Monthly Archives: July 2016

Trump: Most birthers are great Americans

In 2011, Donald Trump gave an interview to Greta Van Susteren on Fox News. He said (quote courtesy of the New York Times): A birther is a person that wants — these are great Americans in many cases, in most … Continue reading

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The occasional open thread: too epic to fail

Put your Obama conspiracy comments that don’t relate to the current articles here. This thread will close in two weeks.

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Desensitized

This birther business has just been one damn thing after another. Birther claims get wilder and wilder, and nastier and nastier. I guess the peak may have been when they said Michelle Obama was a man, accusing the President with … Continue reading

Posted in 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump, Lounge, Treason | Tagged , , | 42 Comments

“Birth Certificate” draws enthusiastic applause at Democratic National Convention

The unexpected reference to birth certificates drew a surprisingly enthusiastic response from the DNC crowd. The context was Presdent Obama talking about his ancestors in Kansas, who settled there 200 years ago, and may not have had birth certificates. Birth … Continue reading

Posted in 2016 Presidential Election, Birth Certificate, Videos | Tagged | 157 Comments

Arpaio: criminal referral almost inevitable

Birther Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems bound for a criminal referral based on remarks from federal judge G. Murray Snow in a hearing yesterday. The judge said that Arpaio had failed to convince him that he was not guilty of intentional … Continue reading

Posted in Birthers Behaving Badly, Joe Arpaio, Mike Zullo | Tagged , | 84 Comments

Cruz eligibility lawsuit reaches the Supreme Court

With the Republican National Convention scheduled to begin tomorrow (July 17), where Donald Trump has garnered enough delegates to be elected on the first ballot, it would seem that the eligibility of another losing candidate is moot. Still, the question … Continue reading

Posted in 2016 Presidential Election, Citizenship, Cruz eligibility, Mario Apuzzo, Supreme Court | Tagged , , , | 125 Comments