Tennessee is becoming known as a capital of the "birther" conspiracy theory - people who think that President Obama was born in Kenya, or Russia, on Mars... anywhere but Hawaii. They're crazy, they're wrong, but that doesn't stop them.
You'd think that this conspiracy theory would stay on the fringe - but no, the mainstream of the Republican Party has embraced it, seeking any way to smear our President.
But we can fight back. Vote with your dollars for who you think is the most outrageous birther, and your contribution will go towards making sure they get turned out of office.
The birther with the most dollar-votes will be named Tennessee's Most Valuable Birther. Each vote is a suggested donation of $1.00. Voting will be open until Friday, February 12 at 11:59 pm.
We'll update you with the totals on a daily basis.
****Please note - after you vote and make your donation, please ignore the "attendee" list and just continue to the confirmation.
Vote as many times as you'd like - and have fun!
Current Vote Total:
Marsha Blackburn...48
Matthew Hill............17
Ron Ramsey............16
Glen Casada............1
Frank Nicely............1
Eric Swafford...........1
Stacey Campfield.....1
Ron Ramsey, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the Senate, State Senate District 2 (Blountville)
"I don’t know whether President Obama is a citizen of the United States or not. I don’t know what the whole deal is there." Link
Marsha Blackburn, US House of Representatives, District 7 (Brentwood)
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn is one of six Republican sponsors of a bill that would require future presidential candidates to show their birth certificates to prove they meet the Constitutional requirements to serve. Link
Glen Casada, State House District 63 (Franklin)
“I know he’s an American citizen, but let’s just get this thing out there and let’s put everbody’s mind at ease.” Link
Frank Nicely, State House District 17 (Knoxville)
"I think he ought to show his birth certificate. If my grandkid wants to play Little League ball, he's got to show a birth certificate. If it's not too much to ask of a Little League baseball player, it's not to much to ask of the president. He ought to go ahead and show it and make everybody shut up. I don't see what the problem is. There's a lot of unanswered questions floating around. I don't think that's asking too much of the most powerful man in the free world. You don't just ignore the Constitution the way the federal government has started doing now. I don't know where Obama was born. Who knows what the truth is these days?" Link
Eric Swafford, State House District 25 (Pikeville)
“Barack Obama needs to release his original birth certificate and prove where he was born so we can move on.” Rep. Swafford said he signed the agreement to participate in the lawsuit as a “private” citizen. After it was pointed out the pledge was written on his official legislative stationary, Rep. Swafford said he is a “citizen legislator” and that he uses legislative stationary when he is in Nashville. Link
Matthew Hill, State House District 7 (Jonesborough)
"We've said on this program many times ... we've had people call in and say why are you picking on him? And I've said, 'Look it's really simple. If he is a U.S. citizen you produce the papers. If he's not a U.S. citizen, what does he do? He hides them. He's hiding them. We need the truth. We need the documents unsealed. We need to know what's going on." Link
Stacey Campfield, State House District 18 (Knoxville)
"I also heard many people say how they did not think [President Obama] was qualified to run based on his questionable place of birth." Link