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Friday, September 14, 2012

Kansas Birther Doofus Backs Down on Obama Ballot


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Previous Post: Birther Kobach Wants Obama Off Kansas Ballot

Joe Montgomery's Complaint PDF

Talking Points Memo: Birther Joe Drops Complaint
Joe Montgomery of Manhattan, Kan., wrote in an email to state officials that he no longer wanted them to investigate whether Obama was really a natural-born U.S. citizen or eligible to run for reelection. The email said that he, along with his friends and colleagues, faced a significant backlash after a state elections board took up his case and agreed to look into whether the president’s birth certificate was real.

“There has been a great deal of animosity and intimidation directed not only at me, but at people around me, who are both personal and professional associations,” Montgomery wrote in an email to the office of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, which released it to TPM. “I’m don’t wish to burden anyone with more of this negative reaction, so please immediatley [sic] withdraw any action on this objection.

Huff Post: Joe Montgomery Withdraws Birther Objection to President Obama
Montgomery told The Huffington Post Friday afternoon that public reaction to the complaint led him to decide against continuing. He declined to say exactly what was said in the calls and emails he received, but indicated that people who knew him both personally and professionally were also contacted about the complaint.

"I didn't file this objection with the desire to involve anyone else. This is me expressing myself on a personal political level," he said. "I would appreciate it if people would not call anyone associated with me, whether a personal or professional association."

Montgomery, who works at Kansas State University, filed the objection Monday, claiming Obama was not a "natural born citizen" because his father was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Kenya, and that U.S. citizenship is conferred "primarily" through the father. He also said that Obama has not shown "valid, certified documentary evidence" of being born in the United States.
Montgomery wanted to start a dialogue with his objection, he said. "I have not been successful in that objective," he told HuffPost. "Not in achieving a constructive dialogue."

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Like the scattered remnants of ‘birthers’ in other proceedings, [Montgomery] presents this argument despite a unanimous series of cases in federal and state courts that have unequivocally rejected the same factual and legal contentions, and also despite public records that have been released demonstrating conclusively that the President was born in Hawaii in 1961. These tired allegations are utterly baseless, and the Objector’s arguments are entirely without merit.
~ Kip F. Wainscott, attorney for the Obama Campaign




















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Birther Kobach Wants Obama Off the Kansas Ballot

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From TPM
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.
. . . The board will send records requests to Hawaii, Arizona and Mississippi for more documentation of Obama’s birth. They plan to meet again on Monday to discuss the matter. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett questioned Obama’s birth certificate earlier this year and also briefly considered removing him from the ballot.

From the Kansas City Star
The issue was raised Thursday afternoon by a Manhattan, Kan., man who appeared before a state panel that decides eligibility questions about who should be on the ballot in this incredibly red state.

In this case, Joe Montgomery, 51, is objecting to Obama being on the ballot, arguing that the president isn’t a natural-born U.S. citizen because he wasn’t born to two parents who were both citizens. He said Obama’s father wasn’t a citizen.

“I am here to uphold the rule of law and the Constitution of the United States. I think somebody needs to do it,” Montgomery said.

The Obama campaign blasted the argument, calling it a “tired” allegation that is “utterly baseless” and “without merit,” pointing out that 100 years of Supreme Court precedent contradicts Montgomery’s claim.

From the Southern Poverty Law Center:
[Kobach] served as president of the Harvard Republican Club and found a mentor in the late Samuel Huntington, an influential political science professor who came to see Latino immigrants as a scourge on American culture.

With Huntington as his advisor, Kobach earned the Harvard prize for the best student thesis in 1989. He analyzed how the South African business community functioned within apartheid and took the unpopular position that investors should not divest their holdings in that country but rather remain as agents of change. A year later, he published the thesis as a book.

In 2001, Kobach was awarded a prestigious White House fellowship. He reported for duty at the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sept. 1. Ten days later, the United States suffered the worst-ever terrorist attack on American soil. Though he was not a specialist in immigration law or policy, Kobach became Attorney General John Ashcroft's chief advisor on immigration and border security.

He stayed on with Ashcroft after his one-year fellowship expired and helped create the controversial National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, which required tens of thousands of Muslim and Middle Eastern visa holders to register with the government and be fingerprinted. Outraged, civil liberties and Arab-American groups argued the policy amounted to racial and ethnic profiling.

