Yesterday, freshman Rep. Lyle Rowland (R-Cedarcreek) filed introduced legislation (HB283) that would require "proof of identity and proof of United States citizenship" for all presidential and vice-presidential candidates moving forward. The full bill text and list of co-sponsors are not yet available, but fellow freshman Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) is identified as the primary co-sponsor.

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Rowland and Kelley join a proud tradition in Missouri Republicans who go out of their way to espouse and tease the GOP base with birther conspiracy theories. Majority Floor Leader Tim Jones (R-Eureka) and former [highlight]Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-O'Fallon) sued Barry Soetoro in 2009 with crazy birther queen Orly Taitz. Current Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany) also[/highlight] supported Taitz's efforts. Senator Roy Blunt is one of the highest ranking birther-curious officials in the country (if not the highest). He declared in his Senate campaign that birthers were asking "legitimate" questions about Obama's birth records, and even told Springfield journalists that they lacked the "capacity to talk about that [Obama's citizenship] in a legitimate way.

Even though far left media is stil calling me names, they have no other choice but to announce that Eligibility bill was filed in Missouri state Assembly. 3 state representatives are clients of mine

... shall include proof of identity and proof of United States citizenship...

Tesxt of this bill is now available at

http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills111/billpdf/intro/HB0283I.PDF

Nice and simple -


No bumpy seal, no footprints and no citizen parents required!

To make sure I have this right, please: HB 283 requires proof of identity and proof of citizenship. A passport does both these things for the purposes of this bill, no?

To make sure I have this right, please: HB 283 requires proof of identity and proof of citizenship. A passport does both these things for the purposes of this bill, no?

This bill does nothing to help anything. It just wastes time while the MO economy continues to significantly [highlight]underperform[/highlight]

I must be spending too much time here ... I read that as "usurperdom"...

So....who or what is going to determine what will be accepted as proof of Identity and proof of Citizenship??? Will my Student ID work?

Does MO require "proof of citizenship" to register to vote???

After hearing testimony, the committee took no further action on the bill

It's true that birtherism has struggled mightily in the courts, but in Missouri, we have a long list of birther and birther-curious elected officials who have received little of the scorn and mocking they've earned. In fact, two sitting state representatives -- including the Majority Floor Leader of the Missouri House -- attached their names to an absurd legal fight lead by realtor/dentist Orly Taitz. And a bill making its way through the General Assembly right now is being pushed by a Taney County legislator to keep the kooks conspiring. Add in a U.S. Senator who thinks that reporters "don't have any capacity to talk about [Obama's citizenship] in a legitimate way," and I think you can say birtherism has gained more than a little political footing in the Show-Me State.

Missouri's leading birther and birther-curious legislators:

* Majority Floor Leader Tim Jones (R-Eureka)
* Sen. Roy Blunt (R-[highlight]K Street[/highlight])
* Rep. Casey Guernsey (R-Bethany)
* Fmr. Rep. Cynthia Davis (R-O'Fallon)
* Rep. Mike McGhee (R-Odessa)
* Rep. Lyle Rowland (R-Cedarcreek)
* Fmr. Rep. Ed Emery (R-Lamar)
* Sen. Jim Lembke (R-Lemay)

And the elected officials who have co-sponsored at least one bit of birther legislation...

* Andrew Koenig (R-Winchester)
* Barney Fisher (R-Richards)
* Barney Joe Fisher (R-Richards)
* Bob Nance (R-Excelsior Springs)
* Brian Nieves (R-Washington)
* Dan Brown (R-Rolla)
* Darrell Pollack (R-Lebanon)
* Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
* Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton)
* Don Phillips (R-Kimberling City)
* Don Wells (R-Kwik Kash)
* Doug Ervin (R-Kearney)
* Doug Funderbunk (R-St. Peters)
* Dwight Scharnhorst (R-St. Louis)
* Jason Brown (R-Platte City)
* Jason Smith (R-Salem)
* Kevin Elmer (R-Nixa)
* Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
* Melissa Leach (R-Springfield)
* Mike Kelley (R-Lamar)
* Mike Lair (R-Chillicothe)
* Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood)
* Fmr. Rep. Robert Wayne Cooper (R-Camden)
* Shane Schoeller (R-Willard)
* Stanley Cox (R-Sedalia)
* Tom Loehner (R-Koeltztown)
* Walt Bivins (R-St. Louis)

There is no separation between the fringe and the mainstream on this issue in Missouri.

Obama’s criminal accomplices in MO are attacking 35 legislators and top officials, who demand presidential candidate certification

Via Taitz's site, where she posted a scan of a printed out version of the article!:




xxx-http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/?p=19620#comments

Birther alert! Sen just offered a birther amdt to election bill. I raised a point of order - beyond the title, scope & crazy quota. about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

Senator Schaaf moved that the above amendment be adopted.
Senator Justus raised the point of order that SA 5 is out of order as it goes beyond the scope and intent
of the original bill.
The point of order was referred to the President Pro Tem who ruled it well taken.
On motion of Senator Engler, SB 282, as amended, was declared perfected and ordered printed.

I don't think it's part of this bill, so forgive. But Missouri State Senator Jolie Justus tweeted:



http://twitter.com/joliejustus/status/48160701373616128

Sneeky little bastids.

You just can't trust the two faces of Mark Hatfield. You can try if you don't think so...