Who is "we?"

Him and the mouse in his pocket.

Is the AZ SOS requiring Romney to jump through the same hoops?

Doc C lists a statement from the SoS's spokesman saying that he did indeed write the email but that any verification would be accepted.

Bennett, like most mainstream Republicans that try to ride the birther wagon, will probably regret getting involved in this.

Bennett is giving interviews in Arizona going semi-birther, but quite publicly saying that Hawaii has to "verify" the Beth certificate.

This from a man that last year during the BC bill debacle in Arizona stated quite publicly that Arizona has no requirement that any such thing be submitted. So he's not joining the birthers per se - he doesn't say anything about forgery or the like - but has changed his public position from last year of "There's no legal requirement to submit or verify this documentation" to "Hawaii better back up the boy's story, or ELSE."

Reprehensible.

Of course not; Bennett is a Mormon and an Eagle Scout!

No. Romney is white.

He can't claim it's part of his normal duties unless Arizona election law requires the SoS to verify candidates' citizenship or maintain an official list. Perhaps 4 years ago the Hawaii Dept of Health would have answered an inquiry like this from another state, but I doubt it. In 2012 not follow the letter of its vital records laws? Not a chance, in my opinion.

Pornstache is tweeting...



And of course outright lying in the process.

2 hours to Hawaii?? Where's he flying from?

From Weigel's twitter feed



Don't know if it is recent or an old one.

See greenie beat me to it.

Bennett said in a radio interview last night that Hawaii responded to his request by asking for a copy of the Arizna law that authorizes him to ask for the information.

He also said in the same interview that he was NOT asking the same of any Republicans, nor did he intend to.

Slime he is. It...really saddens me to see the levels to which these people feel they have to go. They aren't willing to be honest and say "Look, I know you don't like the President but you're wrong on this one."

It's recent britty.

One response...

what does that tweet mean? He's flying to Hawaii now? On the plane? Seated next to Abercrombie?

WTF is he talking about?


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And now for something completely different.

weigel:


Meet the Obama Love Letter Truthers

By David Weigel

| Posted Friday, May 18, 2012, at 11:09 AM ET




remainder:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/ ... thers.html


It's all about the freakin' umlaut!

A little place known as... The Twilight Zone.

From the post:



Cue Birther wailings over this just-mentioned trip to Singapore in 3...2...1...

Did we know he worked at the Fire Department? If so, doing what?

Just pre-ordered the book for my Kindle...

Maybe it took him 3 hours to convince the guy sitting next to Abercrombie to switch seats.

Umlauts in longhand are easy.

A professor grades the letter: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/gr ... e-ese.html

This took me by surprise at first; I figured it would take just as many keystrokes to say 'Yes, he was born here, you numbskull,' as it would to request for his legal authorization.

But it seems that Bennett's request was more than what it was previously made out to be. From TPM (which has a great photo of Bennett at the top):



That says a lot, I think. Bennett wasn't just asking for some courtesy confirmation; he was making a very particular statutory request. For a document that only certain people are entitled to get.

In fact, that Bennett was aware of which Hawaiian law to cite suggests that he's a bit deeper into this than he'd previously indicated. It's like listening to someone claim that they're new to Birther claims...and then hearing them name-drop Vattel or Minor v Happersett.

Regarding Hawaii's response:



It's possible the Hawaiian law in question might actually allow him to get a verification. But it sounds like he's handling the request about as competently as we'd expect your average Birther to.

And he's already laying the groundwork for the eventuality of putting Obama on the ballot anyway:



TPM also has the audio of the interview up.

The audio is here on Political Wire as well:

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/ ... ml#047993a

How much does WND spend on travel expenses? Yesterday morning, when he was on Peter Boyles' show, Corsi said he was flying out of Arizona.

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Bennett, who hopes to be the next Governor of Arizona.

I love that the RWNJ radio host's name is "Broomhead".

After Abercrombie schools him on the concept of limited government*, Farah should head back to Arizona and tell Bennett how it works.

* Hawai'ian law prevented Abercrombie from releasing the LFBC and Arizona law doesn't give Bennett the authority to ask Hawai'i for anything.

Now wait a minute. Doesn't Abercrombie travel with a multitude of security men? Hell, Rick Perry's security detail while he's romped around the world on junkets and ran the laugh fest for Prezdent cost the taxpayers of Texas nearly a million bucks.