Conservative Media Go On Attack After Release Of Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate
Right-wing media responded to the release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate by attacking the president and claiming that certain questions surrounding the document remain unanswered. Below is a sampling of the early attacks by conservative media following the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate.
Obama Released Birth Certificate To "Distract" From Bernanke's Press Conference
Beck "Theory": Obama Released Birth Certificate Today To Distract From Bernanke Press Conference. From the April 27 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:
BECK: The President of the United States is about to speak shortly. Stations, we will carry it live, live, live on this program. Gas prices, sure, out of control. Middle East, sure, on fire. Ben Bernanke going to give the first press conference for the Fed for the first time in 97 years today, but today is the day the birth certificate is released. You have got to be kidding me. Are we really down to this? We're really down to this? The birth certificate? I mean, it was bad when we were down to the, you know, Final Four in the brackets, but now we've got the birth certificate talk and the president is going to hold a press conference.
Alright, first of all let me just tell you my theory: this is because Bernanke is speaking today. Watch the markets move today. Why is the Fed -- this is what I've been trying to figure out -- why is the Fed holding a press conference for the first time in 97 years? Why? Something is coming gang, something is coming. Now at the same day, the same time, why is the President of the United States choosing today to release the birth certificate?
[...]
BECK: There is no way this is being released today for no reason. There's no way. They've had this for two years -- three years this has been going on. This rumor was started by Hillary Clinton. This was a Clinton tactic. This was --
STU BURGUIERE (producer): The birther stuff?
BECK: Yes.
BURGUIERE: Yeah, I mean, people forget that because it was in the primary. That's when it was all coming out.
BECK: This was a Clinton tactic. So now they've had it since Clinton. They could have done this since Clinton. So why? [Premiere Radio Networks, The Glenn Beck Program, 4/27/11]
Palin: "Don't Let The WH Distract You W/ The Birth Crt From What Bernanke Says Today." In an April 27 post on her Twitter feed, Fox News contributor Sarah Palin wrote:
[Sarah Palin's Twitter feed, 4/27/11]
Obama Took Too Long To Release His Birth Certificate
NRO's Goldberg: The Release Raises A "Perplexing Question": "Why Did The WH Take Such Sweet Time Releasing" Obama's Birth Certificate? In an April 27 National Review Online blog post titled, "The New Burning Question," Jonah Goldberg wrote:
I haven't studied the just released PDF of Obama's birth certificate. But assuming there's nothing in there about a birthmark that resembles the numbers "666" or about how his father worked for the KGB and -- of course -- assuming that the font in question matches typewriters of the time (Let's get Dan Rather on that): I figure this puts the birther thing to bed once and for all. Good.
But it does raise the perplexing question: If this was possible all along, why did the WH take such sweet time releasing it? Could it be that this White House, continuing a tactic used by Democrats for years, actually liked being able to cast their opponents -- often through guilt by association -- as paranoid nuts? No, that couldn't possibly be it. [National Review Online, The Corner, 4/27/11]
Fox's Kilmeade: "Why Did The President Wait So Long To Put The Birther Issue To Rest?" In an April 27 post on his Twitter feed, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade wrote:
[Brian Kilmeade's Twitter feed, 4/27/11]
Daily Caller: "Dear Mr. President: What Took You So Long?" From an April 27 article by Daily Caller congressional reporter Jonathan Strong headlined, "Dear Mr. President: What took you so long?":
President Obama released his long form birth certificate Wednesday, only after years of speculation about the issue metastasized into a major political phenomenon he could no longer ignore.
But the question remains: Why did Obama, who has proudly vowed his administration would be the "most open and transparent in history," wait so long?
[...]
Certainly, conspiracy theorists who peddled lies and half-truths on the issue - and there were many - are at fault for the explosion of the issue.
