Pence: Talk radio represents more people than media does
posted at 1:36 pm on October 22, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Rep. Mike Pence has defended talk radio from those who wish to reimpose the Fairness Doctrine as a means to silence opposition. Today in the House, Pence scolded the media who deride conservative talk radio’s focus on fiscal discipline with a Congress run amuck, calling their coverage “hogwash”:
“You know, the American people cherish their freedom of speech and a free and independent press. That’s why I found this morning’s headlines so troubling. Goaded on by a White House increasingly intolerant of criticism, lately the national media has taken aim at conservative commentators in radio and television. Suggesting that they only speak for a small group of activists and even suggesting in one report today that Republicans in Washington are ‘worried about their electoral effect.’
“Well, that’s hogwash.
“To suggest that men and women that are taking a stand for fiscal discipline and traditional values in the national debate today only speak for ‘grassroots activists’ is absurd. As evidenced by the hundreds of thousands that filled town hall meetings this summer and the nearly a million Americans who gathered here in Washington in September. Millions of Americans, Republicans, Democrats and Independents are worried about liberal social policies and runaway federal spending, deficit and debt.
“So to my friends in the so-called ‘mainstream media’ I say, ‘conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do.’”
Well put, Congressman.
Update: I fixed my headline; Pence was referencing the media, not politicians.









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Del Dolemonte on October 22, 2009 at 2:46 PM
Radio personalities don’t “represent” anyone. Neither does the other sources… but they do have more listeners which is why the left wants to censor them and the reason they can’t be allowed to do it.
petunia on October 22, 2009 at 2:48 PM
right2bright at 2:23
You didn’t even take the time to read what I said. The Hawaii Department of Health in an official response to an official UIPA request stated that they have no documents dating before Aug 10, 1961 which caused them to put on Obama’s online COLB that it was “filed by registrar” on Aug 8, 1961.
IOW, either they filed a birth certificate for Obama on Aug 8, 1961 before receiving any documentation saying he was born, or the Aug 8, 1961 date on Obama’s COLB is inaccurate/forged.
I’m waiting to hear from them whether they have documents with doctor’s, midwife’s, or nurse’s signature offered as proof of birth for Barack Hussein Obama II. They are required by their law to say if they have those documents. They have 5 more business days to answer me, after which I can file an appeal with the OIP.
Onaka is refusing to take phone calls from at least one person whose UIPA request has been ignored beyond the 10 business days within which they are required to give the requested information.
I’m telling you, there is big-time trouble in that office right now.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 2:51 PM
So I guess you disagree with Congressman Pence?
Proud Rino on October 22, 2009 at 2:52 PM
These radio personalities like Rush, Beck, etc. have a large PROFITABLE following because a LOT of people seem to have similar opinions as these voices. Air America went bankrupt it would seem because no one wanted to listen to their drivel. The rest of the sheep that can’t think for themselves have the mainstream media to edu-macate them. One thing I love about rush (and Hot Air also) is that each provides documentation of the articles that they are commenting on. You can research and decide if you agree with their opinion or not. Of course, that takes effort.
search4truth on October 22, 2009 at 2:54 PM
I seem to remeber one Radio personality that made an excellent President.. Ronald Reagan.
Dire Straits on October 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Thanks, I didn’t know that. One MORE reason to like Pence!
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Instead of asking cryptic questions and making opaque statements, please lay out the influence that the MSM had on Democrat Primaries, that conservative radio and blogs had on Republican primaries, and that both the MSM and conservative radio and blogs had on the 2008 general election – as those figures relate to this statement by Pence:
“So to my friends in the so-called ‘mainstream media’ I say, ‘conservative talk show hosts may not speak for everybody but they speak for more Americans than you do.’”
and as those figure relate to your initial statement:
“Great point. That explains why talk radio’s political preferences are consistently born out with election results.”
As an added bonus, and more to the point of this thread, which you are trying to hijack, relate those nubers to the currrent approval ratings of the democrat’s legislative initiatives – keeping in mind that the MSM is in-the-tank supportive of them and that conservative radio and blogs oppose them.
jaime on October 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Yes!
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Wow–just–wow…
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 3:01 PM
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 2:17 PM
I would like to hear or read it justincase
stacy on October 22, 2009 at 3:03 PM
The birth certificate number on Obama’s online COLB is now gone. Fortunately there are screenshots from which some have gotten the cert# and asked the DOH for the index data (name, gender, and type of vital event) for that particular cert# – which they are by law REQUIRED to give. I know that at least one of those requests has been outstanding for more than 10 business days, which means that the person will be appealing to OIP to FORCE them to give that information. They could give that information in about 10 seconds if the computer system is reasonably responsive. But they won’t. Why?
