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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:32 PM Sep 2012

Kansas Birther Drops Complaint About Obama Eligibility

Source: TPM

A Kansas man dropped his complaint on Friday that could have led to President Barack Obama being removed from the November ballot there.

Joe Montgomery of Manhattan, Kan., wrote in an email to state officials that he no longer wanted them to investigate whether Obama was really a natural-born U.S. citizen or eligible to run for reelection. The email said that he, along with his friends and colleagues, faced a significant backlash after a state elections board took up his case and agreed to look into whether the president’s birth certificate was real.

“There has been a great deal of animosity and intimidation directed not only at me, but at people around me, who are both personal and professional associations,” Montgomery wrote in an email to the office of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, which released it to TPM. “I’m don’t wish to burden anyone with more of this negative reaction, so please immediatley [sic] withdraw any action on this objection.”

The Kansas Objections Board — which consists of Kobach, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer — had agreed to look into Montgomery’s objection on Thursday. The members said they planned to revisit the issue on Monday and wanted to obtain certified copies of Obama’s birth certificate.

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Kansas Birther Drops Complaint About Obama Eligibility (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2012 OP
Rove types got to him. The GOP pressured him to drop it. Faygo Kid Sep 2012 #1
Agree Strelnikov_ Sep 2012 #4
I must admit, a small part of me was hoping UrbScotty Sep 2012 #5
a BIG part of me was hoping that. That would be a gift. BlueStreak Sep 2012 #13
You're wrong about "no downside" to leaving Obama off KS ballot CreekDog Sep 2012 #28
"Popular vote nationwide" means nothing. BlueStreak Sep 2012 #29
You think I don't know how presidents are elected? CreekDog Sep 2012 #30
Exactly my sentiment. Well said. n/t pampango Sep 2012 #25
In other words, all the Kenyan's supporters are scaring me BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #2
I personally think that all birther complaints should be thrown out automatically. sakabatou Sep 2012 #3
Hmm, happened after Obama spokesman said Kansas should prove it's a state ck4829 Sep 2012 #6
I think that was satire. nt BlueStreak Sep 2012 #14
I know it is ck4829 Sep 2012 #16
This is the weirdest goddamn political party I have ever seen. They ALL shoot first and aim later. nolabear Sep 2012 #7
Make him pay costs for his frivolous pursuit of nonsense causing much wasted taxpayer money. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #8
Mr. Montgomery is an embarassmen to the state of kansas. lumpy Sep 2012 #22
If Joe can't take the heat, he should have not gone into the kitchen. olddad56 Sep 2012 #9
In the strictest sense, derisive laughter does not qualify as "animosity and intimidation." n/t Bossy Monkey Sep 2012 #10
I think it may have been the counter lawsuit asking Esse Quam Videri Sep 2012 #11
Somebody sure scared the pants off of him! marshall Sep 2012 #12
Idiot nobodyspecial Sep 2012 #15
well bless his little heart.. frylock Sep 2012 #17
Pussy. panzerfaust Sep 2012 #18
Idiot is now a very popular figure at Kansas State jsr Sep 2012 #19
Ewwww StarryNite Sep 2012 #20
In this case I am willing to judge a book by it's cover. lumpy Sep 2012 #23
Someone send him this plate Sabriel Sep 2012 #21
So, one person complaining would remove any presidential nominee from running??? Sounds patricia92243 Sep 2012 #24
I bet someone pointed out to him that Mitt's dad was born in Mexico justiceischeap Sep 2012 #26
Maybe, we should........ imanamerican63 Sep 2012 #27

Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts)
1. Rove types got to him. The GOP pressured him to drop it.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:35 PM
Sep 2012

They don't want or need this now with Mitt spiraling downward and taking the party with him.

UrbScotty

(23,980 posts)
5. I must admit, a small part of me was hoping
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:39 PM
Sep 2012

they'd kick him off the ballot, just so everyone could see what has become of that party.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
13. a BIG part of me was hoping that. That would be a gift.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:25 PM
Sep 2012

Obama is not competing in KS anyway, so there is no downside other than the very ugly precedent it would set. The advantage was all to the Dems.

