The tragic, pathetic demise of a birther

The tragic, pathetic demise of a birther

If the release of President Obama's birth certificate last month was the denouement of the birther saga, the release of Terrence Lakin from prison will be its bizarre coda.

Lakin is the veteran Army doctor who refused orders to redeploy to Afghanistan because he believed Obama was born abroad, not a legitimate president, and therefore that military orders were invalid.

Last December, Lakin, a lieutenant colonel, was dismissed from the Army and sentenced to six months in prison after, in the words of his supporters, inviting "his own court martial with the hopes that the normal processes of legal discovery would provide some answers." (The plan didn't work.) Supporters kept up with Lakin through a series of "prison diaries" that he mailed out to be posted online.

In what promises to be one of the stranger political spectacles of the year, a homecoming event is planned Saturday at the Southwest Airlines baggage claim area of Baltimore Washington International Airport. The website set up to support Lakin advises potential attendees that "there are no less than about 20 hotels within a mile or so of the airport" and suggests:

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/birthers/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/13/terry_lakin_birther_comes_home

Talk about inflated self-worth.

of metallized hydrogen. I have zero sympathy for this asshat and hope he winds up on the street for such massive and willful stupidity.

only being stupid beyond belief, he was breaking his vows and letting down his fellow soldiers.

He'll be bagging groceries in a few weeks.

The dope ruined his career, I believe lost his military benefits, and put his family in dire straits. Tough shit, buddy.

Unlike T Rump, Dr. Lakin actually put his money where his mouth was and paid a personal price for his dumbassery. If I was Lakin, I would like to think that I'd be smart enough to avoid any further spectacle that would remind people how screamingly wrong I was.

Let WorldNutDaily pick up the tab. They undoubtedly saw their fortunes rise after this nutjob became (in)famous.

make you worry about the quality of medical care in the military? I know, I know, there are many fine, intelligent "Army doctors" but still, I find it hard to believe that anyone who has successfully completed medical training could be dumb enough to be a birther.

I've also had some that I thought were horrid.