Birtherism

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October 15, 2012

Wisconsin GOP candidate Tommy Thompson says son sorry for Obama-Kenya remark

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson's campaign says his son apologizes for suggesting voters in the fall election…
September 11, 2012

‘Birther’ bash canceled due to ‘inadequate ticket sales’

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pat Boone and other prominent birthers were planning a major event this month in Arizona, but they've…
August 25, 2012

Romney on birther remark: 'We've got to have a little humor in a campaign'

COMMERCE, Michigan (AP) - Mitt Romney was on the defensive after raising the discredited rumor that Barack Obama wasn't born…
August 24, 2012

Romney in Michigan: 'No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate'

theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney appeared to join those who question President Barack Obama's place of birth during a campaign…
June 3, 2012

Donald Trump on birtherism, employs the 'black friend' defense

theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump on Saturday employed a novel defense: he can't be racist, he just picked a black…
May 29, 2012

Romney failure to reject Trump's birtherism will backfire

OPINION - Romney has had many chances to repudiate the real estate mogul and reality television star for his disturbing…
April 4, 2012

Author Jerome Corsi continues 'birther' crusade

One of the biggest proponents of 'birtherism', the concept that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States,…
March 1, 2012

Arizona sheriff probes Obama's birth certificate

PHOENIX (AP) - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is seeking to grab the spotlight in the same unorthodox fashion that…
February 21, 2012

Can Donald Trump help Mitt Romney without birtherism?

theGRIO REPORT- Trump could appeal to the anti-establishment, Tea Party Republicans who have been hesitant to back the ex-governor...
February 2, 2012

Trump endorsement may hurt, not help Romney

theGRIO REPORT - Donald Trump's endorsement of Massachusetts governor on Thursday Mitt Romney is a very mixed blessing for the…
January 24, 2012

Atlanta judge orders Obama to court to counter 'birther' claim

theGRIO REPORT - Judge David Farrar is demanding to see Obama's Hawaiian hospital records, which are confidential under federal law,…
December 6, 2011

Donald Trump is back! And he still has a black people problem

OPINION - Donald Trump is back! And there's every indication that he still has a black people problem...
October 3, 2011

Court turns away lawsuit over Obama eligibility

WASHINGTON (AP) - The high court on Monday refused without comment to hear a challenge brought by conservative activist Alan…
May 24, 2011

Why the Irish embraced Obama as their own

OPINION - It seems serendipitous that the man who occupies the Oval Office is a descendant of two ethnic groups…
May 19, 2011

Why Cornel West is wrong to question Obama's blackness

OPINION - For those of us who respect and appreciate West's scholar-activist contributions, the past few days have been both…
May 5, 2011

'Birther' population plummets after release of Obama's long-form certificate

In a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Thursday, only 10 percent of Americans said Obama was born in a foreign…
April 28, 2011

What's next for the birthers? (Basically more birtherism)

Yesterday, President Barack Obama allowed the world to see his "long-form birth certificate," proving something that was already widely known...