by Pa Rock
Amused Observer
There is a video circulating on the Internet that is as funny as it is scary. It is a clip of Congressman Mike Castle's (R-Del) recent town hall meeting. One very angry (and bizarre) woman gets the floor, begins angrily waving a document that she says is her birth certificate, and explodes that President Obama is refusing to produce his birth certificate (not true) because he was actually born in Kenya (also not true). The elderly Republican congressman appeared to be mortified by the crazy woman, but a group of hillbillies whom she probably collected at the local tavern on her way to the town hall hooted and hollered and cheered her on.
The authenticity of the Presidential birth certificate has been has been verified by several sources - including factcheck.org - which is where I viewed it. The document says quite clearly that he was born at 7:24 p.m. on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. But Nutbag Lady and her Hillbilly chorus were having none of that. She stated adamantly that he was born in Kenya. Where is the proof for that?
The most telling part of the scene occurred as she was winding down. She dropped her head, began rocking sadly from side to side, and said, "I just want my country back!"
Implied, but not stated: She just wants her "white" country back.
Sorry, Honey, but that ain't gonna happen. I spent eight long, miserable years "wanting" my country back from George Bush, Dick Cheney, and their gang of thieves, war mongers, and environmental rapists, but I had to sit politely and wait the bastards out. Many of us had serious doubts about whether Bush was actually elected either time, but we didn't go psycho over the issue because the government had to function.
A major difference between Obama and Bush (and there are many!) is that Obama was clearly and decisively elected.
This noise about the President's birth certificate is very reminiscent of the GOP's campaign against the Clinton's that lasted throughout Bill's eight years in office. It was a cheap and tawdry effort that succeeded only in keeping his popularity ratings unusually high. The Republicans spent eight years slinging crap, and the American people didn't like it. And now it's starting again!
The Republican's did manage to make a comeback, barely, in 2000 with the questionable election of George Bush. But they are so fragmented and self-marginalized now that a comeback in the foreseeable future is unlikely. The most viable Republican presidential candidate at this time is Mitt Romney, a Mormon. How's that gonna play with their hate-riddled Christian fundamentalist base?
The Republican Party appears to be hellbent on self-destruction - from the Palin's, to the Cheney's, to Joe the Plumber, to the religious right, to the loony birthers. I wish them God-speed in their race to become totally irrelevant!
1 comment:
Back in time, before Al Gore parented the internets and computers were all the rage, the birth certificate took on a different form.
Used to be it was a "Birth Certificate" with duly stamped and notarized signatures attesting to the live birth of a child. The document contained information about the parents' ages, ethnic background, and mother's maiden name. The attending physician signed the document. It was all so very official,
It also contained most all the information one needed to commit the new fangled crime of identity theft, a far cry from its older cousin of impersonation.
The vast majority of those complaining about President Obama's citizenship can't get their brains wrapped around the validity and authenticity of the new document the "Certificate of Live Birth". This new document is the computer generated form document that lacks all the archival value of the former birth certificate.
As far as I am concerned the Republicans need to let this run its course. As thought-challenged and fear-filled crowds of those willing to wallow in ignorance continue populating Republican events the GOP's coalition will continue to erode.
Already the elephant has left the tent as the suirrel and wing nut compete for mascot.
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