I haven't wanted to give much support to the "birther" crowd so far, partly because there were so many specious urban legends coming from those sources but mainly because I don't subscribe to it. But we must acknowledge that consequences resulting from discovering any president's possible foreign birth would be enormous.
Would the Constitution's requirement that our president be natural-born become somehow negated by precedent? How could we ever return to that standard once it was broken? Consider the rioting and violence - egged on by race pimps and leftists -in the streets after say, Obama was declared ineligible. Would he serve out his term, but all legislation he had signed during it be declared null and void?
These questions come up once more as we see the new wave of stories regarding Obama's birth that originate from sources not previously heard from. More significantly, the stories are coming from those who had not previously been part of the "birther" movement.
TW doesn't usually jump on newly-broken stories, but prefers to see what reactions and commentary ensues. So let's do that now. TD
The story began with this Breitbart release: THE VETTING - EXCLUSIVE - OBAMA'S LITERARY AGENT IN 1991 BOOKLET: 'BORN IN KENYA AND RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII'
Thomas Lifson: The Media Cofferdam Around Obama's Biography is Leaking
"Mainstream media bigwigs write books, have literary agents, and are very familiar with the process by which promotional materials are put together. They know Obama gave his agent this information. The point isn't that Obama was born in Kenya, the point is that he made up stuff about his background and peddled the lie for career advantage. Just like Elizabeth Warren."
...."The American people are in the process of re-evaluating Barack Obama in preparation for November. The image sold to them in 2008 was a phony, and most of them realize it. If the mainstream media think they can keep the cofferdam intact, they are mistaken." More here.
Neal Boortz: Obama born in .. Kenya? "Anyone who listens to my show knows that I do not subscribe to the Birther theory -- that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. But this latest discovery by Breitbart is rather curious, to say the least … curious enough to warrant its own thread, and you can bet your buns we’ll be talking about it when I return. As Breitbart notes, this story speaks to the ObamaMedia’s lack of rigor in seeking out details of Obama’s life and past."
UK Telegraph: How did the mainstream media miss this? "Whatever you think of Breitbart.com’s punishing vetting process, it has exposed just how little work the mainstream media did in investigating candidate Obama back in 2008. "
Obama Birther Rumor Debunked As Literary Agent Clarifies Mistake ; HuffPo quotes the agent: "However, the woman who wrote Obama's biography in the pamphlet said Thursday that she had misidentified Obama's place of birth.
Rush asks: Wouldn't Obama Rather Talk About Where He was Born Than the Economy?
Roger L Simon: The Mystery of the Kenyan Birth "But whatever he did, the question remains. Why did they put “Born in Kenya” in his bio and leave it there until 2007? The latter part of that question can of course be ascribed to normal human sloth, but the first part — there’s the rub.
Obama Cites His Poor Kenyan Family Members As Reason Why “Economic Growth Can’t Just Be For The Lucky Few”…
Bing images, right.
Would the Constitution's requirement that our president be natural-born become somehow negated by precedent? How could we ever return to that standard once it was broken? Consider the rioting and violence - egged on by race pimps and leftists -in the streets after say, Obama was declared ineligible. Would he serve out his term, but all legislation he had signed during it be declared null and void?
These questions come up once more as we see the new wave of stories regarding Obama's birth that originate from sources not previously heard from. More significantly, the stories are coming from those who had not previously been part of the "birther" movement.
TW doesn't usually jump on newly-broken stories, but prefers to see what reactions and commentary ensues. So let's do that now. TD
The story began with this Breitbart release: THE VETTING - EXCLUSIVE - OBAMA'S LITERARY AGENT IN 1991 BOOKLET: 'BORN IN KENYA AND RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII'
"Andrew Breitbart was never a "Birther," and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of "Birtherism." In fact, Andrew believed, as we do, that President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 4, 1961. (Emphasis added)
"Yet Andrew also believed that the complicit mainstream media had refused to examine President Obama's ideological past, or the carefully crafted persona he and his advisers had constructed for him.
"It is for that reason that we launched "The Vetting," an ongoing series in which we explore the ideological background of President Obama (and other presidential candidates)--not to re-litigate 2008, but because ideas and actions have consequences.
"It is also in that spirit that we discovered, and now present, the booklet described below--one that includes a marketing pitch for a forthcoming book by a then-young, otherwise unknown former president of the Harvard Law Review.
"It is evidence--not of the President's foreign origin, but that Barack Obama's public persona has perhaps been presented differently at different times."
This link also leads us to several others including this interview with author Ed Klein who wrote the new book “The Amateur.” It covers everything from the allegations that the Obama inner circle attempted to pay off Reverend Jeremiah Wright to reports about widespread corruption that exists within the administration.Thomas Lifson: The Media Cofferdam Around Obama's Biography is Leaking
"Mainstream media bigwigs write books, have literary agents, and are very familiar with the process by which promotional materials are put together. They know Obama gave his agent this information. The point isn't that Obama was born in Kenya, the point is that he made up stuff about his background and peddled the lie for career advantage. Just like Elizabeth Warren."
...."The American people are in the process of re-evaluating Barack Obama in preparation for November. The image sold to them in 2008 was a phony, and most of them realize it. If the mainstream media think they can keep the cofferdam intact, they are mistaken." More here.
UK Telegraph: How did the mainstream media miss this? "Whatever you think of Breitbart.com’s punishing vetting process, it has exposed just how little work the mainstream media did in investigating candidate Obama back in 2008. "
Obama Birther Rumor Debunked As Literary Agent Clarifies Mistake ; HuffPo quotes the agent: "However, the woman who wrote Obama's biography in the pamphlet said Thursday that she had misidentified Obama's place of birth.
"This was nothing more than a fact-checking error by me -- an agency assistant at the time...
iOTW isn't buying that routine; "How is this debunked? Because the woman simply says she made a “fact-checking error”? ...."Debunked? Hardly. "Press this woman. Get some answers. Huff Po is desperately trying to sweep this under the carpet. If Breitbart doesn’t continue with this I have to question why they would even publish it in the first place."
Jack Cashill: The Hand of Clinton in Obama revelations? "Obama had almost no chance of winning in November even before this revelation. Watch for the Hillary bandwagon to gather steam. She can be beaten in November, but it will not be easy." Via Lucianne
"Here are the explanations I can think of:"
From Powerline Quoting a Facebook post:
- Obama told them.
- It was in some early draft of Obama’s abandoned book (Journeys in Black and White) he submitted to them.
- Obama wrote it in his book proposal to them.
- Obama told them in a query letter.
- Obama answered one of those biographical forms.
- … Well, I’m running out because they all amount to the same thing.
Can Dystel and Goedrich show us the correction appeal letter they got from Obama about the Kenya birth in over 10 years of using this bio? Or any other incident from any other publisher or agent that is similar to this “error?”I really don’t care where Obama was born. The continued degeneration of the press in passing on hilarious nonsense as fact is a lot more serious problem. Give Dystel & Goederich the Rose Mary Woods Memorial Award for the Most Absurd Lie to Protect a President of the Year.
Obama Cites His Poor Kenyan Family Members As Reason Why “Economic Growth Can’t Just Be For The Lucky Few”… Bing images, right.
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