My experience with a birther...

[Drunken Irishman]

I was at the car wash the other day. You know, those ones where you go wait inside while they clean out the car.

Well the television was set to the news and they were reporting on the Arizona story about requiring presidential candidates to prove they're American born in order to get on the ballot there. Anyway, I groaned loudly when this came on. A man, had to have been in his late 60s, early 70s, looked at me and muttered something under his breath. I couldn't hear him, but I knew it wasn't anything nice about Obama.

Against my better judgement, I asked him to speak up and he loudly said that Obama needs to prove he's an American. That ticked me off. And because I'm an angry fella regardless, I asked if he was American. Of course, he replied with a very emphatic yes. Then I asked him to prove it. He shook his head, like he didn't understand what I was saying. I told him to prove to me he was an American.

That's when he yelled out, "I'M WHITE, AIN'T I?"

Then he went off on a tangent about fighting in Korea and then, thankfully, I was saved from his craziness when my car was ready.

So that pretty much confirmed what I've always believed. If Pres. Obama's father had been from England, this wouldn't be an issue.

Because, you know, being white is proof enough you're American.

:eyes:

[progressoid]

1. And remember how no Black people were allowed to fight in Korea?

:crazy:

[jberryhill]

2. You didn't know that?

Amendment 14

1. All white persons and all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside, unless they have unusual names.

[Solomon]

3. Classique!

And God is white too, you know.

[lib_wit_it]

11. White, male, and Extremist RW Republican. And he hates the gay as well as book learnin'.

[Kdillard]

4. Just wow.

[HughMoran]

5. ...once again proving that the "R" in Republican stands for Racist

unfrickenbelievable

[treestar]

6. You got that one to show his true colors!

And you can bet he believes McCain was American, even without seeing one of McCain's parents' birth certificates, which would be documentation to prove McCain was a citizen.

[theothersnippywshrub]

7. "I'M WHITE, AIN'T I?" How quintessentially republican.

I wonder what he would have done if you had asked him to prove that he was white.

[Cha]

21. "Yeah, kind of an ugly pasty

ignorant White..but, yeah, White."

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. I've always said that even if Obama's dad was a British student named Barry Winthorpe. This wouldn't

an issue with anyone.

[Cha]

23. President

Winthorpe at your service:patriot:

You can't spell Winthorpe without HOPE.:P

[vaberella]

9. OH MY GOD!! I had to laugh at that!! ROFL!! They keep the racism alive!

This is how you know. You should have gotten that on video. I would love to watch that on repeat. Ugh..this just exposes them for what they are.

[Arugula Latte]

10. A lot of these birther nuts seem to be angry old white guys.

To be blunt, I look forward to the day when their numbers dwindle.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Well, I'm white, and I'm an immigrant

Naturalized citizen, not allowed to be president. Unlike Obama.

But those people don't have to make any sense, do they?

[Democat]

13. He was 60+ and white, like almost all other teabaggers!

That's not a good demographic for a party that plans to be around for more than a few years.

[rasputin1952]

14. i would have asked to see his BC...

if he could not produce it, on the spot, (a "certified" copy) I'd tell him to get out of my country...:evilgrin:

Damn Socialist anyway, tugging off the gummint by taking that Social Security and Medicare...he ought to pull himself up by his bootstraps, pay out of pocket for all medical care...and return those damn Socialist checks!

[Jennicut]

15. Of course no white people ever came over from other countries! Oh, is that the way America was made?

Oopsie. My Grandfather was from an Italian immigrant family and faced major discrimination. White does not always equal non-immigrant.

[nxylas]

18. You don't fool me, I've seen the footage

I know that the good kind of immigrant, the ones who built America, were all sepia.

[Jennicut]

20. The point is, we all made America and everyone was an immigrant at one time.

Except the Native Americans, of course. They had America for a long, long time and didn't destroy it in 200 years like the rest of us. The point is, there were white immigrants that were discriminated against when they first came over. I have Irish immigrants and Italian ones that were not treated the best. How quickly people forget.

[Number23]

16. Damn. Just bloody... damn.

I'm lmao and crying at the stupidity at the same time.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Actually, they would make an issue of it if his dad was from England

Obama is a Democrat. The repugs are trying to delegitimize his presidency any way they can. They would do the same if it were "President Kucinch", "President Richardson", "President HR Clinton", "President Biden", etc. They would find some other thing to pick at, just like they did with Bill Clinton's win with 49% of the vote in 1992. And, with his personal life. If Mr. Obama, Sr. was a British subject, and his son was white, they'd still pull the birther shit on him.

[lunatica]

19. People who are white are also in all of these countries

As well as New Zealand and Australia and South Africa

[Cha]

22. Poor teabaggers..they're so stuck on ignorance..

thanks to the brainwashed airwaves that they'll never learn anything about all the real happenings that are going on in this country.