LOL - Dumb ass birther's anti Obama video came back to haunt him

[CatWoman]

:rofl:

FORT MEADE, Md. -- Just hours after being found guilty at his court-martial, Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin said he was ashamed and remorseful over his decision to refuse deployment to Afghanistan earlier this year, but he hedged on questions about President Obama’s citizenship.

“I don’t want to end this way,” a tearful Lakin said to military jurors during the sentencing phase of his trial Wednesday afternoon. “I want to continue to serve. ... It crushed me not to be on deployment. I can be on a plane tomorrow. I’d truly do that.”

Lakin, a 17-year Army physician, was sentenced to six months in prison and dismissal from the service on Thursday after being found guilty of disobeying orders and ignoring his deployment orders. In April, Lakin posted an online video declaring he would not return to Afghanistan with his unit until questions regarding Obama’s birth certificate were answered to his satisfaction. The move made him an instant hero to the birther movement, which helped him raise money for his legal defense.

Obama was born in Hawaii, but questions about his parents and overseas upbringing were raised during his 2008 presidential campaign. Hawaiian officials that year verified the existence of his birth certificate, addressing those issues for all but a fringe group that insists that the president is not legally qualified to serve in the White House.

As part of their sentencing evidence, prosecutors played Lakin’s video for the jury. In it, he states that a president who is not a natural-born citizen “would subvert law and truth” and demands that Obama “release your original, signed birth certificate -- if you have one.”

During an hour of unsworn testimony, Lakin called that video an embarrassing mistake, brought on by pressure and poor advice from supposed supporters.

http://www.military.com/news/article/birther-doc-gets-6-mos-in-prison-dismissal.html?ESRC=topstories.RSS

[LynneSin]

1. Seriously, he doesn't deserve to wear our uniform

And not because of his refusal to be deployed but because he's a fricking dumbass too stupid to serve!

[T Wolf]

2. In other words - not only are idiots co-opted by the reich but supposedly "smart" people

(because a flight surgeon cannot really be a moron) are also subject to bouts of idiocy.

And we wonder why so many are taken in by the propaganda...

[demosincebirth]

3. how did he ever become an MD? I guess you don't need "common sense" in Med sch.

[gratuitous]

4. Ah, pressure and poor advice

Physician, heal thyself. Nitwit.

[CatWoman]

5. hi Babe :)

:loveya:

[truebrit71]

7. Hey wait a minute...!!!

...what am I now, chopped liver? ;-)

[CatWoman]

8. LOL

you know I love you too :)

:loveya:

[truebrit71]

13. Okay, whew! Thought I'd been consigned to the ever-gowing list of former Cat-Woman playthings...

...;-)

[gratuitous]

10. Hi Sweetie

And Merry Christmas to you and yours.

:loveya: Back.

[louis-t]

17. Always someone else's fault, right Doc?

That's SOOOO Republican of him.

[MadMaddie]

6. Typical Republican/Teabagger not accepting responsibility

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During an hour of unsworn testimony, Lakin called that video an embarrassing mistake, brought on by pressure and poor advice from supposed supporters
<snip.

[COLGATE4]

19. Yeah, the Debil made him do it.

[patrice]

9. Re-installing such a person in the ranks would undercut the chain of command even if he never said

another word about the President.

[patrice]

11. "supposed _______________ (insert label of your choice)" lot of that going around right now. nt

[patrice]

12. "president who is not a natural-born citizen 'would subvert law and truth'" I wonder if that goes fo

r a MSM source too, like F*x Ewes.

[SidDithers]

14. K&R...

serves the idiot right.

Sid

[Contrary1]

15. Will the birthers hold multiple fundraisers to support Lakin and his family?

Kids are expensive. I would hope they'll put their big $$$ where their big mouths are.
It's the least they can do. ;)

[sarge43]

16. Hard fecal material, asshole.

Cry that one to some soldier whose life or limbs you might have saved had you done your duty as an officer and a MD.

[B Calm]

18. and this dumb SOB is a Army physician. . .whew

[noamnety]

20. A Lt. Col. who buckles to peer pressure and listens to bad advice

shouldn't be in that position of responsibility. Kudos to the army for handling this in an appropriate way.