Oh no, here come the Birthers again. They’re relentless. This irrational crypto-racist conspiracy theory is so deeply ingrained in the GOP base that it refuses to die. It’s the ultimate right wing zombie meme.
This time, it’s a North Carolina Republican congressional candidate, Dr. John Whitley, a neurosurgeon (if you can believe that).
How’d you like to have this guy working on your brain?
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Simply Sarah Tue, May 8, 2012 12:45:28pm |
Well, it's like they say: Understanding that birth crap is nonsense isn't brain surgery.
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celticdragon Tue, May 8, 2012 12:46:21pm |
Here in North Carolina, we will be second to nobody when it comes to bringing on teh wingnut crazee...
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celticdragon Tue, May 8, 2012 12:47:28pm |
Just a little reminder that NC was also the last state to integrate school districts... 20 years after Brown V Board.
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Obdicut Tue, May 8, 2012 12:47:45pm |
Surgeons are the jocks of the medical world, not the intellectuals.
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HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 12:48:51pm |
I believe Whitley's medical license is a forgery. I have no proof of this but I am still going to say it repeatedly.
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, May 8, 2012 12:49:54pm |
This must've been part of Obama's stragegy in taking so long in releasing his long-form birth certificate: he knew taht this story would gain a life of its own because nobody in the GOP would dare stand up and disown it. Now it is truly a "tar baby" attached to the GOP, if I dare use that term here...
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Political Atheist Tue, May 8, 2012 12:52:12pm |
Ya really got nothing at all to say when you default all the way down to birther crap again. Nothing At All
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, May 8, 2012 12:53:27pm |
re: #6 HappyWarrior
I believe Whitley's medical license is a forgery. I have no proof of this but I am still going to say it repeatedly.
I want to see his long-form doctor's license and the full set of transcripts from medical school!!!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Tue, May 8, 2012 12:53:45pm |
Dr. John Whitley, a neurosurgeon (if you can believe that).
No problem believing in the slightest.
Google "michael egnor evolution".
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Randall Gross Tue, May 8, 2012 12:54:57pm |
Note the gadsden flag lapel pin, another proof that he's a f'in loon.
He's a surgeon at a hospital that benefits from public dollars, and he makes his largess mostly off of insurance and gov't programs in all likelihood, but hey... [wingnut on]don't tread on him with your Obamafascist police statez![/wingnut off]
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 12:55:42pm |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest Charitable Organization in the World:
Because of those women, Gates made a decision that’s likely to change lives all over the world. As she revealed in an exclusive interview with Newsweek, she has decided to make family planning her signature issue and primary public health a priority. “My goal is to get this back on the global agenda,” she says.
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nines09 Tue, May 8, 2012 12:55:53pm |
Well, there's your proof that skill and intelligence doesn't necessarily go hand in hand.
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HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 12:56:00pm |
re: #10 Expand Your Ground
I want to see his long-form doctor's license and the full set of transcripts from medical school!!!
"Did anyone know him at medical school?"
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HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 12:56:32pm |
re: #12 Randall Gross
Note the gadsden flag lapel pin, another proof that he's a f'in loon.
He's a surgeon at a hospital that benefits from public dollars, and he makes his largess mostly off of insurance and gov't programs in all likelihood, but hey... [wingnut on]don't tread on him with your Obamafascist police statez![/wingnut off]
I noticed that too. What a tool.
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dragonath Tue, May 8, 2012 12:56:36pm |
Check out that Gadsen Flag pin on his suit :o
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Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 12:57:17pm |
re: #11 May Day! May Day!
No problem believing in the slightest.
Google "michael egnor evolution".
Or "ron paul evolution".
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Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Tue, May 8, 2012 12:58:00pm |
Crypto-racist messages encrypted with the unbreakable rot13.
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Mattand Tue, May 8, 2012 12:58:03pm |
I'm just happy that there's someone at CNN who doesn't roll over like a beaten marmoset when some conservative nitwit pushes this shit.
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bratwurst Tue, May 8, 2012 12:58:17pm |
Remember GOP apologists...these are not obscure extremists running for dog catcher, these are men who aim to be in the United States Congress.
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lawhawk Tue, May 8, 2012 12:58:31pm |
It never left. Fools have been pushing this nonsense since Obama was nominated in 2008.
