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Frist Addresses Tennessee's Birther Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist attempted to skirt a question on Thursday as to why nearly half the Republicans in his home state of Tennesse...

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Bill Maher, Roman Polanski and Barack Obama

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

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Craig Alan Silverman

Lineage and religion -- they are killer topics. It's not easy to escape religious roots. No one makes their own choice at birth regarding religion, yet ancestry and religious rules decide a lot.

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Paglia: 'Birthers' Aren't Racist, And They Have A Point

washingtonindependent.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Camille Paglia, the lone Salon.com columnist who can count on her ramblings getting regular links from The Drudge Report, appeared on NPR's "On Point"...

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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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Rep. Trent Franks Flip Flops On Birther Stance

POLITICO | Andy Barr | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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A month before Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told a town hall audience that there is not enough evidence that President Barack Obama is a natural-born c...

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GOP Rep. Trent Franks Considering Obama Citizenship Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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At a health care town hall this weekend, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said he might file a lawsuit to have the president release his birth certificate....

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To Those Who Condone "Sieg Heil" Being Shouted at a Jew

Paul Korda | Posted 09.23.2009 | Home

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Paul Korda

Two old law school buddies can no longer find any common political ground to stand on.

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Why Obama Had to Have Been Born in Kenya

Bryant Welch | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

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Bryant Welch

We need to harness the uncertainty and confusion in this country for constructive purposes, exposing the puppeteers of the far right and the corporate interests that are behind them.

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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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The Real Reason the Birthers Don't Like Obama

Tom Roston | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

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Tom Roston

There is an unspoken subtext to the Obama-bashing at the health care town halls and in the Birther movement. And I'm not talking about the racism -- I'm talking about anti-Hawaiianism

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Stephen Hawking Enters U.S. Health Care Debate

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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In an editorial on July 31, Investor's Business Daily warned of end-of-life counseling in health care reform by saying people like Stephen Hawking "wo...

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Shouting Matches Between People, Straw Men at Town Halls

Ross Hyzer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Comedy

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Ross Hyzer

There are patriots among us who realize that a battle is raging. These foot soldiers of freedom have seized our town halls to loudly, incoherently speak truth to power.

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The Top 5 Ways the 'Birthers' are Like the Global Warming Deniers

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

Both groups come from the same group of people, both are impervious to the evidence, and both get their disinformation from the same right-wing sources.

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Why Liberals May Be More to Blame for the Birthers

Dan Pashman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Meyerson: Birthers Hate Having A Black President

Washington Post | Harold Meyerson | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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Judging by the first public meetings on health-care reform that members of Congress have begun convening in their districts, America is in Second Comi...

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Fringe Benefits (or The New Confederacy)

Steven Weber | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

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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

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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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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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GOP Reps. Schock, Shimkus Dismiss Obama Birthers' Claims

State Journal-Register | Bernard Schoenburg | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

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Freshman U.S. Rep. AARON SCHOCK, R-Peoria, recently received some national exposure he probably could have done without. (via)...

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The Constitution Says Obama Can't Be President. And Neither Could Reagan.

Chris Kelly | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

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Chris Kelly

Barack Obama's birthday is tomorrow (or is it?) and in the spirit of gift giving, I've got something for the 28% of Republicans who don't believe Obama was born in America.

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Maddow Responds To Lou Dobbs: "Deeply Confusing" To Be Called "Tea-Bagging Queen" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

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Last night Rachel Maddow responded to CNN's Lou Dobbs calling her a "tea-bagging queen" on his radio show yesterday. She said Dobbs called her that b...

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Lou Dobbs Slams "Tea-Bagging Queen Rachel Maddow," Refuses To Back Off Obama Birth Certificate Controversy (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

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CNN's Lou Dobbs has come under fire for recent comments he made suggesting President Obama might be undocumented, and that, as a result, Obama's presi...

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The Spurn Of The Native

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

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Michelle Schweiger Schecter

Did you catch Liz Cheney on Larry live?/Allowing the birthers' claims to thrive/Carville, quite exasperated on Mr. King/Telling us this is, indeed, a very "nutty thing".

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A Letter To That Nutty Birther Lady

Beth Armogida | Posted 08.26.2009 | Comedy

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Beth Armogida

I saw the video clip of your passionate speech to Representative Mike Castle on YouTube right after I watched a cat do the Riverdance.

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Why the Birthers?

Harry Shearer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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Harry Shearer

It's easy to understand why some opponents to a still-popular president would be drawn to a cause that once again allows the suggestion of illegitimacy to trump disagreement with policy.

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