Predicto's chronolgy of the Obama Birth Certificate controversy.

[Burgold]

There was a national poll recently (I forget which one) that claimed only 20% of respondants self-identified as Republicans. That really surprised me. I suspect it is either a really bad sampling or that there are a lot of traditional Repubs who feel they don't have a home right now.

[Barney B]

From Snopes.com:


http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/ap.asp (click link for full text)

Claim: A June 2004 Associated Press article identified Barack Obama as "Kenyan-born."

FALSE


Origins: A popular item of "birther" chatter in October 2009 concerned the discovery of an archived copy of a 27 June 2004 article from the web version of the Kenyan-based Sunday Standard newspaper. The article was a
reproduction of an Associated Press (AP) wire story which dealt with the withdrawal of Republican candidate Jack Ryan from the race for a seat representing Illinois in the U.S. Senate, paving the way for the Democratic contender, Barack Obama, to win the election. Why this article was of particular interest to birthers was its lead-in sentence, which referred to Barack Obama as "Kenyan-born." Surely, claimed birthers, such an august news agency as the Associated Press would not have identified Barack Obama as "Kenyan-born" if they did not have ample evidence to support its use of that term.

However, the Associated Press made no such reference; the identification of Barack Obama as "Kenyan-born" was added to the Sunday Standard's version of the AP story by someone else (who misspelled the politician's given name as "Barrack" in the process) and is apparently unique to that publication. The full text of the "Jack Ryan Abandons Senate Bid" article as originally issued by the Associated Press is retrievable from the LexisNexis archive of global news sources, and it contains no reference (in the lead-in or elsewhere) to Barack Obama's being "Kenyan-born"...

[IHOPSkins]

Oh bull**** hophead.

His "transparency" does indeed ring as hollow in LEGITIMATE areas of critique as seems the The Way with either party in charge...

But the highly biased, the dedicated partisan, the true hack, and the outright whackjob, all line up like mallet-headed marionettes no matter what to flail and foam and fail. In the end they make just as big a negative dent in their own side's credibility as the drunk loud ignorant ******* Redksin fan ..........

Whats BS is a President that says one thing and does another

You can forgive him if you want to....and defend him if you must

But Dont' pretend that Obama's Personal habits don't effect his Public Policy

Thats BS

Signed: True Partisan

P.S......Can I still try to sit at your table if I am just ignorant?

P.P.S....I am not a Birther....BUT.....there is something in the long form birth certificate that Obama wants to hide....thats my opinion....and I am sticking to it

[Mickalino]

Predicto,

Ya got me. I'm convinced. Obama is indeed a U.S. citizen.

But he's still a closet militant Muslim

[Toe Jam]

Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate
Sunday, June 27, 2004


http://web.archive.org/web/200406271...ws26060403.htm

Oh well. Damn. Now I'm convinced.

[IHOPSkins]

He's doing it for one reason - because he is laughing at you and all the birthers.

Why should he bother catering to you? The only people who believe this nonsense are morons and haters. What does he owe them?

Believe what nonsense?

That Obama has something to hide in his BC?

Its True isn't it?......Your WEAKSAUCE excuse doesn't change the fact......just tries to hide it

Hide = Opposite of Transperancy

[Destino]

Believe what nonsense?

That Obama has something to hide in his BC?

Its True isn't it?......Your WEAKSAUCE excuse doesn't change the fact......just tries to hide it

Hide = Opposite of Transperancy

[deejaydana]

There was a national poll recently (I forget which one) that claimed only 20% of respondants self-identified as Republicans. That really surprised me. I suspect it is either a really bad sampling or that there are a lot of traditional Repubs who feel they don't have a home right now.

I recall a recent post, I forget which, that stated that Obama has the lowest approval rating of a President in his first year in office dating all the way back to 1953. That really surprised me as he came in with such fanfare. I wonder if Dems have buyer's remorse at this point.

[Madison Redskin]

Believe what nonsense?

That Obama has something to hide in his BC?

Its True isn't it?......Your WEAKSAUCE excuse doesn't change the fact......just tries to hide it

Hide = Opposite of Transperancy

Obama is obviously ignoring the requests because he has something to hide. I caught on to his tricks when I sent him a letter demanding to inspect his genitals because I heard a rumor that, as an alien from the planet Zutaff, he appears human but doesn't have any genitals. He didn't even respond to my letter, proving that he's hiding the truth. Why else wouldn't he respond to my serious inquiry?

[mardi gras skin]

Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate
Sunday, June 27, 2004


http://web.archive.org/web/200406271...ws26060403.htm

I wonder what percentage of Kenyans think Obama was born in America.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

I wonder if Dems have buyer's remorse at this point.

No.

[aREDSKIN]

Whats BS is a President that says one thing and does another

You can forgive him if you want to....and defend him if you must

But Dont' pretend that Obama's Personal habits don't effect his Public Policy


P.P.S....I am not a Birther....BUT.....there is something in the long form birth certificate that Obama wants to hide....thats my opinion....and I am sticking to it

IMO of course there is & all this name calling & belittling comes right from Alinsky's playbook. I wonder why? I just want to see BO's LFBC and when & if we do I'd be satisfied.

[Thiebear]

That's fair. It may be only 45 percent of Republicans that are dumb enough to believe this.

I'm telling you seriously no more than 35%...

[Burgold]

I recall a recent post, I forget which, that stated that Obama has the lowest approval rating of a President in his first year in office dating all the way back to 1953. That really surprised me as he came in with such fanfare. I wonder if Dems have buyer's remorse at this point.

It wasn't hard to find. It was a Wash Post/ABC Poll done on Oct 20. Here's a blurb from Huff that also links to the Post and one from ABC's George Stephanopoulos. Oughtn't imply I'm being dishonest.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_326971.html

Reporting on the new ABC/Washington Post poll has mostly focused on support for a public health care option. But the poll also shows that, while Republicans have succeeded in stonewalling Democratic initiatives in Congress, they have not managed to rebuild their party.

Only 20 percent of respondents identified themselves as Republicans -- the lowest number since 1983.

"These numbers, coming roughly one year before the 2010 midterm elections, show that any celebration on the GOP's behalf is premature as the party has yet to convince most voters that it can be a viable alternative to Democratic control in Washington today," wrote Chris Cillizza.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...hing.html#more

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009...-gop-down.html

[aREDSKIN]

It wasn't hard to find. It was a Wash Post/ABC Poll done on Oct 20. Here's a blurb from Huff that also links to the Post and one from ABC's George Stephanopoulos. Oughtn't imply I'm being dishonest.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_326971.html

Reporting on the new ABC/Washington Post poll has mostly focused on support for a public health care option. But the poll also shows that, while Republicans have succeeded in stonewalling Democratic initiatives in Congress, they have not managed to rebuild their party.

Only 20 percent of respondents identified themselves as Republicans -- the lowest number since 1983.

"These numbers, coming roughly one year before the 2010 midterm elections, show that any celebration on the GOP's behalf is premature as the party has yet to convince most voters that it can be a viable alternative to Democratic control in Washington today," wrote Chris Cillizza.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...hing.html#more

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009...-gop-down.html

Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group
Compared with 2008, more Americans “conservative” in general, and on issues
by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.







http://www.gallup.com/poll/123854/Co...cal-Group.aspx