But did Obama provide them cover in failing to fully address a simple document request for over two years? [Daily Caller, 4/27/11]
Geller: "What Took So Long? And Why?" In an April 27 Atlas Shrugs post titled, "What Took So Long?" far-right blogger Pamela Geller wrote: "Today Obama announced he would finally release the long form of his birth certificate. As Obama continues to toy with and taunt the American people, you have to scratch your head and say, what took so long? And why? [Atlas Shrugs, 4/27/11]
It May Not Even Be Obama's Real Birth Certificate
FoxNews.Com: "White Houses Releases What It Says Is Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate." On April 27, FoxNews.com posted the banner headline "White House Releases What It Says Is President Obama's Long-Form Birth Certificate."
[FoxNews.com, 4/27/11]
- FoxNews.com subsequently replaced the original banner headline with a headline that reads: "White House Releases Obama Birth Certificate."
[FoxNews.com, 4/27/11]
WND Placed Scare Quotes Around "Birth Certificate." An April 27 WorldNetDaily article by Bob Unruh put scare quotes around the words "birth certificate" in the headline. The headline reads: "White House releases Obama 'birth certificate.' " [WND, 4/27/11]
Birth Certificate Raises Significant Questions, Leaves Others Unanswered
WND's Farah: "There Are Still Dozens Of Other Questions Concerning This Question Of Eligibility That Need To Be Resolved." In an April 27 article, WorldNetDaily's Bob Unruh wrote:
Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND, the only news agency that has waged a relentless investigative campaign on questions swirling around the Obama's eligibility for nearly three years, was elated at the turn of events.
"We're gratified that our work has begun to pay off," he said. "The certificate of live birth is an absolutely vital foundation for determining constitutional eligibility of any president. We look forward to reviewing it like so many other Americans do at this late date. But it is important to remember there are still dozens of other questions concerning this question of eligibility that need to be resolved to assure what has become a very skeptical public concerning Barack Obama's parentage, his adoption, his citizenship status throughout his life and why he continues to cultivate a culture of secrecy around his life." [WND, 4/27/11]
Prison Planet Highlights Farah Quote That Birth Certificate "Raises As Many Questions As It Answers." In an April 27 article on Alex Jones' Prison Planet website headlined, "Obama Birth Certificate 'Raises As Many Questions As It Answers,' " Prison Planet editor and writer Paul Joseph Watson quoted Farah as stating: "It would be a big mistake for everyone to jump to a conclusion now based on the release of this document, which raises as many questions as it answers." Watson also wrote:
Despite some political commentators insisting that the White House release of what it claims to be Barack Obama's long form birth certificate represents the end of the "crazy birther fringe" movement, those who most fiercely pushed doubts surrounding the president's eligibility are not convinced.
While presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump welcomed the release of the document, he was quick to cast suspicion as to why it took so long and if the certificate was even genuine.
Trump said it was "amazing" that the document surfaced "all of a sudden" after he had begun asking questions about the controversy, adding that the certificate should be analyzed to determine its authenticity.
Indeed, the Smoking Gun website has already compiled a list of inconsistencies found in the document, including asking, "If the original document was in a bound volume (as reflected by the curvature of the left hand side of the certificate), how can the green patterned background of the document's safety paper be so seamless?"
[...]
Since the American people have been habitually lied to about everything under the sun, with trust in government at an all time low, a PDF file put out directly by the Obama administration itself isn't going to make the furore die down at all, and will only lead to claims that the document is a carefully crafted fake. [PrisonPlanet.com, 4/27/11]
False.
Equivalency.
Alert.
Although, I disagree with tone and practice of politics when it gets personal, at least the nastiness had a base in the factual performance of the President and Vice-President, not racism.
The left usually deals with the facts in their arguments and not rumor, innuendo, and lies to support their discussion.
False Equivalency Alert is right on the money
A liberal agenda is forced on us by sitcoms? What PLANET do you live on?
Foghorn asked who is the the left wing mouth piece - I say almost the entire media except Fox.
If what you say is true and all, then we should not watch TV at all in order to escape "liberal brainwashing".
By the way you don't even know how to spell Conservative!Duh!
More lies from the far left.
More lies from the far left.
