"Contributions have dropped off since the release of the proposed birth document by the Obama admin"

The tragic, pathetic demise of a birther

Broke and jobless, Terry Lakin leaves jail -- and now that Obama's birth certificate is out, he can't raise money

Justin Elliott



Friday, May 13, 2011 08:30 ET

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/birthers/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/13/terry_lakin_birther_comes_home

Lakin is the veteran Army doctor who refused orders to redeploy to Afghanistan because he believed Obama was born abroad, not a legitimate president, and therefore that military orders were invalid.

Last December, Lakin, a lieutenant colonel, was dismissed from the Army and sentenced to six months in prison after, in the words of his supporters, inviting "his own court martial with the hopes that the normal processes of legal discovery would provide some answers." (The plan didn't work.) Supporters kept up with Lakin through a series of "prison diaries" that he mailed out to be posted online.

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Unlike the folks over at WorldNetDaily, who have been enriched by years of pumping up birtherism, Lakin's commitment to the conspiracy both torpedoed his career and put his family in financial peril. His website notes:

"Please consider making a special gift at this critical time. We have been able to provide for the family's monthly expenses, but contributions have dropped off since the release of the proposed birth document by the Obama administration."