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The GOP and the Birther Trap
Opinion Journal ^ | April 14, 2011 | Peter Wehner

Posted on 04/14/2011 3:57:11 AM PDT by Jim Noble

Thanks to Donald Trump—real-estate mogul, reality-TV star, and possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination—a fringe conspiracy theory is now front and center in American politics: the claim that President Barack Obama might not be a natural-born American citizen.

By focusing on Mr. Obama's birth certificate, Mr. Trump has garnered a lot of attention and some support. According to the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, among Republicans he is now tied with Mike Huckabee as the most popular prospective GOP presidential nominee. If responsible Republicans don't speak out immediately against Mr. Trump's gambit, it will do substantial damage both to their party and to American politics...

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: certifigate; gop; kenyan; naturalborncitizen; obots
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To: Fred911
Fred911 is a cross-dressing closet lib...prove I'm wrong!
61 posted on 04/14/2011 6:02:46 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: Jim Noble
All News Corp publications report on this issue in the same manner.

Your point is accurate.

If we're to assume that these Republicans are right in their criticism, then we must assume that we can take Mr. Obama at his word.

That being the case, we must also assume that Mr. Obama is right that Republicans (and Bush) are responsible for the rotten economy, only representing the rich and big business. Again, it's just taking Mr. Obama at his word.

62 posted on 04/14/2011 6:06:42 AM PDT by Rational Thought
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To: MrB
"Read “intellectuals and society” by Thomas Sowell, and you’ll gain some of his great insight."

I haven't read Sowell's book, but in the same vein you have Paul Johnson's "Intellectuals" and "Creators" (two different books), which IMO tell the tale. I'll give Sowell's book a look (rhyme NOT deliberate!!), and recommend (highly!) the other two.

63 posted on 04/14/2011 6:07:20 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Jim Noble

Instruction from the ruling class. Note dismissive use of the word “birther.”


64 posted on 04/14/2011 6:07:51 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Jim Noble

This article was likely solicited by NewsCorp so as to provide them an immunity charm against the Regime’s desperate throes as this breaks on them.


65 posted on 04/14/2011 6:14:38 AM PDT by Plutarch
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To: Wonder Warthog

Thanks, I looked up Paul Johnson’s works at our local library, and there are a bunch that I’d like to look at. Thanks for the recommendation.

Sowell doesn’t write from a Christian perspective, but it looks like Johnson does.


66 posted on 04/14/2011 6:16:03 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Fred911

You forgot he is probably a muslum.
Also, how does a “D” student which is probable(why else would his transcrips be sealed) get into Columbia or Harvard Law ?
We heard all about how smart Al Gore was. The fact is Obama is the ultimate Grifter.


67 posted on 04/14/2011 6:16:05 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Matchett-PI
Many media outlets have shown that Mr. Obama has a certificate of live birth that includes an embossed seal, an official signature, and all the information necessary for proof of citizenship.

"Shown?" How have they shown? Could he give the web address where I can SEE it shown? I can find a certification of live birth all over the place, but I cannot find a certificate of live birth.

Link to same piece

68 posted on 04/14/2011 6:20:08 AM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: Jim Noble; All

Trump mum on Hawaii investigation details

http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/14/trump-mum-on-hawaii-investigation-details/


69 posted on 04/14/2011 6:21:08 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: Jim Noble

Anyone who refers to upholding the integrity of the eligibility clause of the Constitution as a fringe conspiracy issue is a complete fraud in regards to being taken seriously at all.

We have already seen the eligibility be raised and taken seriously when it was a Republican (McCain) who was being challenged and we all know that beyond Obama not providing any actual Birth Certificate that he has also fought in Court to conceal all of his past records.

So now we cannot raise the issue because it is a democrat? Chuck Schumer is on tape demanding that McCain release ALL of his past records if he wants to run for President. Yet nothing has been done to hold Obama to the same standard.

If anyone from within the GOP would have addressed this issue and dealt with it then it would be over already but instead we get these bizarre statements from conservatives and Republicans insisting that we all ignore the issue and ignore the Constitution.


70 posted on 04/14/2011 6:30:20 AM PDT by TheBigIf
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To: GilGil

Thank God...I was afraid I’d hallucinated that....LOL


71 posted on 04/14/2011 6:41:01 AM PDT by Salamander (Insolence.....I has it.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2704666/posts


72 posted on 04/14/2011 6:45:07 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Looks like the pressure is getting to Nancy, and it’s not because she is in the minority in Congress.


73 posted on 04/14/2011 6:46:37 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: American Constitutionalist

ALL of the dim leadership (and the republican leadership) should be brought to justice.

LLS


74 posted on 04/14/2011 6:48:04 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!!!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

WRKO in Boston,Howie Carr’s station, just had Phillip Berg as a guesst on the Tom and Todd program. He was terrific and they gave him lots of time. They all agreed that what we need here is a ‘Deep Throat”. Trump certainly has the money to encourage someone to drop a dime on the imposter. Berg really feels that Obama will be outed.


75 posted on 04/14/2011 6:55:43 AM PDT by surrey
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To: LibLieSlayer

WRKO in Boston,Howie Carr’s station, just had Phillip Berg as a guest on the Tom and Todd program. He was terrific and they gave him lots of time. They all agreed that what we need here is a ‘Deep Throat”. Trump certainly has the money to encourage someone to drop a dime on the imposter. Berg really feels that Obama will be outed.


76 posted on 04/14/2011 6:56:13 AM PDT by surrey
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To: surrey

Thanks for the heads-up... I believe so also.

LLS


77 posted on 04/14/2011 7:12:42 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!!!)
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To: Jim Noble
If responsible Republicans don't speak out immediately against Mr. Trump's gambit, it will do substantial damage both to their party and to American politics...

 
I hope and pray this is true.


78 posted on 04/14/2011 7:18:04 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A Birther: One who has questions or concerns over the birth of Barry Barack Hussein Soetero Obama)
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To: Matchett-PI
Thanks for posting that Rush transcript. I remember hearing him deliver that like it was yesterday.

Rush is quite fluent in the COTUS and I strongly believe that he knew the definition of natural born Citizen at the time or certainly his awesome inquisitiveness would have compelled him to find out.

Rush fully understood that obozo was a Dual citizen, and thus not Constitutionally eligible, aside from unverified birthplace. I was truly expecting him at that time to carefully explain all of it.

I've been listening since the first month he went national and love him. This is the only time I've ever been disappointed in him.

79 posted on 04/14/2011 8:41:34 AM PDT by cpforlife.org (A Catholic Respect Life Curriculum is available 4 FREE at CpForLife.org)
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To: tsowellfan

Good point. Moreover, there is no reason why the friends of freedom cannot have more than one good issue going at once. We can hammer Obama on the economy while we are also asking what he has to hide.


80 posted on 04/14/2011 8:47:47 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (Socon-Econ)
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