Abercrombie and Stitched-up?

Hey pardner! Git down to that Interweb and git yersels one o' these here mighty fine 'yard and rally' signs (above), they sure are waterproof, logic- and evidence-to-the-contrary-proof, and they certainly collectible... Years from now, you can gather your children or grandchildren around your white picket Model T Ford Oilslicker, and say: "Way back in the old days, people claimed that President Barack Obama was not born in Ameriky... just like their grandchildern are still saying today!"

The sign above, not that many people could afford $20 these days, is put out by the "birthers." These are right wing nuts who say that Obama was not born in the United States of America, or on U.S. territory. If true, he could not become President according to the U.S. Constitution (article 2, clause 5) (could he remain President, if any of this were true? Not sure).

Obama has shown his birth certificate many months ago, possibly as far back as when he was still in contention with Hillary Clinton for the nomination as candidate for President. His people and his party have disseminated proof of his citizenship by birthright, as has the State of Hawaii. But the 'birthers' just won't stop. Even that dumpster of lardy gravitas, Lou Dobbs* on CNN, has joined in. Or he did all of last week...

Then on Monday, Congress spoke: a congressional resolution was introduced by Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of island statehood. The resolution includes a clause noting President Barack Obama's Hawaiian birthplace:

"...the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961."

So will that put and end to it? Probably not, as Obama's legitimacy will always be questioned by racists who simply cannot abide his occupying the White House, "and not mowing the lawn," as a Cuban-American artist put it. One thing to remember and relish, as a reporter put it, if this is what is animating grass-roots conservatives then: "the real story in all of this is that Republican Party has a HUGE problem with its base right now."

*Bullshit spewed by Dobbs includes the unfounded report in 2005 that immigrants were responsible for a sudden increase in cases of leprosy in the U.S. Yes, leprosy! The spike did not happen, Dobbs' information was false, but this fat windbag has never let the truth get in the way of an anti-immigrant rant that drives up his ratings. Dobbs is a rich, powerful, selfish, self-loving liar.