Others have said this. But the best way to understand the ‘birther’ craze is as a proxy for people who don’t want to accept a black man with a Arabic-derived first name as President of the United States. Really as simple as that.
Little wonder that it pulls the Inhofes of Capitol Hill out of the caves.
I thought the beer invites had put an end to this. But apparently not. The Cambridge PD has a press conference scheduled for 12 noon.
Late Update: And now the lawyer for the woman who made the 911 call is on TV defending her client … against what? Who knows. Everyone wants their 15 minutes.
Louisiana Dems respond to Vitter’s “luvfest” comments: Our “trip was legal, public and no money changed hands.”
Reading through all the ‘birther’ emails we’re getting, I’m sort of reminded why you just don’t want to get into a conversation with LaRouchies, various others cultists or even just the random unkempt middle-aged guy in Central Park screaming about socialism. They’ve pre-plumbed every rabbit hole.
You may have noticed the news last week that the Feds arrested a bunch of accused fraudsters, an alleged kidney merchant and a decent chunk of the New Jersey political class all in one fell swoop. TPMMuckraker’s Zack Roth explains what it was all about.
We keep hearing about indictments of associates and various smoke around Rep. Murtha. (D-PA). But really doesn’t seem to be sweating it much. His earmark operation continues apace. And he hasn’t even hired a lawyer.