August and September Insights from Trent Franks (R - Where the Sun Don't Shine)

[struggle4progress]

Trent Franks: Obama Should ‘Settle’ Birth Conspiracy ‘Once and For All’
By David Weigel 8/24/09 5:26 PM

Bethany Haley, a spokeswoman for the Republican congressman from Arizona, expands on the comments Franks made about President Obama’s citizenship at a town hall meeting this weekend. Franks was misquoted, says Haley, and only said that “he had, at one time, considered the possibility of filing a lawsuit back when the issue was first brought to his attention before and just after the election” ... http://washingtonindependent.com/56303/trent-franks-obama-should-settle-birth-conspiracy-once-and-for-all

Former birther Trent Franks suggests Obama ‘acts un-American’

... FRANKS: That solved the issue for me. I said, you know, I can’t — I believe he’s a natural born citizen of the United States under the Constitution. And therefore, even if he acts un-American and he seems to go against American interests, I’d still believe he’s a natural-born American citizen ...

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/28/franks-obama-unamerican/

GOP Cong. Trent Franks calls Obama "enemy of humanity"
from the Post-Chronicle

Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona called Barack Obama an "enemy of humanity" last weekend in St. Louis ...

Submitted by Bill Dalton on September 30, 2009 - 9:41am

Trent Franks Reinserts Foot-in-Mouth Over Wing-Nut Birther Insanity
By Stephen Lemons in Feathered Bastard
Tue., Sep. 29 2009 @ 12:42AM

... And then, there's this Franksian quote: "Probably, Barack Obama could solve this problem and make the birthers, you know, back off, by simply showing us his long-form birth certificate. That'd solve the problem. There's some other issue, I don't know what it is, that he doesn't want people to see the birth certificate on" ...

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/09/trent_franks_reinserts_foot-in.php