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Archive for July, 2009

The Roots And Reach Of The Birthers

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, July 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Ana Marie Cox and David Weigel talk about the roots of the birther movement, and the dangers it poses to American politics:

Why Obama’s Honeymoon Is Over

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, July 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

Reason’s Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch talk about why President Obama’s honeymoon is, and should be, over:

Gillespie and Welch also talked about this topic during a recent Washington Post chat:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071702093.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/07/17/DI2009071702710.html?sid=ST2009071702964

CNN President Backs Down, Won’t Stop Lou Dobbs From Airing Birther Nonsense

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, July 25th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Media, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Yesterday, I noted that CNN President Jon Klein had declared the birther story “dead” and told staffers on Lou Dobbs’ show to stop talking about it.

Now, Greg Sargent at The Plum Line reports that he’s backed off those comments:
CNN/US president Jonathan Klein is rebuffing the mounting criticism of the network over Lou Dobbs’ continued airing [...]

Cheney Advocated Use Of Military On U.S. Soil

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, July 25th, 2009. Filed under Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, George W Bush, Homeland Security, Politics, September 11th, War On Terror

Today’s New York Times reports on one plan that, if implemented, could have led to a serious Constitutional crisis:
WASHINGTON — Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration [...]

See Ya Later, Folks

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 24th, 2009. Filed under Music

It’s Five O’Clock, let’s go somewhere

Two GOP Senators Come Out Against Sotomayor

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 24th, 2009. Filed under Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

You can count John Cornyn and Orrin Hatch as “nay” votes:
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the head of his party’s Senate campaign arm, said Friday he’ll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, siding with GOP leaders and conservatives who are lining up against President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the first Hispanic justice.
The [...]

Resources For Debunking The Birthers

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

I’ve been writing a lot lately about the birthers —the people who contend that Barack Obama cannot be President because he was not born in the United States or, even if he was, because he cannot meet the definition of a “natural born citizen” — lately, but there are many other sites out there that [...]

Texas Governor Threatens State’s Rights Challenge To ObamaCare

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 24th, 2009. Filed under Politics

Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to channel the ghost of John C. Calhoun:
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be “disastrous” for Texas.
Interviewed [...]

CNN President To Lou Dobbs: Drop The Birther Story

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 24th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

After last night’s show during which Lou Dobbs continued to harp on the non-story of President Obama’s eligibility to be President, the head of CNN has called for an end to Dobbs’ obsession with the issue:
CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein told staffers at the cable news network Thursday night that the supposed controversy regarding the legitimacy [...]

Doug Wilder Refuses To Jump On The Deeds Bandwagon

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, July 24th, 2009. Filed under 2009 Governor's Race, Bob McDonnell, Creigh Deeds, Politics, Virginia Politics

Apparently, even intervention from the President of the United States isn’t enough to convince former Governor Doug Wilder to endorse Creigh Deeds:
The Obama administration dispatched a senior aide to Richmond Wednesday to urge former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder to get behind state Sen. Creigh Deeds, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee.
Patrick Gaspard, the White House political [...]

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