And why did Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod – Hagmann says the orders came straight from them – make Obama’s lawyer call a special meeting with the network heads and tell them that they would be annihilated via “diversity” regulations after the inauguration if they dared to report anything on the eligibility issue? This was NBC, CBS, Fox, and several radio networks.
We are rightly concerned over Obama’s moves to control the media. In reality he did something FAR MORE blatant than this even before the election. EVERY on-air person at Fox, NBC, and CBS was told by their network head that their careers and possibly health/lives would be destroyed if they reported or allowed anyone to call in with a comment or question about it.
Why did they do that on this issue but not on all the stuff Beck has come up with? Why that one issue? And why do none of the conservatives have the courage to speak out? Even if they don’t believe that O’s eligibility is in question, why would they not speak out about blatant threats that have silenced the ENTIRE television and radio news media?
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:06 PM
It’s really too bad you have to, like, EXPLAIN it for her…Kind of like having to tell the punch line of a joke after you told it…
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 3:09 PM
stacy on October 22, 2009 at 3:03 PM
This is the letter I sent to the HI gov, lt gov, and all members of the Hawaii House and Senate asking for an investigation of particular cases of laws or ethics being violated.
Dear Senator Espero:
I was encouraged when I read that you plan to introduce a bill that would require government to be transparent regarding the records of candidates for office. Many politicians speak of transparency but few grasp how important that is – especially now, as government is increasingly losing credibility and the trust of the American people.
Unfortunately, laws don’t matter if they aren’t followed. It would be good if the Hawaii Dept of Health was required to release information as your proposed bill would do. What most fail to realize is that Hawaii already has laws concerning transparency and the Hawaii DOH has been breaking them, even after being called on it repeatedly.
Administrative rules for departments and agencies are required to be made public – by having them for public viewing at the Lieutenant Governor’s office and county clerks’ offices, by posting on the internet, and by making copies available to the public on request with a copy/mailing fee.
Not only are the DOH administrative rules not available to the public as required by law, the DOH refuses to answer questions about their practices.
In January of 2005 Public Health Regulations “Rules of Practice and Procedure” was repealed and replaced by Administrative Rules. Each office was to adopt their own chapters showng the new rules using a detailed process requiring public notification of all the proposed rules and/or changes to them, public hearings, and a system of checks and balances within the Hawaii government itself. For most offices, the rules are posted online, containing the dates that the hearings were announced, when the rules were approved, and when they were posted.
The vital statistics department doesn’t have its rules published. Looking at http://gen.doh.hawaii.gov/sites/har/admrules/default.aspx , all that is said is that they are converting from Public Health Regulations Chapters 8, 8a, and 8b and that changes are in process. Chapters 117, 120, and 123 are specifically listed as in the process of being replaced, involving foreign births and adoptions. However, when looking for proposed changes at http://gen.doh.hawaii.gov/sites/har/admrulechange/default.aspx Chapter 117, 120, and 123 are not listed. I e-mailed Fukino’s and Onaka’s offices asking to see the proposed changes. I got no response at all. So Dr. Alvin Onaka’s office currently has no administrative rules that it publicly admits to having.
At least one person asked to see the administrative rules over 2 months ago. Another will be contacting the OIP on Thursday regarding the DOH refusal to answer her request for information that is, by law, supposed to be available to the public even without anyone asking to see it.
In June the Department of Hawaiian Homelands changed their requirements regarding proof of Hawaiian birth. This came immediately after World Net Daily published an article saying that a COLB is not even accepted by the DHHL as proof of a Hawaiian birth. Shortly after that article the DHHL said they didn’t need copies of original long-form birth certificates and the DOH said they no longer print certified copies of long-form birth certificates. They also switched the title on their CertificaTION of Live Birth so that the same document now says CertifiCATE of Live Birth.
I e-mailed the Attorney General to ask what procedures were followed to make those changes in administrative policy. I asked him to make sure that all e-mails regarding this subject be saved and an investigation be initiated. I never heard back from AG Mark Bennett.
Later, when I saw for myself the law detailing how administrative changes must be made, I e-mailed Onaka and Fukino to ask when the hearing for those specific changes were announced publicly, when the hearing was held, and when the changes were approved. I have yet to hear from either regarding those issues.
