Birthers on the Hill

[babylonsister]

Run time: 04:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1o1p_ly7Yw   Posted on YouTube: July 27, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 27, 2009 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 1024

 
Elected birthers. What's gone wrong in America that we get people elected to national offices that believe this kind of cuckoo conspiracy stuff?

Edited to add, I am flabbergasted. :wow:

http://firedoglake.com/2009/07/27/mike-stark-on-capitol-hill-know-your-birthers/

Mike Stark on Capitol Hill: Know Your Birthers
By: Jane Hamsher Monday July 27, 2009 9:51 am


Mike Stark has been up on the Hill all week whipping Democrats to hold fast on the public plan, and in his spare time, he decided to ask Republicans if Barack Obama was born in the United States. Not only do they not want to answer -- they run.

He asks Republicans Tom Price, Thaddeus McCotter, Jeff Fortenberry, Charles Boustany, Aaron Schock, Greg Harper, Mike Coffman and others what they think. Tim Murphy hides, looking at pens for 20 minutes to try and avoid him.

Mike and Brave New Films cameraman Brett Vauhn finally got Arizona congressman Trent Franks to admit without equivocation that Obama was born in the United States, and that his birth certificate is valid.

The video makes clear that the Republican Party is captive to their conspiracy theory-mongering base all the way up to the top.

[VWolf]

1. I expected to see a parody of

The Beatles' Fool On The Hill. Maybe a creative DUer will take care of that.

But this was funny (and scary) all the same.

[asdjrocky]

2. I just called Cathy McMorris Rodgers office-

and I spent about a half an hour with a really nice intern named Mark. I offered to direct the Congresswoman to where she could see our Presidents birth certificate and then I sent him the url for the vid on youtube.

Kudos to Mark by the way, he was very nice and very open minded. I told him if she didn't denounce these nuts in writing, on TV or from the floor I was going to do everything in my power to make sure she doesn't get another term. (I'm sure she'll be shaking in her boots.)

Now I'm calling the rest of the nuts on the video, this can be fun.

[PatrynXX]

4. Wish I had the time

and the courage to do that. I can go after Dell when they piss me off, but that's just doing things one at a time. :P

[janx]

3. They don't believe it, but they're afraid to say so!

:rofl:

This is by far one of the funniest political videos I've ever seen. Thanks, babylonsister! :hi:

[babylonsister]

8. Unreal, isn't it. They're afraid to voice their opinion?

Politicians?

[FatDave]

5. I love that the craziest of the crazies are in control of the party.

What more could we want? Well, a lot of things really, but this is too good to not enjoy.

[Enrique]

6. the guy that said "I'm focussing on health care"...

is the guy who is proposing legislation forcing Obama to apologize for insulting the Cambridge police.

Just saying...

[drm604]

7. My impression is that most of the ones he talked to don't actually believe that he wasn't born here.

They're just afraid to say it outright for fear of alienating their base. I say this because it seems obvious to me that they simply want to avoid discussing it altogether (look at them run! :rofl:).

Actually, I'm torn between finding this hilarious or frightening.

[annabanana]

9. lol - I'll lend Tim Murphy MY pen. . . .n/t

[kimmylavin]

10. He actually ran!

What the hell kind of coward can't even give a yes-or-no answer to a question like that?
And what the hell kind of jackass actually RUNS AWAY, all while calling a reporter "the scum of the earth"?