Comments Elsewhere: Birtherism and the Ground Game

After watching 80-odd comments on the birth certificate issues miss the point, I added

There’s a whole raft of birther-related bills floating around statehouses, targetting the next round of primaries and national elections: filing season is going to come up in a matter of months. Releasing these documents now is a reminder to every state attorney general, every state legislature that they will mire their state in costly legislation, and if they craft a bill that excludes Obama’s documentation, they’ll be in violation of constitutional due process and full faith and credit protections, and if they don’t, they’ll just look like idiots for missing their target.

Frankly, the short-form birth certificate was enough, legally, but this just drives it home.

Probably won’t stop them from trying, but it could peel away enough cost-conscious state senators or governors to keep the legislation sane and/or kill it outright.

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That was a Long Eight Years....

Someone has put together the most comprehensive collection of Bush administration scandals, errors and atrocities. My Impeachment Index pales by comparison.

Most corrupt ever, or just since Harding? Or maybe since Andrew Johnson? I'm voting for "ever" but the modern state offers so many more opportunities and they didn't miss one.

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