Catching up with the news…
In birth certificate non-story conspiracy nuts news:
CNN tells Dobbs the birther story is over. Dobbs persists. (h/t Cassandra)
Oopsie! Now the CNN president is walking back the criticism.
The SPLC weighs in. The birther rumors have their origin in the radical racist right. Holocaust Museum James Von Brunn was a birther.
McCain and Palin are in on the conspiracy!
This whole article is worth a read, just to give you an idea of the complete idiocy and ineptness of the birthers. I’ll bet you’re not surprised to learn that one of the head birther is also a truther. Here’s a taste of the article:
But the flawed conception of the many “birther” lawsuits, coupled with the inexperience and foul-ups of “birther” lawyers, have only fed the frenzy over Obama’s legitimacy to serve as president of the United States. A survey of the lawsuits filed against Obama reveals a reliance on widely debunked rumors, bogus stories sourced back to web sites, affidavits from “experts” who refuse to provide credentials or even their real names, and frequent and blatant misunderstandings of basic constitutional law. The dismissal of “birther” lawsuits has allowed conspiracy theorists to believe that the information in those suits is accurate–a belief that manifests itself in the emails, phone calls, and town hall meeting rants that have pushed the theories into the mainstream media and the halls of Congress.
The birthers are in a self-referential clusterf*ck. You don’t say!
In Gates-gate news:
Obama speaks with Officer Crowley and invites Crowley and Gates over to the White House for a beer.
In other news:
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean is writing a book. I can’t wait to read it. I’ll read it right after I read Joe the Plumber’s book and Sarah Palin’s book. It’s the quitter-loser-liar trifecta.
Henry Waxman stands up to the Blue Dogs. It’s about time. Now we’ll find out if the Blue Dogs have enough power to kill health care reform.