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Kansas is the latest to try and steal the election for Romney:

The Kansas State Objections Board is considering removing President Barack Obama from the November ballot because of doubts over his place of birth, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.

The panel of Republicans, which consists of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, received a complaint from a resident who claimed Obama was not a natural born citizen and therefore ineligible to be president.

Obama has been dogged by questions about his eligibility to serve as President of the United States since 2008. Some of the so-called “birthers” believe Obama is not a natural born citizen because his father was a British subject.

“As for Mr. Obama’s citizenship, there are many doubts,” said Joe Montgomery, who filed the ballot challenge. “Doing the right thing can be hard and unpopular.”

The only doubts are those manufactured by the racists on the right. But as I pointed out yesterday, the right cares nothing about fact. Instead they chose to only believe in fiction and conspiracy.

The video that has sparked all the outrage in the Middle East is coming under having scrutiny, even from the White House:

A top White House official has blasted as "truly abhorrent" the anti-Islam film which appears to have triggered an outpouring of violence against U.S. diplomatic posts in Egypt and Libya.

Speaking to an international religious freedom conference in Washington Wednesday, Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough endorsed efforts to create "a world where the dignity of all people—and all faiths—is respected."

According to his prepared remarks released by the White House, he then added: "This work takes on added urgency given the truly abhorrent video that has offended so many people--Muslims, and non-Muslims alike—in our country and around the world."

Of course this statement has outraged the right wing blogs. Here's just a couple of examples.

Jihad Watch:

White House spokesman endorses "efforts" to ensure that "all faiths" are "respected": "This work takes on added urgency given the truly abhorrent video that has offended so many people"

In other words, the freedom of speech is a goner.

Weasel Zippers:

The First Amendment has a bullseye on its back.

But this is not an attack on the first amendment. In fact, this is the first amendment in action. It creates the public debate. Do we really want to be viewed as a nation of intolerance and hatred?

Here is how idiotic the right wing media is in this country. Right now Drudge has this at the top of his page:

It leads to an article at The Washington Times:

Tech challenge: Obama has trouble with iPhone

On the campaign trail, President Obama is constantly talking about the importance of technology, but he met his match in an iPhone Sunday.

The president had stopped at a campaign office in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to thank volunteers. Then, for the cameras, Mr. Obama was supposed to call two campaign workers who were out working on his behalf.

But when White House trip director Marvin Nicholson handed the president his personal iPhone, Mr. Obama couldn't get it to work. A reporter who witnessed the scene said the president looked "befuddled."

"It's not clear he knows how to dial on an iPhone," the reporter wrote in a pool report.

Finally, Mr. Obama said, "Oh, I got to dial it in. Hold on, hold on. I can do this. See, I still have a BlackBerry."

When you hear the right complain about the "liberal media", think of this story. It's the very reason no one in their right mind takes the right wing media seriously. They are a fucking joke!

True if Obama could whip out an iPhone and text like a high school girl about her first love, then the right would be going after him for playing with technology instead of doing his job. It's a no win situation for the party that hates everything that isn't them.

Bobby Jindal, the man who became famous by blasting federal spending on disasters, is begging President Obama for more money:

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking President Barack Obama for more federal help as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches the Gulf Coast, urging him to reimburse Louisiana for the full cost of its preparations.

“Given the extraordinary developments of this storm and its approaching impact on the State of Louisiana, I ask that you exercise your discretion to approve the State’s pending request for all emergency protective measures,” Jindal, a Republican, wrote in a letter to Obama. “Further, I ask that you consider a cost-share adjustment to eliminate the State’s non-federal share of the costs for this event.”

Get that? The federal government should pay for all preparations being done in Louisiana. This is one of the conservative movement's shining stars and he's begging the feds for more cash. Hypocrite doesn't even begin to describe this.

In 2008 Sarah Palin was picked as a materialistic candidate. She had no real experience to become vice-President and the voters quickly saw that. But that didn't stop the right-wing pundits from trying to sell her to us with such qualifications as "she's hot" and "a great attack dog".

