Officials Dropped Out of CPAC Panel That Devolved Into Birther Forum

April 10, 2010 @ One Comment

 

Barack Obama

By Ryan J. Reilly

Main Justice

A panel called €œSaving Freedom and Due Process from Oppressive Justice Department€ devolved into a forum for the so-called €œbirther€ movement on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Two panelists dropped out rather than appear alongside a leader in the €œbirther€ movement, which believes that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Scott Bullock of the Institute for Justice both dropped out of the CPAC forum because of the presence of Gary Kreep, according to the knowledgeable person, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

€œ”Unfortunately Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has had to decline today for a variety of different reasons, and because it is that season in Washington, D.C., Scott Bullock who is my good friend, has had a family emergency unfortunately he’s just had to rush back out, so I apologize for that as well,”€ said Andrew Langer of the Institute for Liberty, who was moderating the panel.

Kreep, director [1] of the United States Justice Foundation, is behind a birther infomercial [2] and has filed lawsuits demanding an original copy of Obama’s birth certificate. For viewers who donate $30, Kreep will send a fax in their name to the 50 state attorneys general and Attorney General Eric Holder that demands that Obama produce his €œreal€ birth certificate.

“People like [original "birther" lawyer] Phil Berg and I, we’€™re not doing this for the fun of it, we’re not getting paid. I don’t get paid a penny for this, I do it because the people of the United States have a right to know if this guy is a natural born citizen,” Kreep told Main Justice. “You can say I’m nuts, you can say I’m wacko, you can say whatever you want, but why doesn’t he just show the birth certificate, that’s what the press should be asking.”

There’€™s a legal issue as to why the Department of Justice is defending Mr. Obama in these cases,€ said Kreep. A spokesman for Cuccinelli denied [3] in a statement to the Washington Post that the Virginia official had objected to appearing with Kreep.



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