I hope you’re right. I worry about the GOP, fearful that folks like Rove etc will try to push their own contempt for the rule of law onto the state and local leaders as well. As somebody noted, it is republicans who took their names off the list, after somebody told them to do it. If the GOP controls the campaign money maybe they can be the master of even the state and local people. I don’t know.
Regarding that rag, I agree with your assessment, from what I’ve seen. I e-mailed this Jim Galloway asking him to correct his inaccuracies and he never responded in any way. I think if I found an honest journalist I would die of a heart attack. Sadly, I don’t think I’m in any danger of dying that way anytime soon. Despicable.
I wouldn’t even count on the Urinal and Constipation to get the number of defections right. I read elsewhere there may have been far less. In any event, the number of sponsors and the number who will vote yes on a bill are not the same. There are usually far more yes votes than sponsors. As I said, the OP has worked relentlessly to undermine eligibility efforts. [No bias in the Urinal’s title, btw, is there? /s] He pounced on a heavily slanted piece from a leftist fish-wrap in hopes of unsettling some of our minds. Lets see to it that it’s a FAIL.
Here is a report with the same dateline:
< < Second Georgia Bill Requiring Birth Certificates for Presidential Candidates Has 88 Co-sponsors
March 3rd, 2011
Two bills are pending in the Georgia House of Representatives to require birth certificates for presidential candidates. The first, HB 37, was introduced on January 10 by Representative Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta). It requires political parties to submit “original documentation” for candidates who appear on that party’s presidential primary, and also for the party to submit “original documentation” for its nominee in November.
The second bill, HB 401, was introduced on February 28 by Representative Mark Hatfield (R-Waycross). It originally had 93 co-sponsors, but now it has 89, because four co-sponsors have removed their names. The Georgia House has 116 Republicans, 63 Democrats, and one independent. All of the co-sponsors are Republicans. HB 401 requires “A certified exact copy of the candidate’s first original long-form birth certificate that includes the candidate’s date, time, and place of birth; the name of the specific hospital or other location at which the candidate was born; the attending physician at the candidate’s birth; the names of the candidate’s birth parents and their respective birthplaces and places of residence; and signtures of the witness or witnesses in attendance at the candidate’s birth.” However, the bill says if such a document does not exist, the candidate shall attach other documents. The bill does not say who is responsible for furnishing the birth certificate, for purposes of the general election ballot. The parties are responsible for submitting such documents for purposes of the presidential primary ballot.
HB 401 also says that if any presidential elector votes for someone in the electoral college who has not submitted documentation of birth, the elector will be guilty of a “misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.” Thanks to Bill Van Allen for this news. > >
This report comes from Ballot Access News. The other (i.e.: the one posted by the SP) comes from one of the most leftist fish-wraps in the country, with a well deserved reputation for inaccuracy and over-the-top bias.
Hmm...which one am I going to believe.
Decisions, decisions.
(Hint: it helps to see which report the OP, a leftist liberal, pounced on. He is a liar himself, so...take it from there.)