For over a year now, Chiyome Fukino and Janice Okubo have answered all requests for information regarding Obama’s birth records by saying they are not allowed to say anything because of confidentiality issues. When Attorney Leo Donofrio and his colleague read the UIPA text saying that all index data must be available to the public, they began to make specific UIPA requests. One day after a request for an amended original birth certificate Fukino made a public announcement regarding Obama’s birth records – an announcement that Okubo revealed was approved by Attorney General Mark Bennett. Responses by Janice Okubo to World Net Daily indicated that the release of the information was not authorized by Obama, since the DOH was still claiming they couldn’t reveal information without Obama’s permission.
I e-mailed AG Mark Bennett to ask what had changed, that Fukino’s reason to withhold information for over a year was suddenly no longer the case. It is almost 3 months later and I have not heard back from Mark Bennett.
Hawaii law says that all documents created or maintained by the State of Hawaii for the purpose of informing the public must be available to the public on request – redacting any vital records information that hasn’t already been made public. It also says that once the major finding from an attorney general’s opinion letter is revealed to the public, the opinion letter itself needs to be made available to the public upon request. According to these laws, all documents which Fukino used in order to make her July 27 statement that they have vital documents on file which prove Obama was born in Hawaii and is a “natural-born American citizen” must be made available upon request – including those vital documents, with non-revealed information redacted.
Those documents have been requested and refused. I believe there is a lawsuit in the works to see all these things which by Hawaii law are supposed to be available within 10 days to anyone who asks for them.
As you know from what I said before, the administrative rules which would reveal exactly what is meant by “on record” (the wording used in Fukino’s 2008 press release) versus “on file” (the wording used in the July 27, 2009 release AND on the COLB Obama published on Factcheck.org) are illegally hidden from the public. The DOH refuses to explain what is meant by the wording. They could just as well be speaking elvish and gleefully refusing to let anybody know what their words mean. Is this the kind of “openness” Hawaii expects out of her public servants?
The DOH was not answering UIPA requests according to the required 4 types of responses. When the OIP was brought in because of complaints, the DOH temporarily began answering requests as required by law. Those answers revealed that Obama’s birth certificate has been amended. They also revealed that the DOH had no documents on Barack Hussein Obama II as of Aug 9, 1961 – even though Obama’s posted COLB says it was FILED BY REGISTRAR on Aug 8, 1961. This strongly suggests that the online COLB Obama posted was fraudulent, and that the DOH knows it is fraudulent but has chosen to give the appearance of affirming its authenticity.
People have the idea that Obama was born in a Hawaii hospital – either Queens or Kapiolani, since both have been named by Obama or his relatives as his birhtplace, one claim on White House letterhead with raised seal and Obama signature. But the White House refuses to say whether that letter is authentic. If he was born in a Hawaii hospital, that hospital would have made out a long-form birth certificate with signatures, sent it to the DOH, and the birth certificate would be accepted by the state registrar. From then on, any requests for information would be answered by the information on that long-form birth certificate and placed on a COLB containing only the information that the person or an “interested party” knew and wanted verified. Potentially embarrassing information could simply be left off the COLB.
The fact that Obama’s posted COLB shows a filing date before the DOH says they had any information on him says something is definitely fishy. The fact that a secret AG opinion had to be acquired before Fukino could say that Obama was born in Hawaii and/or is a “natural-born American citizen” says something is fishy. And the fact that nobody at the DOH will explain what the words mean, nor follow their own laws to reveal what their administrative rules/procedures are so we can figure out what the words mean says that the DOH KNOWS SOMETHING IS FISHY. This is NOT a clear-cut case of a hospital birth duly recorded with the state registrar.
For the last week or so – shortly after Obama gave an executive order authorizing his “czars” to work toward improving opportunities for native Hawaiians – the DOH has not been answering UIPA requests. Expect OIP involvement in many, many cases of DOH obfuscation as a result of this. One person who called in was told that Fukino was not in Hawaii last week. I noticed that she made an announcement about H1N1 vaccines arriving at her office though. And surely somebody was at the office.
The pattern here is disturbing. Hawaii has good laws on the books. Unfortunately, it seems the people in Hawaii’s offices refuse to follow those laws.
I am requesting a formal legislative investigation of the doings at the Department of Health, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and the Attorney General’s office involving these issues. In particular:
1) The failure to create administrative rules to replace “Rules of Practice and Procedure”, which was repealed in January of 2005.
