Dispatches from Birtherstan - 10-13 April 2012

In today's dispatches, at least one claim that Obama is currently under arrest, (one supposes for the crime of "Presidenting While Black"). Certain members of Joe Arpaio's legal team now share a distinction with CEL3 - namely disbarrment. Rumours fly that the Maricopa CCCP is rehashing the Trowbridge claims.

The DoJ is getting annoyed with Arpaio. Neal Turner shows a racist and mean-spirited streak. Mario Apuzzo and Nicholas Purpura are told by the State of New Jersey the word "No". The State of Georgia tells Dr. Orly's sock puppet "No." The US District Court in Tennessee tells Van Irion "No." Charles Kerchner throws a tantrum over the word "No".

The Western Center for "Journalism" unleashes birther flying monkeys to harass elected officials. We have some birtherism from across the pond. Arizona teahaddists and Dr. Orly are upset that their unconstitutional petition is being ignored by that state's GOP leadership.

One of World Nut Daily and Western Center for "Journalism" sugar daddies is discovered. The California GOP may be trying to figure out how to keep from getting Taitz splattered all over them. One of Rick Santorum's sugar daddies makes an assassination joke. And Birther Report gets more and more vile.

9 April - One gets the feeling that Robert Laity is upset that his New York Birther Ballot Jihad against Obama failed.

"Obama currently stands accused of Treason. IF convicted he faces EXECUTIION. He has never BEEN the "President". Not for one second.
Obama is under arrest at this time. It remains only for Law enforcement to take him into custody."

"…..any day now……"

10 April - Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, former county prosecutor and Joe Arpaio's "right hand man", has been disbarred by the State Bar of Arizona.

"In a Phoenix courtroom filled with fellow lawyers and some of his biggest critics on Tuesday, the former Arizona prosecutor who served for years as Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s right-hand man was stripped of his license to practice law.

A three-member panel of the State Bar of Arizona ruled that ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas abused his powers as a prosecutor to target his political enemies. Because of that, they ruled he would be disbarred.

One of Thomas’ top aides, Lisa Aubuchon, was also disbarred for her role in the misconduct. A second aide, Rachel Alexander, had her law license suspended for six months.

The punishments are scheduled to take effect May 10. All three are expected to appeal the ruling."

Why you ask??

"Politically, Thomas and Arpaio were almost inseparable during their years as the top law enforcers in Maricopa County. They supported each other on almost every issue and often found themselves locked together in heated battles with judges and other local government officials.

Those battles were ultimately what led to the ethics case against Thomas.

Investigators with the State Bar of Arizona said somewhere along the way he became obsessed with his political enemies. He turned disagreements over policy into a full-fledged attempt to see his opponents jailed and disgraced.

With Arpaio’s help, investigators said, Thomas used the powers of his office to target his opponents with criminal investigations. He had some arrested and some charged with crimes. The evidence he and Arpaio used in the process was often questionable. The charges rarely stuck."

What's interesting is that it looks like the same tactics Arpaio is trying to use with the Obama administration.

"Fallout from the feud, however, didn’t end with the ethics investigation. A federal grand jury is believed to still be looking at possible criminal charges against Thomas and Arpaio on allegations that they abused their powers."

Which may be another reason Arpaio went full metal birther - to try and dismiss any charges from a Federal Grand Jury as "retaliation".

10 April - "The Obama Hustle" is claiming an "unknown source", (which I suspect is an important part of a balanced breakfast), told them that the Maricopa CCCP has proof that Malcolm X was Stanley Ann's baby daddy.

"Now it comes to light through a knowledgable and impeckable source for The Obama Hustle that the Cold Case Posse led by Mike Zullo has difinitve proof that Malcom X is Barack Obama’s natural father?

The Obama Hustle source said, ” Zullo told me they had evidence to that fact”."

Pity your source doesn't know how to spell "impeccable", "definitive", or "Malcolm" though.

"It makes more sense to me that the son of a militant Islamic leader with the help of Soros, and the Saudi government and Ayers and all the other commie socialist who have surrounded Obama his entire life, came together and installed a puppet President.

I can tell you one thing it is a whole lot worse for all the judges to cover up the son of Malcolm X being installed into the Presidency by a cabal who has been working on this since Obama was a child. Can you imagine how many votes Obama would have got if the electorate knew he was the illegitimate son of Malcolm X? I would dare say zero."

*rolls eyes"

10 April - And the DoJ is getting increasingly impatient with Arpaio's stonewalling and theatre.

"The Justice Department expressed frustration at the actions of Maricopa County Attorney William Montgomery, saying he has been a moving target and provided inconsistent comments on his relationship with the office of Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, who is under federal investigation.

