And it's about damn time. Erick Erickson posted Friday on Redstate:
"We’ve always banned truthers at RedState. Increasingly, we have also banned a number of individuals who think Barack Obama is disqualified from being President because despite the Republican Governor of Hawaii confirming the legitimacy of the Democratic President’s birth origin as a citizen of the United States these birthers (”birfers” because it sounds as crazy as they are) refuse to move on.
Today I want to reaffirm and make it more definitive. If you think 9/11 was an inside job or you really want to debate whether or not Barack Obama is an American citizen eligible to be President, RedState is not a place for you.
Birfers and Truthers are not welcome here. Period. End of Story.
But I want to expand on this too...." Redstate ban
Erickson's proclamation generated nearly 400 comments. There were more than a few birthers who didn't like it, to put it mildly, as these emails show: example 1, example 2, example 3, and example 4. One blogger went so far to accuse Erickson of being a closet leftist and said the fact Erickson practiced law in the same courthouse as the Judge who sanctioned Orly Taitz $20,000 there was indeed a conspiracy between Erickson and other Obama supporters.
Just one problem. Erickson practiced in Macon and Judge Land's courtroom is in Columbus. Not to mention Mr. Erickson quit practicing law before Judge Land assumed his seat on the bench. But little details like that rarely stop the Orly clones. He didn't stop there, calling Mr. Erickson a few more names:
"He is also that kind of Republican effete who runs when Democrats shout “Boo!” on any issue, not wanting at all to seem politically incorrect to liberals.
He is also that kind of clever progressive..."
So if you don't agree with these people you are now a progressive? Oh, this is rich. Read the rest of the fun here. Erickson is doing the right thing. Obama and the Democrats are having problems because of their policies. They rammed through a stimulus bill, injected Bush's economic policies with steroids, and then tried to cram down our throats a health care bill no one wanted. Oh, and don't forget Obama and Geithner continued the same ass-kissing to Wall Street that Paulson and Bush perfected. Obama's approval ratings are in trouble and Democrats are running scared. Have conservatives learned NOTHING from the 1990's?
Does anyone remember how Clinton and his media allies used the Oklahoma City bombing to smear and discredit the conservative movement? Kind of took the wind out of their sails for a few years, didn't it? Why give the Democrats a weapon with which they can use to paint conservatives as a bunch of kooks? Besides the politics of it, the chances of success in this fight are practically zero. No court in America is going to say Obama is not President because of a birth certificate. Congress is not going to impeach him over this issue and the military is going to take his orders. If it ever got to the Supreme Court, they would likely call it a political question and hand it off to the legislative branch. The truth is, none of our recent Presidents have provided their birth certificates when they ran for office. That's right. George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald W. Reagan, Jimmy E. Carter. None of them provided a copy of their birth certificate.
The birther jihad is stupid and makes conservatives look like a bunch of kooks. Right now, the grassroots movement actually has the Democrats on the run and the last thing it needs to do is imitate past Republican leadership and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. We laughed at the Daily Kos-types who ranted Bush knew about 9/11, its time to start laughing at these people and treat them with the same contempt. Anyone who can sound like this:
doesn't really deserve access to a serious forum (By the way, here is a copy of her most recent complaint. Read it for yourself.). Its about time the conservative movement followed Buckley's lead when he threw out the Birchers and throw out the Birthers as well. You do remember the Birchers, right? They wrote books claiming Eisenhower was a communist. Kudos to Erickson for taking the lead and hopefully more conservatives will follow suit.
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