. . . In Arizona, he worked with state Senator Russell Pearce to draft S.B. 1070, and he was also retained by Maricopa County in 2006 to defend a law that made immigrant-smuggling a state crime. That measure was spearheaded by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose heavy-handed tactics against prisoners and immigrants have been the target of numerous lawsuits and a DOJ investigation. Kobach successfully defended the measure in court, then went on to train Arpaio's deputies in federal immigration enforcement.

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Make no mistake, Kansas is a largely Republican state. The Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, will get the electoral votes from Kansas. But there is still a very active Democratic base in the state.
First of all, they kicked out another case just like this back in April. The board said no. Also, the United States Supreme Court has refused to wade into these waters. So this would be a highly unusual move if a major party candidate were not allowed on the ballot in November. It's just not happened before.
~ Wichita State University Poly-Sci professor Jeff Jarman on KSN.com

I think that the three stooges live in Kansas and are all republicans. How can you not put a sitting president on the ballot. After reading some of these comments I think this state has more than three stooges.
~ comment by juds5 on KSN.com

He should be off the ballot in Kansas. I can not apply for a job without a birth certificate. I work for half the wages I made 10 years ago. I do not have a free cell phone, the government does not pay my rent or buy me groceries. I see many Hispanics driving vehicles that are worth 3 times my vehicle and at Quick Trip they go in and buy 50 dollars worth of junk food and pay with a VISION card. I have paid Federal taxes, State taxes, Medicare Taxes and SOCIAL SECURITY taxes for 45 YEARS.... Where a are my government benefits. Wait I remember, I am white and I and a citizen who pays taxes to support the illegal immigrants and the others who refuse to work for a living.
~ comment by opinionz on KSN.com

People, it doesn't matter if Obama was born in the US or not, his mother could not pass down her citizenship to Barack because she was not 18 and under law at the time, she was not old enough. Blame it on the law at the time but the law is the law. It really is not that hard. Pretty clear actually. Now, it is up to those who are deciding whether or not they should follow the law. My guess is that they will all wimp out.
~ comment by Michelle on The Kansas City Star

Michelle-check your facts. The president's mother was born Nov 29, 1942 and he was born Aug 4, 1961. That's 18 years, 8 months and 7 days which is over your 18 threshold. So based on your reasoning I'm not a citizen because I was born in 1961 (same year as the President) to a 17 year old. Guess if I'm not a citizen I have foolishly been paying taxes all these year. I'm going to ask for a refund. Will finally be able to buy that little island in The Bahamas I've been wanting.
Please provide the appropriate statues in place in 1961 that indicate that someone under 18 couldn't pass along their citizenship.
~ comment by johnlocke on The Kansas City Star

It's not the house Obama was born in that's causing America a problem, it's the house he's living in now.
~ comment by figmoe on Huffington Post

Eh, let Kansas keep their pathetic 6 Electoral votes Obama won't need them. Then cut them off Federally completely. Let that board deal with that. :)
~ comment by Patrick L. on Huff Post

Looks like the Scarecrow received the last of the brains in Kansas.
~ comment by bump00000 on Huff Post

I wonder what would actually happen if Kansas went ahead and refused Obama a place on the ballot? First I think the lawsuits would fly, and quite possibly create a huge problem come election day. If Kansas removal of Obama from the ballot is unconstitutional, then Kansas must be allowed to vote. If Kansas is stupid enough to pass this an remove him, the citizens of Kansas will find their one man/one vote right has been taken away.
Secondly, since Obama is the President of the United States, and this is a Presidential election, does Kansas even have the right to remove him? It isn't a state election. It's a national one.
All Republicans on the board? I think it could be fairly pointed out that removing the President's name from the ballot long after he has been vetted by the state of his birth, the only reason for the removal is racism. Racism is unconstitutional.
So please, Kansas- go ahead. And then sit back and enjoy the blowback. Go ahead- make Kansas the state run by imbeciles.
~ comment by bklynsparrow on Huff Post

Kris Kobach is a national disgrace. I guess being the main author of Arizona's "papers please" law wasn't enough for him nor was putting extreme anti-immigrant planks in the GOP platform.
I feel bad for the sane residents of Kansas for having jokers like him in their government.
~ comment by pistolSO on Daily Kos

Birther Bonfire of Stupid burns out of control in Kansas
~ comment by xxdr zombiexx on Daily Kos