Yet, they think it's a rallying point for GOP faithful to question the President's birth certificate.
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HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 12:59:13pm |
re: #22 bratwurst
Remember GOP apologists...these are not obscure extremists running for dog catcher, these are men who aim to be in the United States Congress.
Yep, I'm sure they have some running for Senate this time too.
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freetoken Tue, May 8, 2012 12:59:42pm |
They really hate having a black man in the White House.
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HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 1:00:12pm |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 1:00:50pm |
re: #1 Simply Sarah
Well, it's like they say: Understanding that birth crap is nonsense isn't brain surgery.
I just thought to myself --how can they understand Birther crap when they don't seem to understand conception.
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Randall Gross Tue, May 8, 2012 1:01:12pm |
What an idiot, his fallback is Sheriff Joe Arpaio's non-existant "experts."
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bratwurst Tue, May 8, 2012 1:01:40pm |
When most Fox News viewers heard that France elected a socialist, they were surprised to learn he wasn't black.— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) May 8, 2012
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HappyWarrior Tue, May 8, 2012 1:02:36pm |
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 1:04:47pm |
re: #13 ggt
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest Charitable Organization in the World:
BTW, that article goes in to how Melinda Gates found a way to reconcile her Catholic Faith with Birth Control. She is trying to change the focus to contraception and away from abortion.
I read it and thought--Well, it's about fricking time.
Not only does she have enormous influence, they also have a pharmaceutical company she is working with to create non-hormonal based contraception. And has funded contraception clinics all over the world.
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Randall Gross Tue, May 8, 2012 1:06:36pm |
Kudos to Anderson Cooper who backs this loon up and exposes him with simple everyday questions that I wish more people would ask.
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Charles Johnson Tue, May 8, 2012 1:10:42pm |
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Sol Berdinowitz Tue, May 8, 2012 1:13:43pm |
re: #25 freetoken
They really hate having a black man in the White House.
Near bottom line. They hate having a black man in the White House, but with a few exceptions, they cannot bring themselves to say that in public in so many words.
That makes these people highly receptive to any sort of unfounded birtherist/Manchurian candidate/secret Muslim rumor-mill grist that puts Obama in a bad light.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 1:15:36pm |
re: #34 Expand Your Ground
Near bottom line. They hate having a black man in the White House, but with a few exceptions, they cannot bring themselves to say that in public in so many words.
That makes these people highly receptive to any sort of unfounded birtherist/Manchurian candidate/secret Muslim rumor-mill grist that puts Obama in a bad light.
I don't think a lot of them can actually see it in themselves. "They are good people, they can't be racist" So, it has to be something else, like the alcoholic who refuses to see that alcohol is the problem. He says it's the brand of beer or that he didn't eat dinner, or the sky was the wrong shade of blue. . . .
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Wozza Matter? Tue, May 8, 2012 1:16:31pm |
re: #35 ggt
I don't think a lot of them can actually see it in themselves. "They are good people, they can't be racist" So, it has to be something else, like the alcoholic who refuses to see that alcohol is the problem. He says it's the brand of beer or that he didn't eat dinner, or the sky was the wrong shade of blue. . . .
Purple, the wrong shade of purple.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 1:17:00pm |
re: #36 Wozza Matter?
Purple, the wrong shade of purple.
I thought that was the elephant in the living room--no?
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Wozza Matter? Tue, May 8, 2012 1:19:00pm |
re: #37 ggt
I thought that was the elephant in the living room--no?
No, He's pink and I'm perfectly at home with Him.
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Wozza Matter? Tue, May 8, 2012 1:22:22pm |
Anyway, so, at the moment - I have a job.
Almost every thing else is going to hell in a hand cart, but at least I was able to buy new shoes for along the way.
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darthstar Tue, May 8, 2012 1:22:36pm |
Hey, can't we just stick one of these in the ground in every place that's at risk for global meltdown (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Egypt, Libya, etc...) and be done with all the violence?
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Eventual Carrion Tue, May 8, 2012 1:23:14pm |
re: #13 ggt
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest Charitable Organization in the World:
Do I sense a Koch/Gates throw down in the future? Would be epic. Each pummeling each other with bags of cash and coin slingshots. Richie Rich trying to mediate the tussle. Melinda kicking Chucky Koch in his money bag. Pull up a chair and pass the popcorn.
