Are You Ready for the New, Improved Reverse Birther Conspiracy Theory?

Birth of a crazy right wing conspiracy theory

WingnutsJune 2012 • Views: 18,739

Wingnuts may be deranged, but they’re nothing if not creative. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett pestered Hawaiian officials into providing him even more verification that President Obama was born in Hawaii, but this was just a speed bump on Bennett’s Conspiracy Highway.

Kids! Are you ready for the new, improved Reverse Birther theory? Ken Bennett has taken the ludicrous, false not-Birther rubbish from beritbart.com and fashioned it into a brand new baby of a conspiracy, ready for the loons to propagate. And propagate they will.

Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he’s convinced Obama was born in Hawaii, but he now believes the president fraudulently claimed to be born in Kenya so he could get into college. He also believes the president has spent millions of dollars since then to cover it up.

The co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s campaign in Arizona, Bennett made the comments recently at an event where he pleaded for local Republicans to unite behind their party’s presumptive nominee for president. He told them a world under Obama is “just very, very scary.”

“Now, I know there’s a lot of people that are very skeptical as to whether he was born in Hawaii,” Bennett told the crowd. “Personally I believe that he was. I actually believe he was fibbing about being born in Kenya when he was trying to get into college and doing things like writing a book and on and on and on.”

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lawhawk Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:00:13pm

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who is also Mitt Romney's campaign co-chair in the state.

Targetpractice Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:00:41pm

So, now the accusation is that they have been following this whole Kenya business for 4+ years because Obama fooled them into believing he was from Kenya?

Seriously?

Obdicut Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:00:57pm

re: #1 lawhawk

But Romney is a moderate who will bring the GOP back to the center.

Kragar Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:01:11pm

Do we have a process for kicking states out of the Union?
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Kragar Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:01:44pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

So, now the accusation is that they have been following this whole Kenya business for 4+ years because Obama fooled them into believing he was from Kenya?

Seriously?

Tis a cunning plan, Baldrick.

researchok Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:05:16pm

Finally.

The Bush FEMA Concentration Camp conspiracy theory has been topped by the 'Obama just wanted to get into college' secret plot.

Bulworth Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:05:57pm

new, improved Reverse Birther theory?

Ha ha.

Just imagining all the scrubbing of history on the Internets this will cause as wingnuts go back and try to change or delete old posts asserting Obama's not being born in Murica and insert the new super duper improved reverse birther claims instead.

Bulworth Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:06:45pm

re: #2 Targetpractice

So, now the accusation is that they have been following this whole Kenya business for 4+ years because Obama fooled them into believing he was from Kenya?

Seriously?

It's all the president's fault and he should be impeached. /

wrenchwench Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:07:10pm

I didn't say he was born in Kenya. He said he was born in Kenya.

Ooh, italic wingnut is extra crazy. Let's try the whole thing:

I didn't say he was born in Kenya. He said he was born in Kenya.

erik_t Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:08:34pm

At least even the deranged Manchurian Candidate scenario had some vague hint of purpose. You know, so the Socialist Marxist Kenyan Conspiracy could take down the United States, or whatever.

Are these morons so steeped in their own Affirmative Action tea bags of hatred that they think it's easier to get into a US school as a foreign student?! It's even more absurd on its face than the old conspiracy. I wonder what they'll dream up next.

Targetpractice Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:09:14pm

re: #8 Bulworth

It's all the president's fault and he should be impeached. /

No shit, that's what I've been hearing since the dreaded pamphlet came out last month. Bennett's not new to this, I had wingnuts making the same assertion within days of the pamphlet's release, accusing Obama of having orchestrated the whole Kenya business himself just to get into college, and asserting the only way he can now end such controversy is giving into more demands for private documents to be released.

wrenchwench Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:09:17pm

re: #1 lawhawk

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who is also Mitt Romney's campaign co-chair in the state.

But those aren't the words Romney would have used.

wrenchwench Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:11:13pm

re: #7 Bulworth

Ha ha.

Just imagining all the scrubbing of history on the Internets this will cause as wingnuts go back and try to change or delete old posts asserting Obama's not being born in Murica and insert the new super duper improved reverse birther claims instead.

I hope they have enough Brillo Pads and Easy-Off.

Schadenfreude 'r' Us Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:11:37pm

The top level universities were courting minority students -- if they were also highly qualified -- when Obama was applying to college, but how would being Kenyan help him? It's not as if Columbia had out of state tuition.

And I don't think he has extra millions to spend on anything.

Kragar Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:14:35pm

Its like every time some one says "Thats the dumbest, craziest thing I've ever heard" another wingnut steps up and says "Challenge accepted."

iossarian Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:15:28pm

"doing things like writing books"

deeply scary stuff

if you're a numbskull

Targetpractice Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:17:03pm

re: #15 Kragar

Its like every time some one says "Thats the dumbest, craziest thing I've ever heard" another wingnut steps up and says "Challenge accepted."

Pretty much. Obama eats a bowl of oatmeal instead of his usual cereal, there's a conspiracy theory about him courting Quaker votes on World Nut Daily an hour later.

Targetpractice Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:25:01pm

*nudges the thread* It's dead, Jim.

