Note to Michele Bachmann and birthers: You've been pwned!

[ProSense]

Lead Birther Bill Sponsor Votes To Recognize Hawaii As Obama's Birthplace

[grantcart]

1. passed this evening by a 378-0 vote.

[Cha]

2. Wow, I thought sure there would

be some NAYS.

[grantcart]

4. One thing about Republican whips - they get the word out.

[davidpdx]

9. Notice a bunch didn't vote

Is that common?

I think by my count there would be 55 non-votes.

Found the link for the non-votes:

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll647.xml

Akin
Barrett (SC)
Bishop (NY)
Boucher
Brady (TX)
Braley (IA)
Brown (SC)
Camp
Campbell
Carter
Costello
Courtney
Crenshaw
Cuellar
Davis (AL)
Davis (IL)
Deal (GA)
Engel
Graves
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Higgins
Hodes
Hoekstra
Johnson (IL)
Kilroy
Larsen (WA)
Lynch
Maloney
Marchant
McCarthy (NY)
Miller (NC)
Murphy (CT)
Murtha
Olson
Ortiz
Paul
Platts
Quigley
Radanovich
Rodriguez
Rohrabacher
Rush
Schakowsky
Sestak
Sires
Smith (WA)
Stupak
Tiberi
Tsongas
Wamp
Waters
Waxman
Weiner

[calimary]

13. Waxman????? WTF??????

[Jim Lane]

14. It's not anything to worry about

This was one of several noncontroversial things taken up in quick succession. If a Representative happened not to be on the floor at the time, there was no reason for him or her to go running down to cast a vote on something that was going to be gaveled through without objection.

Note that two of the other Congressmembers who didn't vote, Carolyn Maloney and Joe Sestak, are undertaking difficult primary challenges against incumbent Democratic Senators who are too conservative (Gillibrand and Specter). Neither of those two is into appeasing the wingnuts. Whatever Waxman was doing at the time was probably more productive than casting a vote on commemorating Hawaii's admission to the union.

[dsc]

15. Miller was in NC at the time

[eleny]

3. "Bachmannologist"

:rofl:

[JuniperLea]

5. I think this was a sorrowful idea... and the Birthers won't shut up...

This will become part of their "proof"... the US had to proclaim him a citizen.

I'm fully against any stupid tricks that would be used by the GOP... sneaking shit into bills is their MO, and I'm ashamed "we" did it too.

The truth should be enough.

I'm so sick of human beings I could spit.

[Teaser]

6. "ashamed?"

please, save shame for something that is of consequence. this is nothing.

[JuniperLea]

12. It sure wasn't "nothing" to DUers when Bush was pulling that crap... eom

[csziggy]

8. No, this just acknowledged that President Obama was born in Hawaii

John McCain on the other hand, got a special bill just to proclaim that he was indeed a natural born American, even if he was born in Panama. Big difference.

[BR_Parkway]

10. Be funny if Obama vetoed it.

[windbreeze]

16. you brought up something that came to mind for me also..

I don't care how it was done or why...I think it was wrong to do this, because it didn't squelch the fires, it fueled them...it was as though his birth was being proclaimed Hawaiian on purpose, because he DOES HAVE something to hide...we've had how many states go through any number of celebrations, bi-centennials, etc..did any of the rest of them claim any of our other presidents, as a native son, when they celebrated their state's anniversary?? Asking here...because I don't know...I just know, I didn't agree with it..and it did exactly what I thought it might do..birthers are saying now....that the DEMS HAD to pass a resolution to declare him an American born in the US...which IS bullshit...we all know HE IS American, and he was born in the US, of an American mother...plain and simple...but these guys jump on anything that gives them hope.....personally, I think this whole birth thing undermines Obama, the DEMS and the country at large...Let the Hawaiian Vital Statistics people issue an OFFICIAL statement once and for all, including all the information available to them and hope that takes care of it...then we need to stop discussing it, as though the whole story has merit of some sort..

I visit a site regularly, (no, NOT fr)that has been full of all sorts of anti-Obama shit over this birth certificate...and personally, I am sick of it..I have tried to stay away from the controversy, and not comment here or elsewhere...but I didn't succeed this time...wb

[zulchzulu]

7. Remember that Bachmann is looking for anti-American traitors in Congress

:scared:

They must obviously think that Obama is not from Kenya... hence must hate 'Merica...

:rofl:

[SunsetDreams]

11. K&R