2) The failure to follow the law requiring the administrative rules in current use to be available to the public.
3) The mid-June amending of the rules and requirements at DOH and DHHL without following the necessary steps for creating or amending them.
4) The legality of the July 27, 2009 statement about Obama’s records without his consent.
5) Whether or not the DOH reported to law enforcement or FBI what they knew to be the posting of a fraudulent COLB by Barack Hussein Obama II.
6) What communications the DOH and AG Mark Bennett have had with the White House or any member of the US Congress, influencing their decisions.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing your response. Please e-mail me with any questions you have regarding what I’ve said.
Sincerely,
(name redacted)
(e-mail redacted)
CC: Governor Linda Lingle governor.lingle@hawaii.gov
Lt. Governor James R “Duke” Aiona, Jr ltgov@hawaii.gov
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Oh look, it woke up from it’s nap. Did one of the kids in 8th grade computer class nudge you ’cause the instructor was coming around?
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 3:11 PM
stacy at 3:03 PM
I tried posting the letter I wrote to the HI gov, lt gov, and all members of the Hawaii Senate and House which describes what I wanted investigated. I’ve tried posting it here twice before also, but it won’t let me. Is there a length limit here? What could be holding this up?
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Methinks we have a birther troll here, don’t feed it–it needs more help than you can offer…
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 3:14 PM
I’ll try posting it in sections, in case length is holding it up. Part 1:
Dear Senator Espero:
I was encouraged when I read that you plan to introduce a bill that would require government to be transparent regarding the records of candidates for office. Many politicians speak of transparency but few grasp how important that is – especially now, as government is increasingly losing credibility and the trust of the American people.
Unfortunately, laws don’t matter if they aren’t followed. It would be good if the Hawaii Dept of Health was required to release information as your proposed bill would do. What most fail to realize is that Hawaii already has laws concerning transparency and the Hawaii DOH has been breaking them, even after being called on it repeatedly.
Administrative rules for departments and agencies are required to be made public – by having them for public viewing at the Lieutenant Governor’s office and county clerks’ offices, by posting on the internet, and by making copies available to the public on request with a copy/mailing fee.
Not only are the DOH administrative rules not available to the public as required by law, the DOH refuses to answer questions about their practices.
In January of 2005 Public Health Regulations “Rules of Practice and Procedure” was repealed and replaced by Administrative Rules. Each office was to adopt their own chapters showng the new rules using a detailed process requiring public notification of all the proposed rules and/or changes to them, public hearings, and a system of checks and balances within the Hawaii government itself. For most offices, the rules are posted online, containing the dates that the hearings were announced, when the rules were approved, and when they were posted.
The vital statistics department doesn’t have its rules published. Looking at http://gen.doh.hawaii.gov/sites/har/admrules/default.aspx , all that is said is that they are converting from Public Health Regulations Chapters 8, 8a, and 8b and that changes are in process. Chapters 117, 120, and 123 are specifically listed as in the process of being replaced, involving foreign births and adoptions. However, when looking for proposed changes at http://gen.doh.hawaii.gov/sites/har/admrulechange/default.aspx Chapter 117, 120, and 123 are not listed. I e-mailed Fukino’s and Onaka’s offices asking to see the proposed changes. I got no response at all. So Dr. Alvin Onaka’s office currently has no administrative rules that it publicly admits to having.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Part Two:
At least one person asked to see the administrative rules over 2 months ago. Another will be contacting the OIP on Thursday regarding the DOH refusal to answer her request for information that is, by law, supposed to be available to the public even without anyone asking to see it.
In June the Department of Hawaiian Homelands changed their requirements regarding proof of Hawaiian birth. This came immediately after World Net Daily published an article saying that a COLB is not even accepted by the DHHL as proof of a Hawaiian birth. Shortly after that article the DHHL said they didn’t need copies of original long-form birth certificates and the DOH said they no longer print certified copies of long-form birth certificates. They also switched the title on their CertificaTION of Live Birth so that the same document now says CertifiCATE of Live Birth.
I e-mailed the Attorney General to ask what procedures were followed to make those changes in administrative policy. I asked him to make sure that all e-mails regarding this subject be saved and an investigation be initiated. I never heard back from AG Mark Bennett.
Later, when I saw for myself the law detailing how administrative changes must be made, I e-mailed Onaka and Fukino to ask when the hearing for those specific changes were announced publicly, when the hearing was held, and when the changes were approved. I have yet to hear from either regarding those issues.
