# The "Birthers" are maggots! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096 "2009-12-05T15:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/61 "2009-12-07T15:06:22Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > [It’s another place he may have been born.](http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/?p=6627) Under her 'Point 4" of items that need to be investigated. > > The insanity is too long to quote. Holy crap – this thing is like one of those _Call of Cthulhu_ tomes that can drain your sanity if you read it. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/62 "2009-12-07T16:07:29Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I’d click on that link, but reading **sisl’s** post has already made several brain cells pop. I can only afford a few per thread. I tried clicking on it, but my antivirus detected the site as a “high risk security threat”. Obviously the rabid Obama-supporters, who are hiding the Truth from everyone, have infiltrated Trend Micro Office Scan to insist that all dissenting points of view must be blocked. The Truth must be told! :rolleyes: > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@sisl](#): > > > > He surely was NOT born in a Log Cabin! > > So therefore… he was not born in the United States? Huh? Your amazing powers of logic amaze me! I think sisl equates “Log Cabin” with “virtuous, immaculate” (ie Lincoln was born in a log cabin \> Lincoln was a great president and lived a life of virtue \> If you think Obama is the next Messiah then you’d say he was “born in a log cabin”, sisl begs to differ) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/63 "2009-12-07T16:28:20Z")
I like this log cabin thing. I think we should amend the Constitution so that only people born in log cabins can be eligible for the presidency. Of course, that rules out pretty much _everyone_. Except maybe people born in countries where people are too poor to give birth in hospitals. Like, say, Kenya. ---
**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/64 "2009-12-07T17:07:25Z")
On the Constitutional question: As I understand it, it is perfectly Constitutional to ask any question you want in any public forum. What is not Constitutional is to ask the judicial branch of the government to invalidate a presidential election that has been accepted by Congress as valid. That means you can’t sue in federal court to overturn the election on any basis. You could petition you congressperson, but Congress is the only entity that can remove a president, not the courts. What I don’t understand is why they keep harping on the possibility that he was born outside the country. The last time I saw the crazy Russian lady on the news she asserted that it didn’t matter where he is was born since, according to her mystical knowledge of the Constitution, **both** parents need to be U.S. citizens for you to be “natural born.” Jonathan ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/65 "2009-12-07T17:49:54Z")
> [@sisl](#): > > The early life of POTUS O-BOMB-A is shrouded in mystery. > > He surely was NOT born in a Log Cabin! He’s written two bestselling memoirs about his early life, his birth certificate is _freely available online_, he’s been profiled in publications from _Newsweek_ to _Playboy_ via _Sports Illustrated_, and three Federal district or appeals courts have heard and dismissed lawsuits related to his place of birth. The average American knows more about Barack Obama’s early life than about the early lives of every other current federal officeholder _combined._ Obama’s early life is shrouded in about as much mystery as Jesus Christ’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/66 "2009-12-07T18:07:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The average American knows more about Barack Obama’s early life than about the early lives of every other current federal officeholder _combined._ At this point, I know more about Obama’s early life than I remember about my own. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/67 "2009-12-07T18:14:27Z")
Who honestly believes William Ayers son was not born in the USA\> ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/68 "2009-12-07T19:18:04Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Obama’s early life is shrouded in about as much mystery as Jesus Christ’s death. He’s dead? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/69 "2009-12-07T22:42:30Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > He’s dead? He _was_. Some say he got better, however. Hence why the Resurrection isn’t called the Erection. Well, that and some other reasons. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/70 "2009-12-08T03:40:20Z")
> [@dhkendall](#): > > I think sisl equates “Log Cabin” with “virtuous, immaculate” (ie Lincoln was born in a log cabin \> Lincoln was a great president and lived a life of virtue \> If you think Obama is the next Messiah then you’d say he was “born in a log cabin”, sisl begs to differ) Right, like with the Log Cabin Republicans. Not big on subtlety, are they? “So, how many logs have you had in **your** cabin, Senator?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/71 "2009-12-08T03:41:03Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Obama’s early life is shrouded in about as much mystery as Jesus Christ’s death. So what you’re saying is he really IS the messiah! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/72 "2009-12-08T17:32:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Holy crap – this thing is like one of those _Call of Cthulhu_ tomes that can drain your sanity if you read it. Oh my Og. That’s it! Obama is really Cthulhu. The big coverup about his birthplace is to hide the fact that he is really billions of years old, and his base of operations is a dead city beneath the sea. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/73 "2009-12-08T19:05:01Z")
Don’t blame me, I voted for Lizard People. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/74 "2009-12-08T19:38:36Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Oh my Og. That’s it! > > Obama is really Cthulhu. The big coverup about his birthplace is to hide the fact that he is really billions of years old, and his base of operations is a dead city beneath the sea. :eek: Maybe **sisl** will believe you, seems stupid enough to, and will start spreading the word. Boy would I love to read that in one of the Birther posts! ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/75 "2009-12-08T23:41:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > “So, how many logs have you had in **your** cabin, Senator?” 😉 “None! I just have a wide stance!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096.md?page=3)