They never found any WMDs.
Really?
9/26/02 President Bush, The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons And according to the British government, the Iraqi regime could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes.
On 10/7/02 , Bush gave a speech entitled President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat. He said, Tonight I want to take a few minutes to discuss a grave threat to peace, and America's determination to lead the world in confronting that threat. The threat comes from Iraq. America must not ignore the threat gathering against us.
10/7/02 President Bush, Evidence indicates that Iraq is reconstituting its nuclear weapons program Iraq could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year.
1/28/03 President Bush "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
2/8/03 President Bush, Iraq has at least seven mobile factories for the production of biological agents - equipment mounted on trucks and rails to evade discovery.
In short, the opposition to Bush wasn't baseless -- he earned it. Obama was hit with a tsunami of false accusations beginning the day of his election. Rush Limbaugh was calling it the Obama recession before the White House movers were finished unpacking.
Now tell me how the criticism against him is just like the left's against Bush?
Heck, Ratigan, Mitchell, and Cuppa Joe cancel them out with their 5 hours.
Try again.
why would anyone admit something so patently and obviouisly untrue? Have you lost your mind? Did you ever have a mind?
Oh now Rog, I know you just won't be able to stand me calling a winger (er centrist, oh, I forgot a conservative!) a "moon bat"! Seeing as how you're a very familiar poster who likes using that phrase.
You:"The Hell I am". Me: The hell you aren't!" Lol.
What about Morning Joe, darling? Is Mika that big of a voice that she drowns out all of the other "thoughtful" and "non bullying" smirky and mildly misognistic jerks on that show fueled by Starbucks? Lol.
except the facts prove:
Bush lied about the reasons for invading Iraq
Bush lied about firing anyone who outed Valerie Plame
Bush lied about the details of the outing of Valarie Plame
Bush tried to censor pictures of casualties in Iraq
Bush lied about the "Mission Accomplished" banner
Bush's tax cuts did not work
Bush hid behind the troops when his war policies were questioned
pretty much Bush was the worst president in my lifetime
Plame was outed by a lefty, Richard Armitage. Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury for unknowingly giving information proven to be false. MMFA actually confirmed these facts by ignoring them in their write-up of Hannity's Bias special.
Still bringing up "Mission Accomplished"?? Wow.
Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury for unknowingly giving information? That doesn't even make sense. Scooter Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice. The obstruction that made it difficult to get to the truth. Why do you opine without knowing WTF you are talking about?
Scooter Libby was convicted of perjury for unknowingly giving information? That doesn't even make sense. Scooter Libby was convicted of obstruction of justice. The obstruction that made it difficult to get to the truth. Why do you opine without knowing WTF you are talking about?
Libby fell on his sword to protect Bush/Cheney because he knew he's get pardoned.
You are a LIAR and an RMG (Revisionist History Guy).
You are a LIAR. This has been gone over dozens of times. Libby LIED flat out. He KNEW he was lying. MMFA confirmed NO SUCH THING. They didnt bother going over the FACTS AGAIN. They showed the NEWEST distortions, read LIES, by Hannity. GOD but you are pathetic
Wow. You actually believe that, don't you? You can actually convince yourself of things that are demonstrably, easily proven false in order to justify your ideology. You need help.
