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Birthers Wonder If Obama Is Circumcised
For some members of the Birther movement, it won’t be enough for President Barack Obama to show his birth certificate.
He’ll need to drop his pants.
So they can see whether or not he was circumcised.
Because as we all know, no real American has a foreskin.
Got that?
Jezebel points us to a thread on the Free Republic website, which they summarize thusly:
Commenters (and circumcised Americans) over at Free Republic struck on a revelation yesterday: if Barack Obama has not been circumcised, then he must not have been born in the United States. Why? Because all of their boys were circumcised.
The comments from Free Republic are in this vein: “A relative of mine was born (in a hospital) a couple of years after BO’s alleged birth date. He was circumcised also (as a matter of routine, not according to any family request).”
Oh! Well then. Of COURSE.
Perhaps these folks should spend a few moments perusing Babble. If they did, perhaps they would have found Cole’s piece from last year discussing the pros and cons of having your newborn son snipped. Or this story about the risks and benefits of the procedure. Because you have a choice in the matter. No one forces parents to have their boys’ foreskins removed in America.
This falls under the category of “huh”? Or, in the words of Gary Coleman:
Wouldn’t it be funny if they checked and the President was wearing underwear with his own photo on it? OK, not funny. But sometimes you have to laugh to keep from screaming obscenities.
Source: Jezebel
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Best of Strollerderby August 28, 2009 | Famecrawler commented on Aug 28 09 at 8:00 pmMistress_Scorpio commented on Aug 26 09 at 12:08 pm*facepalm*
PlumbLucky commented on Aug 26 09 at 12:28 pmAgree with “laugh to keep from screaming obscenities”. Will file for future use.
Hah commented on Aug 26 09 at 4:07 pmI would hope that he DOES have foreskin, given that it was used to “prevent blacks from raping white people” only a couple hundred years ago. It’s the equivalent of the “N” word. Circumcision is rape.
Mistress_Scorpio commented on Aug 26 09 at 4:34 pmCommenter Hah, please refrain from smoking the ganja until 4:20 or after.
carefree childhood commented on Aug 26 09 at 6:44 pmof course, if he was circumcised that would prove he is secretly Muslim, right?
Nick commented on Aug 27 09 at 4:50 pmComments
Don Shane commented on Nov 30 09 at 9:28 amCommentsHe was born in a good hospital in Honolulu. A very high percentage of boys are circumcised as infants. The answer is yes for President Obama.
John commented on Jul 12 10 at 9:32 pmI find it ironic that a high percentage of boys would be circumcised in a good hospital. It’s a pretty reckless and irresponsible thing to do. The rates were higher when he was born (50s-70s), but rates have fallen as parents realize the health excuses were just that: rationalizations for a fetish that started for no good reason. I was born in America (in the 80s, when the rates starting dropping; thus a good 40% of my friends have their whole package) and would NEVER even CONSIDER circumcising my son. I was most appalled by the assertion that it was done “as a matter of course.” Any doctor who doesn’t wait for the parents to ask (I’ve heard stories where the doctors offered it, which is just effed up: they never ask women if they’d like a labial reduction) and then gives full informed consent (after which no rational parent could follow through) should be stripped of his/her certification and the hospital and the doctor should face criminal and civil charges. It’s unethical and illegal to do that without parental consent.
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