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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn Arizona, more birther buffoonery
Never mind that Hawaii has confirmed publicly and repeatedly, since before the 2008 presidential election, that Mr. Obama was born there; that the Hawaii Department of Health has released both the short and long forms of the presidents birth certificate; and that all this information, along with clear-as-a-bell explanations, is available to the public online. Mr. Bennett insists that none of that is sufficient proof for the Show Me Your Papers State.
Mr. Bennett hastens to add that he is no birther. Of course he isnt: Everyone knows that birthers the few that remain against the overwhelming facts of documentary evidence are half-baked clowns who live for their pet conspiracy theory. And Mr. Bennett, an energy company CEO and plausible gubernatorial candidate in a midsize state, couldnt really be one of those. Could he?
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But by threatening to exclude Mr. Obama from the ballot, Mr. Bennett transformed what should have been a farcical sideshow of the 2012 election into an actual menace to democracy. He legitimized the lunatic leanings of the United States, and his partys, most extreme elements. He put it in the minds of radicals everywhere that elected officials, for the shabbiest reasons (or none at all), can float the idea of bending ballot rules and suffer no adverse consequence.
In the process, he shamed Arizona on the 100th anniversary of its statehood, giving it the appearance of a banana republic thats come unhinged under the influence of partisan fever.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-arizona-the-birther-plot-plays-on/2012/05/21/gIQAV9tYgU_story.html?tid=pm_pop
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In Arizona, more birther buffoonery (Original Post)
cali
May 2012
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Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)1. Appearance?
These nutbags would call Barry Goldwater a RINO.
ProfessorGAC
(65,334 posts)2. This Will Go To Court
His political career ends when court rules against him. Good riddance.
gademocrat7
(10,680 posts)3. The sooner, the better.
DinahMoeHum
(21,825 posts)4. Well, remember, you can't spell "crazy" without "AZ"
n/t