Tangled Webs, writer James Stewart reveals:
Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame’s identity on two occasions, Stewart finds. Then, according to previously secret testimony by President Bush, he lied about it—to the president. With all the rumors circulating about Rove, President Bush called his “dear friend” and confronted him about whether he had “any involvement” in the disclosure of Plame’s identity. Rove’s reply: No way, sir. President Bush was satisfied. “If Rove said he didn’t do it, then he didn’t do it,” the president said. “If he was involved, he’d tell me. I trust him.” page 201-202
President Bush’s testimony about Karl Rove was awkward for investigators. They already knew Rove had leaked Plame’s identity. He had told the FBI as much. And Bush had promised “consequences” for the leaker, no matter who he or she was. Would he fire Karl Rove? Before official news broke of Libby’s indictment, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald delivered a cover letter to the president with all the information he would need to make a decision. To Fitzgerald, the fact that President Bush was employing someone who had divulged the name of a covert agent was a national-security concern, so he invoked a rarely used exception to grand jury secrecy and hand delivered the letter to Bush’s lawyer, who mordantly joked that his client “could use a new staff.” Bush never responded. Rove stayed on until 2007. page 223
In George W. Bush’s recent memoir, Vice President Dick Cheney is angry after his boss opts not to pardon Scooter Libby. “I can’t believe that you’re going to leave a soldier on the battlefield,” Cheney reportedly growled. Could his discontent stem from the fact that he was responsible for Libby’s crimes, having told the senior adviser to leak the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame? Both Libby and Cheney told investigators that “it’s possible” that Libby had acted under orders from the vice president; neither could remember for sure, but according to previously undisclosed FBI notes, Libby said he “may” have asked Cheney, “Do you want me to get something out [on Plame]?” That’s why special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald told that court that there’s a “cloud over the vice president.” It’s also, according to Stewart, an explanation for Cheney’s forceful push for a pardon: a guilty state of mind. page 178, 195 & 196
Tangled Webs, writer James Stewart reveals:
Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame’s identity on two occasions, Stewart finds. Then, according to previously secret testimony by President Bush, he lied about it—to the president. With all the rumors circulating about Rove, President Bush called his “dear friend” and confronted him about whether he had “any involvement” in the disclosure of Plame’s identity. Rove’s reply: No way, sir. President Bush was satisfied. “If Rove said he didn’t do it, then he didn’t do it,” the president said. “If he was involved, he’d tell me. I trust him.” page 201-202
President Bush’s testimony about Karl Rove was awkward for investigators. They already knew Rove had leaked Plame’s identity. He had told the FBI as much. And Bush had promised “consequences” for the leaker, no matter who he or she was. Would he fire Karl Rove? Before official news broke of Libby’s indictment, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald delivered a cover letter to the president with all the information he would need to make a decision. To Fitzgerald, the fact that President Bush was employing someone who had divulged the name of a covert agent was a national-security concern, so he invoked a rarely used exception to grand jury secrecy and hand delivered the letter to Bush’s lawyer, who mordantly joked that his client “could use a new staff.” Bush never responded. Rove stayed on until 2007. page 223
In George W. Bush’s recent memoir, Vice President Dick Cheney is angry after his boss opts not to pardon Scooter Libby. “I can’t believe that you’re going to leave a soldier on the battlefield,” Cheney reportedly growled. Could his discontent stem from the fact that he was responsible for Libby’s crimes, having told the senior adviser to leak the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame? Both Libby and Cheney told investigators that “it’s possible” that Libby had acted under orders from the vice president; neither could remember for sure, but according to previously undisclosed FBI notes, Libby said he “may” have asked Cheney, “Do you want me to get something out [on Plame]?” That’s why special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald told that court that there’s a “cloud over the vice president.” It’s also, according to Stewart, an explanation for Cheney’s forceful push for a pardon: a guilty state of mind. page 178, 195 & 196
Tangled Webs, writer James Stewart reveals:
Karl Rove leaked Valerie Plame’s identity on two occasions, Stewart finds. Then, according to previously secret testimony by President Bush, he lied about it—to the president. With all the rumors circulating about Rove, President Bush called his “dear friend” and confronted him about whether he had “any involvement” in the disclosure of Plame’s identity. Rove’s reply: No way, sir. President Bush was satisfied. “If Rove said he didn’t do it, then he didn’t do it,” the president said. “If he was involved, he’d tell me. I trust him.” page 201-202
