Gibbs: Birther issue 'nonsense'

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Gibbs: Birther issue 'nonsense'

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs once again dismissed conspiracy theories about the president's citizenship ...

... in his daily briefing Monday, noting that proof of President Obama's birthplace had been posted online and Obama's citizenship had been demonstrated "ad nauseam."

But Gibbs, sounding alternately bemused and exasperated, told White House reporters that conspiracy theories about the president's birthplace would never go away.

"I hate to indulge, in such an august setting as the White House briefing room...the made-up, fictional nonsense whether the president was born in this country," Gibbs said. "If I had some DNA, it wouldn't assuage those who believe he wasn't born here."

Attempting to put the issue to rest, once more, Gibbs assured reporters: "The president was born in Honolulu, in the 50th state of the greatest country on the face of the earth...There are 10,000 more important issues for people in this country to discuss, than whether or not the president is a citizen when it's been proven ad nauseam."

Asked to speculate on why conspiracy theorists continue to fixate on the issue, Gibbs joked: "Because for $15 you can get an Internet address and say whatever you want."

http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/07...46fae4fcaa.html

[The_Dude 1,142]

Because it is just that, nonsense.

Waiting for the fringe lunacy to appear and post that this is some sort of victory for their lunatic cause.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

"Because for $15 you can get an Internet address and say whatever you want."

Indeed.

[Peikko 1,575]

Why worry about it? People can believe what they want. In this instance, I can see no tangible affect from such a belief except perhaps the odd court case. It's meaningless nonsense but harmless.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

"Because for $15 you can get an Internet address and say whatever you want."

That's part of it...but without people like Lou Dobbs as well members in Congress giving wind to its sails, it'd just float adrift among all the other loony conspiracies.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

"Because for $15 you can get an Internet address and say whatever you want."

That's part of it...but without people like Lou Dobbs as well members in Congress giving wind to its sails, it'd just float adrift among all the other loony conspiracies.

CNN's Lou Dobbs reported that Hawaii officials had destroyed Obama's original 1961 birth certificate without citing a source.

and more:

A congressional resolution introduced by Hawaii Rep. Neil Abercrombie commemorating the 50th anniversary of Island statehood was postponed today apparently because of a "whereas" clause noting Obama's Hawaii birthplace.

The line "Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961;" has been construed by some who believe Obama is not a U.S.-born citizen as a thinly veiled attempt to get Congress to affirm Obama's U.S. Citizenship," Abercrombie spokesman Dave Helfert said.

So-called "birthers" denounce the notion that Obama was born in Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, despite court rulings and statements by Fukino and Hawaii's Republican governor, Linda Lingle.

Abercrombie's office had already issued a statement today announcing the House's unanimous approval of Abercrombie's resolution when Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann rose today to object to the vote, saying there was not a quorum present.

Before Bachman's objection, Abercrombie spokesman Helfert had said some birthers believe the resolution "means the House of Representatives is on the record that Hawaii is the birthplace of the president of the United States."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-0...ma-hawaii_N.htm

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Just show us your long form, Mr. President.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Just show us your long form, Mr. President.

That would be like breaking the seventh seal of the Apocolypse.

[pedroh 21]

[My Name Is Nobody 3]

Out of curiousity....................What is the process for filing to run for president?? where is all the paperwork and documents checked and filled out? What part of the goverment handles this?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Trolling minds want to know.

[justashooter 430]

Just show us your long form, Mr. President.

he would, if he had one.

instead, he has spent $945,000 avoiding the issue in a dozen courtrooms across the nation.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Just show us your long form, Mr. President.

he would, if he had one.

instead, he has spent $945,000 avoiding the issue in a dozen courtrooms across the nation.

Exactly. He's hiding something in his slacks. I don't know what, but it ain't no gun, that's fo sho.

[almaty 19]

hmmm..hawaii does have unusual birth cert..

[Peikko 1,575]

He's just waiting for the right moment to unzip his suit and show the world that he is in fact a Martian with a bulging head and 10 enourmous pulsating fingers!