Jon Stewart vs. Lou Dobbs and 'birthers'
The Daily Show host's takedown of conspiracy theorists who say Obama isn't eligible to be president
Jon Stewart: Ridculing the 'birthers'
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"You just knew this was coming!" said Gawker. "Jon Stewart devoted a Daily Show segment to the birther movement and its enablers in the media last night, a segment he used to eviscerate them thoroughly and hilariously." CNN's Lou Dobbs must be wishing he had never suggested the fringe "birthers" might be right to insist Barack Obama wasn't born in the U.S. and is therefore ineligible to be president (watch Jon Stewart's take on Lou Dobbs and "birthers" and watch Dobbs' questions about Obama's birth certificate).
It was great fun to watch Jon Stewart go after Lou Dobbs, said Michael Wolff in Newser, especially when he pointed out "that Dobbs’ own network, CNN, had meticulously debunked all of the theoretical circumstances underlying the conspiracy." But that's the beauty of conspiracy theories—they merely buttress beliefs people already have, and in this case the real issue is simply that Barack Obama is not a white American the way all our other presidents were.
Ridicule the birthers all you want, said Larry Amon in Examiner.com, but that won't make them go away. "Obama could easily release his long form birth certificate" and settle the whole matter—so why hasn't he? "Just to stop people from talking about it and to show that he has the most transparent administration, you'd think he would."
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Posted by Captain Steve, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 4:40 pm If Obama has a longform, why doesnt he show it? If he doesnt have one, why not? People that hide things, usually have something to hide. He works for us. We have a right to know! We have a right to demand it!!!!!!!!!!!! We need to send a message to Obama and to EVERY OTHER POTENTIAL VIOLATOR OF OUR RULE OF LAW!!!!!!!!!!!OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US THE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!
Posted by Libby, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 4:57 pm A year ago, I would have totally agreed with Jon and company. I voted for Obama, and would do so again vs. McCain.However, just a little research and common sense says the birthers have a valid point.Obama could clean this up so easily why is he not doing so?
Posted by bob dole, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:27 pm Because you can't clean up something that isn't dirty: Obama's birth certificate was validated by the state of Hawaii when he was a candidate, and he is now the president. Just because people want to find a way to make that not be the case does NOT mean that he has a responsibility to stoop to their level. He needs to run the country, not respond to nut cases with too much time and imagination.
Posted by justin, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:11 pm if any of you were to loose your original hospital birth certificate, you'd be required to contact your state's registrar of vital records to obtain a new certificate. they would send you a validated certificate of live birth, which is what obama has released. the hawaii vital records director has said he has physically handled obama's long form birth certificate but state law prevents its release, instead allowing for the certificate of live birth to serve in its place. this is not to mention the birth announcements in the local papers.
Posted by John Bryans Fontaine, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:27 pm The Certificate of Live Birth, which Obama produced and which has been exhaustively authenticated, is, by law, all he needed to prove his citizenship. The birthers can scream all they want for the long form, but they just make themselves look more and more wacky and stupid.
Posted by Paul, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 7:55 pm Orly Taitz sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger and acts like Sarah Palin. Oh well...
Posted by Tricia Everson, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:25 pm The birthers movement is just a name change for racist. There is a Cert of Live Birth, an announcement in a Hawaiian paper and none of the other candidates for president brought this up and if they thought it was true, they were have ran on it hard.
Posted by Vince, Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:15 pm The birthers are just another indication that this country is loaded with hatefilled, racists that can't get over the fact that 'their' way didn't work for 8 years. Sad for the GOP because this is the core of their party, good for the rest of us.
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