For over a year now, Chiyome Fukino and Janice Okubo have answered all requests for information regarding Obama’s birth records by saying they are not allowed to say anything because of confidentiality issues. When Attorney Leo Donofrio and his colleague read the UIPA text saying that all index data must be available to the public, they began to make specific UIPA requests. One day after a request for an amended original birth certificate Fukino made a public announcement regarding Obama’s birth records – an announcement that Okubo revealed was approved by Attorney General Mark Bennett. Responses by Janice Okubo to World Net Daily indicated that the release of the information was not authorized by Obama, since the DOH was still claiming they couldn’t reveal information without Obama’s permission.
I e-mailed AG Mark Bennett to ask what had changed, that Fukino’s reason to withhold information for over a year was suddenly no longer the case. It is almost 3 months later and I have not heard back from Mark Bennett.
Hawaii law says that all documents created or maintained by the State of Hawaii for the purpose of informing the public must be available to the public on request – redacting any vital records information that hasn’t already been made public. It also says that once the major finding from an attorney general’s opinion letter is revealed to the public, the opinion letter itself needs to be made available to the public upon request. According to these laws, all documents which Fukino used in order to make her July 27 statement that they have vital documents on file which prove Obama was born in Hawaii and is a “natural-born American citizen” must be made available upon request – including those vital documents, with non-revealed information redacted.
Those documents have been requested and refused. I believe there is a lawsuit in the works to see all these things which by Hawaii law are supposed to be available within 10 days to anyone who asks for them.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Part Three:
As you know from what I said before, the administrative rules which would reveal exactly what is meant by “on record” (the wording used in Fukino’s 2008 press release) versus “on file” (the wording used in the July 27, 2009 release AND on the COLB Obama published on Factcheck.org) are illegally hidden from the public. The DOH refuses to explain what is meant by the wording. They could just as well be speaking elvish and gleefully refusing to let anybody know what their words mean. Is this the kind of “openness” Hawaii expects out of her public servants?
The DOH was not answering UIPA requests according to the required 4 types of responses. When the OIP was brought in because of complaints, the DOH temporarily began answering requests as required by law. Those answers revealed that Obama’s birth certificate has been amended. They also revealed that the DOH had no documents on Barack Hussein Obama II as of Aug 9, 1961 – even though Obama’s posted COLB says it was FILED BY REGISTRAR on Aug 8, 1961. This strongly suggests that the online COLB Obama posted was fraudulent, and that the DOH knows it is fraudulent but has chosen to give the appearance of affirming its authenticity.
People have the idea that Obama was born in a Hawaii hospital – either Queens or Kapiolani, since both have been named by Obama or his relatives as his birhtplace, one claim on White House letterhead with raised seal and Obama signature. But the White House refuses to say whether that letter is authentic. If he was born in a Hawaii hospital, that hospital would have made out a long-form birth certificate with signatures, sent it to the DOH, and the birth certificate would be accepted by the state registrar. From then on, any requests for information would be answered by the information on that long-form birth certificate and placed on a COLB containing only the information that the person or an “interested party” knew and wanted verified. Potentially embarrassing information could simply be left off the COLB.
The fact that Obama’s posted COLB shows a filing date before the DOH says they had any information on him says something is definitely fishy. The fact that a secret AG opinion had to be acquired before Fukino could say that Obama was born in Hawaii and/or is a “natural-born American citizen” says something is fishy. And the fact that nobody at the DOH will explain what the words mean, nor follow their own laws to reveal what their administrative rules/procedures are so we can figure out what the words mean says that the DOH KNOWS SOMETHING IS FISHY. This is NOT a clear-cut case of a hospital birth duly recorded with the state registrar.
For the last week or so – shortly after Obama gave an executive order authorizing his “czars” to work toward improving opportunities for native Hawaiians – the DOH has not been answering UIPA requests. Expect OIP involvement in many, many cases of DOH obfuscation as a result of this. One person who called in was told that Fukino was not in Hawaii last week. I noticed that she made an announcement about H1N1 vaccines arriving at her office though. And surely somebody was at the office.
The pattern here is disturbing. Hawaii has good laws on the books. Unfortunately, it seems the people in Hawaii’s offices refuse to follow those laws.
I am requesting a formal legislative investigation of the doings at the Department of Health, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, and the Attorney General’s office involving these issues. In particular:
1) The failure to create administrative rules to replace “Rules of Practice and Procedure”, which was repealed in January of 2005.
2) The failure to follow the law requiring the administrative rules in current use to be available to the public.