In a letter to Montgomery, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin, Jr. said he was particularly upset over the prosecutor's stance on sex crimes in the key Arizona county, which includes Phoenix.

In December, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department said its investigation determined "there are an alarmingly large number of cases involving serious allegations of sex crimes where the MCSO (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) either did no investigation or a wholly inadequate investigation."

10 April - Neal Turner comes up with a tacky flyer with Obama in a "hoodie" where he's "Wanted for Immediate Deportation"

(Scribd link here)

His slam against the Secret Service is particularly vile:

"DO NOT APPROACH – Armed and Dangerous. Travels with a personal army of armed guards – once sworn to uphold the Constitution (cannot be relied upon to do so)."

10 April - Oh how entertaining.

"The Justice Department expressed frustration at the actions of Maricopa County Attorney William Montgomery, saying he has been a moving target and provided inconsistent comments on his relationship with the office of Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, who is under federal investigation.

In a letter to Montgomery, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin, Jr. said he was particularly upset over the prosecutor's stance on sex crimes in the key Arizona county, which includes Phoenix.

In December, the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department said its investigation determined "there are an alarmingly large number of cases involving serious allegations of sex crimes where the MCSO (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office) either did no investigation or a wholly inadequate investigation."

Get the feeling the DoJ isn't impressed??

11 April - In the latest New Jersey Birther Ballot Jihad challenge, Mario Apuzzo and Nicholas Purpura (of the failed birther/tea party lawsuit), get a familiar answer from the court.

(Scribd link here)

"…the matter will be decided on the merits"

You mean the birthers actually got something heard on the merits, like they always demand??

Well, they're doomed now.

"And in that regard, the failure to even proffer to the Secretary a birth certificate is legally conclusive of the lack of qualification to stand for the Office. As such, while the petitioners were prepared to produce a witness, purportedly an expert, to contend that he long-form certificate, as displayed on the internet, was a forgery, after extensive colloquy, it was determined that that issue is not relevant to the petitioners’ objection herein. It would only be so if the certificate were produced in order to meet a specific requirement of the law, and in that instance, its validity could be challenged. It has not been offered."

So in other words, not reverent to the situation.

"I make no determination as to whether the gentlemen who was identified as the expert witness would have qualified as such, or on the validity of any alleged expert assessment of the original birth certificate based upon a view of the document on the internet"

OUCH!!!

"In this matter, as the petitioners’ objection is that Mr. Obama has not provided the Secretary with proof of the place of his birth by means of a birth certificate or otherwise, the lack of any obligation on his part to do so means he has not failed to actin accordance with the applicable law"

Can't complain that he hasn't produced something he's not required to produce.

"The second objection involves the meaning of the Constitutional phrase, “natural born Citizen.” Discussion and consideration of this issue is of course relevant only on the understanding that Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii. This issue has been the subject of litigation concerning Mr. Obama’s candidacy in several jurisdictions. No court,federal, state or administrative, has accepted the challengers’ position that Mr. Obama is not a “natural born Citizen” due to the acknowledged fact that his father was born inKenya and was a British citizen by virtue of the then applicable British Nationality Act.Nor has the fact that Obama had, or may have had, dual citizenship at the time of his birth and thereafter been held to deny him the status of natural born. It is unnecessary to reinvent the wheel here; the subject has been thoroughly reviewed and no new legal argument on this issue has been offered here. "

The total is now over 100 "no" answers to the birthers pet theories. One would think they would have gotten a clue by now.

"While there are several decisions that could be cited, the decision issued by the Court of Appeals of Indiana in 2009 in Ankeny v. Governor, 916 N.E.2d 678 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009), is representative of the position taken by courts and other agencies who have considered the merits of the issue. "

OUCH x2!

They REALLY hate the Ankeny decision.

"The decision notes that the petitioner therein, as here, cites to an eighteenth century treatise by Emmerich de Vattel, “The Law of Nations” and to various early sources for support for their argument that one who is the child of a non-citizen cannot be natural born even if born in the United States. But the Ankeny court, relying upon the decision of the United States Supreme Court in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S.649, 18 S. Ct. 456, 42 L. Ed. 890 (1898), rejected that position."

Apuzzo really hates it when someone brings up Wong Kim Ark….

"The Wong Kim Ark decision was preceded by Minor v. Happersett, 88 (21 Wall.) U.S. 162, 167, 22L.Ed. 627 (1874), where the Supreme Court stated that while the Constitution did not say “in words” “who shall be natural-born citizens” there were “some authorities” who held that “children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents” were citizens. The Court concludes that it was not necessary to decide that issue in Minor. Wong Kim Ark more directly addresses the issue of whois “natural-born” although it is acknowledged that neither of these cases involved the use of the term in connection with a presidential candidate and the unique Constitutional requirements for holding that office.Nevertheless, the Wong Kim Ark ruling certainly goes very far in defining the term and its meaning in this country. And the decision does not suggest that the common law rule identified therein only applied at the state level and not on a national basis, as counsel here claims."

