The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a critical blow to the "birther" movement today. The Court refused to hear an appeal challenging the President's citizenship and his eligibility to serve as Commander-In-chief. But while the "birther" lawsuit is dead, the belief seems to be alive and well. Michael Eric Dyson is joined by radio host Armstrong Williams, Joy Reid of The Grio, and Keli Goff of Loop21.com to discuss the latest birther news, and breaking news on the Florida voter purge.
More bad news for birther-in-chief Donald Trump and his radical birther buddies, like Rep. Mike Coffman, Arizona Sec. of State Ken Bennett, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Orly Taitz.
The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to even comment on, yet alone hear, an appeal challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had already ruled the challengers (Alan Keyes, Wiley Drake and Markham Robinson) did not have legal standing to file the lawsuit.
The U.S. Constitution says only "a natural born citizen" may serve as president. The challengers allege that Obama, whose father was Kenyan, was born in that African country, rather than in Hawaii. They claim his Hawaii birth certificate is a forgery.
Hawaii officials have repeatedly verified Obama's citizenship.
Keyes and Drake ran against Obama on the American Independent Party ticket and Robinson serves as the party's chairman.
Is this the end of the birther movement?
Hardly.
Iowa Republicans will meet in Des Moines this Saturday (June 16) to, among other things, debate whether candidates, such as President Obama, should have to prove their citizenship before being nominated.
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racism surely couldn't be involved in the "birther" debate now could it?
If racism is an issue in the "birther" debate there isn't a thing you can do about it, is there? A racist has all the rights that everyone else has. A racist's vote is just as valid as any other vote. I guess you can try to "expose" the racist...but nobody gives a hoot.
" "expose" the racist...but nobody gives a hoot."
only other racist as yourself.
only other racist as yourself.
Even if that's the case...nobody gives a hoot.
I know more liberals that love what Obama wants to give them but hate him for what he is.
LOL at you
nice try at a dance around.
We all know jerry is a selfcentered racist. He shows his true colors with every key stroke. He love calling names.
We all know jerry is a selfcentered racist
And like I said, there's nothing anybody can do about it. My vote counts just as much as the "holier than thou" liberals.
Mittens (the white guy) in 2012
LOL spoken with the true ignorance of a racist!
you vote counts but as must racist they vote for the losers!! which is good spend your worthless vote on racist people.
racist ===== LOSERS!!! that fits you perfect!
you vote counts but as must racist they vote for the losers!
If Mittens is a racist, I couldn't care less. He's looking out for my interests.
Just remember Bill Clinton, the #1 Democrat of all time, is a racist........Obama said so.......and Obama is an honorable man....
LOL
LOL at the duck its ok we all still think of you as a racist re-reg low life with bad self esteem. don't worry nothing will change that.
LOL
of course its racism. the first African American President and now fake hair trump and his idiot sidekicks President for his birth certificate? even after it has been proven?
My question is why noone ever asked for DNA from reagan and the two bush to see if they are human!!!
of course its racism. the first African American President and now fake hair trump and his idiot sidekicks are questioning the President for his birth certificate? even after it has been proven?
My question is why noone ever asked for DNA from reagan and the two bush to see if they are human!!!
well its good to see that the SC makes good decisions once and a while.
Well as usual, they question the ability of the supreme court, only when it fits their needs. We all know what trump and friends really mean, and how they think they are superior to others.
Oilly Tates and Trondal dump, are the jokes here.
When will these crazy bastards finally give this crap up?
Thanks for saying it!
instead of talking about POTUS birth, how about the media focus on what really matters. That is, Romney's tax returns. How many Swiss bank accounts should any Presidential candidate have.
I'm sure that will come later in the campaign.
As others on this blog have so accurately pointed out, there is no legal requirement for Romney to release his tax returns. Legally, any presidential candidate can have as many tax returns as he wants as long as he reports them to the IRS. Unless you have evidence otherwise, Romney has reported all of his...
just saying..
Poor little storm once again doesn't seem to understand the law, tax evasion is illegal, that law does not just apply to those who work. Just saying.
Obama's school records seem to a point of interest and scrutiny, but I haven't heard of Lush Rimjob bring it up about Romney's or his firing friend.
ALL school records are confidential and nobodys business. I don't believe they are a requirement to be President.
You're right, unless the candidate is passing himself off as a Constitutional Law Professor when he was only a lecturer (on leave.)
Also it's you liberals that claim Obama had such a stellar academic record, but when it comes time to cough up the proof you say it's confidential and nobody's business.
Not that it matters anyway. George W Bush went to Yale and he's an imbecile.
Except that the fact Romney won't release his tax returns is not proof of tax evasion or any other sort of wrongdoing.