President Bush’s testimony about Karl Rove was awkward for investigators. They already knew Rove had leaked Plame’s identity. He had told the FBI as much. And Bush had promised “consequences” for the leaker, no matter who he or she was. Would he fire Karl Rove? Before official news broke of Libby’s indictment, prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald delivered a cover letter to the president with all the information he would need to make a decision. To Fitzgerald, the fact that President Bush was employing someone who had divulged the name of a covert agent was a national-security concern, so he invoked a rarely used exception to grand jury secrecy and hand delivered the letter to Bush’s lawyer, who mordantly joked that his client “could use a new staff.” Bush never responded. Rove stayed on until 2007. page 223
In George W. Bush’s recent memoir, Vice President Dick Cheney is angry after his boss opts not to pardon Scooter Libby. “I can’t believe that you’re going to leave a soldier on the battlefield,” Cheney reportedly growled. Could his discontent stem from the fact that he was responsible for Libby’s crimes, having told the senior adviser to leak the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame? Both Libby and Cheney told investigators that “it’s possible” that Libby had acted under orders from the vice president; neither could remember for sure, but according to previously undisclosed FBI notes, Libby said he “may” have asked Cheney, “Do you want me to get something out [on Plame]?” That’s why special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald told that court that there’s a “cloud over the vice president.” It’s also, according to Stewart, an explanation for Cheney’s forceful push for a pardon: a guilty state of mind. page 178, 195 & 196
Conspiracy theorists are who they are. They'd rather always take it to the next level than admit defeat.
Time to flail around, and search for that new angle everyone can get behind
I am most disappointed with foxnews.com, "White House Releases what is says is long form birth certificate"
Tomorrow the headline will be, "Obama says he's a christian, but critics have their doubts."
"These aren't the droids you're looking for...."
"this isn't the birth certificate you looking for"
You don't just look like a bunch of a_holes, you are a-holes!
Insanity is notorious for being stalwart in the face of an overwhelming amount of facts and evidence.
Nope, not "what it says is...", they released it.
Strike two, Fox, the birth certificate has been online for years.
You're 0 and 2, Fox. Will you go down swinging with another hilarious Fox-style "correction"* ?
* Confidential to hoosier: Feel free to study the use of quotation marks by WND and me in your ongoing struggle to understand basic punctuation.
He's in prestigious company-
akmikeus, who posts here whining about the vitriol and lack of civility among the lefties ( while openly condoning the assassination of Van Jones and Jim Wallis at the Blaze), and our dearly departed BenThere, the successful conservative Christian righty who insults the values of the libs here ( but uses the same screen name to post horrible karaoke pop songs and trade porno with other perverts.)
They are a sleazy bunch, our modern American right wing.
Really, "www.wehateamerica.com"? Who frequents a site like that?
I love any site that has a glaring grammatical error in the first word of the first sentence under the first headline.
"Does Barack Hussein Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi really love our country, or do they hate America?"
Took a look at the site (in the words of Lucy "Get the Disinfectant!"). Astoundingly stupid. For example, they have their bumper sticker/posters slogans and one states;
"Voting for someone because he's black is as racist as voting against someone because he's black"
Then when you scroll through three other slogans you come to;
"Messiah done come. You all gettin free stuff."
You just can't make this up. (also why it's next to impossible to do wing nut satire)
I was wondering if you noticed the same thing I did about the presidents remarks today, how he was clearly following the instructions of a certain poster here on proper troll-handling etiquette.
That is, he de-bunked them, mocked them ONCE ( Not twice, not thrice) and moved on. Somewhere, somebody is probably feeling very satisfied at her influence on the president.
I still prefer repeated beat downs (rhetorically speaking).
Pity the president if he makes any additional remarks on the birfer issue. He'll be in serious danger of being called a fool, or possibly a doofus.
Does Barack Hussein Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi really love our country
Apparently, a mind that doesn't seem to understand sarcasm and who thinks that Ayn Rand is the cat's meow! LOL!
I've seen that nutty MadJewess site before, and I can't tell you how proud I am to be featured there as a Nazi. Especially on a site that posts the poem about "first they came for the communists" on the same page as some drivel about fighting the communists.
Bless the wingnuts, so stupid, irony-impaired and entertaining.
