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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

'Birthers' are bonkers

Posted By Max Brantley on Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:44 AM

Eugene Robinson writes that he's never encountered any political activists as nutty as the "birthers" who question President Obama's eligibility to be president. That covers a lot of nuttiness.

It is about time to hear Arkansas Republican leadership on this question. Do they stand with this nut or not?

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