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Old 04-29-2011, 11:29 AM   #93 (permalink)
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My question isn't so much as why it's an issue and who's responsible for it; it's more like what do we do about it now that it's an issue?

If it's so important to release the birth certificate, then why not make it mandatory? Why simply base it on whether enough people have an emotional response to it? Is that any way to run a country?

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all it has done is show why the republicans need to change direction.
they really could not have a more loathesome spokesmodel than donald trump.
gringrich is about to launch that moronic american exceptionalist thing.

the far right is a liability.
It isn't merely a matter of direction; it's a matter of distance too. The Republicans need to keep the high-profile birthers at arm's length. They need to separate the wheat from the chaff. They need to distinguish between American exceptionalism and national pride.

The far right isn't merely a liability; it's an adversary.
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