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Helen Thomas, Birther?
The Blog Weekly Standard ^ | July 27, 2009 | John McCormack
Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:09:52 PM by kalee
At the White House press briefing today, left-wing Air America radio talk show host Bill Press asked Robert Gibbs, “Is there anything you can say that will make the birthers go away?”
To which Gibbs replied, Oh, please, please don’t make me talk about an issue that makes conservatives look like a bunch of nutjobs.
I paraphrase. You can read the full exchange after the jump.
But I thought it was curious that Helen Thomas seemed to think that concerns that Obama is not really a U.S. citizen are legitimate (some of the following exchange was left out of the official White House transcript, but see the 30:50 mark of this video):
GIBBS: ... no, nothing will assuage them. But there are 10,000 more important issues for people in this country to discuss, rather than—
HELEN THOMAS: A violation of the Constitution.
GIBBS:—whether or not the President is a citizen. ...
THOMAS: Why do you think it keeps coming up?
MR. GIBBS: Because for $15, you can get an Internet address and say whatever you want.
“GIBBS: ... no, nothing will assuage them. But there are 10,000 more important issues for people in this country to discuss, rather than—
HELEN THOMAS: A violation of the Constitution.”
I love it!!!!!!!
FYI - also see post #16 (in case you had not had a chance to check those docs out)
“MR. GIBBS: Because for $15, you can get an Internet address and say whatever you want.”
We should all send Gibbs an email telling him that the O should just spend his own $15 and produce the original.
I’m hearing in that inimitable Helen Thomas voice “Mister President... MISTER PRESIDENT!!! Where’s the birth certificate MISTER PRESIDENT???”
It’s funny that I’m starting to like Helen Thomas again now that she’s haranguing “that man” instead of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. Integrity is laying into both sides with the same vigor. Good on ya, Helen.