Birther Leader Orly Taitz May Not be U.S. Citizen



Russian-born Birther Leader Orly Taitz

Not only is the principal spokesperson for the U.S. birther movement, from Russia, but she may not even be a naturalized American citizen.  Of course, her English pronunciation could use an intensive course in accent-reduction as well.    Born in the former Soviet Union, Orly Taitz, immigrated to Israeli in 1982, during a  highly controversial wave of Russian emigration to Israel.  Critics at the time denounced the Israeli government's open door policy, which brought nearly one million East Europeans into the country.  More than half of these new  immigrants were not even Jewish, but rather belonged to the "Russian Orthodox Church."   Nevertheless, this group was given automatic Israeli citizenship, even though Palestinian refugees holding documented proof of their families' residence and property ownership in Israel were not allowed into the country.

 In Taitz's case, she has not yet produced definitive documentation that she is of Jewish heritage, and thus that her Israeli citizenship is valid.  This is a vital point because she became a naturalized American citizen in 1992, based on that presumed Israeli citizenship.    

So what qualifications does this foreign-born woman, holding questionable American citizenship have to serve as spokesperson for the super-patriotic, flag-waving, U.S. birther movement?  What answer is there other than that she is "white?"  

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