Fast-forward to 2012 and we are seeing a repeat. For example, here's a story that Matt Drudge is pushing:

Now back to 2008. That was a time when we heard the right got after Barack Obama for being "skinny", despite his body fat being estimated close to double that of Ryan's. Are appearences really what our Presidential selection process has come down to? Well Politico seems to think so:

Overlooked, understandably, in Saturday’s analysis and news that Rep. Paul Ryan will be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential nominee was one mostly — but not entirely — unimportant aspect: Paul Ryan is kind of hot.

Upon hearing the news of Ryan’s nomination, TMZ was quick to declare Ryan “the hottest vice presidential candidate ever.”

But looks shouldn't matter when it comes to President or vice-President. Instead the focus should be on experience and plans. The right seems to ignore this.

John Boehner would almost be comical if it wasn't for the extreme delusional state that man lives in. Here's what he told reporters a bit ago:

Boehner said the president's focus on Romney's tenure at Bain Capital shows that Obama, in Boehner's words, "doesn't give a damn about middle class Americans who are out there looking for work." He said voters are more concerned about unemployment than what's in Romney's tax returns.

John Boehner has been Speaker of the House for 19 months. During that time they have done 33 votes to try and repeal the healthcare act. During that same time they have done zero votes to help boost the job or economy - ZERO!

So who is it that doesn't "give a damn"?

And even more signs of delusion are evident in his little statement there. Mitt Romney has been facing increased criticism for shipping U.S. jobs overseas. These are the factory jobs that used to fuel our middle class and Romney got rich off of getting rid of those. That's what these tax returns will show, just how rich he got.

I almost chuckle every time I hear a Republican warn about the rise of the Chinese government. Are the really that stupid to question it while pushing for a man to become President that played an instrumental role in the rise of the Chinese economy? Come on. People can not be that moronic!

Why doesn't Boehner show he "gives a damn" about his own district? He needs to climb down off his high horse and look in his own backyard. Travel the 7 miles over here to Hamilton and look at a town that was a booming manufacturing town and now is crumbling. This is a town that was credited with helping to win World War II because of our manufacturing. Now there are none of those businesses left. This is a town that was a major paper producer and now the final factory is packing up.

I'm sorry, but it's either to the point that Republicans are absolute bald faced liars, or they are total morons. Right now on Drudge we have this:

A quick click and you are taken to this:

Now, here's some real Obama outsourcing.

This morning, Kazakhstan time, the next mission to the International Space Station successfully blasted off carrying the usual trio -- a Russian commander, an astronaut from the international community and an American in a seat rented by NASA since the retirement of the last U.S. space shuttle a year ago this month.

That's on Investors Business Daily, a far cry from the "liberal" media. Reading the comments you can also tell that they aren't much in the liberal column either.

So was it Obama who killed the shuttle program and cause this? Well let's look a little bit at the history. On January 14, 2004, the President gave a speech, “New Vision for Space Exploration Program.” In it, this President said:

To meet this goal, we will return the Space Shuttle to flight as soon as possible, consistent with safety concerns and the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. The Shuttle's chief purpose over the next several years will be to help finish assembly of the International Space Station. In 2010, the Space Shuttle -- after nearly 30 years of duty -- will be retired from service.

In an interview today Mitt Romney insisted there is nothing "hidden' in his tax returns:

"I don't manage them. I don't even know where they are," Romney said. "That trustee follows all U.S. laws. All the taxes are paid, as appropriate. All of them have been reported to the government. There's nothing hidden there."

So why not release them then, like every other Presidential candidate, including his own father, has? I think that question is even more pertinent given the increased scrutiny Romney is coming under from Democrats. Today Joe Biden hammered on the issue:

“Mitt Romney wants you to show your papers, but he won’t show us his."

Republicans have hounded Barack Obama to release about every single paper associated with his life, including the one that says he was born in the United States. Yet when it comes to Mitt, secrecy is suddenly allowed. Talk about a double standard.

But again I ask, if his taxes are all legal and he's hiding nothing, then why not just release them? The "I don't even know where they are" excuse also doesn't hold water, considering he can get copies from the IRS. So go ahead and get them out there Mitt. That is if what you are saying is true....