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'Conservative' Columnist Douthat: Many 'Right-Wing' Americans Don't Understand Hawaii Is A State
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 06/28/2010 8:02:32 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Over the weekend, Dave Weigel resigned as WaPo's house chronicler of conservatives after revelations of his antipathy toward the people he was covering. Tonight brings us the spectacle of Ross Douthat, an ostensibly conservative columnist at the New York Times. Appearing on MSNBC's Ed Schultz show, Douthat proffered precisely zero criticism of anyone or anything liberal. But he did manage to mock Mike Huckabee as "passive-aggressive." For good measure, Douthat suggested that "right-wing" people who question Barack Obama's place of birth are too dense to realize that Hawaii is a state of the union.

The Nation's Chris Hayes subbed for Schultz tonight, and he didn't have to strain to elicit criticism of conservatives from Douthat. After playing a clip of Huckabee stating the apparent fact that he polls better than other Republicans against Obama, Douhat opined.

View video here.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: daveweigel; douthat; mikehuckabee; pupule; rossdouthat
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1 posted on 06/28/2010 8:02:37 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: netmilsmom; Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; Diogenesis; MEG33; PGalt; ...

The New York Times/MSNBC’s idea of a “conservative” columnist. Ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 06/28/2010 8:03:44 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I wonder what color the sky is in Douthat’s world . . .


3 posted on 06/28/2010 8:05:37 PM PDT by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com--I've gone rogue!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

But Kenya isn’t a state.


4 posted on 06/28/2010 8:06:45 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Really?? Obama stated there are 57 states in America...surely Hawaii is one them.


5 posted on 06/28/2010 8:06:55 PM PDT by max americana
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hawaii is our 57th state, silly.


6 posted on 06/28/2010 8:07:08 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States
7 posted on 06/28/2010 8:07:53 PM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Maybe. But we understand it won’t tip over.


8 posted on 06/28/2010 8:09:28 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Sources, Foghat.


9 posted on 06/28/2010 8:09:46 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
PBS gives us David Brooks and before that David Gergen.

I'd like to see FOX offer Gergen as a liberal pundit, or Brooks when he becomes available.

10 posted on 06/28/2010 8:14:54 PM PDT by nonsporting
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Many “left wing Americans” don't understand the Hawaii was once attacked..... by bad guys.
11 posted on 06/28/2010 8:17:10 PM PDT by outofstyle (Anti-socialist)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

CNN has decided that Kathleen Parker, who supported Obama for President, is to be the “conservative” opposite Client #9


12 posted on 06/28/2010 8:18:12 PM PDT by GeronL (Just say NO to conservativecave.com, it rots your teeth!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
LOL! Communist er, columnist Douthat. Yeah I doubthat he's a conservative. What the heck has this wannabe EVER written. I've NEVER heard of him.
13 posted on 06/28/2010 8:21:53 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I see the POLL question is based on BORN IN THE U.S.

Which is not the issue that the public is addressing.

The issue was that he was not a Natural Born Citizen.


14 posted on 06/28/2010 8:25:17 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
For good measure, Douthat suggested that "right-wing" people who question Barack Obama's place of birth are too dense to realize that Hawaii is a state of the union.

We know Hawai'i is a state, but we don't know for sure where BO was born.

15 posted on 06/28/2010 8:25:42 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: max americana

Ask this asshat what the other 7 states are since BO said there were 57 and there are only 50 stars on the flag so the flag must be wrong. /s


16 posted on 06/28/2010 8:26:10 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Who the heck is Ross Asshat?


17 posted on 06/28/2010 8:26:10 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (I Don't Want Obama to Kick Ass. I WANT HIM TO GET OFF HIS ASS!!!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
For good measure, Douthat suggested that "right-wing" people who question Barack Obama's place of birth are too dense to realize that Hawaii is a state of the union.

Mr. Douthat sounds like an A$$Hat to me!

18 posted on 06/28/2010 8:26:56 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hawaii ain’t no state , it is an island that could capsize if the Japanese don’t quit moving there . Well it didn’t use to be a state anyway. Not like the other 57 that always were states. Who is retarded now Douchehat ?


19 posted on 06/28/2010 8:29:12 PM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
DOUHAT: There are two ways to read it, right? Clearly on the one hand it's illustrative of a certain kind of paranoia among many Americans, right-wing Americans about Barack Obama. On the other hand, I really think you can overstate the importance of these polls. There are polls every year that show 42% of Americans believe in UFOs.

HAYES: Also disturbing!

DOUTHAT: Also disturbing. But I also wonder, if you took that 21% [sic] and polled them and said what percentage know that being born outside the US --

HAYES: Disqualifies --

DOUTHAT: Is a disqualification for the presidency. Or if you polled them and said, what percentage know that Hawaii is actually a state? That sounds like a joke, but-- that sounds like a joke --

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2010/06/28/conservative-nyt-columnist-douthat-many-right-wing-americans-dont-#ixzz0sD0yrvDR

BO's father, BO Sr. (if that really was his father) was not a citizen of the U.S. when BO was born, so that means BO is not a natural born citizen of the United States and is therefore ineligible for the Presidency.

20 posted on 06/28/2010 8:30:02 PM PDT by thecodont
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