Originally Posted by JP5

I am not a birther. But I don't see they are any different than those on the left who claimed Pres. Bush wasn't the legitimate president.....OR those on the left who continuously claimed that he had not served honorably in the U.S. Military. Both went on for 8 years. And I don't recall any Democrat leaders dismissing it either.....as Republican leaders have dismissed this claim against Obama. Nor do I recall Pres. Bush ever taking a shot at any of them either----unless in a joke at the Press Club or something like that. Not a serious shot as this was.





Obama takes shot at birthers in speech to prayer breakfast


By Jordan Fabian - 02/04/10 10:11 AM ET
During an address Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama said critics should not question his citizenship.
"Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith — or, for that matter, my citizenship," Obama said, drawing chuckles and a round of applause from some of the nearly 4,000 attendees at the Washington Hilton.


"Birthers" who question whether Obama is a U.S. citizen have raised questions about his birth certificate since the 2008 campaign. Even after proof has been offered of Obama's birth in Hawaii, some critics have questioned its legitimacy. Most mainstream politicians have dismissed questions about whether Obama is a citizen.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...ot-at-birthers

And BTW, much as the president would have the public believe otherwise with his statement.....MOST people DO question his policies and not the other things he mentions. Those are red herrings designed to demonize anybody who dares question him over his policies.

Originally Posted by JP5

"Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith — or, for that matter, my citizenship," Obama said, drawing chuckles and a round of applause from some of the nearly 4,000 attendees at the Washington Hilton.

Originally Posted by jhffmn

He just had idiots like Rossie O'Donnel embarassing themselves on TV with wack job conspiracy theories accusing the man of the mass murder of the 9/11 attacks. The two aren't even comparable.

Originally Posted by MolonLabe2009

Instead of campaigning, Obama should be a leader and lead.

Originally Posted by BTeamBomber

I'm sorry you don't see the difference.

In one instance, the majority of American citizens (50.6% to be exact), during a time of active democracy (not a civil war/revolution, or otherwise) voted a person into the office of presidency, only to see the Supreme court appoint someone ELSE to the position, only to see that person become of the worst presidents in history.

Originally Posted by BTeamBomber

In the other instance, a very small fringe of acknowledged, admitted political opponents of a person created a fabricated myth about the origins of someones birth, based COMPLETELY on circumstantial evidence and hearsay, going as far as to fabricate a fake piece of key evidence (lest we forget the forged certificate that was ADMITTED as a forgery by that fringe group) in order to attempt to refuse his position as our president.

Originally Posted by BTeamBomber

I think those are pretty freaking HUGE differences. They would be similar if that fabricated birth certificate had caused the supreme court to once again invalidate the majority vote of the public, and instate John McCain as the president, instead of the person that got the majority vote of the people. That would be one in the same.

Originally Posted by JP5

And BTW, much as the president would have the public believe otherwise with his statement.....MOST people DO question his policies and not the other things he mentions. Those are red herrings designed to demonize anybody who dares question him over his policies.

Originally Posted by Smartmouthwoman

He looked extremely arrogant when he made that statement and leaned back a little to wait for the crowd's reaction. A moment of awkward silence followed by a smattering of laughter and a tiny bit of applause.
It's obvious Obama still believes it's all about HIM. When that nose goes up in the air, he might as well be saying, "I'm better than the rest of you peons."

Vanity, thy name is Barack.

Originally Posted by get over it

Ignorance and pettiness, thy party is of the con persuasion.

They have nothing worth a frick, so it's an endless stream of diluted poo poo to be offered.
Then, when he speaks directly to the lowest in society they call foul
Yes, that's the attitudes we want back in power.

Keep up the off target vindictiveness sour grape kool-aiders, maybe the connies will discover worthiness one day

Originally Posted by JP5

I am not a birther. But I don't see they are any different than those on the left who claimed Pres. Bush wasn't the legitimate president.....OR those on the left who continuously claimed that he had not served honorably in the U.S. Military. Both went on for 8 years. And I don't recall any Democrat leaders dismissing it either.....as Republican leaders have dismissed this claim against Obama. Nor do I recall Pres. Bush ever taking a shot at any of them either----unless in a joke at the Press Club or something like that. Not a serious shot as this was.




Obama takes shot at birthers in speech to prayer breakfast


By Jordan Fabian - 02/04/10 10:11 AM ET
During an address Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Barack Obama said critics should not question his citizenship.
"Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith — or, for that matter, my citizenship," Obama said, drawing chuckles and a round of applause from some of the nearly 4,000 attendees at the Washington Hilton.


"Birthers" who question whether Obama is a U.S. citizen have raised questions about his birth certificate since the 2008 campaign. Even after proof has been offered of Obama's birth in Hawaii, some critics have questioned its legitimacy. Most mainstream politicians have dismissed questions about whether Obama is a citizen.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...ot-at-birthers

And BTW, much as the president would have the public believe otherwise with his statement.....MOST people DO question his policies and not the other things he mentions. Those are red herrings designed to demonize anybody who dares question him over his policies.

Originally Posted by Southpaw

The man has a point. Too many people mindlessly focus on things that now don't matter instead of honestly engaging in the issues. They focus on things like the color of his skin, his supposed religion, and his supposed birthplace instead of critiquing his views on the efficacy of government, the level of influence government should have in a private citizen's life, and the amount of support the federal government should extend to certain individuals.

My point is that there are much more important things to be mindlessly stubborn out [ ] than his birthplace, supposed religion, or skin color. Let's argue about those, ok?

It doesn't bother me that he said this. Overall, it sounds like it was a single line in a speech composed of many lines. It's not a big deal. He could have chosen a better place to make that remark... but overall, if that's all we have to discuss right now [which it isn't....] then we are doing pretty good.