Monthly Archives: December 2011

Obama ballot challenge web site

Like chiggers, anti-Obama web sites proliferate. There are so many of them, I have come to see them as individually insignificant and not worth the trouble of reading.   Web movements are easy to Astroturf. Nonetheless, I have a blog to … Continue reading

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Wrotnowski to New Hampshire SOS: “be a man”

Cort Wrotnowski was one of the early plaintiffs challenging Obama’s eligibility in 2008 (a case in New Jersey that was ultimately refused a hearing by the US Supreme Court). In an email to supporters yesterday, he had strong words for … Continue reading

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Orly changes mind on hunger strike?

You may recall a January, 2011, OC Weekly interview with birther activist Orly Taitz about her favorite Orange County restaurants. Perhaps their appeal has caused Taitz to have second thoughts about aligning herself with Congressman Keith Ellison in a hunger … Continue reading

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A backlash against competence

I was reading a birther comment over at the Fox News affiliate web site for Dallas – Ft. Worth attached to an article about WorldNetDaily’s comical banner flyover at Cowboy Stadium, a flyover that happened when the domed stadium roof … Continue reading

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Most overhyped story

Donald Trump’s dalliance with birtherism was New Yorker Magazine’s #2 most hyped story for 2011. I agree. Think back to how much media time Trump got for his questions about Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Even though the media well knows … Continue reading

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Arizona legislator seeks “third time charm”

According to AZCentral.com, the “birther” eligibility bill that was vetoed by Arizona Republican governor Jan Brewer, is coming around for the third attempt, to be introduced by Rep. Carl Seel of Phoenix. The text of the upcoming proposal hasn’t been … Continue reading

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