"Did Shelby ask Obama for his birth certificate?"

[Jackeens]

Did Shelby ask Obama for his birth certificate?

Contributed by Politibits by Tommy Stevenson - Posted: February 24, 2009 10:06:19 PM

TUSCALOOSA | One of the more intriguing encounters President Barack Obama had as he made his way to the podium in the United States House of Representatives for his joint address to Congress was with Republican Tuscaloosa Sen. Richard Shelby. Shelby, of course, created a national brouhaha over the weekend when he was quoted by the Cullman Times as saying he had "never seen" Obama's birth certificate in answer to a question at a town hall meeting.

He has since crawfished away from the comment, which would reinforced some wingnuts on the extreme right who claim Obama was not born in Hawaii, but Indonesia, which would make him ineligible to be president under the Constitution. Shelby said he was simply outlining the qualifications for being president and that he said that he was certain Obama was eligible in additional remarks the Times did not report and that he was just making a harmless quip. (The Cullman Times has stood by its story.)

Anyway, Shelby was one of the last people Obama exchanged pleasantries with before he got behind the podium and from what I could tell, Shelby was talking to Obama a mile a minute in their brief encounter.

I wondered if he might have been explaining his gaffe in Cullman -- although I don't guess you could rule out him demanding to see the president's Hawaii birth certificate, which has been thoroughly authenticated. I also thought it would have been really cool if Obama had whipped a copy of the document from his pocket and waved it in Shelby's face.


http://blogs.tuscaloosanews.com/default.asp?item=2339046

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Alabama's congressional delegation reacts to Obama's speech
Posted by Toraine Norris --- Birmingham News February 24, 2009 10:55 PM

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa): "The President tonight laid out an ambitious agenda. I remain deeply concerned about the debt that we are layering onto future generations of Americans. I was encouraged, however, to hear the President say that the key to our economic recovery is addressing the challenges in our financial system. I look forward to discussing our financial system at greater length with the President when I meet with him (today) at the White House."

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/02/alabamas_congressional_delegat.html

[jberryhill]

1. I doubt it

The clown show is largely invented by the media, and bought into by folks who don't understand professionalism.

I do like Shelby's website:

http://shelby.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.NewsReleases

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02/24/09
Shelby Announces $1.9 Million for Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
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02/23/09
Shelby Announces $193,365 for the University of South Alabama
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $373,535 for the University of Alabama
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $197,375 for Shelby County Airport
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $205,928 for Russellville Municipal Airport
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $48,693 for Guntersville Municipal Airport
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $128,124 for Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $272,419 for Madison County Executive Airport
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02/20/09
Shelby Announces $80,154 for Wetumpka Municipal Airport
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02/18/09
Airport gets much-needed grant
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02/18/09
Shelby Comments on President’s Housing Plan
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02/13/09
SHELBY: “STIMULUS POORLY CONCEIVED, HASTILY CRAFTED”
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $515,400 for University of Alabama at Birmingham
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $72,632 for Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $24,890 for North Pickens Airport
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $108,497 to Lawrence County Airport
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $109,233 for Moton Field Municipal Airport
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $111,251 to Isbell Field Airport
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $33,250 to Tuscaloosa Regional Airport
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $48,693 for Ashland/Lineville Airport
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $254,024 for Walker County-Bevill Field
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $126,211 for Craig Field
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02/13/09
Shelby Announces $161,218 for Middleton Field Airport
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02/12/09
Shelby Announces $48,693 to Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport
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02/12/09
Shelby Announces $241,481 for University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
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02/12/09
Oversight of the Financial Rescue Program
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02/11/09
Shelby Announces $81,385 for Weedon Field
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02/11/09
Shelby Announces $188,139 for Thomas C. Russell Field
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02/11/09
Shelby Announces $48,693 for Talladega Municipal Airport
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02/11/09
Shelby Announces $48,693 for Pryor Field Regional Airport

[global1]

3. What? - Is He A Pilot?........nt

[jberryhill]

8. No, but he apparently takes credit for every FAA appropriation in the state /nt

[southpaw]

2. Which one of these doesn't belong:

A) Hacksaw
B) Tangerine
C) Richard Shelby
D) Monkey Wrench

[DevonRex]

4. Ooh ooh ooh!!! Pick me! Pick me!!!

The tangerine!!!!

Too funny. Thanks!

[southpaw]

5. Care to elaborate on your answer, Mr. Horshack?

[DevonRex]

6. Uhhh. Well. Hmmm. The damn tangerine?

[jberryhill]

9. A tangerine is not a tool /nt

[AtomicKitten]

7. Shelby should be shamed by Obama's graciousness.

But that would require a conscience.

[struggle4progress]

10. Ala. Senator Rehashes Obama Citizenship Rumor

(February 25, 2009) - The Cullman Times is sticking by its report that at a town hall meeting last week in Cullman County, Ala., Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby rehashed the old rumor of President Obama’s citizenship.

“Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven’t seen any birth certificate,” Shelby said, according to the Times. “You have to be born in America to be president.”

The newspaper said Shelby was responding to a local resident who asked him if there was any truth to a rumor that appeared during the presidential campaign concerning Obama’s U.S. citizenship.

State officials in Hawaii checked health department records during the campaign and determined there was no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii, according to the Associated Press ...

http://www.afro.com/tabid/456/itemid/2983/Ala-Senator-Rehashes-Obama-Citizenship-Rumor.aspx