The New Birthers

Ever since Obama has been in the public attention, he’s attracted more than his fair share of the crazy. He’s been dogged by birthers, the peole who believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that he was not born in Hawai’i (and make up 50% of the Republican party). Now, apparently there’s a new pseudo-scandal giving the RWNJs the vapors. It’s the signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

Last week, the “Director of Issues Analysis” for the Christian conservative American Family Association, Brian Fischer, wrote a blog post claiming that “President Obama wants to give the entire land mass of the United States of America back to the Indians. He wants Indian tribes to be our new overlords.”

“Perhaps he figures that, as an adopted Crow Indian, he will be the new chief over this revived Indian empire,” Fischer wrote. “But for the other 312 million of us, I think we’ll settle for our constitutional ‘We the people’ form of government, thank you very much.”

Yesterday, the right-wing blog World Net Daily took it a step further in a post called “Obama to give Manhattan back to Native Americans? President believes nation can spare some sovereignty.” The article describes how “President Obama is voicing support for a U.N. resolution that could accomplish something as radical as relinquishing some U.S. sovereignty and opening a path for the return of ancient tribal lands to American Indians, including even parts of Manhattan.”

The article continues: “Obama’s interest is personal. He noted during the 2008 presidential campaign he was officially adopted by the Crow Nation, an Indian tribe in Montana, and he was given an Indian name.”

Joseph Farah, the founder and editor of WND, followed up on the article today with a facetious column called “I’ll Take Manhattan.” He writes: “Truth be told, I have a fair amount of Indian heritage on my mother’s side. So this proposed redistribution of wealth is welcome news for me. Where do I apply? I want to return wampum for Manhattan.”

During the presidential campaign, the Crow made Obama an adopted member. Since RWNJs think Obama is a secret Muslim communist fascist Kenyan imposter, I guess The idea that he would give away an American city makes sense to them. :eyeroll:

Obviously, we need a new name for this group. They are probably birthers as well but what should we call them?