Arizona Revives 'Birther' Bill

[upstatecajun]

Arizona's 'birther' bill is back. Legislators passed a bill out of committee Tuesday that would make presidential candidates provide copies of their birth certificates in order to qualify for the ballot.

The bill, SB1157, would require presidential candidates to provide documentation "to prove that the candidate is a natural born citizen, prove the candidates age and prove that the candidate meets the eligibility and residency requirement for President of the United States as prescribed in Article II, Section 1, Constitution of the United States." If the candidate cannot provide the necessary documentation, the Secretary of State is charged with withholding their name from being listed on the ballot.


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/arizona_revives_birther_bill_for_now.php?ref=fpi

[sakabatou]

1. Oh for fuck's sake...

[truebrit71]

3. My thoughts exactly...don't these racists have anything better to do..?

Like bleaching their hoods, or polishing their swastikas?

[Drale]

6. They keep bringing this crap up because

its easier to deal with then dealing with any real problems.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

5. +1

When will this "birther madness" ever end? If whatever President Obama (and every other Presidential candidate in the history of our country) provided to establish his eligibility to run for office was good enough for the FEC, it should be good enough for any state IMHO. NOTHING President Obama provides will EVER be good enough for the birthers to finally drop their nutty obsession. What possible motivation would President Obama's mother have had for faking a birth announcement unless she could foresee that he would be running for POTUS 46 years later? That's what I'd like to know. :shrug:
:banghead:

[sakabatou]

8. Birther Madness. That would be a good name for a documentary.

[spanone]

2. racists in congressional halls across the nation

[Angry Dragon]

4. That bill would deny mccain from running for the Presidency

[emulatorloo]

7. Maybe that's the point?