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Arizona official may keep Obama off ballot

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President Obama's birth certificate continues to make headlines in ways he doesn't want.
The latest: Arizona's top elections official is trying to explain why he's seeking to verify the document before placing Obama on the November ballot.

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, a Republican exploring a 2014 race for governor, issued a statement insisting he is not a "birther," the word he and others use for those who believe Obama was not born in the United States and is not legitimately president.

Bennett told a radio interviewer yesterday it was "possible" he would keep Obama off the ballot if the issue isn't resolved.

"First, I have been on the record since 2009 that I believe the president was born in Hawaii. I am not a birther," Bennett said in his statement.
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In part because of Arpaio's investigation, Bennett said on KFYI radio that he received over 1,200 e-mails asking him to look into Obama's birth certificate. Bennett told radio host Mike Broomhead on Thursday that he believes "the president was born in Hawaii -- at least I hope he was" and stated he was "not playing to the birthers."
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Arizona official may keep Obama off ballot

Some thoughts.

1. If I were the president, I'd revel in this, the more the birthers rear their idiotic heads, the more independents and moderate Republicans distance themselves from the party.

2. I love the people that are birthers and yet say "I'm not a birther BUT...". Always gives me a good chuckle.

3. I really hope as the election nears this kind of thing happens more and more, because it always gives me a good chuckle.

4. This guy is an embarressment to his state.

5. He can't actually keep Obama off the ballot, and he knows it. He was definitely playing to the birthers.
 
Jetboogieman said:
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Arizona official may keep Obama off ballot

Some thoughts.

1. If I were the president, I'd revel in this, the more the birthers rear their idiotic heads, the more independents and moderate Republicans distance themselves from the party.
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Considering:' Born in Kenya': Obama's Literary Agent Misidentified His Birthplace in 1991 - ABC News

I don't think Obama wants any of that. Who knows what else is going to pop up where Obama appears to have lied about where he was born? Maybe something really juicy right before election time?:
 
Thrilla said:
George Romney was born in Mexico... Mitt was born in Detroit.
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No he was born in a mormon colony just like his father. I have not seen a long form birth certificate.
 
AZ senator John McCain was born in Panama, he needs to resign and refund all his pay since first elected...
(what's goose for the gander is grease for the gristmill)
 
Born Free said:
A Romney birther, you may be on to something. Maybe you can find some evidence like this to get the Romney birther thing going.

'Born in Kenya': Obama's Literary Agent Misidentified His Birthplace in 1991 - ABC News
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Not a birther. Just speaking the truth. Unlike obama, romney has presented no evidence he was born in the US. I dont know why the GOP does this. This is the second election in a row they appointed a non US citizen. First the nominate a Panamanian and now a Mexican. Is this their plan to reach out the hispanics?
 
John mccain and mitt romney are illegal immigrants that should be deported. Now i know why mitt romney doesnt pay tax.
 
99percenter said:
Not a birther. Just speaking the truth. Unlike obama, romney has presented no evidence he was born in the US. I dont know why the GOP does this. This is the second election in a row they appointed a non US citizen. First the nominate a Panamanian and now a Mexican. Is this their plan to reach out the hispanics?
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If he was born in Mexico, he would get the Latino vote. But to your insistence that Romney has not presented no evidence, how do you know this has not already been checked? Thus it's a non starter, but again you may be onto something, start a "Romney birther" movement.
 
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Thrilla said:
George Romney was born in Mexico... Mitt was born in Detroit.
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Doesn't that make Mitt an anchor baby? ;)

I agree with the OP... the nutcases make the GOP look bad, and once again Arizona is leading the cuckoo train.
 
Karl said:
Doesn't that make Mitt an anchor baby? ;)

I agree with the OP... the nutcases make the GOP look bad, and once again Arizona is leading the cuckoo train.
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AZ is the "chicago politics" equivalent for the western USA....
 
Born Free said:
If he was born in Mexico, he would get the Latino vote. But to your insistence that Romney has not presented no evidence, how do you know this has not already been checked? Thus it's a non starter, but again you may be onto something, start a "Romney birther" movement.
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How do you know obama's birth hasn't been checked. Not only has it been checked but beaten to death. Im sorry, but there is no evidence anyone has seen romney's birth certificate. In fact in order to do that one would have to travel to mexico. Mitt romney is ineligible to be president.
 
