A bill to require presidential candidates to show their birth certificates to get on Arizona's ballot won't win approval from state lawmakers.
With legislators working toward adjournment of their annual session, the sponsor of the bill says it won't get a state Senate vote because some fellow Republicans don't support it.
The House narrowly approved the measure last week.
The bill is an outgrowth of some Obama critics' doubts over whether he was born in the United States. Hawaii officials have repeatedly confirmed Obama's citizenship, and his Hawaiian birth certificate has been made public, along with newspaper birth notices.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Arizona Limits Itself To One Piece Of Racist Legislation Per Month
After all, the folks down in Arizona don't want to appear too bat-shit crazy:
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