Arizona’s Secretary Of State Threatens To Keep Obama Off The Ballot

Brett LoGiurato
Business Insider
May 19, 2012

Talking Points Memo this morning pointed to this interview yesterday between Arizona conservative radio host and Secretary of State Ken Bennett. In the interview, Bennett said it would be “possible” that he keeps President Obama off the Arizona ballot in November unless he receives “confirmation” from the state of Hawaii that Barack Obama was born there.

We’ve reached out to Bennett, but haven’t heard back yet.

Bennett insisted in the radio interview that he’s not a “birther,” the term that has become synonymous with the conspiracy theorists purporting that Obama was not born in the United States.

“I believe that the president was born in Hawaii. Or at least I hope he was,” Bennett said.

He just wants proof. So, about eight weeks ago, he said, he contacted authorities in Hawaii for confirmation. He said he only wants an email.

What sparked this? Why, none other than Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the birther sheriff leading a crusade against Obama’s birth certificate and claiming the one on the White House website is a forgery. And he’s currently being sued by the Department of Justice.

Full article here

This article was posted: Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 4:01 am

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