3) The mid-June amending of the rules and requirements at DOH and DHHL without following the necessary steps for creating or amending them.
4) The legality of the July 27, 2009 statement about Obama’s records without his consent.
5) Whether or not the DOH reported to law enforcement or FBI what they knew to be the posting of a fraudulent COLB by Barack Hussein Obama II.
6) What communications the DOH and AG Mark Bennett have had with the White House or any member of the US Congress, influencing their decisions.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing your response. Please e-mail me with any questions you have regarding what I’ve said.
Sincerely,
(name redacted)
(e-mail redacted)
CC: Governor Linda Lingle governor.lingle@hawaii.gov
Lt. Governor James R “Duke” Aiona, Jr ltgov@hawaii.gov
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:17 PM
What does all this nonsense have to do with the subject of Ed’s post?
jaime on October 22, 2009 at 3:22 PM
no limit that I know of
I have been following this issue for quite a while now. I believe in my heart and soul that there are 2 ways to save this country from this administrations marxist takeover.
the first would be for him to be proven ineligible for the office which would nullify everything he has done since taking office. Then elections and massive investigations and prosecutions of government from the top office down to the local dogcatcher, as well as the unions and groups such as Acorn, and slamming shut the border and kicking out ALL illegals
the second is an armed revolution
both would be terrible to behold and would result in many deaths, but the alternative is a greater tragedy in my opinion
the loss of our freedoms and liberty
stacy on October 22, 2009 at 3:24 PM
I believe that talk radio hosts are the pamphleteers of our times.
For those of you who think that talk radio wields no influence because of the Republican losses of the last two election cycles….
Since 1994, Republicans were very competitive, even dominate in DC. They lost their majority, not because of the lack of talk radio influence, but because of it. Conservatives knew that the Republicans were no longer following conservative principles and rejected them.
If this country is going down, I want it to be known that it was liberals in both parties that did it so that when we rebuild, we will know who and what to avoid.
Jvette on October 22, 2009 at 3:26 PM
it’s the Troll who never gets it, and lies when he doesn’t get it.
all you’ve got is Talking Points, crap6. Go back to cruising public toilets and playgrounds
Janos Hunyadi on October 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM
jaime on October 22, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Two times – once before and once after the election – Obama had his lawyer threaten all the network heads with annihilation via “diversity regulations” complaints after the inauguration if they mentioned the eligibility issue. Because of that, nobody on TV or radio will air the true facts about this. They are fearing for their careers, lives, and families.
There is PLENTY to report – especially now, as we’re finding just how badly the Hawaii authorities have broken their own laws for Obama’s sake and as the few legal responses they have given have revealed that Obama posted a forged COLB and that Obama’s birth certificate either has been or is in the process of being amended.
My question for everyone here is why it is so easy for Obama to silence everybody, with such clear-cut evidence of both his blackmail of the media and of blatant wrong-doing at the Hawaii DOH. If nobody at Fox can say anything about the eligibility issue then we all have to jump on board and ridicule the peope who are looking for HONEST answers? That’s sheep kind of behavior.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:30 PM
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:13 PM
I must of missed it. What was your point on how Obama’s eligibility relates to Mike Penses comments about the size of the audience of talk radio?
We understand that you live and breath this stuff, that it’s the first thing you think off when you wake up and last before you drift off into what must be a fitful sleep but I just can’t seem to connect the two here.
Thanks for clarifying that connection for me.
Oh, and if there is none, take your
obsessionpassion to an appropriate thread,Thanks
Rod on October 22, 2009 at 3:38 PM
OK, but I don’t see a connection to the subject of the post. Pence is talking about the Fairness Doctrine. Why don’t you go to a birther site to discuss your issue?
jaime on October 22, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Rod at 3:38PM
Do you expect talk radio to represent you if Obama is able to blackmail them to keep quiet about an issue that we are now seeing DEFINITELY has legal merit?
How can we have a discussion about the Fairness Doctrine and Obama’s attempts to belittle conservative media and just swallow without batting an eye the BLACKMAIL of ALL TV MEDIA AND SEVERAL RADIO NETWORKS?
