Lou Dobbs Joins Birthers
Martine Kaplan — July 22, 2009 – 11:25 am | Stop the Smears Comments (2) Add a commentThe birther movement— people dedicated to proving President Barack Obama is not a citizen of the United States—picked up some high-profile support this week when CNN’s Lou Dobbs, known for his passionate views on immigration, made comments on his radio show questioning Obama’s citizenship:
I’m starting to think we have a document issue. You suppose he’s un — no, I won’t even use the word undocumented, it wouldn’t be right.
No, it wouldn’t. Even his own guest-host on CNN, Kitty Pilgrim, refuted his claim (video and background):
Now, questions about the president’s place of birth have been asked and answered many times since before the election, and the president’s birth certificate says he was born in Hawaii. The state’s Republican governor and other officials have backed that up. CNN has fully investigated the issue, found no basis for the questions about the president’s birthplace, but the controversy lives on, especially on the Internet.
Despite overwhelming proof to the contrary (see: birth certificate and birth announcement) provided during the campaign, the myth that Obama is Kenyan-born continues to be perpetuated online. Dobbs’s mainstream boost of the issue so long after it has been put to rest is a distraction from the real issues at hand—chiefly health care reform and the economy.
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These are people that are going to believe what they want to in spite of the evidence. Lou Dobbs and the rest of the talking heads know better, but they do whatever they can to keep the pot boiling so that the American people don’t pay attenrion to what the real problem may be.
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Mr. DOBBS, people like me don’t get a chance to be heard by you or your fans. Yet, I want to thank you for your daily speel, which, for a long time now, have caused me great angst. an uneasiness, that even if not intentioned, you seem to cavort with with the parasites of America’s health. It is with the utmost sincererity that I ask you to hear me, and know that without you in this forum will leave me an almost lost soul, but like Kruger and that other fictional character, I know you’ll be back.