So much for one of the birthers other favorite binkies.

"The Georgia Secretary of State recently denied a similar challenge to Mr. Obama’s status as a natural born citizen in Farrar, et al. v. Obama, OSAH-SECSTATE-CE-1215136-60-MAHIHI, where Georgia State Administrative Law Judge Mahili relied upon Arkeny and Wong Kim Ark for his ruling that the President was indeed a natural born Citizen."

*Chuckle*

"This is not the place to write a law review article on the full analysis of the subject, but there is no legal authority that has been cited or otherwise provided that supports a contrary position."

Well, we are talking Mario Apuzzo, who needs two pages just to tell people he's taking a dump.

"Based upon the above I CONCLUDE that the petitioners have failed to meet their burden to establish that Barak Obama failed in any obligation to prove to theSecretary of State that he is qualified to hold the Presidency and that he is a “natural born Citizen” of the United States of America, as required by the United StatesConstitution. The petitions challenging his petitions are DISMISSED"

11 April - Needless to say, Apuzzo takes 33 pages to go "Wahh, the judge told us no, wahhh!!"

(Scribd link here)

11 April - And the reactions at Birther Report are pretty much what one would expect.

"Anonymous said…[Reply] Folks I am outta here. I believe Civil War is coming and I want no part of it. I have 2 kids and I am a single parent. So I won't be following this issue anymore, I have to sell everything I have and get out of this country as soon as possible. When a Judge openly admits that POTUS has not proven to the Secretary of State that he is eligible and the court of record states that, then rules that he was born in Hawaii, we no longer can count on our system of government to protect us. It doesn't make sense. I wish you all luck and I will pray for your futures as well as pray for America. It has lost its way. April 11, 2012 12:50 AM"

Whiney much??

"Yephora said…[Reply] The judge's "Look at Me I'm a Liberal" beard told me all I needed to know. Outrageous verdict but no surprise. April 11, 2012 6:07 AM"

"RacerJim said…[Reply] This Judge just removed all doubt that we are now living in a land of men rather than laws.

Revolutionary War II anyone?

Locked and loaded.
April 11, 2012 6:37 AM"

Hasn't RacerJim been saying this for a few years now??

11 April - While back in Georgia, the Supreme Court of that state makes a decision in the Dr. Orly-less Farrar v Obama.

"Disposition Date: April 11, 2012
Application denied
All the Justices concur."

So next stop I presume is that Dr. Orly rejoins the lawsuit to take it all the way to the SCOTUS. Who will tell her "no".

Again.

11 April - Kerchner throws a hissy fit over the fact that his buddy Apuzzo was told "no" again.

"Everyone, especially in NJ should call the NJ Secretary of State and demand she reject this decision and demand that Obama produce legal evidence to establish his true legal identity and eligibility to the State of NJ."

In other words, "Damn the law, call up the Secretary of State, demand she ignore the law, and get that scary black man off the ballot!!!"

11 April - The Phoenix New Times reports on birther harassment of politicians to try and get them on Joe Arpaio's bandwagon.

"It looks like sympathizers to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" movement are still looking for politicians to support the Obama's-from-Africa conspiracy theory, and it's still not working.

That's really not all that surprising, but the way Arizona politicians are issuing their awkward responses to "birther" inquiries makes you wonder why anyone would want to let people know that these exchanges ever happened.

You're really not supposed to call constituents crackpots in response to their questions, so people like Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl are being tactful in their responses to whether unicorns are real the president was born in Africa and brought over to the United States in anticipation of his presidency a few decades down the road."

Oh, and guess who's organizing these letters:

"This series of awkward interviews and letters is brought to you by the "Western Journalism Center," the parent of World Net Daily -- the same World Net Daily that was soliciting donations to Arpaio's "birther" fund, and the same World Net Daily that Arpaio comrade Jerome Corsi calls home."

Funny thing is Joseph Farah takes exception to this claim:

"josephfarah 14 hours ago
Not that we expect accuracy from Phoenix New Times, but the Western Journalism Center is NOT the parent of WorldNetDaily -- or WND.com as it is now known. Western Journalism Center is a non-profit foundation and WND.com is a for-profit new source. I should know. I founded both. But, then again, facts can be confusing."

Except for minor little facts that Farah founded World Nut Daily while he was still running the Western Center for "Journalism", and that WCJ is supposedly a major shareholder in World Nut Daily…….