Her comment is a little too Palinesque for me. I see she doesn't like you or simple sentences.
But how can you fault her reasoning, an anonymous poster insults wingnuts and "it's the same as the radical Jihadis call 'infidels' and WANT to MURDER US."
A joke about wingnuts having the same sense of time and history as a dog goes directly to my trying to dehumanize right wingers... to make it easier to kill them !
I like that she's trying to smear this site for my comment that she didn't understand. Once she added the detail that this is a sight where right wingers are called Nazis, it was an easy hop to comparing noticing righties having bad memories to The Holocaust.
I'm sure she'd be just as outraged if her comrades ever did anything as hateful... you know, like saying " Demo-RATS", "parasites" or "Vermin".
I posted a reply there, but I have a feeling it will be "under review" for a while. That little Martyr Party doesn't want any crashers.
"All Obama has to do is produce his college records and this will all go away"
Let's see what they found Donald.
And you've been proven incredibly wrong, and yet, you declare this as a win? My oh my you're a moran Mr. Trump.
They found the President's birth certificate.
I guess they're hoping this topic will go away soon.
This is why.
And if this was the case then what does it say about Obama's opponents that they were so easily duped, Goldberg?
Because he's got nothing to prove to the birther dbags. F them. I'm kindof disappointed in the President for giving this ridiculous nonsense the time of day.
Because the state of Hawaii had said over and over again that they wouldn't release those documents, per state law, to anyone, even the President of the USA.
Then Obama's lawyer said - it'll help you stop all the inquiries you're currently getting - and that seemed to be the key to the state officials saying "one time, and one time only, we'll release this document. Never again."
I guess if the President was a white guy with a funky rug, would anyone really care? Like what do they think the end of this scenario bring and how is their questioning his eligibility for office create one legitimate job outside the right wing conspiracy camp? How is this determining the abilities of the next president for office? It's the ECONOMY, Fox!!!
I think you should ammend that statement as it's patently clear that most of the whores are actually male.
I think Obama should have done this before he was elected, or--OR--never. Because they will never, ever stop, no matter what he does. They'll just make something else up from whole cloth. And basing some sort of political strategy on the inevitable ludicrous claims against Obama, because he's black and Democratic, is useless. It's not 11th dimensional chess.
It's re-acting, not acting. But I guess Obama just got sick of it.
It's not "reacting". It's proactively calling out the media for their shameful behavior, just like he's avoided giving Fox News too much attention from his White House.
He did it to shame the media. Look at the facts - he didn't do it until the media went gaga over the issue since Trump kept bringing it up.
The simple fact is that Obama produced a birth certificate in 2008!
A valid, legal, legitimate birth certificate. The release of the "long form" only further confirms this.
How was he to know that stupid people wouldn't accept it? That they would fall for some laughable conclusive "internet analysis" of forgery?
I swear, wingnuts are so easily led.
No?
then shut up!
Somehow I doubt it. I'll wager her question wasn't "why did it take you so long to settle the issue" but rather "why did it take you so long to attempt to appease the wingnut horde." (Because you know a lot of them still won't be appeased.)
So panzer, you could say that you might be a wingnut if the birther issued was finally settled for you today.
But you already knew what I meant.
Hi-5!
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=292457
He's desperately trying to provide a reason to by his BS birther book, but now he's just embarrassing himself.
Please Dear God let the Donald the the Palin be the recipients of the boon of this ultimate Political Victory. Let them be the Republican Nominees for the highest national offices in 2012.
It will serve "conservatives" right.
JEEEZZZZZZZZ
What an EMBARRASSMENT America has become
Wow... we really need emoticons.
I love the little yahoo messenger one with the fellow rolling back and forth on the ground with laughter.
As I posted on my FB status: Never in my life have I heard someone say "I want to congratulate....... MYSELF!"
If you have some time, and want some laughs, check out this thread about the Obama photoshop hoax, specifically the comments by MagCynic.
It's a good illustration of how a person can start out with an assumption, and work their azz off trying to force reality to conform to that preconception.