"Bonfire of the Insanities"
~ comment by Dood Abides on Daily Kos






















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Monday, June 18, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Arrests 6-Year-Old Girl


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From Arizona Republic
Maricopa County Sheriff Office deputies arrested a 6-year-old suspected illegal immigrant Friday, the day President Barack Obama softened the country's deportation policy toward young illegal immigrants.
The girl was with 15 other people believed to be in the country illegally who were traveling to the Midwest and northeast United States, said Chris Hegstrom, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.
"She's been turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to try to determine where she's from. She told us she's from El Salvador. That's what she told us," he said.
. . . Arpaio believes there will be an increase in Mexicans entering the United States illegally after hearing Obama's new policy.
"I suspect that this is politics to get the Hispanic vote," Arpaio said. "It's sad to use the kids as a political tool to get a certain segment of our society's vote."

Regardless of the SB1070 controversy, President Obama’s recent new policy regarding illegal immigration, specifically the ‘Dream Act,’ activists, certain political figures, and the DOJ who has recently taken me to Federal Court, I will continue to enforce all of the immigration laws.
~ Sheriff Joe Arpaio, quoted by ArizonaFamily.com

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Obama Makes Immigration Speech and Repo Heads Explode

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Friday, May 25, 2012

Attack of the Birther Zombies


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So, if you were from another planet, say, Nut-tron, and you were circling the earth in your saucer looking for a place to land, where would you touch down?
OK, besides New Hampshire.
Arizona, right?
I mean, you'd want to hook up with beings that were on your same wavelength. And judging from the continuing popularity of the "birther" movement in Arizona, you would be welcomed there with open arms … um, provided, of course, you didn't come in through Mexico.
~ from an article in The Hartford Courant by Jim Shea titled: "Arizona Birthers From Outer Space."

I really can't understand the controversy when you are doing a fraud investigation and looking into the possible forgery of government documents...
We feel that document is a forgery. We’re trying to figure out who did it. That’s good police work....
It's one deputy, so what? We have security issues, too, that I can't got into.... He's not going to make any arrests...I didn't say we're going to keep using him. We're not going to use him constantly. He's not assigned to it. For this trip I feel it's important to have a deputy there. He's just a liaison to give advice if needed. He's not doing anything. The posse's been doing the research....
We did visit the Department of Health yesterday and as predicted we were stonewalled...
~ Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, explaining why he dispatched Mike Zullo, a member of his Cold Case Squad, as well as a taxpayer-funded policeman to Hawaii to confront the Hall of Records about Obama's birth certificate, quoted Here and Here and Here.


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I think we have long since passed the point at which I’d find this story believable in a fictional setting, so, sure, why not have two crack detectives flashing their worthless Maricopa County badges at the Hawaii Department of Health. (I just can’t decide if they should be hard-bitten noir characters or Clouseau-esque bumblers.) But yes a completely crazy person who is in charge of law enforcement for the most populous county in Arizona is probably going to attempt to arrest Barack Obama at some point.
~ Alex Pareene on Salon.com in an article called "Arpaio Goons Sent to Hawaii for Important Birther Investigation."

If I embarrassed the state, I apologize, but that certainly wasn't my intent. I don't think there's anything embarrassing about doing everything I can to help Arizonan's have confidence that the ballot is correct and the people that are on it are entitled to be there. . . . What is so sacred or untouchable about this question that you can't even ask the question?
~ Birther Ken Bennett, Secretary of the State of Arizona, telling radio listeners that he has decided Obama could be on the November ballot after all, but explaining why he was harassing the state of Hawaii over the President's birth certificate.

I don’t know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don’t know that. But I do know this, that in his heart, he’s not an American. He’s just not an American.
~ Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) last week

I misspoke and I apologize...I stand by my statement that I mispoke and I apologize. I mispoke and I apologize. I stand by my statement that I mispoke and I apologize. I stand by my statement that I mispoke and I apologize...
~ Mike Coffman last week, when asked by a Denver reporter if he had any other excuse for his birther opinion besides saying that he mispoke.

If I had to do it over again I think I would have said, ‘Let’s move from this birther question, the president was born in the United States, period. . . Let’s just move on and let’s focus on the issues that are going to win this election. And secondly, let’s not ascribe this to those who oppose us that they’re any less Americans than we are.’
~ Ken Coffman (R-Colorado) this week



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