February 24, 2009 4:44 AM

Better to be thought a dick than to be Richard Shelby and remove all doubt

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

(apologies to Keith Olbermann)

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)

Another local resident asked Shelby if there was any truth to a rumor that appeared during the presidential campaign concerning Obama's U.S. citizenship, or lack thereof.... "Well his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven't seen any birth certificate," Shelby said. "You have to be born in America to be president.".... According to the Associated Press, state officials in Hawaii checked health department records during the campaign and determined there was no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii.

Silly me; I thought we were done with this madness...the whole "Barack Obama isn't an American citizen" crap. Never mind that this canard has been repeatedly and thoroughly debunked. And never mind that John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, which, strictly speaking, could be held to make him ineligible to be President. Barack Obama was actually and provably born in Hawaii...yet this fact hasn't stopped any number of Right-wing zealots from advancing their insulting and demeaning whisper campaign. It's one thing when Right-wing media freaks continuing peddling the lie, but when a Republican member of the Senate does it...well, when does accountability come into play. If roles were reversed and a Democrat has engaged in this sort of innuendo, you can bet that the hue and cry from Republicans would be heard from sea to shining sea. Where are the outraged Democrats? Eh, probably still trying to grow some balls....

Of course, this guilty until proven innocent philosophy can also be applied to Sen. Shelby. We STILL don't know that Shelby isn't a pedophile, f'rinstance. He may well not be...but until he produces the evidence to prove that he isn't...well, we're just kinda left hanging and wondering, aren't we??

Yes, we are.

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