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Liddy, Pruden repeat debunked claim that Obama's birth certificate is fake

Summary: G. Gordon Liddy asserted on his nationally syndicated radio show: "[W]e still don't have a birth certificate for [Sen. Barack] Obama. There are claims that he was actually born in Kenya." The Washington Times' Wesley Pruden similarly wrote that a "summer-long controversy continues about when and where the senator was actually born" and falsely asserted that "[t]he Obama campaign has been reluctant to produce a birth certificate." In fact, the Obama campaign has released Obama's birth certificate, and even the right-wing website WorldNetDaily has reported that claims about Obama's birth certificate being fraudulent are false.
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Posted by carlileb5935

This is just a blatant attempt on their part to make racist comments about Obama without being explicit. With all the code words intact.

Posted by Kyle_Broflovski in reply to carlileb5935

Well, I guess if this is a question of FRAUD, then who would know better than G. Gordon Liddy?  I wonder if he learned how to forge birth certificates when he was in PRISON?

Posted by mari2jj2970 in reply to Kyle_Broflovski

hehehehe!  So true.

Posted by MidnightWriter

G. Gordo--now botching facts the way he used to botch hotel break-ins.

Posted by snoopy

Are these idiots really that stupid? You have to wonder if they are really that far gone or just saying it to poke ya in the eyes. Childish either way.

Posted by pearlene_scott1602 in reply to snoopy

Are these idiots really that stupid?

Snoopy, unfortunelty folks like Liddy, Limbo and Hannity have a very receptive GOP audience.

Posted by MidnightWriter in reply to snoopy

Well, Liddy always did behave like a child.  It's like he never outgrew his highest, proudest moment in life--being the playground bully in 5th grade.

Posted by DAWUSS

If you bang your head against the wall long enough, you might be able to break through eventually...

Posted by nerzog in reply to DAWUSS

And if you use a big enough hammer, you can, indeed put a square peg in a round hole.

Posted by RABBITLUVR in reply to DAWUSS

What is that supposed to mean? Say something enough times - no matter how WRONG it is - and it will 'break through' someone's head and be accepted as the truth?

Posted by MidnightWriter in reply to RABBITLUVR

I think it means the only people stupid enough to believe anything Liddy has to say are those who are suffering from post concussion syndrome.

Posted by jeter2 in reply to RABBITLUVR

I think DaWuss is adding an addition onto his house & just explaining to us how he's doing it. I mean come on, you don't think he'd use tools do ya?

Hey Dawuss, just funning with you here, don't take it personally ;-)

Posted by PopeRatzo

Jeebus! The "vault copy" of Barack's birth certificate is available for viewing at the County building right here in Chicago for anyone who cares to examine it.  Is surprising that none of the scum like Corsi or Liddy or No Quarter will take the time to do so.

This is a ridiculous issue.  Barack has had to prove his citizenship dozens of times in his lifetime, including in FBI background checks.  He's a United States Senator!  Not even the 5 fascists on the US Supreme Court would find in favor of the people who are trying to enjoin the DNC from nominating him or Barack from being sworn in in January after he wins.  

 I knew it would get ugly with a black man running for President, but I didn't really dream it would take on this kind of insanity.  I'd say that you could take any hundred members of the "Christian Right" in this country and trade them straight up for any 100 Iranians or Venzuelans and we'd be a better country for it.  The days of Tailgunner Joe McCarthy have returned.

 That sleazy little pervert felon G Gordon Liddy doesn't have a lot of room criticizing anyone after the crimes he's committed against his country.  Liddy is a traitor, plain and simple.

Posted by princeofwheels

What does the G. stand for? And where is your birth certificate?

From this point forward, I demand that everyone in America be required to carry around their birth certificate. And also, everyone has a right to dispute the authenticity of anyones certificate and have them imprisoned.

I think the G. was a nickname...for Goofy. His mom gave it to him.

Stupid. This is my first WITH.....this isn't misinformation...this is equal to a Repbulican commandment. Thou shalt be stupid.

