Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
Victor Davis Hanson hits the nail on the head as we approach the end of the silly season: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDk0MTlkNDVlYmIyNTlmNTQwZDAxNzk4MTZmOWQwY2M=&w=MA==
Ok, that was good. I noticed nobody wants to see Biden dance. *laugh*
Almost as good as they one they have of Obama 'rickrolling' McCain at the convention. (Yes, that's what happens when you have what is basically a 'green screen' behind you while talking. You can do ANYTHING on that space.)
Oh, and have to add the link to that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TiQCJXpbKg
Man, I didn't really realize until now just how bad a case of "crazy eyes" McCain has. What's up with that?
Man, in a couple of years, video "evidence" will be meaningless. Things are getting "Running-Man-esque."
Hilarious.
But they got the "gang" colors reversed. What's up with that?!
Rod,
This is awesome. Thanks so much. You made my day!
Obama fails to produce court-ordered "vault copy" of birth certificate in accordance with federally-mandated deadline:
newsmax.com/headlines/obama_birth_certificate/2008/10/24/143882.html
This doesn't appear to be a "conspiracy theory," but a legitimate Constitutional court case, brought by a long-time prominent DEMOCRAT. Also:
"Nevertheless, in recent weeks, lawsuits have been filed in seven additional states demanding that Barack Obama produce an original vault copy of his birth certificate, to dispel the rumors that he is not a natural-born United States citizen. The latest suits have been filed in state and federal courts in Hawaii, Washington, California, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Connecticut to compel Obama to release his birth records. Lawsuits in Washington and Georgia are seeking state superior courts to force the states’ secretary of state, as the chief state elections officer, to require Obama to produce original birth records from Hawaii, or else decertify him as a candidate for the presidency."
Barack Obama Kenyatta, First Kenyan-born President of the United States.
Not cool.
I get Newsmax in my e-mail, apparently so I can delete it since I rarely read it. Even so, I do know that they're extremely anti-Obama, agree with them or no. When we find this in the MSM, I'll know the story has legs.
Anyway, the dancing was hilarious, but I agree with the statement that video evidence will be moot within a few years.
Kevin Divine - October 24, 2008 11:25 PM - I get Newsmax in my e-mail, apparently so I can delete it since I rarely read it. Even so, I do know that they're extremely anti-Obama, agree with them or no. When we find this in the MSM, I'll know the story has legs.
I never know if the reason this story and other right-wing obsessions don't make the MSM is because they don't have legs, or because the MSM has a vested or personal or political interest in not airing these things. The b.c. story seems to be a valid one, I think; the one who is making the most fuss about it, Philip Berg (he tells who he is beginning at 2:00 in the video below), is a long-time Democrat and a former State Deputy Attorney General. You can see/hear him in this YouTube video:
youtube.com/watch?v=xyspCRmJv7w&feature=related
It's almost November, though, so the chance for an "October Surprise" is quickly fading....
Berg is right about one thing - if Obama wins, and is not Constitutionally eligible for POTUS, we're right in the middle of a Constitutional and National crisis, thanks to the Democratic Party.
It doesn't have legs.
Check 'Factcheck.org'. Do you honestly think that a campaigning major party candidate for president didn't have a thorough background check? At least thorough enough to know about a fraudulent birth certificate?
Secondly, Factcheck actually VIEWED the document. Be honest now, at this point, if you start with the idea that anything displayed is a forgery or hoax, exactly what would convince you that any document he showed was real?
Would you have to go, personally, to Hawaii as Factcheck DID, and personally see, touch, and handle the document?
The dance video: how'd they do that?
Tina Fey is HOT!
Karen Brown:
I hope you're right. If Obama wins, I hope it's not because of voter fraud and that he's Constitutionally eligible.
I would like to see the b.c. cases settled per the court cases, though.
Anyway, gotta go vote; don't know how long the line will be.
