February 6, 2011

Hawaii's Governor Manipulates Birthers

By Andrew Walden
Hawaii's newly elected "DSA-er Democrat" Governor Neil "I am not a socialist" Abercrombie is the birthers' best friend -- and many commentators in Hawaii and across the nation are becoming increasingly annoyed by his antics.  In two recent interviews, with just a few anti-birthy words in December 24 and January 18 interviews magnified and distorted by the national and international media, Abercrombie has succeeded in raising birtherism from the dead.  And both he and President Barack Obama are very pleased with the opportunity to shift political discussion away from the thumping Obama took in the November midterms. After Abercrombie babbled about birthers to the NY Times and the LA Times on December 24, the reaction was swift and negative:Honolulu Star-Advertiser columnist David Shapiro wrote, "Obama birth flap born again after Abercrombie wades in."Star-Advertiser reporter BJ Reyes identified "Birthers Reborn" in the "Top Ten...(Read Full Article)