Posted by nerzog in reply to princeofwheels

Ah, there's the rub. Republicans lie so often and so easily, we are in danger of becoming complacent. Eventually, a Republican's lying is no more extraordinary than the sun coming up, and will cease to be news.

In fact, the Corporate Media seem to be there already on matters concerning the exaggerated Iraqi WMD intelligence. They seem to consider it "old news", as if there's nothing more to discuss.

Posted by loonz

Why isn't he in prison?

Posted by magnolialover

"The Obama campaign has been reluctant to produce a birth certificate. This could be a story with legs, swift long legs to rival those of a Kenyan sprinter. The Clintons are surely trying to help sort this out."

That's the quote that I found most funny. Why? Because first of all, it's wrong. We know for a damn good fact, that Obama was born in Hawaii. And even if he wasn't, he was born of an American citizen, which makes him, an American citizen. End of story. The second part, the Washington Times even screws up the smallest details, such as using the line "Kenyan sprinter...". Kenya is known for their long distance runners, not sprinters. They can't even get the simple things correct.

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to magnolialover

The concern-trolling by the rightys is getting pretty crazy . I'm checking out what I can on cable and radio, but it's getting really boring hearing their little puppet shows about the Dems latest "crisis".

They should really be doing something about that old guy in the gingham shirt and the baseball cap. He seems disoriented.

Posted by wookie in reply to magnolialover

Yep, they are just phoning it in now. Couldn't they do something with the Kenya national bird or something?

Posted by rtwmd1230 in reply to magnolialover

Jamaicans . . Kenyans ..to the Repubs, they all look alike.

Posted by mari2jj2970 in reply to magnolialover

No it could not be a story with legs.  I have a sister who lives in Hawaii, also a friend who worked in Labor and Delivery in Hawaii and I lived in Hawaii at the time he was born.  Both my sister and the RN can guarantee that Obama was born in the hospital on Oahu.  The L and D nurse actually took care of Obama's mother.  People need to peddle their racism and lies some place else.  All this crap sent around the net regarding all these distortions of the facts about Obama only make me, a Republican till now, far more committed to stand up to their swill.  And thousands and thousands are rejecting this smear attempt.  We will make certain this lie is called out. 

Posted by doggone-ga in reply to mari2jj2970

"only make me, a Republican till now, far more committed to stand up to their swill."

Great!  Will you make an ad for Obama to counter McCains "I was a Democrat but now I support McCain" ad?  <G>

Posted by YMMOT

G. Gordon Liddy: operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed during several years of Richard Nixon's Presidency. Along with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy masterminded the first break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in 1972. Liddy served four and a half years in prison for his role in the burglary.

Obviously a 'fair and balanced' source.

Posted by shaggles

Why would anyone think the Watergate guy would tell the truth about the Dem candidate?

Posted by HeyItsTodd

Does McCain's birth certificate count, given that it occurred before the Constitution was created, and was written with charcoal on bark?

Posted by BillJ-MN

Any defenders for these clowns?

I would love to see someone try to present either the case that Obama's birth certificate is fake or the idea that he wasn't born in Hawaii.  That would be fun.

Any takers?

Posted by DudeManDude

Though it seems like typical Republican slime tactics, this one is a little different to me. This starts to reek of right-wing desperation.

You are really flinging things at the wall to see what sticks when you are trying this bull to give their people the idea that somehow Obama will be disqualified.

First off, it won't happen, so why even raise it? You're just raising the already desperate hopes of the little GOP minions who listen to people like G.Gordon Liddy ( who better to advise us on legal matters than a convicted felon ).

Therefore it can only be in hopes of "painting" Obama as somehow "foreign". Don't you think that everyone who can be hooked with this kind of smear has already signed onto to voting against Obama? It's like they are trying to keep the racists "motivated". That can't bode well for their chances.

Posted by mary59

I have proof that Gee Gordon Liddy was born on the asteroid belt, which used to be a planet before he blew it up.

Posted by addamstaft5325

No, the COLB issue is NOT settled! Unfortunately, FactFinder is "involved" with Obama. Obama has something to hide, and thinks he can keep hiding it until he completes his terms as President. Why wouldn't YOU want to be confident he's qualified to run for President?