Charles Johnson Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:26:14pm

Breaking: Darell Issa's witch hunt committee just found Eric Holder in contempt.
— Charles Johnson (@Lizardoid) June 20, 2012

Kragar Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:26:31pm

re: #15 Kragar

Its like every time some one says "Thats the dumbest, craziest thing I've ever heard" another wingnut steps up and says "Challenge accepted."

Case in point:

Pamela Geller Calls for the Repeal of the Religious Land Use Act so Muslim-Americans Can't Use It

While speaking with conservative radio host Janet Mefferd yesterday, Geller called for the repeal of RLUIPA because “it’s become a weapon in which to club small towns and cities” where Muslims are seeking to establish mosques, lamenting, “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” She said that Muslims are “dishonest” with local governments by “circumventing the rules” on capacity requirements because they pray on their knees. Geller said that RLUIPA must be repealed for the sake of the “freedom from religion,” a phrase normally anathema to Religious Right audiences.

Mefferd: You had talked about the necessity of repealing the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, I guess this is what Holder is using to pressure this Virginia board of supervisors to approve this mega-mosque, what is this Act and why is it necessary?

Geller: It’s not necessary, frankly. I urge the repeal of this Act. I’m not sure who it was, I could have it wrong, I don’t know if it was Orrin Hatch, this is not a finger pointing kind of a thing, it’s more ‘the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.’ It was unnecessary, it was an idea that there should be no religious persecution of houses of worship and so on and so forth, and that was all well and good, but it’s become a weapon in which to club small towns and cities.

Look, no one is saying that you can’t build a mosque, even with the Ground Zero Mosque; there are hundreds of mosques in New York City, we know there are thousands of mosques nationwide, but these giant structures, they completely change the complexion of a town. It could be a small town, residential. I’m telling you I have seen it time and time again, irrecognizable three to five years later. The call to prayer, the parking, hundreds of people. Again, there is an element of dishonesty here because as you know in Islam they got on their knees so you don’t count a chair with that. But it’s important because it’s a way of circumventing the rules, you can’t say ‘it seats 500 or it seats whatever.’ It’s not just freedom of religion here in America, it’s also freedom from religion here in America.

Targetpractice Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:27:28pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

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Issa couldn't find something to bring criminal charges against Holder, so he just makes it up. Color me shocked.

Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:31:57pm

re: #21 Targetpractice

Issa couldn't find something to bring criminal charges against Holder, so he just makes it up. Color me shocked.

If Issa was old-school he would have simply accused Holder of being a commie, pinko, and/or "having communist sympathies". But I think West has taken up that mantle at this point. East Coast meets West Coast.

Patricia Kayden Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:33:35pm

Mr. Bennett must not have much to do with his time. Even if President Obama "lied" about being born in Kenya, so what? What does that have to do with his qualifications for being President? Why would Obama need to lie about being born in Kenya to get into college?

Perhaps Bennett should be relieved of his job so that he can spend all of his time working on conspiracy theories instead of pretending to be a Secretary of State. If I lived in AZ, I would be furious that my tax dollars were going to this idiot's salary. Thank God I live in a blue state (Maryland)!

lawhawk Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:34:23pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

It's the recommendation to the full House to hold Holder in contempt. Voted on party lines - 23-17.

Now things will really hit the fan. For the GOP, that is. This will suck the life out of media coverage and important business (like the economy, passing transportation funding, etc.) will take a back seat to this Issa's actions. And Democrats better get on top of this and remind everyone within earshot that this is exactly what's going on - that the GOP has no interest in understanding the issues, but rather wants to hold up business before Congress for partisan politics.

Achilles Tang Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:38:51pm

re: #20 Kragar

She said that Muslims are “dishonest” with local governments by “circumventing the rules” on capacity requirements because they pray on their knees.

Someone should tell her that praying on one's knees actually takes up more space than your typical church seat/pew.

However, if this act allows religions to escape normal building codes, I have to agree with her on repealing it.

wrenchwench Wed, Jun 20, 2012 1:50:50pm

re: #25 Achilles Tang

Someone should tell her that praying on one's knees actually takes up more space than your typical church seat/pew.

However, if this act allows religions to escape normal building codes, I have to agree with her on repealing it.

I hope you're not giving credence to words that issue from Geller.

I've never seen building capacities expressed in 'seats'. It's always a number of people. It doesn't matter how many seats there are, it's how fast the building can be evacuated in case of a fire.

wrenchwench Wed, Jun 20, 2012 2:31:15pm

Maricopa County, AZ, rejects funds for Arpaio's 'birther' probe

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spent nearly $10,000 to send a deputy to Hawaii to investigate documents related to President Barack Obama's residency status, a cost that included more than $3,500 in overtime payments.

The Board of Supervisors in a split vote Wednesday declined to accept private funds to offset the costs, with the Sheriff's Office claiming in the aftermath of a rancorous debate that politics guided the supervisors' decision.

The two supervisors who voted against accepting the funds -- Mary Rose Wilcox and Don Stapley -- both were the subjects of sheriff's investigations in the past, and have filed claims against the Sheriff's Office and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas alleging wrongful prosecution.

[...]

Read more: [Link: www.azcentral.com...]

There's pointing and yelling involved. You might want to read the whole thing.

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