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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:00 AM

Is Obama president yet?

And who's that other guy in the White House? As George Bush continues his vanishing act, Barack Obama steps into the spotlight, two months early, to calm a jittery nation.

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Thursday, November 27, 2008 05:52 AM

The birth certificate AGAIN?

I cannot believe that people are still harping on Obama's birth certificate. The media DID cover it and found nothing to the story. Why should they keep reporting on something that has no merit. Obama was born in Hawaii, end of story. We all know that for the fringe who are convinced Obama was born in Kenya (hilarious), no amount of evidence will suffice. So, good luck to Mr. Berg in his quest. Everyone needs a hobby, right?

Thursday, November 27, 2008 06:23 AM

Do not be silly!

Anandasubramanian said:

“Not only was that a cheap shot, but also typical of a Bushiite supporter. Throw mud on whomever speaks the facts, attack the person rather than the idea...”

What are you talking about?

Do not be silly!

Thursday, November 27, 2008 06:49 AM

Alternate reality--just think about it

The lights are turned on, the music turned off, everyone leaves in their limos,and the black guy gets to clean up the mess.

Oh, boo-hoo. A woman offered to do it! Did it ever occur to you that the Bush people might even have sort of engineered this so an African-American could ride it down? No tinfoil hat here...watch how it plays.

Thursday, November 27, 2008 07:03 AM

Is Obama president yet?

Nope.

Two months of Bush Follies left to go.

Doh! George and Laura Bush Send Out Christmas-Themed Hanukkah Invitations

http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/powers/

Thursday, November 27, 2008 07:08 AM

14TH AMENDMENT

I reread the 14th Amendment. I suggest that some of you do the same. Although Bush has worked hard to redefine the game, the Constitution trumps all of your claims. Obama was born in Hawaii, therefore he was a citizen at birth. Whether or not he had other choices is moot.

As to the BC being a copy, I know of no legal entity that will send out the archival original, certainly not at the request of a political rival.

Thursday, November 27, 2008 07:50 AM

Who is a racist?

Then you racists can dance to your hearts content about electing a ditzy blonde to the highest office of your country, plus you get a chance to play with her while she pushes you into your grave.

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For anyone to possibly say that this was about race needs to reevaluate their thinking. Give me percentages divided by race and I'll tell you who WAS playing the race card.

Thursday, November 27, 2008 08:43 AM

The 14th Amendment does not speak of ‘natural born’ citizenahip.

The 14th Amendment does not speak of ‘natural born’ citizenahip.

Thursday, November 27, 2008 10:00 AM

The great ridicule: Obama born in Kenya!

The great ridicule: Obama born in Kenya!

“On Nov. 6, only two days after the election, Detroit radio talk-show hosts Mike Clark, Trudi Daniels and Marc Fellhauer on WRIF's "Mike In The Morning" called the Embassy of Kenya in Washington, D.C., to speak with Ambassador Ogego.

President-elect Barack Obama's Kenyan birthplace a "well-known" attraction:

Clark: "We want to congratulate you on Barack Obama, our new president, and you must be very proud."

Ogego: "We are. We are. We are also proud of the U.S. for having made history as well."

Fellhauer: "One more quick question, President-elect Obama's birthplace over in Kenya, is that going to be a national spot to go visit, where he was born?"

Ogego: "It's already an attraction. His paternal grandmother is still alive."

Fellhauer: "His birthplace, they'll put up a marker there?"

Ogego: "It would depend on the government. It's already well known."

Now Ogego is saying the hosts misquoted and edited the audio recording of his comments.”

Link:

http://my.wrif.com/mim/?cat=9

Thursday, November 27, 2008 11:31 AM

When's He President???

Ignorant and dispicable fools. How Childish you are to need your chocolate fix so soon after the elections. We still have a few rules in the American System. I admit we are no longer called a Republic by our officials. We are told we are Democrats and this is a Democracy. Well.......Kids// It aint and it isn't yet. It was never intended to be such.

In the same vein. I'll answer the question first posed. Dear Children. The United States does something rather different than most countries. That is why it is called the United States. For instance we have a useful little item we use called the popular vote and the Electoral College. (More on that later).

Mr Obama is not President yet. He will be President on January 20th of next year. He is in the process of learning how to be that. Why does he need to go to this special and select school? Well, I think it's rather obvious, but those Luminaries who want to paint the world with Purple Goose Manure everyday need to know the President is a rather serious position to be in. He needs to make good decissios to keep his country being over run with bad decisions. It's hard enough making good decisionns as it is. The training is a plus.

Thursday, November 27, 2008 01:41 PM

Amos 'n Andy

When I saw that sign, I immediately thought of the Kingfish.

That show wasn't canceled because of racism, it was cancelled because it made fun of the Kingfish.

Lawyers and con artists were offended.

"Office of the President Elect" - clownish, pathetic and fraudulent.

But you would buy it for a dollar!

Thursday, November 27, 2008 01:52 PM

My dear kgirl,

Regardless of where he was born, the document offered up as evidence has misaligned text on two lines which is indicates photoshopping not word processing. Factcheck posted better pictures which still confirm the misalignment. People use laser printers, word processors and desktop publishing software PRECISELY because the text is ALWAYS aligned perfectly.

OAHU is one pixel higher than the first HONOLULU and the second HONOLULU is one pixel lower than the first one. In the higher resolution pictures it is two pixels instead of one.

Salon has a habit of deleting posts like this.

Not only is the document a forgery, but it is a bad and amateurish forgery at that.

If he comes up with a better forgery that will simply mean that a professional forger has solved his problem.

Thursday, November 27, 2008 01:58 PM

My dear Greywolf1014,

I do not care where he was borm.

I do care that a forged document was offered as evidence to answer a legitimate question.

I do care that the mainstream media will not investigate or report on issues contrary to the national party line and the interests of their corporate owners - like Rather and the Bush service documents, WMD, Bush's involvement in the drug industry, corruption in the finance, energy, defense and health industries.

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