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'Birthers' Nonsense Sets Georgia Up For Ridicule -- Again
Columbus (GA) Ledger-Enquirer ^ | January 27, 2012

Posted on 01/27/2012 6:53:39 AM PST by transducer

We will risk the fairly safe assumption, as this is being written, that Air Force One did not make an appearance at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport sometime Thursday....

You almost have to laugh at this latest chapter in the seemingly endless “birther” saga, because about the only alternatives at this point are tears and/or nausea.

It was embarrassing enough when members of the Georgia legislature -- including, to Columbus’ acute humiliation, two members of the local delegation -- drafted a “Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act” in the last legislative session.

Now Georgians get to enjoy the added spectacle of their secretary of state, Brian Kemp, warning the president (let that sink in -- warning the president) through a White House attorney that failure to appear in a Georgia court would be “at your own peril.”...

Peach Pundit editor Charlie Harper, in a blog published this week in the Savannah Morning News, wrote: “This is a mistake. We are taught from a young age that we will be judged by the company we keep … The birther argument transcends disagreements of policy and politics and spirals into pure nuttery.” How true.

Georgia, no thanks to some judgment-impaired officials and certainly without the consent of the governed, has been slumming in the Orly Taitz nuttery neighborhood way too long. Please, for the sake of the state’s already battered image, let’s just quietly tiptoe out of this putrid political ghetto and back to the daylight side of town before we attract any more ridicule....

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: birtherism; birthers; crackpots; naturalborncitizen; nonsense; orly; orlytaitz; taitz; zot
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To: transducer
Not so (see United States v. Wong Kim Ark.

And this is why people think you are a LIAR. You claim to consider the whole issue "flapdoodle", yet when you are told something, you fire back with opposition crib notes.

This is not the act of someone who considers the issue "flapdoodle" this is the act of someone intentionally trying to run interference for this scam.

Wong Kim Ark was ruled a "citizen" not a "natural born citizen", and that is all the time I'm going to waste attempting to educate you.

81 posted on 01/27/2012 7:58:07 AM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: eyeamok

Why would they change their method of “argument” on this case?

They NEVER address any issue based on the merits of the issue.
Welfare demonstrably destroys families. The liberal answers “you’re a racist”.
Global Warming is a hoax based on junk science. The liberal “explains”, “you hate the earth”.

etc, etc, etc


82 posted on 01/27/2012 7:59:03 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: transducer

NOPE! Not the same thing at all!


83 posted on 01/27/2012 8:00:09 AM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: transducer

Please consider contributing before the ban.


84 posted on 01/27/2012 8:02:12 AM PST by IrishPennant (We don't want to work so we go to work to make enough money not to work...Huh?)
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To: transducer
The court ruled that he was a citizen by birth, i.e. a natural born citizen.

"i.e." means "that is" or "in essence". You've handwaved over two different terms that mean different things and declared them to mean the same thing.

85 posted on 01/27/2012 8:03:53 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: dandiegirl
Exactly! Why are liberals so hell-bent on having BO run again. He has so many skeletons in his closet and he is the worst president in history. Is there no other democrat in the country that they could put up?

Because if they acknowledge he is a utter simpleton failure, it will mean their political enemies were right all along, and the one thing they cannot stand is to admit that they were stupid and duped.

They would honestly rather wreck the country than admit Sarah Palin was right.

86 posted on 01/27/2012 8:03:57 AM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: transducer
Sudden seagulling

Wrong, try again.
Enjoy your skullgull.

87 posted on 01/27/2012 8:04:02 AM PST by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: Bigun; transducer

“The dolphin is a swimming creature, ie, a fish.”


88 posted on 01/27/2012 8:04:53 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: transducer

Excellent comments at the link after the article.


89 posted on 01/27/2012 8:05:02 AM PST by morphing libertarian
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To: spokeshave
no President can be President of these United States if he is not on the ballot or certified in all 50 states

Where are you getting this stuff? There is no requirement for a President to be on the ballot in all states -- Lincoln wasn't (not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas), for example.

90 posted on 01/27/2012 8:05:20 AM PST by transducer
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To: transducer

This troll hasn’t been zotted yet? “Inconceivable!”


91 posted on 01/27/2012 8:05:25 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
There exists nothing in American law disqualifying a presidential candidate for his parents’ birthplace.

That is correct! If BOTH of the candidates parents were citizens at the time of his birth then their actual birthplace is of no consequence. If either of his parents was NOT a citizen at the time of his birth then he is NOT a natural born citizen and not eligible to be president.

92 posted on 01/27/2012 8:05:25 AM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: transducer

OBAMA please go...

Please go home....

Ken YA!


93 posted on 01/27/2012 8:06:03 AM PST by hapnHal (hapnHal)
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To: DiogenesLamp
Wong Kim Ark was ruled a "citizen" not a "natural born citizen"

He was ruled a citizen who did not need to be naturalized to become a citizen -- i.e. he was a citizen by virtue of the circumstances of his birth, aka a "natural born citizen".

94 posted on 01/27/2012 8:07:52 AM PST by transducer
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To: MrB

LOL!

VERY good! Makes the point perfectly!


95 posted on 01/27/2012 8:08:20 AM PST by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Not in certain terms which is why it is imperative that SCOTUS finally takes this case up and defines exactly what Natural born citizenship is meant to be.

For me and for a very large number in this country - it means Natural (born of citizens) - No allegiance to any other country. Who in their right mind would want a President or Vice President that could be called to war in another country because they are still a citizen of that country. If not called to war they are unable to defend us against that country due to their allegiance with that country!

Ludicrous!


96 posted on 01/27/2012 8:08:32 AM PST by jcsjcm (This country was built on exceptionalism and individualism. In God we Trust - Laus Deo)
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To: transducer; Bigun

*cough*
Obammy’s daddy was not and never was a US citizen, pass it on.


97 posted on 01/27/2012 8:09:46 AM PST by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: transducer
The court ruled that he was a citizen by birth, i.e. a natural born citizen.

A "citizen by birth" is not the same thing as a "natural born citizen." Aldo Mario Bellei of Rogers v Bellei was a "citizen at birth" but he lost his citizenship for failure to meet residency requirements. There ARE no residency requirements for a "natural born citizen."

It is another lie to argue that a "citizen at birth" mean the same thing as "natural born citizen."

98 posted on 01/27/2012 8:09:53 AM PST by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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To: transducer

Citizen by birth

You added the i.e. natural born citizen.

Citizen by birth does not translate to natural born citizen. You can have a Mexican woman run across the border, give birth on our land and that child is now a citizen by birth. Do you call that a natural born citizen? Could that child be President? I would love an answer on that!


99 posted on 01/27/2012 8:11:20 AM PST by jcsjcm (This country was built on exceptionalism and individualism. In God we Trust - Laus Deo)
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To: transducer

Hey, so I waited until after my second cup of coffee... sue me.


100 posted on 01/27/2012 8:12:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator
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