11 April - Speaking of the Western Center for "Journalism", it looks like Tom Ballantyne, Jr. (the writer of an anti-Fox News book, and a "call to arms" Second American Revolution book), has a problem with both Sen. Jon Kyl and Sen. John McCain, writing them both snotty "breakup" letters because neither of them are willing to give the Corsi/Arpaio show the time of day.

First his 3 April 2012 letter to Sen. Kyl.

"You recently took the time to send a personal – although I’m sure it was, in the end, a form – letter to a friend of mine, Gabe Zolna, in response to his inquiry regarding what you planned to do about the bullet-proof Arpaio Investigation results. "

If by "bullet proof" you mean "so full of holes that a bullet would just pass though without hitting anything", then yes.

"It just so happened that he showed me your letter as we were leaving to go to the Arpaio Press Conference in Sun City West, this past Saturday, March 31, 2012. We were saddened (but not surprised), to find you – or any of the AZ Congressional delegation – not in attendance."

I'm not, the few remaining sane members of the GOP are trying not to get the stink of birther on themselves.

"I am happy to report, however, that in spite of the overwhelming exculpatory evidence – make that irrefutable proof, Jon – that not only is the birth certificate an obvious forgery, but so is the Selective Service Registration Card of the Commander in Chief of the entire U.S. Armed Forces! So, Jon, you apparently spent enough time reviewing the evidence to at least notice one of the two clearly forged documents proven to be so by the Sheriff’s Cold Case Posse. You and I are no longer in school, Jon, but if we were, that achievement would have earned either one of us a dismal failing grade…but I digress."

Actually what would have earned a failing grade was Ballentyne's continued claim that long-debunked claims and hearsay statements somehow equate to "irrefutable proof"

"I wasn’t sure if folks in this neck of the woods were familiar with the no-doubt-Southern expression about “the fox guarding the hen house.” But I’m pretty sure that if you look that up in Jeff Foxworthy’s Dictionary of the Deep-South, you’ll find a picture of Director Fuddy of the Hawaii Department of Health (along with the Hawaii Governor’s Office, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, the Hawaii State Elections Commission, the Democratically-Controlled “Vexatious” Legislature, and the Democratic Party of Hawaii), all for purposes of illustration."

Wow, over the top much??

He followed this up with an 11 April letter to Sen. McCain.

"Dear John,
Yep, that salutation means exactly what it implies, John…. We’re through! "

I'm sure Sen. McCain is heartbroken.

"It occurs to me that since the FDA had not even remotely crossed the minds of men like Madison, Jay, and Hamilton, this archaic and quaint criterion must be referring to more than his now-highly-revered mother toughing it out in the delivery room – in either Kansas or Kenya…er, that is Honolulu! (Which hospital was it that was claiming him these days, John? It’s so hard to keep up with all the changes!)

Could it mean that his unwed parents – both his under-aged mom and his Kenyan-born British subject/citizen “father” could not possibly have bestowed citizenship – much less “natural-born” citizenship – on their illegitimate offspring? While I am loathe to repeat myself in referring to his unfortunate “illegitimacy,” John, is there anything about this phantom president which is, in fact, provably legitimate? I’m all ears, John, should you come across something…although I won’t refrain from drawing breath in the interim…."

Except the minor little fact that Stanley Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr. WERE indeed married…..

"In any case, John, I know you’re not aware of it, as evidenced by your conspicuous absence at the March 31st Arpaio Press Conference in Sun City West – at which, had you attended, you could have addressed some 1,200 or more of your constituents."

Birther math again. Didn't they originally claim about 300, then 600???

I expect it to be a quarter million by midsummer.

"Fortunately, all is not lost, John…as your highly-informed and courageous constituents nonetheless sail on, undeterred, and armed with the truth as irrefutably substantiated by Sheriff Joe and his Posse (along with a vast army of countless other citizen soldiers across this nation.) And we expect to reach America ourselves very soon – this time, all of it; as all but the most fervent zealots will soon be forced to acknowledge what everyone else in the room already knows but won’t admit-the all-but-blinding truth-that the Emperor in the People’s House has not even a stitch of clothes!"

Someone is really, really, really off their meds.

Isn't it funny what passes for "journalism" at the Western Center for "Journalism"??

11 April - So how well IS Dr. Orly doing, that is in the real world?? The Orange County Register reports.

"The 14-candidate Republican field to challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be starting to take shape, if the 183 Orange County Republicans polled are an indication.

Autism activist Elizabeth Emken, who's been endorsed by the state GOP, was named by 11.5 percent of Republican respondents – a virtual dead heat with Oceanside businessman Dan Hughes, who backs Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan and has been endorsed by former Assemblyman Chuck DeVore. Hughes was named by 10.9 percent of respondents in the OC Political Pulse poll.

