MO voter ID proposal also says SOS has to check birth certificate of all prez candidates

[proud2BlibKansan]

Missouri Birther Caucus: discredited Obama myths should be written in the Constitution
Submitted by .Sean on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 7:07am

A new constitutional amendment from House Republicans, ostensibly written to protect voters from fraud, is actually a vehicle for the Capitol Crazies to peddle fraudulent conspiracy theories about President Obama.

Rep. Robert Cooper's Voter ID proposal includes language that would require the Missouri Secretary of State to request the official birth certificate of presidential candidates to independently verify their authenticity. And not just future candidates -- Cooper wants the Secretary of State to independently verify the citizenship status of every previous presidential candidate.

Of course, Cooper and his 15 co-sponsors only really care about the birth certificate of one presidential candidate: Barack Obama. Right-wing Republicans have been obsessed with Obama's birth certificate and citizenship for months, but their half-baked ideas keep geting shot down again and again and again. The facts haven't slowed them down yet, though, and Cooper is hoping to make Missouri the first state to actually write the insanity into our constitution.

Here are the key parts of Cooper's proposed bill:

more . . . http://www.firedupmissouri.com/missouri-birther-caucus

http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills091/biltxt/intro/HJR0034I.htm

[marybourg]

1. The requirements for the office of President are in the Constitution

and a state's attempt to add to or change them are of no effect.

[havocmom]

2. I wouldn't say NO effect. They have the effect of showing who the bozos are

Somebody will be writing a new book soon: "What's the Matter With Missouri?"

[Aloha Spirit]

11. We need to write Tom Frank about that, haha. nt

[Political Tiger]

3. Why just presidents?

What about every elected official, from governor to city council members? Let's set up a Birth Certificate Authenticity Office.....oh wait, I thought pukes wanted less government? lol What a bunch of fools!

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I love the comment

where someone suggested taxing unicorns to pay for this. LOL

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Here. The link was broken last night. This is a great comment:

"The secretary of state shall verify the qualifications of any elected officeholder who was previously placed on a Missouri ballot."

That's going to be quite the endeavor. Maybe they could finance the project with a sales tax on unicorns.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Candidate McCain was born in Panama, wasn't he? n/t

[Orsino]

9. And has no birth certificate. n/t

[biopowertoday]

12. But Obama has one. Congress passed a resolution saying

McCain was eligible a year or so before.

[burning rain]

5. Alas, poor birthers!

Bolting the barn door after the Kenyan usurper horse has stormed in, LOL.

[msongs]

7. all this stuff is just white racist BS. Republicans hate having a black president nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Bingo