Editors Note: At the tea party convention there was as a verbal sparring between WorldNetDaily’s founder and CEO Joseph Farah and Andrew Breitbart the web entrepreneur and founder of Big Government, Big Journalism, and Big Hollywood. Today Farah and a writer at Big Journalism both revisited the issue. Below is an excerpt of the article from Big Journalism. (the Farah article is here) One other thought, how do Breitbart and his writers respond to Sarah Palin saying questioning Obama’s eligibility is a valid position?
Joseph Farah is still asking questions and taking flack from the left and the right
Some people will tell you that there is no such thing as a stupid question. They’re wrong. People ask stupid questions all the time. It becomes a problem when people do it on purpose.
The “we’re just asking questions” rationale seems to be the explanation du jour for the tiresome and self-destructive continuing “Birther” fixation of some journalists who purport to be on the Right. As depicted in a fairly straightforward Washington Independent article, WorldNetDaily Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah used his Friday night dinner speech at the Tea Party convention to “raise questions” about the President Obama’s citizenship, much to the disgust of other attendees, including Andrew Breitbart. “It’s self-indulgent, it’s narcissistic, it’s a losing issue,” Breitbart told one of Farah’s minions, his frustration evident
Let me add a few more adjectives. It’s “stupid,” “irrational” and “destructive” of everything we are fighting for. The movement might as well take out its figurative .45, aim directly at its foot, and pull the trigger. And, according to a new book by John Avlon, “Birtherism” began on the Left.
These are the same tactics that have been deployed against us for as long as we can remember –charges leveled not to be proven but to merely insinuate. There’s no real question being raised here – the question, such as it was, was answered in November 2008 when the voters elected President Obama fair and square. He won. We lost – at least until the Congressional elections this fall. More specifically, the whole “birth certificate” argument – which was raised and discredited because of its complete lack of merit – lost, clearly and decisively.
Read More: by Kurt Schlichter, Big Journalism
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Millions of Americans want to know….. SO tell the Truth for a change>
Agree – what's the big deal with showing his birth certificate and his college records? Mr. Farah is write, Mr. Breitbart is wrong as is Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly. Better the President clear this up sooner rather than later.
Come on, folks. Show the stinking birth certificate and get rid of the problem!!
If you can't, then, there really is a problem.
Solution: Require all candidates for President to present proof of citizenship starting 2012.
Nuf said!!
The "stupid" question is the one not asked.
Did Breitbart get the $1.4M that Obsama paid to hide his birth certificate? This issue is the most inane happening in the history of the country. It seems that Hollywood has scripted this insane administration as directed by Bill Ayers and funded by George soros.
There are many important issues this administration needs to clear up or fix but, this is the most important. The NDC should have required Obama to furnish his birth certificate before allowing him to run on their ticket. People who say this is a losing issue or it is not important or make sure it doesn't happen in 2012 are not concerned about the proper issue. The Constitution of the United States of America plainly states no one can be President of this country unless they are a natural born citizen. If Mr. Obama can not or will not produce proof of being born in this country he is not the President and I for 1 believe he needs to be removed from office because he is not a natural born citizen.
I say it should be mandatory to show all proof of citizenship. I had to show proof of mine for a passport and I don't know over the years how many times I had to show proof and this guy is President!! Now I like Brightbart but he's wrong on this one. For me he's not showing enough guts by backing away on this!
Mr. Schlichter, If the Great Pretender is not a natural born citizen,
Then he is not the President.
Many who shrink from this fact probably do so from fear of civil strife if the truth be known.
Nearly as obtuse, and prone to turning a blind eye to the obvious, are those who fail to recognize that GP is probably not the child of SAD and BHO. This issue can be scientifically resolved by genetic analysis. If it’s physically impossible for GP to be the child of SAD and BHO, any document that says he is that child must be false.
The burden of proving eligibility, or at least coming forward with credible evidence of eligibility, is on the one claiming the office. The Great Pretender has submitted no credible evidence. He and his cohorts refuse to disclose a purported birth certificate, probably because it is more persuasive undisclosed than disclosed.
Unfortunately, the stonewalling leads to attempts to prove ineligibility, sometimes with speculation and arguments that are non-starters and make one to shake the head. Among these are the notions that GP’s alleged foreign father renders him ineligible and that GP is a naturalized citizen. The hecklers and kibitzers demanding proof of ineligibility, when proof of eligibility is what is needed, repeat with relish the ill-founded legal and factual allegations, and I suspect even plant disinformation to discredit those properly demanding proof of eligibility and distract from the real issues.
In spite of their strident tone, those questioning eligibility often concede too much at the outset. The “naturalization” argument implies citizenship, which has not been proved. And even the most trenchant skeptics assume, without scientific support, that GP is the son of SAD and BHO.
Eligibility is not likely to be resolved by disclosure of whatever certificate Hawai'i has. It's probably another inept forgery or a declaration by GP himself as to place and time of birth. But even if a valid document establishes birth of a child in Hawai'i to SAD & BHO, it does not necessarily follow that GP is that child. Scientific proof that GP can not be the child of SAD and BHO – or confirming such lineage – is a realistic objective. Scientific proof that it is impossible for GP to be the child of SAD and BHO will show just how outrageous GP and his gang have been; it will be far more convincing than any document Hawai'i might have.
The suspicion that GP is not the son of SAD and BHO is buttressed by the following:
– cremation of the mortal remains of SAD
– cremation of the mortal remains of MD, SAD's mother
– automatic rejection of an internet comment on an MSM news story mentioning the cremations. The comment pointed out that cremations might have been conducted to destroy evidence the ladies were not GP's mother & grandmother; rejection came within one or two seconds, suggesting pre-programmed censorship that reflected concern in the GP camp about public discussion of the issue
– closer guard of MKS-N and her daughters, who inherit MtDNA from SAD, if MKS-N is daughter of SAD (this last is speculation, both as to guard and relationship, though the relationship is generally affirmed and assumed). All children of the same mother have identical MtDNA. If GP’s MtDNA is not the same as his claimed maternal half-sister, they can’t both be children of SAD.
Should genetic analysis establish that GP is the son of SAD and BHO, I shall know no regret. I'll follow the evidence, which will open or re-open issues. But I think my hunch that GP's a ringer, not the person he purports to be, not the son of SAD and BHO, is well-founded and bears investigation, especially as his parentage is susceptible of scientific proof.
I have inquired of a Dunham genealogical site and the New England Historic Genealogical Society whether they can support their attributions of GP to SAD and BHO by genetic analysis. Nothing has been forthcoming. Genetic samples can be obtained without pain or undue intrusion. GP’s withholding of the same will be further evidence that he is not the person he claims to be.
Further, blood and genetic analysis – showing, e.g., antibodies created in response to environmental factors, microbial parasites associated with particular areas, mutation from background radiation – might rule out the claimed Hawai’ian birthplace and suggest other possible birthplaces.
If he has a birth certificate….JUST SHOW IT TO US……