It’s like saying we’re afraid of a breeze when we’re being told a tornado has already torn our house apart.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 3:42 PM
justincase, you and I have talked about this before and I agree on several things,
who would spend over one million dollars fighting to keep their birth certificate sealed if it was legitimate, the same with all of obamas other records such as his school records, his college transcript, passport files ect.
it just makes no logical sense
I read an article not to long ago about the eligibility verification forms(or some such) that the RNC and the DNC give to each state to keep on file saying that their parties presidential nominees have been verified as being eligible to hold the office of president, and that the forms sent out by Pelosi had some descrepancies, those being that some sent had a paragraph stating and guaranteeing that eligibility and some did not, I never saw anything else about it so don’t know of its is validity
stacy on October 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM
justincase…I understand your need to “educate” us, but we simply DON’T CARE. It’s ok to post one comment on this, but I certainly don’t want a flood of comments. Stop, please–or you risk being attacked for trying to hijack this thread, and I’m sure that is not your intent.
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Stacy at 3:45 PM
Summary of the situation with the DNC and Hawaii Democrat certifications in 2000, 2004, and 2008 found here: http://www.yourfellowcitizen.com/
Keep in mind that when it says that the DNC certification for 2008 contains the language, that is ONLY for Hawaii. As you mentioned, a different certification was sent to every other state, leaving out the Constitutionally-eligible language. And in 2008 the Hawaii Democrat Party had a certification that did NOT contain the eligibility language.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 4:06 PM
lovingmyUSA on October 22, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Regarding the “Fairness Doctrine” all I’m saying is that it’s already worked perfectly for Obama. Obama said to all the network heads, “Nice company ya got here…”
Worked like a charm. If that’s not worth discussing in the context of how the alternative media does or doesn’t serve me, then Obama won’t even have a fight on his hands. All he’ll have to do is convince us that we wouldn’t be interested in what the government was going to censor out anyway.
But I get your point. I’ve said my piece, now leave. Fine.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Excellent post!
cjs1943 on October 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Okayyyyy. I see now. Um … yes. Swallowing. Blackmail. Of course. How could I have been so blind, er, swallowing … stuff?
Oh my, look at the time. I’d best be going now. It’s late, late, late. Have things to … uh … do.
Have fun with, uh, anyone who stays in the room.
(psssst! Guys. Get out now while you still can!)
See you around, uh, justincase.
Rod on October 22, 2009 at 4:26 PM
This is what they feed on:
Gobbly gook, forchast, wrorhr, and retgoert…
right2bright on October 22, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Thanks, it would never happen on a battlefield…our soldiers know better.
right2bright on October 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM
I have the best Congressman in there. He had a radio program in Indianapolis when he decided to run for Congress. When he comes on the show now – hosted by Greg Garrison – Greg often plays a clip from President Reagan about how America needs Mike. He was right then and he\’s right now, too.
darwin-t on October 22, 2009 at 4:40 PM
I must admit I would be thrilled if the birthers turned out to be right… but the Honolulu papers had an announcement that said he was born in Honolulu. Did he plan that 48 years ago? I think this will not bear fruit.
Now if you would pressure his schools to get his records there that would be worth your time.
There is probably some mistake in his birth certificate that is embarrassing but doesn’t prove he was born in Kenya…
My own certificate has my name misspelled and my sister’s says she was a boy! She’s not a boy.
These official records are not infallible.
What ever is wrong with Obama’s records I think he was born in Hawaii.
petunia on October 22, 2009 at 4:45 PM
Conservatives in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2004 vs. libs in 1976, 1992, 1996, 2006, 2008
Yup. You might be on to something.
Of course, that also overlooks that 1992 was a 3-way race, and that Clinton ran as a “New” moderate Democrat, and that Obama ran sharply to the center in the general election.
tom on October 22, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Mike Pence = Wingnut. He has no political future. Time to go get some money on Fox News Pence.
Decider on October 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Your link is a big waste of time. They are assuming that birth certificates are filed in order of serial number to prove his certificate was forged. The serial numbers will just show the printing order. Most likely each hospital is sent batches of consecutive serial numbers and even if the births they are comparing to are from the same hospital, there is no guarantee that the forms will be filled out in serial order.
gh on October 22, 2009 at 5:04 PM
I also think he was born in Hawaii, but Justincase has a serious point.
It’s not enough to notorize the statement just because you think that way. Hard evidence must be shown!
I just got a job I’m starting on November 2, 2009. In 14 days, I must present proof that I am eligible to work in the US of A. That proof cannot consist of any set of documents but must consist of certain documents required by law.
The documents required that I will show to my employer are thus: my blue Social Security Card and my IL drivers license. According to the law this fulfills the legal requirements for proving that I am a US citizen, and thus legal to work in the US.
