Rep. Leo Berman (R-TX) introduces "Birther Bill"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Leo Berman, Texas State Legislator, Introduces 'Birther' Bill

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing First Posted: 11-18-10 01:21 AM | Updated: 11-18-10 01:21 AM



Texas State Representative Leo Berman (R) furthered his campaign against President Obama Tuesday, a man that he has before characterized as "God's punishment on us," by introducing a bill that would require future presidential and vice-presidential candidates to produce "the original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen" to the Texas secretary of state.

Berman told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that the bill, House Bill 295, is a compulsory step to take in order to correct an alleged gap in the law that allowed Barack Obama, who he believes could be foreign-born, to run for president.

"This bill is necessary because we have a president whom the American people don't know whether he was born in Kenya or some other place," Berman told the Avalanche-Journal. "If you are running for president or vice president, you've got to show here in Texas that you were born in the United States and the birth certificate is your proof."

Legislators in Arizona added an amendment with similar intent to a bill earlier this year, a measure that ended up being passed by the state House. Florida, Missouri, and Oklahoma also tackled kindred legislation, though all of them failed due to insufficient support. With the recent wave elections rippling through state legislatures, however, this is a pursuit that could meet a different fate in future sessions.

[spanone]

1. hey leo, just go fuck yourself you ignorant asshole.

[Botany]

3. He does have Douche Nozzle written all over him

Where do these people come from? Is there a college they go to get to be this f***ing dumb?

[Botany]

2. Stupid on a Stick

So Barack Obama got in a time machine and went back to Hawaii in 1961 and
called into 2 newspapers from the health department the story of his birth?

Talk about stuck on stupid.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. He wants a STATE law to require a FEDERAL candidate to do someting?

Riiight.

[marmar]

5. They might as well start showing "Idiocracy" on PBS.....It's become a documentary.

nt

[kysrsoze]

6. Email him. I just did. Here's what I wrote:

This birth certificate nonsense was settled long ago: http://factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html

But you already know that. Why don't you just come out and admit how mad you are that a black man is your President, and stop wasting your constituents' money and demeaning the role of government.

You're a racist, and you shame this nation and all decent people.

[Kalyke]

7. So this asshat is going to require that states spend an enormous

amount of taxpayer money to file and save and have ready access to the original long-form birth certificates of each of its citizens - and pay workers on our dime to find and file and save all of the others that have probably already been destroyed?

Most states that don't produce the long-form birth certificate - like Hawaii and my own, Tennessee - in an effort to save costs. They produce the short form and store it electronically.

What a petty little man.

[rocktivity]

8. DING DING DING! Kalyke, you're our grand prize winner!

Most states...don't produce the long-form birth certificate...in an effort to save costs. They produce the short form and store it electronically.

The law is a moot issue because in most states, long forms are no longer legally valid.

When I renewed my (New Jersey) driver's license a few years ago, my long form was rejected, and I had to order a short form--the new "original" birth certificate, as it were.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[w8liftinglady]

9. yeah,and Texas has so much to spare.thanks to him and his ilk...welcome,y'all.

[Brewman_Jax]

10. Bitter old racist

You should go first to make sure that you're not from another country, Leo.

A black man is President, get over it!

[mercuryblues]

11. The original

You can't get your original birth certificate. You can only get notarized copies. The state you were born in keeps the original in case you need another copy.
He is also pushing his state's to law onto other states. Only the parent or the person who the birth certificate is needed for can get a copy, or view the original. He is trying to make a law that will force other states to violate their laws concerning birth certificates. Or is he assuming that all future presidents will be born in Texas?

[LeftinOH]

12. We should start a campaign to mail him copies of ridiculous-looking birth certificates

...just inundate this dumb f*ck with all the birth certificates he wants.

[Angry Dragon]

13. With all the terrorists running around

all people in the line of succession would also have to produce their birth certificates.
Let's see boner's