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A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by the birther website WND against Esquire magazine over a satirical post that claimed the website formerly known as WorldNetDaily was no longer standing behind a book claiming President Barack Obama wasnt born in the United States.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer dismissed the suit, calling the Esquire post a satirical comment on an issue of public concern. WND and the co-plaintiffs named in the suit had been seeking $120 million in damages $100 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages plus legal costs.
Having become such well-known proponents of one position on the issue, Plaintiffs cannot complain that the very intensity of their advocacy also became part of the public debate, wrote Collyer. Those who speak with loud voices cannot be surprised if they become part of the story.
Larry Klayman, the founder of Judicial Watch who served as WNDs attorney in the case, told TPM the opinion appeared hastily written and that it was hinged on an alleged admission from Joseph Farah that this thing was a parody. Klayman said Farah was being sarcastic.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/judge_tosses_wnd_suit_against_esquire_over_birther_parody_post.php
LOL! It doesn't matter what Farah thinks or says about it, it's still a parody. The stuff writes itself.
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(46,379 posts)Here's just one bit of "wisdom" from Larry Klayhead:
"First and foremost, the American people were defrauded into electing as president a person who, even if he was not born in Kenya but Hawaii (Hawaii is unlikelihood given the doctored birth certificate Obama eventually produced), is the offspring of a Kenyan Muslim father. As provided for in the Constitution, only a natural born citizen can become president that is, someone who is sired by both an American citizen mother and father. Thus, Obama was not eligible to be president of the United States, and his false claims that he is eligible is a poison he falsely rammed down the voters throats. This lie not only got him and his accomplices control of the White House and executive branch of government, but has severely harmed our nation, given his anti-American sympathies and acts to aid foreign Muslim countries and groups (like the Muslim Brotherhood). The framers were smart. They understood that a president like Obama, with at best divided loyalties, could present a great problem, if not a security risk, for our nation."
"Second, obviously as a result of Obamas foreign Muslim heritage, he has waged a war against not only our Judeo-Christian way of life, but also furthered a radical Muslim takeover of several Arab states that surround the Jewish state."
http://conwebwatch.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/2270188/wnds-klayman-just-cant-stop-libeling-obama/