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Sarah Palin Goes 'Birther': Obama Birth Certificate 'A Fair Question' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

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Sarah Palin declared on Thursday that the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate is "rightfully" an issue with the American public, and tha...

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The Tea Party's Takeover Of The GOP

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Tea Baggers, Tea Party Protests, Birther-Movement, John Boehner, Tea Party, Michele Bachmann, Tea Bagging, Politics News

You have to hand it to Michele Bachmann: She has succeeded in turning the GOP into one big Tea Party. This past weekend, the Minnesota Republican we...

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The Demonization of Barack Obama

Sheldon Filger | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Obama, Conservatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, President Obama, Tea Party Protesters, Conservatives Cheer Olympic Loss, Birther Movement, Birthers, Obama Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, JFK Assassination, Protestors, Politics News
Sheldon Filger

While wrapping their vituperation in the American flag, these extremists masquerading as patriots are actually damaging the heart and soul of the conservative movement in the United States.

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We Are the Obama Effect

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Derrion Albert Beating, Derrion Albert, Birther-Movement, Emmett Till, Global Grind, Barack Obama Race, Race, Barack Obama, New York News
Sara Haile-Mariam

Derrion Albert's death should resonate from coast to coast, because his early departure represents a lost opportunity; a life that could have given back has been taken.

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Orly Taitz: Washington Post Profiles 'Birther Queen'

The Washington Post | Liza Mundy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.-The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, al...

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Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000 and Counting

Mary Ann West | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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Mary Ann West

The deaths of unauthorized migrants have been a predictable and inhumane outcome of border security policies on the U.S.-Mexico border over the last fifteen years.

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Birther Billboards Spring Up In Colorado

The Colorado Independent | Joseph Boven | Posted 11.24.2009 | Denver

Read More: Birthers, Colorado, Obama Birth Certificate, World Net Daily, Birther Movement, Peter Boyles, Denver News

According to billboard owner Phil Wolf, Denver's "birther boards" will go up mid-day today at Kipling and I-70 on the north side of frontage road. Wes...

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Orly Taitz Rambles, Is Yelled At By Dylan Ratigan (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Chief 'Birther' Orly Taitz appeared on MSNBC Friday morning either to defend her increasingly derided conspiracy theories or, as she seemed to see it,...

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DC or Bust: Lou Dobbs and His Hate Groupies

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Undocumented Immigrants, Birther-Movement, Illegal Immigration, Lou Dobbs, Splc, Immigration, Southern Poverty Law Center, John Tanton, Dan Stein, Fair, The Lou Dobbs Show, Immigration Reform, Obama Birth Certificate, Cnn, Hate Groups, Neo-Nazis, Illegal Immigrants, Jon Klein, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Pioneer Fund, Eugenics, Jonathan Klein, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Media News
Karl Frisch

If Dobbs won't end his association with FAIR, which the Southern Policy Law Center has designated as a hate group, CNN should do the right thing and end its association with Dobbs.

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Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

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The Tyranny of the Tantrum

Terrance Heath | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Terrance Heath

What we're seeing from the health care town halls and what we've seen from the "birthers" is essentially what I call the Tyranny of the Tantrum, which many parents encounter during the "terrible twos."

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Jason Linkins

Pro-Birther Movie Steals Media Matters Content (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media

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Once you get to know the "birthers," you become aware that a singular trait that they all share is a chronic and indefatigable laziness. After all, w...

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Con Games: The Birth, err, of Death Panels

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Birthers, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Climate-Change-Deniers, Birther-Movement, Sarah Palin, Evolution, John McCain, Green News
Michael Conniff

For too long politicians of every persuasion have hewed far too closely to inconvenient and ultimately unfungible truths.

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Firing Squads and Death Panels

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

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B. Jeffrey Madoff

My grandmother was one of the first people a pacemaker was used on. A lot of very sincere people believe that if Obama's health care reform bill passes, old people will essentially be facing death panels and denied care.

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The Republican Party Is Turning Into A Cult

Johann Hari | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Religion, Johann Hari, Birther-Movement, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Right Wing, Health Care, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Johann Hari

Since Obama's rise, the US right has been skipping frantically from one fantasy to another, like a person in the throes of a mental breakdown.

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Your Town Hall Screamfest Handbook

Bennet Kelley | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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Bennet Kelley

The sad reality is that the current town-hall screamers are being embraced by Republicans not as champions of free speech, but rather as cannon fodder in their fight to block any bill.

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Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers And The Return Of Right Wing Rage

Washington Post | Rick Perlstein | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

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So the birthers, the anti-tax tea-partiers, the town hall hecklers -- these are "either" the genuine grass roots or evil conspirators staging scenes f...

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Liz Cheney: Favorite Pretty Princess (VIDEO)

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy

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Why Liberals May Be More to Blame for the Birthers

Dan Pashman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birth, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Orly Taitz, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, President Barack Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dan Pashman

The level of press attention devoted to the birthers -- far more than left wing crackpots ever get -- seems to be a sign of liberal media bias.

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Fringe Benefits (or The New Confederacy)

Steven Weber | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Racism, Birthers, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, Politics News
Steven Weber

These birthers are throwbacks, confederate civil war re-enactors, desperately trying to get back to the America of their dreams rather than dwell in the America that is their reality.

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Birther Texas Ranger: Chuck Norris Kicks Ass For Dobbs (VIDEO)

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, Cnn, Chuck Norris, Lou Dobbs, Walker Texas Ranger, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Not only did Chuck write a blog post defending Lou, he has now cut a video showing that when you mess with Lou, you mess with Chuck. Take a look.

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More Orly Taitz!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

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Joseph A. Palermo

Finally, we have an extreme right-wing personality making the rounds in the corporate media who tears down the facade of "legitimacy" the Far Right bestows upon its craziest enthusiasts.

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How to Get Your Own Barack Obama Identity Documents

Keith Thomson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mit, Birther-Movement, Fake IDs, Forgery, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate, Sarah Palin, President Obama, Politics News
Keith Thomson

You want your own Kenyan Barack Obama birth certificate? All you need is about $200 and an internet connection or telephone to place the order.

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Health Care: The Presidential Campaign of 2009

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

It's not just the bizarro "birther" brigades that are treating Obama as electorally illegitimate. Think about the way the health-care fight has played out recently.

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Jason Linkins

Orly Taitz Melts Down On MSNBC, Blames MSM "Brownshirts" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, David Shuster, Birthers, Video, Orly Taitz, Birther-Movement, Tamron Hall, Media News

The conventional wisdom is that August is the slowest month for news, thus it's tailor-made for the "Birther" movement -- crazies that come hand-delivered to the media in their month of need, like barrel-dwelling fish that shoot themselves.

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