It's you who doesn't understand the law if you think not releasing the returns is evidence of anything illegal.
Right because chi says so it must be true except chi ignores that if Mittens lied about his wealth and under paid that would show in his tax records. And chi keeps insisting he isn't a tea bagging republican but boy does he go out of his way to defend Mittens something no one but a tea bagging republican would do. And once again we see chi trying to defend the school record attack against Obama another tea bagging republican action. Funny thing chi I know quite a few libertarians and none of them toe the republican line like you do.
Yeah sure. I bet you know lots of libertarians.
Yes it would, and the IRS would prosecute him for it, which they haven't.
LOL I'm not defending Mittens. I'm proving you're wrong.
Except whom ignores that if Obama lied about his academic record and wasn't the stellar student he claims he is, it would show on his transcripts.
He not only "passes him self off as one" he has practiced it at 2 law firms and was a Professor of constitutional law. I doubt that would happen if he didn't have the credentials. But again, it's nobody's business. It's not a requirement for the position. And he has had 2 of his Professors tell what kind of student he was. But, hell keep the racism alive. I don't recall any other president that has had to put up with this BS.
Chi...
Is there any legal requirement for Romney to release his tax record? Unless there is, I guess the libs just need to shut up.
I see that you are apparently in some typo of argument with whom about some idiotic statement that it made. Trust me on this one...you will be so much more at peace if you simply place it on ignore. Whom is simply not worth your time...
Just saying...
If school records were GW Fence Post would have never been...
Nope.
I completely agree with you.
True that.
I'm voting for Mittens BECAUSE he's a successful multi millionaire winner in the game of life. I'm not voting for Barry because he's a failed community organizer that made a couple million with a ghost written book.
Well we got us some real GWB types amongst us XXX. After all getting a B on your first grade spelling test is a worse crime then lying on your taxes.
Who lied on his taxes? Mittens? Rich guys like him don't have to cheat. He doesn't want to release his 1040 because it will make tens on millions of liberals jealous. Just look at the jealousy now.
Mittens is my hero.
With all due respect Eugene, he's only a winner in the circle that keeps score with dollars. I'm sure it's very nice to be uber-wealthy, and if that's how you measure winners God bless. I've had two near death experiences in my life and I personally have much different priorities now than before those events. To each his own, but I think the concept of success and failure are a bit more abstract than the way you are outlining it.
...another 'made up issue', like guns & abortions the right-wing nuts need 'made up issues' so they can hide from the real issues...
Well, looks like we settled things w/the three stooges; now, let's move on to the rest of the loonies!!
Nah they just went onto another topic and are repeating the same nonsense they were just schooled on, its what they do non stop day after day.
well it's about time. now can they check mutt and trump the rump's birth certificate please. they must be from another planet far far way
So...why didn't Donald Trump and his merry band of morons check George W. Bush's citizenship? Or do they not consider Hawaii to be part of the Union? Or perhaps it is the fact that Obama is SLIGHTLY darker than the rest of them with a tan? If they're going to check the citizenship of Barack Obama they should check the citizenship of EVERY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE in the future. So Obama's father was born in Kenya, so what? Mitt Romney's father was born in Mexico. Why don't they go after their bosom-buddy Romney, then? Because Romney's got money, that's why. It makes me sick to think America has sacrificed good old-fashioned values and morals for money. Does race have a part to play in it? Perhaps, perhaps not, but when I was growing up I was taught that whether you like the President on a personal level or not, he (and, hopefully sometime in the future, she) is elected BY THE PEOPLE. Publicly vilifying our President regardless of who he is proves to the world EXACTLY what they may have thought of us before...that we are weak. Man, I'd love to see these people react if and when an American-born Asian woman becomes POTUS...
well said Locktwiste, well said
Well Said!
The FEC does. Before the election.
Sounds good.
And by that logic you're suggesting Obama is not rich? Dreamer.
nor totally white.
More toeing the republican line by chi.
LOL disliking Obama is not toeing the Republican line, as convenient as it is for you to say.
No defending Mittens and the GOP in every post you make just proves you are a republican. I have never seen a libertarian kiss up to the GOP like you do.
Teapublicans need to make Romney prove his citizenship, since Big Daddy George was born in Mexico, which might be why old Mitt has so much money in accounts outside the country. Has anybody checked to see if he has money in Mexico. BTW, a Michigan birth certificate won't suffice, since liberals have witnesses paid to li---umm---willing to testify under oath that he is a Mexican ... rotfl ... prove it Mitt ... the country is waiting! ...