Orly Taitz, known for her legal challenges of Barack Obama's birth certificate, came in third at 5.5 percent of Republicans. That means Taitz trailed even Feinstein among GOP voters – 6.6 percent of them named the incumbent."

Of course, Dr. Orly is claiming she's all but won the election and is just waiting for the coronation.

11 April - Well, if Arpaio went full metal birther in hopes it would scare the Department of Justice away, it seems to have failed.

"The Justice Department has given up on settling with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and is planning to sue the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for systematic civil rights abuses of Hispanic residents, a DOJ official indicated in a terse letter to Arpaio’s lawyer on Wednesday.

“It is clear that DOJ’s concerted effort to attain voluntary compliance by your client has failed,” Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division wrote in a letter to Arpaio lawyer Joseph Popolizio obtained by TPM.

“It is also clear that we should not discuss anything else by telephone because you will not accurately portray those conversations,” Austin wrote. “At this point, it is best to let a court determine the appropriateness of appointing an independent monitor as well as imposing other relief in order to address MCSO’s constitutional and federal statutory violations.”

So in other words, "we're tired of playing games with you".

"Arpaio’s office first came under federal scrutiny back in 2008, and DOJ announced in December that its probe found that Arpaio had “promoted a culture of bias” and that his officers had discriminated against Latinos. DOJ and Arpaio have been in contentious negotiations over the findings for months, but prospects now appear dim for a negotiated settlement."

Notice the date? That means this started under the GW Bush administration.

12 April - UK Conservative Blogger Walaa Idris decides to take a dip into the waters of Lake Birtherstan.

"When Donald Trump chased and pushed for a birth certificate to be made public, somehow one magically surfaced. Again the race card was tossed around here and there but this time folks have a paper document verifying Mr. President’s legitimacy, end of story!

Or so we though until a few days ago, when questioning Barack Obama’s birther authenticity has become a global subject discussed as far as Russia, or as close …… depending on which state you’re in.

My question is, if it turns out that Obama is not an American by birth, what does it say about the mighty US Security Services and who should be punished for that mistake/cover-up/ irresponsibility?

Personally I would like to see the Democrats banned from holding the office of President of the United States for the remainder of this century."

12 April - Remember that rather anti-Constitutional "petition" that the teahaddists in Arizona did? The one that demanded the DNC give to Joe Arpaio papers acceptable to Arpaio that proved that uppity darkie was indeed a natural born US Citizen.

Well, it looks like the leadership in the Arizona State House want nothing to do with the teahaddists "make that BOY show his papers" petition. Which has the teahaddists pissed off.

"It was reported today that Arizona Senate President Steve Pierce and Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives agreed today to just say NO to the 3,000 petitions delivered to the Legislature on April 2, 2012. Pierce and Tobin refused to even allow the Resolution to be formally written which meant it would never even reach the Rules Committee(s) for further advancement. The Resolution if passed would have required SOS Ken Bennett to send a pre-written letter to DNC National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz requiring substantive and documented replies to questions posed to her regarding Barack Obama’s natural born citizenship, his birth certificate, selective service registration, and social security number. "

And yes, the teahaddists are annoyed.

"Arizonans, remember we have other elected traitors to the US Constitution and the Rule of Law in place here in OUR state, including McCain, Kyl, Franks, Jeff Flake and on and on."

12 April - How very interesting. It seems that one of the birther sugar daddies is identified. Namely one Irving Moskowitz, a retired doctor, real estate speculator, and hard-core ultra-right supporter of Jewish settler groups in Israel.

"According to IRS records, the Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation gave $50,000 in 2010 to the Western Center for Journalism, a nonprofit founded by World Net Daily editor Joseph Farah, a prominent proponent of birther conspiracies. The center's website currently touts the "investigation" into the president's birth certificate by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, calling it "ForgeryGate."

Moskowitz also provided $100,000 to the Center for Security Policy, a nonprofit warning of the imminent danger of radical Islam in America. The center's founder and president is Frank Gaffney, a neoconservative who has publicly questioned whether the president was born in the U.S. and stated that Obama, in his 2008 campaign, was seeking "the Jihadist vote.""

Again, how very interesting.

12 April - Dr. Orly also has a mad that the GOP leadership in Arizona is ignoring the "make that BOY show Arpaio his papers" petition (malware and redirect warning)

(Bold face mine)

"Recently 3,000 citizens of AZ submitted a petition to the state legislature to issue a declaration directing the Secretary of State Ken Bennett to demand original identification papers from Obama in light of findings of forgery. Corrupt “leaders” of both houses killed the declaration even though majority of the members of the legislature were for it.

It is time for the state legislature in AZ, other states and the US Congress to vote non confidence and throw those “leaders” out of leadership positions.

