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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:17 AM Jan 2013

On inaugural eve, Obama’s most virulent foes want the celebration stopped

Eldon Bell, a retired Air Force officer and physician, is making no plans to see Barack Obama’s second inauguration, in part because Bell considers the president arrogant and dishonest, but more so because Bell is not yet persuaded that the swearing-in will occur at all.

“Whether I watch depends on who’s being inaugurated,” says Bell, 78. “If it’s this guy, probably not, because I don’t pay much attention to illegitimate things.”

At this late date, Bell and his fellow believers in the notion that Obama was born overseas or is otherwise ineligible to be president still expect some court somewhere to buy into one of their theories. After more than 100 court cases, no judge has.

Even after Obama convincingly won reelection despite four years of low popularity ratings, a sluggish economy and a highly motivated opposition, advocates of various counterfactual theories about the president — he’s a foreigner, he’s a Marxist, he’s a Muslim — say they’re sticking to their fight.

“This inauguration is a mistake and those who permit it to happen will have to live with their own consciences,” says Bell, a former Washingtonian who retired to South Dakota.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-inaugural-eve-obamas-most-virulent-foes-want-the-celebration-stopped/2013/01/14/2050f75e-54f6-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html

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On inaugural eve, Obama’s most virulent foes want the celebration stopped (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2013 OP
Good that he and his ilk won't be watching. They are such sour sports. I couldn't stand southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #1
sad to see old people caught up in this Enrique Jan 2013 #2
Thank God for the Internet.... Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #3
At this point anyone who is still a "birther" is either a full-fledged moron, dumber than a box of NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #4
"arrogant and dishonest" what a joke. Evergreen Emerald Jan 2013 #5
he wanted to say uppity... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #12
Like an internet birther freak show, a parade of morons created by the new republican party billions Sunlei Jan 2013 #6
Marc Fisher and the Washington Post do a disservice to the country LiberalFighter Jan 2013 #7
My thoughts exactly davidpdx Jan 2013 #15
Eldon Bell is just upset because a black man is being sworn in as president for the WI_DEM Jan 2013 #8
It interesting that birthers bring up so many manufactured issues.... Sheepshank Jan 2013 #9
I had a Twitter fight with a couple RWers who (over a month ago) posted this video: jenmito Jan 2013 #10
Who the fuck cares what these people think? WeekendWarrior Jan 2013 #11
Obama didn't have 4 years of low popularity ratings. Another "liberal media" fail. n/t pnwmom Jan 2013 #13
Assholes... Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2013 #14
It is nice to know there is a racist retired air force officer living in south dakota. I wonder if Filibuster Harry Jan 2013 #16
 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
1. Good that he and his ilk won't be watching. They are such sour sports. I couldn't stand
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:23 AM
Jan 2013

Bush but I watched the parade when he was sworn in. Such sour crybabies. You would think a man who is so educated wouldn't fall for this kind of shit. How disappointing. The president is getting the last laugh. I mean how stupid can these people be. They look so silly.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
3. Thank God for the Internet....
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:58 AM
Jan 2013

Remember when people like this were just cranky old coots who lived down the road? Thanks to the internet, theor idiotic ramblings can reach a world-wide audience and brain-dead conspiracy theories will never die. Because somebody out there is always willing to give them a little bandwidth, and off the story goes through social media -- Hey! Don't Forget! Obama might be a foreigner!

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)
4. At this point anyone who is still a "birther" is either a full-fledged moron, dumber than a box of
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:59 AM
Jan 2013

rocks, or they are willfully spreading disinformation.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,069 posts)
5. "arrogant and dishonest" what a joke.
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:16 AM
Jan 2013

This guy likely supported GW who sauntered up to the mic on an elaborately crafted stage in a cod piece and uniform pretending to be a war hero revealing the epitome of dishonest and arrogant.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
6. Like an internet birther freak show, a parade of morons created by the new republican party billions
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:18 AM
Jan 2013

LiberalFighter

(50,942 posts)
7. Marc Fisher and the Washington Post do a disservice to the country
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:34 AM
Jan 2013

by giving these people too much ink in the press.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
9. It interesting that birthers bring up so many manufactured issues....
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:44 AM
Jan 2013

....but not voter fraud. At least not in the snippet of the article posted in the OP.

jenmito

(37,326 posts)
10. I had a Twitter fight with a couple RWers who (over a month ago) posted this video:
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 01:19 PM
Jan 2013


"BREAKING! Two Huge Announcements On BHO’S Eligibility!"

It was SO much fun throwing it back in their faces asking what happened!

WeekendWarrior

(1,437 posts)
11. Who the fuck cares what these people think?
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 01:35 PM
Jan 2013

They lost. They're history. Don't newspapers have something more interesting to write about instead of inventing "news?"

Filibuster Harry

(666 posts)
16. It is nice to know there is a racist retired air force officer living in south dakota. I wonder if
Wed Jan 16, 2013, 11:49 AM
Jan 2013

he would stay or leave South Dakota when Obama's face is put on Mount Rushmore?? We all know that answer don't we?

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