicans in the embarrassing position of having a thoroughly discredited conspiracy theorist on their November ticket. The piece contained little evidence (perhaps because there isn't much) but leaned almost exclusively of the kind of why-not speculation popular in American punditry. Here's an excerpt:

California Republicans optimistic about their prospects in November could find themselves with a bit of a problem after the votes are counted in Tuesday’s primaries -- a statewide ticket with the so-called “Birther Queen” as one of their candidates.

Orly Taitz is an Israeli émigré who has spent the last two years filing lawsuits challenging President Barack Obama’s right to be president on the grounds that he was born in Kenya. In the process, she has earned herself $20,000 in court fines.

Now she’s running for the GOP nomination for secretary of state, and with her establishment-backed primary opponent mounting a less-than-stellar campaign against her, operatives say there’s a chance she could win.

[chris37]

[wintertime]

Thank you.

I don't consider 372,490 votes (25.7%) to be “fringe”. The Dems will not be able to tip toe past Obama’s eligibility in November.

[GingisK]

I hope she does win.

The judicial system has become very flawed to even imagine that citizens have no standing for these sort of lawsuits. We are supposedly founded on the Principle of "Redress of Grievances", and that was a cornerstone issue that led to the Revolutionary War.

[JPG]

The most disappointed is Chris Matthews. He was ready for non-stop Orly bashing for the next 6 months. Similar to his orgasmic treatment of anything “Cheeeny”/Scooter Libby/Phlame/Haliburton.

[TLI]

having a thoroughly discredited conspiracy theorist

Well, I am not sure if they mean her or the theory itself but littly bammy spending about two million bucks (so far) hiding the real BC makes me believe I will not learn much by clicking on the link.

[omegadawn]

Orly may have been born in Russia , but she still has that American fighting spirit. Go for it Orly “ NO surrender No retreat”

[jamese777]

Thank you.
I don’t consider 372,490 votes (25.7%) to be “fringe”. The Dems will not be able to tip toe past Obama’s eligibility in November.

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25.7% of Republican primary voters should be viewed in context.
There are 16,977,031 registered voters in California and Ms. Taitz’s 373,490 is about 2.2% of registered voters.

[wintertime]

So?....What is the percent of voters that vote in any primary election? In my state it is often less than 10%.

What those 372,490 votes mean is that there are a **lot** of people who did not choose to vote who feel the same.

[Route797]

25.7% of Republican primary voters should be viewed in context. There are 16,977,031 registered voters in California and Ms. Taitz’s 373,490 is about 2.2% of registered voters.

I wonder how many of those votes came from Democrats seeking to discredit the GOP.

[SoldierDad]

While Taitz was handily beaten, 25% is not what I would call “fringe” either. I’m not sure how that will impact the November election with respects to Obozo, though. He’s not on the ballot.

[wintertime]

While Taitz was handily beaten, 25% is not what I would call “fringe” either.
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I agree. It isn't “fringe”.

25% is significant and the Democrats would be foolish to dismiss Obama’s eligibility as an issue. Likely there were many who voted for Orly's opponent(s) who have questions about Obama’s natural born status but voted against Orly for reasons utterly unrelated to Obama’s eligibility.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Michelle Obama is a birther queen?

[SoldierDad]

I’m still unclear on how that impacts the 2010 election. I have little hope that the birth certificate issue is going to make any difference. However, the WH’s attempts to buy off politicians in order to get them to drop out of races? That might have some teeth. In order to take that where it needs to go, though, we need a major GOP victory in the house and senate in November.