George Romney, (born in Mexico, and not on a Naval Base,) ran for President in 1968, and when Dems challenged his eligibility, the Congressional Research Service announced that George was 'a naturalized citizen', because his parents were from the USA. (Even though they moved to Mexico in order to defy US law)
The extremists involved with the manufactured "birther" issue are middle aged white people who fear "losing their country" to rising blacks, women, and other minorities in places of responsibility. Racism has much to do with this because a black man in the White House really galls these extremists in the Tea Party. To the racists in the Republican Party losing to a black man in 2008 was the ultimate humiliation. These extremists also the fear that the white race is slipping away from its cultural hegemony. Being a white career military man myself, I find the John Bircher/Tea Party/KKK types from the right wing completely idiotic. The U.S. Army has blacks, women, and minorities at all levels of the organization both as officers and senior NCO's. Anyone who has been in the services for 20 years like I have finds, these radical extremist groups, like the birthers, as living on a parallel universe, lost in the Twilight Zone of complete denial of 21st century American society. Its almost as if the "birthers" are living in the Confederate States of America rather than the United States of America. Country great Pam Tillis sang about "denial" being not just a river in Egypt, but she would also be singing about the birther's today.
actually I think they should investigate McCain to see if he isn't a Panamanian terroist. can you really trust anyone born outside of the USA main land..........
If Trump was smart he'd keep his yap shut! I wonder what has been done about those killer drones that have been known to fly off course.
Good thing for trump, rush, & o'reilly.
If those 3 dudes were not around, the ed show would nothing to talk about.
your here..........boring with the rushy crowd ain't it? same old same old.....hahahaha
Who asked the question name three crazy people? And you don't count as #4 because no one cares...
Finally we see someone with some sanity instead the insanity from Trump and the rest of the clowns. Never has such disrespect been shown a President as the birthers have. Many of us say give it a rest all ready we are sick of hearing about it! Talk about Jobs Trump, Get your Re pubs to get off there hands and do something for this country. You can build your fancy buildings as the infrastructure crumbles beneath them. Its time to get real and stop the BS!!!!
Trump just needs to shut up and not talk about anything. After all, he can't talk about jobs. He bankrupted 3 companies.
No it's not the end, because Ed will be sure to report it any time one of these whack jobs says something about it and end up giving their argument free press so that other whack jobs can cling to it and hold on to the "conspiracy."
Right because Trump and the rest of the birthers don't have access to media so of course it's Eds fault for reporting a story about the birther insanity. Typical spin cycle.
whom, it may surprise you to know this but the average citizen has enough sense to ignore what comes out of Trump's mouth. Even Romney is only cozying up to him as an extra wallet for his campaign. Trump is a blowhard looking for free press of his own. Giving it to him instead of making him spend his own money to promote himself is the height of insanity.
Except you leave out the facts that Trump like most wealthy people make news. Really all Paris Hilton has to do is get out of a limo without panties on and the media drops news stories to cover it.
And I don't see the point in the media doing that any more than I do Ed giving someone like the birthers free press. The best way to get back at an attention whore is to ignore them. They seek any kind of attention, positive or negative, to get their fix. Obscurity is the best way to combat their stupidity.
". Even Romney is only cozying up to him as an extra wallet for his campaign. "
that might be true, however when was the last time you hear don the cheap tight wad trump put money up?
sure he may have just don't remember hearing it.
So all this bs, is put to rest, just what the heck has POTUS done to improve your life the last 3+ years? What are his accomplishments? I for one am tired of throwing my hard earned money at this business that is not working!!
More then what the GOP have done in the last 34 years of trickle down bull @!$%#. Don't blame Obama for your problems after all you thought it was a great ideal to cut the taxes on the wealthy because some day you would need those tax cuts, Reagan just left out the part where you would be the one paying for those tax cuts. Which is one of the reasons you will never get to use those tax cuts, its a lie spending money doesn't give you more money that only works if you have more money then you could spend in 3 life times.
tellitlikeitisforu~~Some of President Obamas' accomplishments!!
Equal pay for equal work
Saved the U.S. auto industry
Credit card reform
Hate crimes prevention act
Affordable Care Act (OBAMACARE)
Student loan reform
Wall Street reform
Middle-class tax cuts
Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
Raised fuel efficiency standards
Ended the war in Iraq
Beginning the end of the war in Afghanistan (Bringing our troops home)
KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN (THE MOST FEARED TERRORIST IN ALL THE WORLD)
KILLED THE NEXT 25 MOST FEARED TERRORIST IN ALL THE WORLD
Created 4.3 million jobs (800 thousand already this year 2012) Would have been 600 thousand more, if those radical, republican governors and mayors did not cut those public sector jobs, (fire fighters, police and teachers) just to keep un-employee rate high, to make Obama look bad. Romney still says "we don't need more fire fighters, police or teachers) The radical republicans campaigned on jobs, jobs, jobs. They just left off CUT. CUT JOBS, CUT JOBS, CUT JOBS!!!
