Rep. Neugebauer: ‘I Don’t Know’ If Obama Is A Citizen

[sarah553807]

Rep. Bill Posey’s (R-FL) bill aimed at casting doubt over the citizenship status of President Obama appears to be gaining momentum within the Republican Party. The bill would require candidates for President to supply their birth certificates to the Federal Elections Commission to be eligible to run. Placating fringe elements of the right-wing movement who refuse to believe that President Obama was born in America, Posey himself has refused to say if he believes that the President was born in Hawaii.

Though initially it appeared he had little support, Posey eventually gained Rep. John Culberson (R-TX), Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Rep. Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), and Rep. John Carter (R-TX) as cosponsors. Last week, Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) also signed on as a sponsor of the bill, while Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) said that he would support the bill if it reaches the Senate.

Speaking to the Texas-based Chad Hasty radio show yesterday, Neugebauer explained his support for the “birther” movement:

Q: So you believe the President is a US citizen?

NEUGEBAUER: You know I don’t know. I’ve never seen him produce documents that would say one way or another.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/23/gop-birther-bill/#comments">Think Progress

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Guy probably has a lot of fans at DU

Some DUers have taken to parroting the right wing tripe about an "Anointed One," so why shouldn't they move into birther nonsense next?

[Skittles]

7. show one DUer who buys that birth certificate bullshit

go on

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. I didn't say there were any

Yet...

:-)

[CreekDog]

31. there are lots

in the cemetary:

[BlooInBloo]

18. A certain sort of DUer was huge on the birth certificate thing a few months ago...

I wonder if they sincerely changed their minds, or if they were just lying their asses off then, and hoping nobody remembers?

[donco6]

23. Just to be clear -

the "birther" crap is crap.

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. But the Anointed One crap isn't?

:shrug:

[donco6]

29. Never used the phrase.

:shrug:

[Champion Jack]

2. What an incredibly stupid bunch of shit

WTF is wrong with these people? Are they really that desperate?

[countingbluecars]

3. Just another idiot. n/t

[democracy1st]

4. racists trying to hide behind bs

[grantcart]

5. I didn't think that slow motion political suicide could be so entertaining

[Kaleko]

28. The part where they erratically cast about red herrings

while still sermonizing like Jesus on the Mount can get fairly long for my tastes. They should cut to the chase and implode a bit faster. Other than that, I enjoy the show.

:popcorn:

[CakeGrrl]

6. "...gaining momentum within the Republican Party"

Grab that anchor, fools!

[Jennicut]

9. The Rethug party is only going to be polling lower and lower with this crap

So I hope they keep it up. }(

[11 Bravo]

10. I could write a very thick book solely about what you don't know, you fucking idiot.

[hobbit709]

11. I don't know if the Hon(?) Mr Neugebauer is a human being

He hasn't shown me any evidence of the sapiens part.

[ellie]

32. My thoughts exactly!

Show me the evidence Mr. Nooogieburger, or whatever the fuck your name is! Prove you are a human and not an alien!

[Thrill]

12. I don't spend one minute on fools like this

[bertman]

13. I wonder if President Obama will "reach across the aisle" on this one?

[Flying Dream Blues]

14. I wish **I** could reach across the aisle sometimes, if you know what I mean. nt

[bertman]

21. Yep. And jerk a knot on somebody. As they say in my neck o' the woods.

[TomCADem]

15. OC Weekly Has A Great Profile On Birthers - This Is The GOP Base?

This is a funny, yet disturbing, profile of one of the most prominent birthers, and it just illustrates just how deranged these folks are. Also, I believe that the woman profiled in this article may be a constituent of John Campbell.

http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-06-18/news/orly-taitz

[Ikonoklast]

16. I, for one, am quite glad that someone is finally doing this.

It makes it easy to see exactly just who the frothing crazies are, if they all decide to actually list themselves as co-sponsors of the proposed bill.

They can't hide behind the white sheets this way.


I hope millions of dollars of supporter money is wasted on such insane pursuits such as the birther nonsense.

[zbdent]

17. could we add an attachment to the bill, which would obviously eliminate many repugs,

that a Republican has to provide proof of having an IQ, or at least a brain cell?

[sarah553807]

20. now that I think would be an amazing idea

[Milspec]

19. Welcome to DU sarah###

Enjoy.

[Hekate]

22. Has any so-called reporter ever responded: "And where are YOUR documents, sir?"

No?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

25. C'mon boys, DO IT!!!!!!!

Maybe somebody should "triple dog dare" them to introduce their "bill"!!! :evilgrin: Let's have this "birther" nonesense out on the floor of the House and/or Senate once and for all!!!

[lindisfarne]

26. A member of the House is unaware of the Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case regarding

exactly that? Does he not believe in his friends Alito, Scalia, Thomas, and Roberts? Does he not think that they would not have bent over backwards to serve the GOP had there been the slightest scrap of doubt?

What an idiot. But what do you expect from the right?

[zulchzulu]

27. Oh geez! The Republicans BROKE THE CODE!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!

:rofl:

The Teabagging Birthers have got to be one of the more embarrassing barrel of assclowns in the GOP. Put a fork in them... done-o-rama...

[Number23]

30. I truly cannot believe that I am the first rec on this hard-hitting, relevant story!

You people have no appreciation for real news. :eyes:

[The Wizard]

33. Any jackass who wants proof from the President

must also produce proof that they and their family members are not members of the Ku Klux Klan and prove they are not aliens for Tralfamadore or Remulak.
Then again, if they're off on a tangent they have less time to spend hurting the American people.

[Adelante]

34. Missouri has a bunch of Birthers in State Govt

A regular hotbed of elected nitwits.

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/category/topics/missouri-birther-caucus

[olegramps]

35. What is the difference between the KKK and the Republican Party?

Sorry to say as a person born and raised in the South that unfortunately there is little difference except to curtail the KKK's most grievous crimes. Reagan's Southern strategy that exploited racism that yet corrupts the hearts of far too many. When it was coupled with Christian Fundamentalism it entangled the Republican Party in a web in which it will be extremely difficult for it to ever escape. The legacy of the Southern prejudice is much closer than many tend to realize. For example my grandfather was born in 1860 and his father in 1830. Three or four generations does not allow for that much change to take place in eradicating people's prejudices that are passed on from father to son.

[Milspec]

36. The best site for debunking "birthers"

http://www.obamaconspiracy.org/