Today at Daily Kos, I read this post regarding a statement made by Senator Richard Shelby, R - AL, expressing doubt as to whether President Obama is a U.S. citizen.
Of course, this ridiculous talking point and xenophobic and racist smear has been thoroughly debunked, but being Senator For Life from the State of Alabama apparently means never having to bother reading articles in The So-Called Liberal Media (SCLM).
Now, this is the senior United States Senator from Alabama, mind you. What does this astonishing level of either mendacity or ignorance say about Shelby and the Alabama voters who have been electing such a cretin to federal office since 1979, first as a Democrat and then as a Republican (he opportunistically switched parties right after the Gingrich Republican takeover of Congress in 1994)? Perhaps this is just standard operating procedure for a member of an increasingly irrelevant minority political party, working in concert with Limbaugh, Drudge, Coulter, and other right-wing dead-enders.
Here is the letter I sent to the shameless Senator:
Dear Senator Shelby:
You were quoted by the Cullman Times as having doubts as to whether President Obama is a U.S. citizen:
http://www.cullmantimes.com/local/local_story_052203445.html
For your information, this malicious rumor about the President has been thoroughly debunked. Please refer to this Los Angeles Times article for a copy of President Obama's birth certificate, which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is indeed a U.S. citizen and thus eligible to serve as President of the United States:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/obama-birth.html
Please issue a retraction to your statement immediately, and please stop spreading this false rumor.
Sincerely,
(Secret Hug Pro)
Can we start putting all politicians under oath before they talk to reporters? Now that's some change we could believe in! In the meantime, please write Richard Shelby and tell him what you think of his dishonesty and smear-mongering.
2 comments:
Senator Shelby will never know what hit him...I have doubled the impact of two liberal political news junkies by sending my own 'cease and desist' order to Senator Shelby.
Hmm... do you think it's possible that Senator Shelby isn't even in the know that Hawaii is one of the fifty states making up our modern America? Shelby was born in 1934 and Hawaii wasn't admitted to the Union until twenty-five years later in 1959. He was already out of school when this material was being taught in schools...
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