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GOP Candidate: Birthers Are 'Dumbasses'

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:28:00 CDT

Straight from the candidate who gave you a minor controversy over high-heels and bullshit comes another flap over his opinion of those demanding to see President Obama's birth certificate. US Senate candidate Ken Buck of Colorado was taped without his knowledge referring to birthers as "dumbasses." Or, as GOP rival...

Vitter Backs Birther Lawsuits

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:24:31 CDT

Sen. David Vitter says he supports conservative organizations challenging President Barack Obama's citizenship in court. The Louisiana Republican, who is running for re-election, made the comments at a town hall-style event in Metairie, La., on Sunday when a constituent asked what he would do about what the questioner said was...

39% of Republicans Want Obama Impeached

Harry Kimball — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:04:02 CST

Self-identified Republicans are more than unhappy with President Obama—63% think he’s a socialist—and a host of other social ills, says a survey commissioned by liberal blog Daily Kos . Regarding Obama, 39% of the 2,003 Republican respondents say the president should be impeached, 36% believe he was not...

Lou Dobbs: Obama Birth Questions 'Common Sense'

Will McCahill — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:26:00 CST

Lou Dobbs might’ve softened on illegal immigration as he weighs politics in his post-CNN life, but still isn’t sold that President Obama was born in the US. “When you can create a controversy by asking what seems to me still a perfectly commonsense question?” he says in an Esquire interview....

Birther Queen Taitz: Take Up Arms vs. Obama

Will McCahill — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:29:00 CST

In taking to court her contention that Barack Obama can’t be president because he’s foreign-born, Orly Taitz has been on the receiving end of much judicial scorn, and big fines. But her latest suggestion could land her in hotter water: She writes today that Americans should “bare (sic) arms and...

Orly Taitz Helper Has Scotland Yard Training

Harry Kimball — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:00 CST

Orly Taitz isn’t the only influential foreign-born “birther” trying to prove that Barack Obama is himself foreign-born. Meet Neil Sankey, a former British detective and naturalized American citizen who is using his Scotland Yard skills to look for dirt on the president's origins. Taitz, for one, says he's been a...