Oh, Tweetybird, I wish I knew how to quit you.

[tzikeh]

Sometimes I love Chris Matthews, and sometimes I loathe Chris Matthews. The thing is, on any given day, I don't know which one it will be, so I can't bring myself to tune in. I figure anything I want to see will turn up on one of the various political blogs I follow.

The birth certificate and the "Birther Bill"

It's a very short video clip, but if you don't want to watch it, here's a summary:

Tweety: Obama born in America--true or false?

Rep. John Campbell (R-CA): Constitution! Natural-born Citizen! Requirement!

Tweety (holds up Obama's birth certificate to the camera): Obama born in America--true or false?

Rep. John Campbell (R-CA): Birther Bill nothing to do with Obama! Can't see certificate from here!

Tweety (reads Obama's birth certificate aloud): Obama born in America--true or false?

Rep. John Campbell (R-CA): It doesn't matter what I think!

Tweety: YOU ARE FEEDING THE CRAZY PEOPLE A BREAKFAST OF DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS CRAZYFLAKES HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY SIR YOUR THOUGHTS: OBAMA BORN IN AMERICA Y/Y?

Rep. John Campbell (R-CA): Y.

Tweety: DIAF Okay.

Comments

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I know McCain was born in Panama, but isn't any American instillation automatically American soil?

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Nope.

Which is why my oldest brother, born in a US Airforce base in Japan, was "officially" born in a post office in San Francisco.

[hubbit.livejournal.com]

Special Delivery, indeed....

(I had no idea that US military bases on foreign soil were not considered "United States" for birth purposes. Now my mind is trying to wrap itself around the US base at Guantanimo, which should violate the "Ignore Cuba Until It Goes Away" Act but which seems to be "United States" enough for purposes of incarceration.)