Dancing With The Birthers? "DeLay: ‘I have no idea’ if Obama is US citizen"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

DeLay: ‘I have no idea’ if Obama is US citizen

http://rawstory.com/2009/10/delay-obama-us-citizen/



Tom DeLay, once known as the Republican House majority leader and now known for his illustrious turn on Dancing With The Stars, says he has "no idea" if President Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States.

DeLay, who has in the past made comments seemingly sympathetic to the "birther" movement trying to prove that Obama is not eligible to be president, made his statement in an interview with Newsweek on Wednesday.

Asked by Newsweek's Ramin Setoodeh about an August interview at MSNBC in which he challenged the president to produce a birth certificate, DeLay said: "You have to show a birth certificate to play Little League baseball. It's a question that should be answered. It's in the Constitution that you have to be a natural-born citizen of the United States to be president."

"Do you think he isn't a citizen?" Setoodeh asked.

"I have no idea," DeLay responded.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. Someone really needs to make an animated gif of him dancing.

[ginnyinWI]

3. please god no--my eyes! n/t

[blueworld]

2. "But I learned a lot about dancing by stompin' all those cockroaches" n/t

[theoldman]

4. Only an idiot like DeLay would suggest that Obama did not have to show a birth certificate.

If you have to show one to play baseball I can guarantee you that you have to show one to be elected President.

[NYC Liberal]

5. Well, "I have no idea" why DeLay is still relevant

:shrug:

[Whisp]

8. I have no idea if Tom Delay helped Glenn Beck rape and murder a little girl in the 90's.

Did he? I heard that but I have no idea if he really did.

[maglatinavi]

14. murder and rape???

Glenn Beck??? Am I reading correctly?? Whisp, is this a sad joke or what ??? For heavens sake, clarify! :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :dilemma:

[GirlAfire]

6. I Remember This on Hardball, and...

...also remember him calling for Obama to produce his birth certificate. "I'd like to see his birth certificate" or something to that effect. It was pretty despicable.

[OnyxCollie]

9. He said, "I'd like to see his gift certificate"

Drunken piece of shit.

[GirlAfire]

13. Did He Really? LOL

Tom Delay = FUCK YEAH!

[Overseas]

7. At first I thought this was the old story. Surprised Delay repeated the lie.

The Greedy Obstructionist Party really does seem to have issued the rule-- if you can't go there full hog with the birthers, just say you don't know-- and they're sticking to it.

That just demonstrates once again how unwilling the GOP, a.k.a. the 29%-Party, is to engage in civil debate. I guess if they gave up the birthers they'd be The 20%-Party.

[jeffbr]

10. I have no idea whether Delay was born of rats or cockroaches

[movonne]

11. How do we know if DeLay is a natural born citizen...just because

he has a birth cert... apparently doesn't mean a thing..

[niyad]

12. I have no idea if delay is a human being--or a cockroach in a delay suit.

(with apologies to MIB)

[Siara]

15. good birther video on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttnqVRuEDjU

Apparently there's no theory too stupid to rate with the GOP.

[Iggo]

16. "DeLay: ‘I'm a fucking idiot'"