Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) Endorses Birther Bill, Maintains President Obama Isn't Natural Born American Citizen

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has now signed up with the Birther cause -- the people who think Barack Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and should be required to produce a birth certificate. Didn't President Obama already present a birth certificate? What's the big deal? It seems that the Republicans have forgotten that there were a few suggestions made that the Constitution be amended so that California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger could run for the presidency. Funny, it's a do as I say not but as I do movement afoot in the GOP. I didn't hear them make the same argument about Sen. John McCain when he ran, though it was a documented fact that he was not born on U.S. soil.

Coburn has now voiced his support for a bill offered by Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) and five House co-sponsors so far. "The bill requires any federal candidates' campaign committee filing with the Federal Election Commission to produce a copy of the candidate's birth certificate," wrote Coburn. "If the bill makes it to the Senate, I will likely support it."

Coburn also endorsed a similar bill in the Oklahoma legislature: "I hope the Oklahoma State Legislature will give serious consideration to this bill and I hope more states will reform their ballot access laws to ensure federal candidates must affirmatively prove their eligibility." This man has nothing better to do with his time than to join the right wing in smearing the veracity of the president's birth place.