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Conservative  media still promoting Obama birth certificate conspiracy  theories
Conservative media still promoting Obama birth certificate conspiracy theories
Throughout the past year, conservative media figures have advanced various versions of the discredited myth that Barack Obama has not produced a valid birth certificate, is not a natural-born U.S. citizen, and is not eligible to be president. For instance, as recently as June 10, Rush ...
What Do these First Six Months Mean?
pajamasmedia.com — Where Are We Going? Abroad I think the Europeans, who, remember, caught Obamania quite early, thought they... were going to get more of the bipartisan American security shield, albeit with a charismatic multicultural veneer that would resonate with their ... (more) What Do these First Six Months Mean?
Pat Boone Joins the Birthers | The Washington Independent
washingtonindependent.com — The aging song stylist uses the latest edition of his Newsmax.com column to demand the president’s birth... certificate (it’s here , by the way), repeating some rumors about the conspiracy theory that were debunked months ago. [A] widely known and ... (more) Pat Boone Joins the Birthers | The Washington Independent
More questions about Barack Obama's birth certificate, still
More questions about Barack Obama's birth certificate, still
latimesblogs.latimes.com — Well, this'll get things going again on the Barack Obama birth certificate controversy that won't die because... it's one of those zombie issues like who really killed JFK. No less an authority on politics, history and government archives than ... (more) More questions about Barack Obama's birth certificate, still
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Rep. Neugebauer: ‘I Don’t Know’ If Obama Is A Citizen
Think Progress — ... on the Internet. In response to an avalanche of conspiracy theories fabricated largely by Fox News and various right-wing media outlets, ...

Honolulu Star-Bulletin refuses to run WorldNetDaily’s ‘birther’ ad attack against Obama.
Think Progress — ... Media Matters reported earlier this month that many in the conservative media — including Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Fox Nation, the Washington Times, and the LA Times’s Andrew Malcolm — “have advanced various versions of the ...

Matthews To GOP Rep. Advancing ‘Birther’ Myth: ‘You Are Feeding The Whacko Wing Of Your Party’
Think Progress — Over the past several months, the right wing has been advancing the discredited myth that President Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen. These so-called “birthers” claim that Obama hasn’t produced his a valid birth certificate to prove that he is eligible to be president. (He has). CNN’s Lou Dobbs is the latest to traffic in this nonsense, despite the fact that his own guest-host debunked the “birther” claims on Dobbs’s show. Today on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews interviewed Rep. John Campbell ...

Hawaii health director insists Obama natural-born.
Think Progress — ... Last October, Hawaii’s state health director, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, had tried to dispel false rumors emanating from so-called “birthers” that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. But now that right-wing ( ...

Jon Stewart Gets Kristol To Concede Government Can Provide ?First-Class Health Care?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... dispel false rumors emanating from so-called “birthers” that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. But now that right-wing (and some mainstream) media and GOP members of Congress have been advancing the conspiracy theory over the last several months, Fukino issued […] dobbs Last October, Hawaii’s state health director, Dr. Chiyome Fukino, had tried to dispel false rumors emanating from so-called “birthers” that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. But now that right-wing ( ...

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