Craven. Despicable: NYT: Mitt Romney Plays the Birther Card

[cali]

By ANDREW ROSENTHAL

Politicians sometimes think they can get away with saying something profoundly offensive or just plain stupid by acting like it was a joke. It never works, just like it didn’t work today when Mr. Romney shamelessly played the birther card in what seems like an increasingly desperate campaign against President Obama.

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Get it? Everyone knows he’s from Michigan, but nobody is really sure where the president is from.

It’s not like Mr. Romney has shunned the birther crowd. He took the stage earlier this year with Donald Trump, who ranted about Mr. Obama’s citizenship. Mr. Romney’s son, Matt, said during the primaries that his father might consider releasing his tax returns if Mr. Obama released his birth certificate and his grades.

That’s absolutely right. The birther charges are not really about trying to disqualify Mr. Obama from being president. The point is to remind voters that his father was Kenyan and that Mr. Obama is a man of mixed race with brown skin. It’s racism, pure and simple.


http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/mitt-romney-plays-the-birther-card/

[GeorgeGist]

1. Maybe Trump won't fire Obama afterall ...

he'll lynch him.

Just for laughs of course.

[hifiguy]

2. The editorial board of the Times seems to have had their fill

of Willard. Earlier this week the lead editorial said that no one could believe a word that he or the Boy Blunder said.

A worm seems to be turning.