Well, first off, voter registration fraud and voting fraud are, once again, different things.
Jive Turkey and Mickey Mouse aren't going to show up to vote.
Secondly, once again, do you honestly think that both candidates haven't already been fully investigated by the proper authorities to make sure they are, at bare minimum, constitutionally eligible for the job? I mean, geez...
Some random pundit is going to find what all the proper authorities missed, and its going to be as obvious as a fraudulent birth certificate? I mean, the REAL one would have to be there, or it would be absent entirely, and can't say there's a high likelihood of there being a second Barack Obama that he's using the real birth certificate of...
Oh, and there is no actual case.
Do you think that every single claim, no matter who brings it up, or how unlikely it is, has to be addressed in court?
He has a birth certificate. More than one reporting agency has seen it, he has it on his website.
Anyone can contact the State of Hawaii and even see it for yourself, THEIR copy.
Do you think.. what, Hawaii is complicit in the fraud, or that there's some other Barack Obama out there and he's using that one's BC?
I will know the MSM is biased if on November 4/5 McCain wins the election and the main reason/excuse/rant the MSM and its talking heads on CNN and MSNBC, etc., give ad infinitum ad nauseam for Obama's loss is that Americans are racist.
And if Obama wins, and they start ranting about socialism? Or is he born in this country? Or 'paling around with terrorists', etc?
What's that supposed to mean?
It looks like Philip Berg lost his suit/case re: Obama's b.c.:
On Friday night, U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick sided with the Democratic National Committee, which had asked Surrick to dismiss Berg's complaint. Surrick issued a 34-page memorandum and opinion that said the claims were "ridiculous" and "patently false." He also said Berg's effort to pursue his claim regarding Obama's citizenship were "frivolous and not worthy of discussion."
On with the show....
As I said, there's only three ways this suit would have merit.
1. Nobody bothered to check with the state of Hawaii to see if Obama had a birth certificate on file, and either confirmed it did not, or the one they have differs in some significant (not cosmetic, which only means that he got a different version or at a different time than the one they checked.. There were TWO options for which BC I could get in my state when I got one recently) from the one he shows.
2. The State of Hawaii is in cahoots with Obama, and they forged a document for him.
3. There's two Barack Obamas with at least reasonably consistent data (the other Obama isn't female, for instance, or much older or younger) and the one running for president is using the other Obama's BC.
Does any of these sound reasonable to you?
Or 'paling around with terrorists', etc? What's that supposed to mean?
You're right. I have no idea what "paling around with terrorists" means. Is it like "impaling" terrorists? Does it have to do with the name "Palin"?
I am Joe's State of Confusion.
That's a direct quote FROM Palin. That Obama was out there 'paling' (pronounced 'pal', like being a friend of someone) with terrorists.
She's saying it NOW.
Seems odd to complain about what some media might claim after the election about McCain given the groundless and rather constant smears going on about Obama BEFORE the election.
Karen:
I was just teasing you. The correct spelling is "palling," as in: "He is palling around with terrorists." See p. 953 under "pal" in the Random House Webster's College Dictionary 2000 Second Revised and Updated Random House Edition.
Wow, they actually made that a word? *chuckle* I was wondering if it was one of those 'let's turn a noun into a verb' the way we often do.
Is John McCain a natural-born citizen of the U.S.? Seeing he was not born in the U.S. proper but in the Panama canal zone. Oh well... I guess as long as he parents were U.S.citizens and living on a military installation in the Panama Canal, this is just a minor issue.
Is John McCain a natural-born citizen of the U.S.? Seeing he was not born in the U.S. proper but in the Panama canal zone. Oh well... I guess as long as he parents were U.S.citizens and living on a military installation in the Panama Canal, this is just a minor issue.
I think this has come up a few times but... I heard it's a bit more of a law than anything, I believe that's what was said, oh well... please don't quote me, I'm getting up in age and can't really remember a lot.:)
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