Yup, true dat, says our man, though you’d think the INS would be all over that one like stink on a monkey. Still, in a recent interview with CBC host George Stroumboulopoulos, Mustaine said, "I have a lot of questions about [President Obama], but certainly not where he was born. I know he was born somewhere else than America."
Which, as Britain’s Guardian notes, makes Mustaine a card-carrying member of America's “birther” movement which doubts Obama’s provenance and whose allegations provoked the president to release his Hawaiian-issued birth certificate in 2011.
But that document is still not enough for our man Mustaine. "How come [Obama] was invisible until he became, uh, whatever he was in Illinois?" he asked. (Obama was previously a senator.) "They don't have any record of him."
Well, actually they kind of do… there’s even been some, you know, photographs of Obama doing stuff like attending Harvard University and working as a civil rights lawyer in Chicago (and directing an Illinois voter registration drive and serving as chairman of the Senate's Health and Human Services Committee). But we digress.
What’s really interesting about Mustaine’s outlook, IMHO, is that he also said that Republican hopeful Rick Santorum, whom Mustaine supports, looks "like he could be a really cool president, kind of like a JFK kind of guy."
Oh really? As in charming, smart, young and progressive… the kind of guy who would likely back same-sex marriage because it’s fair and not really any of government’s business who falls in love with who? Just asking.
Seriously though, we just want to thank Mustaine for being Mustaine. The world would be duller without him, that’s for sure. And Metallica – who booted Mustaine as its guitarist in its fledgling years – might not be the lean machine it is today.
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Why is anything this guy says "news"? He makes a neaderthal with a severe brain injury look like they are bright.
Posted by: Me | 04/01/2012 at 03:13 PM
Just another turd trying to spread hate and bigotry!
Posted by: casual observer | 04/01/2012 at 04:29 PM
Red herring. Redneck. Redhead. Wrong on SO MANY levels...
Posted by: smart art | 04/01/2012 at 04:36 PM
Well the funny part idiot is that NO ONE gives a damn what you think. You are unknown to many and therefore have no importance in your opinion
Posted by: hmmm | 04/01/2012 at 04:58 PM
Free speach...without thoght , research or proof...and not really that good of a musician. Another "Republican by birthright" ...you know the type...never read the platform or manifesto, but dad was, grampa, was so iam. Why do we report this tripe?
Posted by: Aladdinsane | 04/01/2012 at 05:37 PM
just another dumb-ass white person,God really blessed America what with so many dumb people and america still thrives unbelievable!!!!!!
Posted by: Angie Houston | 04/01/2012 at 05:56 PM
Here's my true question. What does it mean to be American today in America? Because Bush did say, you're either with us or you're with the terrorists. Then when you see a puppet that's not leading, in a position sort of in charge, you're not exactly surprised. The flaw with that statement by Bush is simple. Either you're OF the people or you are against the people. If you are against the people, you're a terrorist! If you sanely believe in war is a good thing. You're a terrorist! If you're making money of people dieing, you're a terrorist! What is more terrifying than having your life threatened, carpet bombed, and invaded? Does this sound oddly familiar of America's entire history? In the approximately 250 years of America's existence, how many years has America been at peace? The answer is since 1775, the Americans have been at armed conflict with at least one country every year. So to be American is to be a terrorist, and the world is sick of it!
Posted by: J | 04/01/2012 at 09:42 PM