It would be funny to see how crazy -- I mean, truly batshit insane -- some brain-dead wingnuts are, if it weren't so damned scary.
Here in America's Taint™, we'll be treated tomorrow to a cavalcade of stupidity, as a local radio station gives supremely undeserved airtime to a
couple of lunatics who claim that President Obama isn't qualified for his office.
Dr. Orly Taitz will be a guest from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday on radio station WEBY 1330 AM to discuss her lawsuit over whether President Barack Obama is qualified to be president.
The interview will take place during the "Your Turn" news/interview program, station general manager Mike Bates said in a news release.
Taitz has filed five lawsuits on this issue. She represents 60 members of the U.S. military; seven state representatives from four states, former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others.
Army Lt. Scott Easterling, who is on active duty in Iraq, has sued in an effort to seek confirmation that orders from Obama are lawful. Taitz represents him.
Retired Major Gen. Carroll Childers has joined her lawsuit. Childers served in the military for 38 years including tours in Vietnam and Iraq.
The second hour of "Your Turn" -- 5 to 6 p.m. -- will feature attorney Mario Apuzzo. He has filed a case on behalf of Charles Kerchner and others alleging Congress didn't properly ascertain that Obama is qualified to hold the office of president.
During the program, both attorneys will be asked to defend the claims made in their lawsuits, Bates said.
I might just have to listen to this one tomorrow ... maybe even call in, if they accept callers ...*
As for the "merits" of the case, it seems obvious to me that inasmuch as the Right owns and controls nearly every mainstream "news" outlet today, if there were a shred of truth to the allegations, we'd know about it. This
bogus and ludicrous argument rests on the fact that the president's father was born in Kenya, thereby (so they argue) negating Obama's "natural-born" status ...
or, in the alternative, that Obama was
not born in Hawai'i -- maybe he was born in Kenya. As my kids might say, "puh-LEEEZ."
These people literally are stark raving mad. Check out this moron:
100% odds of success
The odds that Barak Obama (BHO) had natural born allegiances to Kenya at the moment of his birth are 100%. BHO states in his autobiography that his natural father was from Kenya. This singular fact alone disqualifies him from ever occupying the office of POTUS. It is simple and undeniable. There is no argument. This is according to 230 years of legal precedent and US State Department rulings.
50%-50%
The odds that BHO was born in Hawaii are contentious and only 50%-50%. The issue is open to argument, fraud and corruption. This can become a bloody argument in a very literal way. No matter what the facts prove, people will argue about this as long as BHO wants to.
Besides, what if he WAS born in Hawaii? Then what? A new campaign to argue the idea of Natural Born allegiances after opening with the teetering birth certificate issue? I personally suspect he was born in Kenya but, I wouldn't stake my case on it nor would I risk loosing the public interest (media attention) on such a risk. Act as if you are hunting a dangerous predator where you must completely disable it with one shot. A wounded predator on whom you've made war will try to stalk and kill you.
ALWAYS LEAD WITH:
His father was a foreigner. He has a natural born allegiance to the land of his father. This condition means by definition that he cannot ever have a Natural Born allegiance exclusively to the USA. It means he can not legally command our US military. He was never a Natural Born Citizen of the USA and never will be. It's simple and easy to understand.
[...]
Jerome Radin
Park Hills, KY
(emphases added)
No, Jerome, the simple truth of the matter is that courts throughout American history have held that "natural-born" means "born within the territory of the United States or its possessions."** The father's citizenship is completely and wholly irrelevant. The idea that we still have to discuss this, or that lunatics like Dr. Taitz can spew their idiocy on the radio, is pathetic.
Oh, by the way, what do you suppose Radin meant by disabling a "dangerous predator" "with one shot?" Doesn't take too much imagination ...
* Of course, it's interesting how nearly all wingnut radio shows either don't accept callers, or screen them heavily to make sure the callers are as batshit crazy as the hosts. Kind of like right-wing blogs, which almost never allow comments ... couldn't be that they don't care to have their lunacy challenged, could it?
** There is some question as to whether birth in a foreign country -- say, Panama -- to American parents might convey "natural-born" citizenship, but that's not at issue here.Labels: Barack Obama, Jerome Radin, Kenya, Orly Taitz, WEBY