Romney the big spender on his own run for president has spent $75.000 dollars of his own cash WOW I guess he has a few doubts huh? All the rest has been PAC money and contributions but ONLY $75.000 of his own!!!!! Anointed waiting to be appointed so he can hold the pen for the Tea Party(FAKE) and sign their pre-written legislation.
http://thepolitic.org/?p=1588
well remember back at the beginning he had the company open up donate a million then closed up. or something in that effect.
some people say, that most people who watch fox, are the same people who has no idea what any people say.
This whole Birther idiocy only shows how really mentally disturbed the GOP people are,
The truth is that the Republicans have NO ideas on what to do with the economy or any other subject relating to the American people so they just dwell on stupidity !!!!
Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there who have no idea what is going on in the political world in other countries or in their own country so the GOP get away with all this nonsence.
I can only hope that the American public will realize what a crock of fools the GOP really are.
That's true but the Dems have no ideas either and both parties are stuck on stupid. The financial problem we have is probably already beyond repair and until we address our monetary policy it's just going to get nothing but worse.
Neither side is talking about monetary policy reform.
I have no doubt Obama is an American Citizen. There are so many other (valid) reasons to criticize Obama. I think it would be in the best interests of his opponents to focus on verifiable and well-documented failures as there are plenty.
No doubt Trump is doing this for some free press, and he's getting it, so as dumb as all of this sounds, he is not so dumb. The end justifies the means for this guy and I don't think he gives a damn if everyone thinks he's nuts.
I feel sorry for anyone who doesn't recognize Trump for what he really is, but I agree with another poster who said that not too many people take him seriously. I sure don't.
I wonder is Mitt gonna keep his stained blue suit under the bed?
lol
Chit I didn't take any action against you...and gossip gets out of hand. From what was sent makes it pretty obvious. I'm here for fun and debate and share ideas even if they are different then mine. And if someone makes the mistake of making insults they will get more than they bargained for. Some people LIKE to stir things up don't they.
XXX the stains are in his magic underpants, he hasn't taken them off since the church gave them to him.
Things did indeed get out of hand. This place can be quite the gossip mill.
I didn't find out about any of it until I saw MD's post defending me and saying that I didn't send "it." So I said WTF and went back to find the post. I'm still scratching my head wondering who could have singled me out and attempted to impersonate me, and why on Earth anyone would. I know I'm far from a favorite poster here but I really didn't think anyone could be that much of a hater. I guess I was wrong about that.
We've had our somewhat heated disagreements but sending messages of that nature to you or anyone would be completely out of character for me. Fortunately most people here (including yourself) had/have sense enough to recognize that.
I was never really too concerned or upset about this. Mostly I was left sort of bewildered by the whole thing.
As for this place and why I come here... I like to be challenged. I like to read. I like to write. Politics interest me. I've said before I'd be really bored if I were posting in a place where everyone agreed with me. It would offer me little opportunity to grow if that were the case.
ok.
When they take back their country & their "white house" the birthers will be ok. They will still be in the Jim Crow era but they will be ok!!!! white Floridian
Where are the birthers now when Mitt Romney's father, former Governor of Michigan, was born in Mexico? Why aren't they asking for Mitt and his father's birth certificate. George Romney's grandfather was a polygamist so maybe someone should find the family tree. Does Mitt know who his great-grandmother was? This could be a multiple choice question.
Mitt Romney's father was Governor of Michigan, Secretary of HUD and Presidential candidate. George Romney was born in Mexico and his grandfather (not Mitt's) was a polygamist who fled to Mexico. There was no argument over George Romney's legitimacy to become President with all of these issues but Obama's birth is still an issue.
....O...You commie Dems got your ass beat so bad last week Big head Ed had to go drown himself in a bottle of tears .....Wa...Wa...Guberment give me..WaWa...Commie unions commie... supported Obama...commie Supported Dems...Going to get your ass kicked in November...Come January it's exit stage left for the commies....
You could run Donald Duck against the Commie Obama and the Duck would win..The American people have had enough of your commie BS...Game over
LOL look a new wannabe teapublicants comedian!!
LOL you going to have to try harder.
Pilotshark...That's really funny ..I bought 10 pounds of Pilot whale on the internet and it tasted great...Liberal tent living idiot
LOL at you some more very hard.
thanks re-reg
to bad you didn't by a clue on the internet, that would help in in the long run.
LOL do you have low T? or just a self esteem problem as well?
What did the Community idiot say three years ago...O...Yea..This is the time..To stop the seas from rising....WTF..You people are completely insane...Global warming...Christ sake you commie idiots can't get out of bed in the morning without looking for the government to wipe your ass...Seas rising...Community ...idiot...Too funny ...