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99percenter said:
He was born in mexico. I need for him to produce a long form birth certificate.
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He will, after he's been President for a couple years.

Also, you're a radical nutjob/racist for asking to see his birth certificate.
 
Birthers are the most idiotic group of nut jobs against Obama. There are so many other issues that this president has done wrong to point at rather then where he was born (Hawaii). We could talk about perpetual wars, government secrecy, suspensions of civil liberties, an unstable economy, etc...but these morons still want to talk about his birthplace. Gimme a break
 
RadicalModerate said:
You dumb fuck, Romney was born in Detroit at Harper Hospital.
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No, he was born in Mexico. I read on the internets that one of his six grandmothers said she witnessed him being born in the back of a Tijuana whore house. If only he would produce his birth certificate (WHY does he REFUSE!!) he could resolve this controversy once and for all!!
 
UtahBill said:
AZ senator John McCain was born in Panama, he needs to resign and refund all his pay since first elected...
(what's goose for the gander is grease for the gristmill)
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There's actually no requirement to be born in the US to be a Senator, but I get the point.

I think that if Obama had to have a big press conference to show his BC to everybody, Romney should have to do the same. It's only fair. Of course, Mitt's not a black guy with a funny name, which is what it's really about.
 
AreteCourage said:
Birthers are the most idiotic group of nut jobs against Obama. There are so many other issues that this president has done wrong to point at rather then where he was born (Hawaii). We could talk about perpetual wars, government secrecy, suspensions of civil liberties, an unstable economy, etc...but these morons still want to talk about his birthplace. Gimme a break
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It's not about his policies or his record. It's an election about whether or not he was born in Kenya.
 
AdamT said:
No, he was born in Mexico. I read on the internets that one of his six grandmothers said she witnessed him being born in the back of a Tijuana whore house. If only he would produce his birth certificate (WHY does he REFUSE!!) he could resolve this controversy once and for all!!
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That's right. All he has to do is present a birth certificate and he can put this controversy behind him.
 
AreteCourage said:
Birthers are the most idiotic group of nut jobs against Obama. There are so many other issues that this president has done wrong to point at rather then where he was born (Hawaii). We could talk about perpetual wars, government secrecy, suspensions of civil liberties, an unstable economy, etc...but these morons still want to talk about his birthplace. Gimme a break
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Right on!

Thing is, these things that look like misacheivements is basically what the GOP runs on. Now that Obama has done these and done them well, it undermines the GOP's platform so badly that they can't run on them now.

They can't run on being tougher than Obama's foreign policy by saying Obama is weak there... because Obama went into Libya, expanded the war in Iraq before closing the war down in Iraq and expanded the war in Afghanistan and across the border into Pakistan. That is something the GOP brags they are sooooo tough on. Now they can't out flank him there.

Government secrecy, another GOP fav... where they lurv to sacrifice our freedoms for "security" all the damn time. They don't really have much room to out-flank Obama there either.

Then there's the economy, which we all know that the GOP has absolutely no stable ground to stand on whatsoever.

They've run out of things to run on because they've been out-Republicaned by Obama so it all reverts to name-calling and ridiculous fabrications.
 
Jetboogieman said:
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Arizona official may keep Obama off ballot

Some thoughts.

1. If I were the president, I'd revel in this, the more the birthers rear their idiotic heads, the more independents and moderate Republicans distance themselves from the party.

2. I love the people that are birthers and yet say "I'm not a birther BUT...". Always gives me a good chuckle.

3. I really hope as the election nears this kind of thing happens more and more, because it always gives me a good chuckle.

4. This guy is an embarressment to his state.

5. He can't actually keep Obama off the ballot, and he knows it. He was definitely playing to the birthers.
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If Bennett is an embarrassment to Arizona he's simply one more Az Tea Partisan, GOP-E (extremist), or lunatic in the state. I'm not voting for Obama but I damn sure ain't voting for Republicans.

If you hear anything coming from Arizona government that makes sense, it's likely a misquote.
 
99percenter said:
That's right. All he has to do is present a birth certificate and he can put this controversy behind him.
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Hell, I can tell you right now where to find Obama's birth certificate. It in the same file cabinet as Bush's military and arrest records.
 
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