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VIDEO: 'Birthers on the Hill'
The BRAD BLOG —
... Guess this nonsense is getting too idiotic even for Republicans. And in a related note, and (hopefully) the last of our "birther" coverage here, Media Matters' Eric Boehlert notes how Lou Dobbs seems to have "scared Rush Limbaugh off the birther story". Virtually daring Limbaugh to re-open the story, Boehlert writes that after broaching the subject just a couple of times, "Limbaugh's scared to talk about the birthers and won't defend them because he has seen how Dobbs and the movement got manhandled by the press --- including by ...
Late Night: Hawaii Hai-KEEBAH!
Firedoglake —
... , anyone?) They also have plenty of help from CNN's favorite playa hater, Lou Dobbs, who may very well have cratered his career by taking up the specious charge against Obama's citizenship last week. Dude's numbers tanked so fast that even Rush Limbaugh abruptly sat up and took notice (much to the chagrin of the U.S. Geological Survey, which had to explain that seismic activity to the folks in Cuba). ...
The GOP Has Troubles With Reality
Discourse.net —
... should be deported since he’s never been naturalized and doesn’t have a visa. Liddy swallowed that, but this is so crazy that it’s going to turn the press — except maybe Lou Dobbs who conceivably might lose his job over this — against them.
Note also that Liddy’s reference to a “deposition” is a fiction — the actual source of this canard is a mistranslation in an interview.
More here and here if you need it.
Back when I lived in England, both sherry-drinking and ...
Eric Boehlert: How Lou Dobbs scared Rush Limbaugh off the birther story
The Hollywood Liberal —
Eric Boehlert: How Lou Dobbs scared Rush Limbaugh off the birther story I can think of three (inadvertent) positives that came out of Lou Dobbs’ ill-advised embrace of the birther movement: 1) The CNN host has permanently tarnished his reputation 2) The birther movement is officially kaput (like, stick-a-fork-in-it done) 3) Rush Limbaugh is afraid to talk about birthers. Talk about a win-win-win. It’s true that Dobbs irresponsibly mainstreamed radical right-fringe players by championing their half-baked claims that Barack Obama isn’t a natural born citizen and is ineligible to serve as president of the United ...
Lou Dobbs and the Birthers: Mainstreaming fringe ideas for ratings eventually will catch up with you
Orcinus —
... Kurtz addressed the Dobbs issue last week, when he should have, he might have been able to get away with not coming back to it. But by waiting until today, he put himself in a position where he had to either address Klein's comments, or shy away from criticizing the boss. He chose to keep quiet about Klein. And so we learned from Kurtz's unwillingness to criticize Klein that he likes having the job of media critic more than he likes doing the job of media critic. As Eric Boehlert observes, the whole dustup has been overall a good thing: But ...
