Alan Keyes does something stupid again.

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Saturday November 15, 2008 · 9:57 AM PST

2008/11/15 · 09:57

Well, the election is long over now, yet the lols keep coming. One of my favorite wingnuts, Alan Keyes, is up to one of his loony shenanigans again. What has Keyes done this time to make himself look like a fool? He's pressing a lawsuit against Obama to prove his U.S. citizenship.

No, seriously.

In case you've been living under a rock without internet access, I'll bring you up to date on the "Obama wasn't born in the U.S." conspiracy. Composed from fragments of several right-wing blogs:

Ann Dunham had Frank Marshall Davis' son in Kenya. She named him "Barry Soetoro", giving him her future Indonesian husband's last name. With the help of the Kenyan government, she quickly smuggled him into Hawaii and forged a Honolulu hospital's documents to say "Barack Obama II", named after her current husband, was born at that time. Over a span of decades, Obama has kept this conspiracy going so that he could become president some day. (Bill Ayers assisted him throughout this time.) He even went back to Hawaii to burn his real birth certifiacte and kill his grandmother so she wouldn't squeal.

It's like a wingnut sundae, and now Alan Keyes is the cherry! One must wonder why Keyes is pressing this frivilous lawsuit. Trying to settle an old score between himself and Obama, eh? Heh heh. No. Keyes, who would cheerfully send women to Gitmo for having abortions, can't stand the thought of an "infanticidal" president in the White House. Especially when the Supreme Court is sooo close to being able to overturn Roe v. Wade.

That explains his motivation, but it doesn't explain why he's doing this particular stunt. Is he doing it for publicity? Yeah, I'm sure he's eager to further give himself the reputation of being crazy. The truth is, he is crazy!

Keyes actually believes the conspiracy.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Or perhaps I'm underestimating Keyes. It's possible that he realizes the absurdity of the smear, but a part of him hopes it isn't bullshit. With nothing else to stop Obama, Keyes is desperately grasping at straws. To that I say:

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

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