In due time we will try them for aiding and abetting the usurpation of the US Presidency."

How very threaty.

12 April - The Santa Barbara Independent reports on Dr. Orly's upcoming Senate bid loss.

"California Republicans are aghast at the distinct possibility that the GOP could be represented in the state’s 2012 U.S. Senate race by “birther queen” Orly Taitz.

While Senator Dianne Feinstein is a virtual shoo-in for reelection, the state’s new “top two” primary rules have helped attract a field of 23 obscure challengers, among whom the controversial Orange County attorney/dentist/Obama-birth-certificate denier appears best known.

Taitz, whose relentless crusade in the courts and on cable TV to prove President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. has made her a laughingstock in most political circles, is one of 14 Republicans on the June 5 primary ballot. Besides Feinstein, there are five other Democrats, one representative each of the American Independent and Libertarian parties and two Peace and Freedom contenders. No word yet on the partridge in a pear tree."

And what does the state GOP think of it?

“We’re aware [Taitz] has name ID,” state Republican chair Tom Del Beccaro said in an interview, bravely. “We think the party’s endorsement will carry the day.”

Oh, and Dr. Orly is looking worse and worse of late.

Amazing what over three years of insane hatred will do to one.

12 April - Showing once again that in her mind, it's all about her, Dr. Orly takes exception to the picture the Santa Barbara Independent used. (malware and redirect warning)

"ANOTHER ATTACK FROM THE REGIME WITH A REALLY WINDY “BAD HAIR DAY PICTURE” TO BOOT
Posted on | April 12, 2012 "

12 April - Oh charming. Santorum sponsor and aspirin-between-the-knees guy Foster Friess makes an unfunny joke.

“There are a lot of things that haven’t been hammered at because Rick and Mitt have been going at each other,” Friess said during an interview on Fox Business Network. “Now that they have trained their barrels on President Obama, I hope his teleprompters are bullet-proof.”

Friess told ABC News that he regretted the statement immediately after making it.

Gee, I can't imagine why [/sarcasm]

13 April - Dr. Orly is upset because neither Birther Report or World Nut Daily are reporting about her or giving her any birther bucks (malware and redirect warning)

"Attorney leading a challenge to eligibility of Obama is increasing her margin of lead in the primary election for the US senate.

WND and ORYR, two website that are promoted by the big search engines that are connected to the government, and who are artificially kept on top of those engine searches, are artificially suppressing this story. Why so? If they really wanted to win this battle, bringing a leader of the constitutional movement to vet Obama into the Senate or even the general election,would be huge."

Maybe because they know that:

1) You're not ahead in the polls like you claim
2) You haven't a snowballs chance in hell of being elected.

"For 9 months WND heavily promoted sheriff Arpaio, but would not issue a call to Arpaio to appear in court and testify and to submit his findings to the District Attorney. What are they really trying to achieve? Collect money and publicity or win this battle?"

I'm going to hazard a guess and say "collect money and publicity".

"If they want to win, they should be really supporting my candidacy and urging everyone to help with my campaign and legal actions."

"Me me me me it's all about MEEEE!!! They need to give their money to MEEEE!!!!!!"

13 April - Showing that there's no level low enough for them to dive to, the inmates at Birther Report come up with a whole new meme.

"Anonymous said…[Reply] I have a funny feeling that all of this may be irrelevant soon. Taking not account that Obama was known to associate with homosexuals in Chicago (Lawrence Sinclair, et al…) and Van Jones, Obama's former "Green Czar" saying last week, in a rather cryptic, unsolicited statement, that "Obama would not lose the Black vote even if he is gay…" and the recent photos of Obama appearing thin, gaunt and obviously MUCH thinner than he was just a few months ago, it is my belief that Obama may be in the final stages of AIDS related complications. Any thoughts? April 11, 2012 12:46 PM"

Yeah, you're delusional and ignorant.

"Anonymous said…[Reply] Anyway, Obama is cachexic and wasting away from AIDS acquired from Man's Country in Chicago. Gross. April 11, 2012 2:39 PM"

*rolls eyes*

"Anonymous said…[Reply]

…Obama has ARC (Aids Related Complex), and he is 100% definitely HIV positive. He received the HIV virus & he now has ARC (Aids Related Complex) from Mr. Spencer, one of the three gay men Obama had gay sex with, who later died in Chicago of Aids while Obama was campaigning in 2008.

It has been revealed that two other gay men that Obama had regular gay sex and wild drug parties with in Chicago were murdered so they would not be able to talk publicly about their regular gay sex and wild drug parties they regularly participated in with Obama, when Obama called on them in Chicago…….. Mr. Wayne Madsen researched Obama's life in Chicago and he under covered the information that Obama is a lifetime member of "Man's Country" a GAY MEN'S SWINGER'S CLUB in Illinois. Ram Emanuel is a member of this GAY MEN'S SWINGER'S CLUB also.

