Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate, Mark McFarlin (D), Goes Birther (McCain, interview, lawyers)

[wrecking ball]

.... as neither side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on delusion:

Tim Skubick: Obscure Democratic candidate for Michigan governor thinks Obama's birth certificate is suspect | MLive.com

from the article:

"As a private investigator, Mr. McFarlin argues the document the White House issued to
end this never-ending flap is suspect.

How’s so?

He claims the term “African-American” appears on the line for race on the birth certificate and Mr. McFarlin says at the time Mr. Obama was born the term was not in use. He argues the term should have been “Negro.”

McFarlin must not be a very competent private investigator because it does not say "african-american"! it says "african". race was self reporting and the contemporaneous kenyan census lists "african" as a race option:

http://www.hist.umn.edu/~rmccaa/IPUM...n_forms.en.pdf

here's a good article on the topic:

The African Race: the final chapter | Obama Conspiracy TheoriesObama Conspiracy Theories

[katzpaw]

McFarlin is a private investigator who keeps running for different local and state offices. He's never successful, never held a public office, and has no endorsement or support from state, local, or federal Democrats.
http://markmcfarlin.com/more-about-mark.html

[michiganmoon]

McFarlin is an imbecile that voiced birther ideas back when Team Hillary did.

[wrecking ball]

Originally Posted by michiganmoon

..... Team Hillary did.

clinton's campaign never endorsed birtherism. the PUMAs ( party unity my ass ), a small group of hillary supporters, were the ones to embrace it ( and are often mistakenly credited for starting birtherism ).

[wrecking ball]

Originally Posted by katzpaw

McFarlin is a private investigator who keeps running for different local and state offices. He's never successful,....]

thanks for the link.

[wrecking ball]

if anyone is looking for some cheap comedy....... mcfarlin will be doing an interview tonight (8pm est) on birther blog radio:

Live Stream: Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Talks Obama ID Fraud - Birther Report: Obama Release Your Records

[Wendell Phillips]

Another charlatan seeking to cash in on this hoax.

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

Originally Posted by Wendell Phillips

Another charlatan seeking to cash in on this hoax.

If I could keep a straight face and get rich off a bunch of gullible idiots for almost no work, I would try it.

[wutitiz]

Originally Posted by katzpaw

McFarlin is a private investigator who keeps running for different local and state offices. He's never successful, never held a public office, and has no endorsement or support from state, local, or federal Democrats.
MORE ABOUT MARK

Irrelevant, or at last that has been the position of most Democrats up to now. In 2008 John McCain had a couple of lawyers look into the birtherism claims, and they concluded that it would have been difficult for Obama to go back in time, and plant the announcement of his birth in a Hawaii newspaper.

All other serious Republicans fell in line and dismissed birtherism. Yet because a few fringe crackpots like Trump kept it going, Democrats portrayed that as representative of the whole party. Same principle applies here. This McFarlin must be representative of Democrats as a whole.

[ntwrkguy1]

Originally Posted by EmeraldCityWanderer

If I could keep a straight face and get rich off a bunch of gullible idiots for almost no work, I would try it.

I'm sorry, but Barack Obama has beat you to the punch.