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Wash. Times' Gaffney made false and baseless claims about Obama's birth certificate, purported "ties" to Khalid al-Mansour

Summary: Washington Times columnist Frank Gaffney Jr. falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama "has, to date, failed to provide an authentic birth certificate which could clear up the matter" of "whether Mr. Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States." In fact, even the right-wing website WorldNetDaily found that a birth certificate supplied by the Obama campaign is authentic.
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Posted by snoopy

Hmmm, judging by the intensity of this repeated claim I'm betting it's another "issue" McCain is gonna bring to Obama's face in the debate tomorrow. It's gonna be a real pleasure watching Obama factually discount it and then bring up the Keating 5 and McCain's continued ties to Keating years after the first bailout McCain helped cause.

Posted by genefolsom in reply to snoopy

Where is the birth certificate? Why are any records not public? This is the most important jon in the USA.  Why is there not a review of every canidate with this primary information?

Posted by leftinmississippi in reply to genefolsom

Where is the birth certificate?  Seriously?  It's all over the internet. That has to be the most examined birth certificate in the history of birth certificates.  The wingnuts are driving the Hawaiian authorities bats!!! about this stupid, made-up crazy "issue".  The records are public.  Fly to Honolulu and check it out, why don't cha. 

Posted by Kyle_Broflovski in reply to genefolsom

Here is the birth certificate:

http://slicedbreadtwo.com/images/uploads/COLMKBTWL.gif

Posted by snoopy in reply to genefolsom

Why don't you tell me? Mitt Romney was a potential candidate, his grandpa denounced US citizenship and moved to mexico.

Posted by eweston8542983

Someone brought up Mansour, didn't say why he was significant.

This just in, someone who has the same zip code Obama once had, has been accused of mugging the Easter Bunny.

Posted by magnolialover in reply to eweston8542983

Mansour and Obama are related because they both have funny sounding Islamic type names, and they are both black. Therefore, they must be friends, and "pal" around no doubt.

Also, this just in. Michelle Obama once got a speeding ticket, hence showing her disrepsect for the laws of our nation. The Obama's are "dangerous" and must be stopped from becoming the leader of our nation.

Posted by magnolialover in reply to eweston8542983

Also, since I wanted to check into Mansour, I googled him, and of course the first 4 or 5 pages of google hits are, yes, you guessed it, right wing nut job websites talking about some dark conspiracy about how he helped Obama through school, and paid for him, and things like that. Of course, they offer no proof of this.

It's sort of how like John McCain only got into the Naval Academy because of the family connections that he had, and how he got to be a Congressman because of the family connections that he had, and how he managed to become a Senator because of the family connections that he had. Oops, that's all true.

Posted by snoopy in reply to magnolialover

Obama Pictures and McCain Pictures

Posted by pbg

Has Keith Ellison killed anybody yet?

Posted by eweston8542983 in reply to pbg

Plays a mean harmonica,..but not that good.

Posted by pete592 in reply to eweston8542983

But his harmonica playing isn't mean enough to kill you?

Posted by eweston8542983 in reply to pete592

yup, considered opinion is he'll never be a killer harmonica player.

"Man's got to know his limits."

Posted by magnolialover in reply to pbg

"How do you know he's not working with our enemies?"

Glenn Beck

Posted by IRONY 101

Barack Obama was born in The Dakota, the Gothic apartment building on Central Park West in New York City, to a woman named Rosemary who bore a striking resemblance to Mia Farrow. His conception and birth were all captured on film. I've seen the movie...  ;>)

Posted by sportsguydave

The Moonie Times.

All you need to know about this particular non-story.

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to sportsguydave

It looks like even the dopiest wingnuts have figured this one out- none of them here demanding another form of ID. Good for you guys!

But don't go figuring out too many more things before election day. It 'd be pretty boring if everyone was aware of the facts and McCain got 0% of the vote.