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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid attacked the birthers – the group of conspiracy theorists who believe President Obama is not a U.S. citizen despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary – in a speech on the House floor this afternoon. Reid's comments suggest Democrats have begun to view the birther movement as an asset – an opportunity to link the opposition party to a fringe group that discredits its message overall. After attacking Republicans for offering "one radical distraction after the next" in the health care debate, Reid said "they not limited to health care." He continued: "An artificial controversy is...

Petty bickering about patriotism and Who Loves Our Troops More has never been seen as a financial growth industry, but there's no stopping American capitalism. This is why a perfunctory bit of political grandstanding, committed to U.S. Senate letterhead this month, became worth a reported $4.2 million yesterday, instantly becoming one of the most valuable printed documents of the modern era.

Rush Limbaugh Earns Big Money From Senate Letter Chastising Him Sunday, October 14, 2007 Rush Limbaugh WASHINGTON — A letter sent to Rush Limbaugh's boss demanding he be chastised for comments he made on the air about "phony soldiers" is now on the auction block, and the latest bid is a cool $41,400. One hundred percent of the money raised from the eBay auction will go to educate the children of Marines and law enforcement officers who died while on duty, the auction says. Bids will continue until Friday for the letter signed by 41 Democratic senators and sent on...

Reid Continues To Press For Limbaugh Apology WASHINGTON -- October 8, 2007: Clear Channel CEO Mark Mays last week declined to apologize for a September 26 on-air remark by Rush Limbaugh -- syndicated by CC-owned Premiere Radio networks -- so now the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has sent an e-mail, signed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, to supporters asking them to contact Mays and demand that he make Limbaugh apologize. "It's one thing to call me 'Dingy Harry,' Reid wrote, "it's another to insult our men and women in uniform, calling those who oppose the war 'phony soldiers' as...