The Birth (Certificate) of a Notion

By GottaLaff

What a coincidence. A Birth Certificate Bill . Timing is everything:

A spokesman for Florida Republican Congressman, Bill Posey, sends over a statement from the Congressman explaining his bill to require that presidential candidates submit birth certificates is aimed at dousing the controversy -- though he said the Congressman himself thinks Obama could do more to put the issue to rest.

Says Posey:

Opponents of President Bush used the 2000 election results and the court decisions to question the legitimacy of President Bush to serve as President. Opponents of President Obama are raising the birth certificate issue as a means of questioning his eligibility to serve as President. Neither of these situations are healthy for our Republic. This bill, by simply requiring such documentation for future candidates for President will remove this issue as a reason for questioning the legitimacy of a candidate elected as President.

You can read the full text of the bill here. [...]

Ohhh, he's simply mounting a preemptive war on potentially illegitimate presidents. How very Bushie of him.

Posey's spokesman, George Cecala, when asked whether Posey believes Obama is eligible to be president:

"I think he’s willing to take the President’s word for it," Cecala said. "If the President wanted to put an end to the whole thing he could order Hawaii to release the authentic birth certificate. That’s up to him."

Posey might want to watch the Countdown video that I posted earlier. And then he might want to support his president by showing some respect and shutting the hell up.