Of all the documents I can provide, a Certificate of Live Birth isn’t on that list. That’s because a COLB does not equal a birth certificate. I can’t even get my social security card with that kind of documentation.
Now Justincase brings up the point that even the COLB may be suspect. Whatever document that Obama may have put up saying he was born in the states is now under review. Furthermore, the document itself couldn’t get a social security card even if it was valid.
My workplace wants me to prove I’m a citizen with documented evidence. Is it too much to ask Obama to do the same?
Chaz706 on October 22, 2009 at 5:07 PM
gh on October 22, 2009 at 5:04 PM
What link are you talking about? I never said anything about the order of serial numbers. Regarding the cert# on Obama’s online COLB, the Hawaii DOH is REQUIRED by their law to give index data (name, gender, and type of vital event) to anyone who asks. They are given 10 days to do so. They refuse.
They refuse to forward messages to the proper person in their office. They refuse to answer phone calls. They refuse to answer the phone when they see it’s from someone whose request hasn’t been answered in proper time.
There is no way that this kind of behavior is acceptable.
The order of serial numbers doesn’t even have to be discussed. If the Hawaii folks will get off their butts and do their jobs we could have this thing resolved in no time flat and be done with it.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Chaz706 on October 22, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Exactly. And it is the Hawaii Dept of Health which has said they had no documents for Barack Hussein Obama II before Aug 10, 1961 – even though Obama’s online COLB says it was “filed by registrar” on Aug 8, 1961.
This is straight from the mouth of the Hawaii official who is required by law to give a response in a prescribed manner, with legal implications. This is not speculation or theorizing. This is HAWAII officially saying they had no information on which to “file” a birth certificate for Obama as his online COLB claims.
But – to keep with the issue at hand – nobody on TV or radio can talk about this because Obama’s lawyer threatened to sic his regulatory czar on them. The ultimate “Fairness Doctrine” – the Chicago way. And so many “conservatives” shrug ther shoulders. Makes no sense to me.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Another thing that makes no sense to me is why conservatives were about the only ones to stand by Don Imus’ free speech rights but they won’t say a peep about Michael Savage being blacklisted by Britain.
The issue really isn’t whether we agree with a person or the issues they address. The issue is whether we still have the ability to speak content that somebody else doesn’t want us to say. That’s why even though I might never agree with Imus I would still stand up for his right to say his piece. In the same way, I would consider the threat of legal harassment from a government agency unless he shut up to be bribery against him and that would IMMEDIATELY warrant investigation and exposure of the situation.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 5:46 PM
I was reading the comments at the link you gave, trying to figure out what the issue was. I did this several months ago as well but I’d forgotten.
gh on October 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM
gh on October 22, 2009 at 6:36 PM
The part I was referencing was actually Leo’s post, where he posted his UIPA request and the DOH response. He asked for documents that caused them to say on Obama’s online COLB that it was “filed by registrar” on Aug 8, 1961. Their answer was that they don’t have any documents that caused them to say that.
So either they make birth certificates out of thin air, with no information at all, or else what was on that online COLB was not genuine – with implications that somebody should be reporting on, since the argument for calling “birthers”/vetters crazy was always that the DOH had affirmed Obama’s online COLB. In actuality they have now been forced by their state version of FOIA (UIPA) to admit that it’s not genuine.
Now that it’s been shown that Obama’s COLB doesn’t match reality, Obama’s threats to the media is actually his attempt to ensure that his own potentially criminal activity be hidden. There’s got to be a legal term for that, and it’s got to be prosecutable.
justincase on October 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Think of the times. IRRC, the parents weren’t married, so the BC might have indicated he was illegitimate. Having that in black & white could be a sore issue. Or mayhap, there might have been something “offensive” due to being biracial.
OK, I’m done being OT
AH_C on October 22, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Yep, Mike Pence gets it and I’m proud to say he’s my congressman.
Oink on October 22, 2009
He’s the kind of solid conservative that Indiana produces. Unfortunately, we also produce d*ckweeds like Donnelly and Bayh.
SKYFOX on October 23, 2009 at 9:26 AM
What the f’g hell does birther crap have to do with Mike Pence’s speech?
If these nitwits want to beat this dead horse, fine, but posting their pathetically long tomes should get that post deleted.
Being off topic, rude and stupid** is not going to convince anyone!
**Re: you’re obsession; let’s assume you’re right! So?
There’s no legal remedy other than impeachment. The chances of that? ZERO! Get over it.
rcl on October 23, 2009 at 11:53 AM
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