If there were a practical way to cleave off the crazies and right wingers and let them have their own country, that would be excellent. But then we would REALLY need good border protection because that would be a true third world country.

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)
28. You're wrong about "no downside" to leaving Obama off KS ballot
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:27 AM
Sep 2012

he got half a million votes in Kansas, there is the basic downside of disenfranchising those people.

there is also the effect on his popular vote nationally.

you/we should not look at every issue solely through a political lens if it ends up letting us justify things we'd never justify otherwise (like the *advantages* of Obama *not* being on the ballot in a state --think about what you're saying would be a *good* thing, without *any* downside)?

are you insane?

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
29. "Popular vote nationwide" means nothing.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:35 AM
Sep 2012

Please go Google "electoral college". This is how Presidents get elected.

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
2. In other words, all the Kenyan's supporters are scaring me
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:36 PM
Sep 2012

Whatever...I'm sure the pressure came from the GOP machine itself. This was fast becoming a national embarrassment for them.

ck4829

(35,077 posts)
6. Hmm, happened after Obama spokesman said Kansas should prove it's a state
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:44 PM
Sep 2012

Now, nobody is saying Kansas isn't some made up territory and is in the Electoral College fraudulently, but the timing very odd.

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
7. This is the weirdest goddamn political party I have ever seen. They ALL shoot first and aim later.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 05:47 PM
Sep 2012

And often as not they end up shooting one another in their insane zeal to hit Obama. The problem with a bunch of "lone individualists" as they imagine themselves to be is that they don't bother to even talk to one another. That does not a "party" make. That a clusterfuck makes."

lumpy

(13,704 posts)
22. Mr. Montgomery is an embarassmen to the state of kansas.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:08 AM
Sep 2012

He is the cowardly jackoff, along with his cohorts, who will have to live with his ridiculous suit against our president, forever. Agree, he should have to pay, heavily.

Esse Quam Videri

(685 posts)
11. I think it may have been the counter lawsuit asking
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:16 PM
Sep 2012

Kansas prove that Rmoney is not a unicorn. I signed the petition and I know a few other DUers did too. What besides your taxes are you hiding Mittens?

marshall

(6,665 posts)
12. Somebody sure scared the pants off of him!
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 06:21 PM
Sep 2012

Better to not start a fight if you're not willing to finish it, and lose fair and square.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
17. well bless his little heart..
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:01 PM
Sep 2012

that poor racist piece of shit having to deal with animosity and intimidation. i hope he gets laughed out of the community.

Sabriel

(5,035 posts)
21. Someone send him this plate
Sat Sep 15, 2012, 03:58 PM
Sep 2012

He could use it at his next cocktail party.

The descriptions says it's "perfect for serving cheese, appetizers...even humble pie!"

http://www.fishseddy.com/browse.cfm/4,4396.html

patricia92243

(12,595 posts)
24. So, one person complaining would remove any presidential nominee from running??? Sounds
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:23 AM
Sep 2012

crazy to me. We could have 50 people (one for each state) complain and remove whoever they didn't like.

The whole thing is silly - but scary at the same time.

Somehow I feel if it were a Republican running, this man would not have all these "questions."

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
26. I bet someone pointed out to him that Mitt's dad was born in Mexico
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:42 AM
Sep 2012

and that if he continued with his lawsuit, then Mitt would be subjected to the same treatment.

imanamerican63

(13,795 posts)
27. Maybe, we should........
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 07:48 AM
Sep 2012

Ask if NoRomney and Ryan are aliens from another world??????? They are not stopping any of the stupid right wing nuts garbage they throw out!!!!!!! If they would say to these goof balls, "just stop" ie: McCain and a few others, I might have more respect for them, only a little more!!!!! But they play along with the nuts! I am happy and hope the Democrat base will never get as strange as the base on the right. They are not Republicans, just nuts found rolling around on the ground.

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