Because of the Aids Related Complex (ARC) Obama has, he is rapidly losing weight and is becoming cachexic. Obama has cancerous lesions in his brain, on his lungs, and on his liver at this time and Obama is dying of Aids and cancer at this time. That is why he is rapidly losing weight. This was revealed to me by LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Other things were revealed to me by LORD JESUS CHRIST that I am sending to the Cold Case Posse, Jerome Corsi, Mike Zullo, and Sheriff Arpaio. The information I just said did not come from me. I personally report what LORD JESUS CHRIST told me.
April 11, 2012 4:56 PM"

I suspect your message had less to do with "Lord Jesus Christ" and more to do with "Snap, Crackle, and Pop".

Besides which, the term ARC hasn't been used clinically since 2000 to describe someone with HIV-related illnesses. Someone needs to pull their head out of the 1980's and 90's.

It gets better:

"Anonymous said…[Reply] @Anonymous

"it is my belief that Obama may be in the final stages of AIDS related complications.
Any thoughts?"

My thought… He isn't withering away fast enough.
April 11, 2012 6:26 PM"

Someone is an anonymous piece of human sewage.

"Grandmas Mad said…[Reply] it is my belief that Obama may be in the final stages of AIDS related complications. Any thoughts?

The above was copied from a post above……OOOOOH…wouldn't that be SWEET!!!!!!!!!
April 11, 2012 9:39 PM"

Make that two pieces of human sewage.

And within a day of some anonymous piece of filth posting such garbage, it becomes accepted truth at Birther Report. Why? Because they'll believe ANYTHING negative about Obama, and the nastier and more vile it is, the better they like it.

"Torch n PitchForks said…[Reply] @Anonymous The brilliance of the Obamites never cease to amaze me: You pathetic moron, no one hides their school records except this Pile Of Living Garbage. The only reason this Communist, Muslim, Sodomite, Coke-Head, AIDS infected usurper hides his, is because they show him as FOREIGN student. April 12, 2012 5:45 PM"

And it wouldn't be Birther Report without some call for mob violence and the overthrow of the Constitution.

"Anonymous said…[Reply] Screw any elections, petitions, websites, letters to our congressmen, court cases, or anything else. None of that crap works.

The only thing left is to storm the Bastille. Yea, I said it, storm the Bastille, unless you wanna become slaves in a gulag in Arizona making little rocks out of big rocks.

Screw impeachment, too. You don't impeach someone who is a squatter in a federal building. You just go on in and throw him and his gang out and tell Boner he's in charge.

You know all of the guns and ammo you've been buying the past three years?
April 12, 2012 6:40 PM"

13 April - Van Irion is told by the US District Court in Tennessee, no, you can't have state court, not yours.

(Scribd link here)

"Before the Court is Plaintiffs Liberty Legal Foundation, John Dummett, Leonard Volodarsky,and Creg Maroney’s Motion to Remand (D.E. # 12,13) filed on March 14, 2012. DefendantsDemocratic National Committee, Tennessee Democratic Party, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, andChip Forrester have filed a response in opposition. For the reasons set forth below, the Motion is DENIED"

Oh, and it looks like their games with the "National Democratic Party" has been noticed.

"Defendants have argued in other filings with the Court that Defendant National Democratic Party of the USA, Inc. is not a proper party to this action and is perhaps a “sham”organization contrived to obtain venue in Shelby County, Tennessee. See Defs.’ Mem. inSupport Mot. Dismiss 1 n.1 (D.E. # 5). To date this Defendant has not answered or otherwise appeared to defend in this matter."

Ooops.

I want to expand on something I wrote elsewhere.

I strongly believe that the rhetoric from the birthers is going to be ramped up more and more as we get closer to November.

Look at the birthers track record.

2008 - (pre-election) Lawsuits. End result - failure.
2008 - (post-election) Lawsuits, attempts to corrupt the electoral college and deny certification. End result - failure.
2009 - Citizen "Grand Juries" and lawsuits. End result - failure.
2010 - Lawsuits, Civil Disobedience. End result - failure.
2011 - Birther bills, fake trials, lawsuits. End result - failure.
2012 - (to date) Ballot challenges, "Cold Case Posse", lawsuits. End result so far - failure.

Every attempt that the birthers have made in the past to force Obama out of office and press the "magic reset button" has been a failure. Every confident prediction that he wouldn't be allowed to take office, that he wouldn't complete his first term, that he wouldn't run for a second term, etc, have so far been proven wrong. And the confident predictions that the American public would be so disgusted with Obama that the GOP could run anyone don't seem to be panning out.

