Birther Civil War Breaks Out Over Marco Rubio

[mfcorey1]

It's a given that at some point in the future, Barack Obama will not be the president of the United States. That time may come sooner than Democrats want, or later than Republicans fear, but it will come all the same, and there will be a new president. Perhaps even a Republican president! And so like many of you, I've been wondering about what happens to the Birther movement in a post-Obama era. (If you've not been wondering about this, feel free to click here to learn more about cooking with bourbon, America's most important foodstuff.)

In my mind, I've always imagined that the chances of Birtherism continuing much beyond Obama's presidency were small. And I never thought for one minute that the Birthers would demand similar scrutiny of a Republican candidate for president. But it turns out I may have been wrong about this, because as Wonkette reports, there's some sort of Birther schism emerging over the Oval Office prospects of Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).

In one corner, we have Lawrence Sellin, a former Army reserve officer who seems to have parlayed getting dismissed from his position as a staffer to General David Petraeus in Afghanistan (for criticizing his superiors and making fun of their PowerPoint presentations) into a career of writing Birther tracts for something called the Canada Free Press. He's been something of a fixture in the movement ever since, and is undeterred in his dementia despite this year's release of Obama's long sought-after "long form birth certificate." Now, he's targeting Rubio:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/marco-rubio-birther_n_976463.html

[KharmaTrain]

1. A Mittens/Rubio Ticket...

So much for the xenophobes and fundies to hate. There's Mitten's magic underware and Rubio being a Mexican or somethin' like that (his name sound funny). Remember, the GOTB is the party of the racists and only "true blue xtians" need apply.

[Lyric]

2. Which just goes to prove that, in the end, it really WAS just about race.

In Teabirther land, non-white people aren't REAL AmeriKKKans.

[fasttense]

3. They go back to being plain old KKK members.

"I've been wondering about what happens to the Birther movement in a post-Obama era."

They go back to their roots in the KKK.

[Gman]

4. This has been simmering for a while

[madrchsod]

5. so marco rubio isn`t an american citizen....

[d_r]

6. The test of citizenship

"as long as he agrees with us, he is a good American so the details don't really matter. If we don't agree with him, he isn't really an true American anyway."

[lpbk2713]

7. Rubio is Jeb Bush with a different name.

He may have been lucky enough to pull off a win in Florida as Jebbie's protegee but if he
thinks he can win a national election under the Boosh family aura he is in for a surprise.

[n2doc]

8. The birthers will still be there after Obama leaves

Just like there are still Clenis fetishists and conspiracy nuts to this day. They will cling to their fantasy that obama can be 'proven' to be illegitimate and his whole presidency 'erased' from the records.

But this is good. I hope they do turn on Rubio. It will make Jeb's run all that much more difficult as well....

[UTUSN]

9. K&R #9 for, Bwah-ha-HAH!1 Although RUBIO is a real threat. n/t