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Candidate Orly? Maybe

By | 06.08.10 | 5:10 pm

California Republicans are publicly wringing their hands this primary day over the possibility that a birther movement leader may actually be their nominee for secretary of state.

Orly Taitz, who emigrated from Israel to the United States in 1987, has made a name for herself in the last More…

‘Birther’ Conspiracy Roils GOP Campaigns

By | 03.01.10 | 6:00 am

In the wake of Sen. Scott Brown’s (R-Ma.) upset victory in Massachusetts, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued a memo to campaign managers suggesting a few ways to prevent their candidates from becoming the next Martha Coakley.

“Create sufficient pressure for your More…

Ann Coulter Winks at the Birthers

By | 02.24.10 | 8:01 pm

The conservative author who makes a living offending liberals takes a tiny step into the land of Obama birth certificate theories with a throwaway line in her new column.

If they could, Americans would cut the power to the Capitol, throw everyone out and try to deport them. (Whereas

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Orly Taitz Appeals to United Nations for Protection, Investigation

By | 02.22.10 | 4:44 pm

I try not to write about every development in the career of Orly Taitz, but I have to make an exception for her appeal to the United Nations for “urgent action under the mandate for human rights defenders.” Her attorney, Jonathan Levy, writes that Taitz is under “increasing legal attack More…

Learning to Manage the Fringe

By | 02.18.10 | 6:00 am

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off in Washington today, and one would-be conservative star — Debra Medina — won’t be missed.

In late January, polls showed Medina’s campaign for governor of Texas surging from single digits — the usual terrain of first-time candidates given to talk of “revolution” More…

RedState Bans Birthers

By | 02.12.10 | 4:11 pm

RedState’s Erick Erickson announces a blanket ban on conspiracy theorists at his site, taking some whacks at liberals and “Clintonistas” for starting the “truther” and “birther” conspiracy theories while announcing that he will “part ways with the individuals and groups willing to share the stage and treat as legitimate the More…

Rep. Nathan Deal Talks About His Quest for Obama’s Birth Certificate

By | 02.10.10 | 10:02 am

Jason Pye passes on a video of Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.), a candidate for governor of Georgia, being questioned by minor birther figure Carl Swensson (of “citizen grand jury” fame), and explaining the current status of his request for President Obama to release his birth certificate.

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Joseph Farah’s Big Birther Speech

By | 02.05.10 | 10:10 pm

NASHVILLE — WorldNetDaily Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah gave a 40-minute dinner speech to the National Tea Party Convention and spent at least 10 minutes of it on jokes and meandering observations about the citizenship of President Barack Obama. The strangeness started with a joke about an “international medical convention” where an More…

Birtherism Comes Cheap

By | 01.26.10 | 9:21 am

Stephanie Mencimer answers a question that, as an occasional chronicler of the birther movement, I’ve had for some time. When they claim that the White House is spending millions of dollars to thwart their lawsuits, are they blowing smoke? Well, yes.

[C]onsider a case filed by one of the

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Hudakgate Comes to an End

By | 01.22.10 | 2:58 pm

The strange spectacle of a Massachusetts congressional candidate trying to grab onto Scott Brown’s coattails is over: Bill Hudak, who got in hot water for signs and remarks about President Obama’s citizenship, has retracted his claim of an “endorsement” from Brown. From his press release:

“Our campaign misinterpreted his verbal

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