And very few if any of the birthers are happy with the GOP's enforced march to Mittdom.

So at this point, the birthers are looking at the wreckage of their past attempts. And they're looking at the GOP field and realizing that Obama stands a very strong chance of winning a second term in office. This, in their minds, is simply unacceptable. Bad enough to them that the scary black man tricked people into voting for him the first time, but the second???

I have no doubt in my mind what so ever that Corsi's current actions are part of a very real effort from Farah, GOP dirty trickster Floyd Brown, and others on the far right to try and use the birther lies to "swift boat" Obama. (Bear in mind the fact that one of the reasons why the "swift boating" of Kerry worked has well as it did, other than the large amount of money poured into it, is that Kerry took the high road and tried to ignore it. The Democratic party learned that lesson though).

Yeah, they're going to ramp it up between now and November. I expect more GOP politicians, particularly tea party types who may be realizing their own re-election chances are slim, will be playing flirty birther games as well. The GOP has already shown that they have no interest or desire to be honest or to denounce the birthers, and they've done a very good job of alienating and driving away moderate and sane Republicans as well, leaving the field to the far-right and the teahaddists.

I also suspect very strongly that there's a concerted effort in the far right to amp up the rhetoric between now and November in hopes that they can inspire some nut job to try and assassinate the President.

And should Obama win a second term, I fully expect that there will be a flurry of State and Federal lawsuits starting the day after election day to try and stop the certification of Obamas votes or to try and block the electoral college. I also fully expect there will be a few Congresscritters who will challenge the Electoral College certification in the House. It's too early to say if they'll find a senator to co-sponsor the challenge, but I wouldn't be surprised if they do.

Finally, I expect the rhetoric to get EVEN HIGHER once Obama is sworn into a second term. Because there's a lot of birthers who are dead certain that Obama will find an excuse to cancel the elections in 2016 - and more than a few of them will be calling for coups, armed uprising or assassination as a result.

It's nowhere near over yet.

Comments

[DP]

Actually, the reason the swiftboating of Kerry worked is that it had some nonpolitical motivation and was superficially plausible.

There were a number of vets angry at Kerry for his statements about the war, so there's a pool of people ready made to go. Second, all you have to do is find some who were in the general vicinity of Kerry's actions or knew him in Vietnam. It's easy to do a "he said--she said" game without looking like an obvious nutcase.

The birther stuff? It's totally insane to the casual observer. The only people willing to get sucked into it are those who would never, ever have considered voting for Obama. Because, you know, his tan is a little too dark.

[madmardigan]

Robert Laity is known as 'lame-ass' laity, he's a loser malcontent from Tonowanda New York who went from 'deck-swabber' to 'toilet swabber ' in one easy step; and SOMEHOW that's Obama's fault!!

He could'nt tell you the time of day with three watches, an alarm clock, AND someone whispering in his ear!!!

[Glix]

I think you are right, Patrick. As long as wealthy men are willing to cough up some bucks to keep this up, it will not go away.

And the threat of an assassination attempt has worried me from day 1 as these vile creatures try to drive some as-yet-unknown psychopath over the edge. I have complete faith in the USSS to thwart any such attempt.

[Leapyear Sleep]

The Apuzzo videos are well worth watching. The sound is not great, but the picture is hirez, so at full screen you get to see the judge covering his mouth and otherwise trying to hide the fact that he is almost laughing out loud.

It is interesting, because the "evidence" Apuzzo is trying to present is almost identical that of the "Cold Case Posse". (We know that they both got it from the same source.)

The reception given to Apuzzo is a good preview of what would happen if Arpaio ever dared to try to get his presented in a real courtroom.

[Bryan Slot]

Point about the Arizona Tea Party petition to get the Democratic party to 'fess up on Obama documentation. As this would be a letter to a private party the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution would not apply.

[The Magic M]

> Of course, Dr. Orly is claiming she's all but won the election and is just waiting for the coronation.

The only place she's been "winning" (i.e. leading the other GOP candidates) so far are online polls, after she called her flying monkeys to "keep voting". No surprise.

[Origuy]

I don't recognize any of the other Republicans in the California Senate primary. Since Feinstein is a shoo-in to be the top vote-getter, some Democrats may vote for Orly to screw with the Republicans. I'll probably vote for one of the Peace and Freedom candidates.

[The Magic M]

> "Obama is under arrest at this time. It remains only for Law enforcement to take him into custody."

It's funny how cranks think alike.

"The Rapture *did* come, we just didn't notice."
"We *have* been invaded by aliens, they just happen to look like humans."
"Obama *is* under arrest, he just hasn't been arrested yet."

Priceless.