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dragonath Tue, May 8, 2012 1:23:38pm |
Student Loan bill stalled in Senate
The legislation failed to muster the 60 votes needed to break a GOP-led filibuster. Senate Republicans vehemently opposed the measure because it would’ve eliminated a tax loophole for certain businesses – a move the GOP called a tax hike on job creators.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 1:26:25pm |
re: #41 RayFerd
Do I sense a Koch/Gates throw down in the future? Would be epic. Each pummeling each other with bags of cash and coin slingshots. Richie Rich trying to mediate the tussle. Melinda kicking Chucky Koch in his money bag. Pull up a chair and pass the popcorn.
Big Oil vs Big Computers
hmmm . . .
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makeitstop Tue, May 8, 2012 1:27:36pm |
I don't get why he ended up saying that bit about 'this distracts us from things we should be talking about.'
If that's the case, maybe Surgeon Boy here should just stop talking about it??
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funky chicken Tue, May 8, 2012 1:35:30pm |
re: #22 bratwurst
Remember GOP apologists...these are not obscure extremists running for dog catcher, these are men who aim to be in the United States Congress.
I'd guess this guy's got a 50/50 shot at winning. Shudder.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 1:37:45pm |
Charles interview upstairs ---------->
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teresa Tue, May 8, 2012 1:46:10pm |
Ahh they continue to play the, Obamao the Kenyan, Marxist, Socialist, Manchurian, British, Indonesian, who calls himself Steve Dunham, is infiltrating the great white nation of God, and he will take away YOUR FREEDUMS.
(Just a note, the Steven Dunham story is one I won't link to but is out there, it is crazy funny, but the dude who wrote it, believes it, making it not as funny as it should be)
Someday, when the history books are written on the subject of birtherism, they will be considered comedy gold.
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funky chicken Tue, May 8, 2012 1:48:55pm |
re: #13 ggt
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest Charitable Organization in the World:
One bizarre response:
Indeed, in response to an item about contraceptive research on the Gates Foundation website, The Catholic Herald’s Phillips wrote, “A horrid image comes to mind, of white-coated boffins hard at work in diabolical laboratories, devising new ways of depriving men and women of their conjugal dignity, their culture and their traditions.”
How exactly does contraception "deprive men and women of their conjugal dignity?"
And "culture and traditions?" Like trying to feed and house 6,7,8 or more children in the garbage dumps of Manila?
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Patricia Kayden Tue, May 8, 2012 2:03:42pm |
Republicans appear to have nothing to lose by pushing birtherism or by engaging in a war against minorities, gays, women, science, etc. If Romney wins, I fear what they will do to this country.
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Holidays are Family Fun Time Tue, May 8, 2012 2:07:18pm |
re: #48 funky chicken
One bizarre response:
How exactly does contraception "deprive men and women of their conjugal dignity?"
And "culture and traditions?" Like trying to feed and house 6,7,8 or more children in the garbage dumps of Manila?
By removing the "spiritual" part of the union --is my interpretation of the statement.
Hard Core True Believers think that God is only only when a man and a women married in Church have sex in the missionary position with the express intention of creating a new life.
My answer is, "I don't give a shit if G-d is there or not. It's none of my business."
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Mr.Boots Tue, May 8, 2012 2:51:13pm |
re: #42 Be Zorch, Daddio
If there is one term that Dems ought to push back on, it is "job creators." Rather than giving in to a term that reeks of quasi-religious reverence, Dems should de-sanctify them and uniformly call them what they've always been called, "employers."
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Genshed Tue, May 8, 2012 3:03:50pm |
Yet more evidence that Obama used Voltaire's prayer - and it worked.
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Nemesis6 Wed, May 9, 2012 7:01:52am |
What is this obsession with wearing a little American flag pin on your suit? It's so creepy.
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im_gumby_damnit Wed, May 9, 2012 9:06:17am |
Unfortunately, this birther nonsense is going to have a revival heading into the election. People who know better will keep raising it to plant seeds of doubt in the minds of the ignorant.
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