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Palin gets it right on birthers and Obama's faith
Wash Post ^ | 2/17/11 | Jonathan Capehart

Posted on 02/17/2011 5:03:06 PM PST by pissant

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the Tea Party Princess, played a noxious game of dodge ball with George Stephanopoulos this morning when he asked her whether she believed that President Obama was born in the United States and is not a Muslim. Leave it to the Tea Party Queen -- Sarah Palin -- to show Bachmann and others in the Republican Party the right way to answer the question.

"Do you question his faith and citizenship?" Palin was asked today during an onstage interview hosted by the Long Island Association. Her answer was brief and to the point.

"I don't, and those are distractions," she said to some applause. "What we're concerned about is the economy. And we're concerned about the policies coming out of his administration and what he believes in terms of big government or private sector. So, no, the faith, the birth certificate, others can engage in that kind of conversation. It's distracting. It gets annoying and let's just stick with what really matters."

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; certifigate; freepressforpalin; naturalborncitizen; palin; pissant4obama; pissant4rinos; zotpissant
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To: pissant
Thank you, Sarah Palin.
21 posted on 02/17/2011 5:17:32 PM PST by Kleon
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To: Josh Painter

You’re exactly right. Even if he’s on a prayer rug five times a day, and he was born in Zanzibar, his puppeteer will NEVER let us find out about it.


22 posted on 02/17/2011 5:19:51 PM PST by wolfpat (Veni. Vidi. Veneer: I came. I saw. I made plywood.)
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To: pissant

All media does these days is assault the American public in one way or another and try to shut them up. That’s all it is. Assault on anti obumbler-nation Americans. First they called them bigots and racists and kkk astroturfers, then they called them tea-baggers and haters and murderers of democrat politicians, and now they are birther fruitcakes and obumbler faith-sceptics who should just shut up and disappear because their cause is really “distractions” from real issues — e.g., they’re drawing blood . . . of the obumbler, the won’s, that is!


23 posted on 02/17/2011 5:20:16 PM PST by parisa
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To: Josh Painter
Newsflash: Obama is bankrupting this country by running it into record debt. That’s what the voters will care about in 2012, and that’s how we beat him and his Democrat Socialists.You’re not going to get him out of office over his religion or birth certificate.

Newsflash: BO/BS failing to prove he fulfills the natural born citizenship clause in Article 2 Section 1 of the Constitution is the biggest Constitutional crisis of our time and Palin, like many other politicians refuse to defend the Constitution.
24 posted on 02/17/2011 5:20:38 PM PST by Defend Liberty
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To: pissant

The Left uses bayonets. And all the Republicans have are limp spaghetti noodles, because they’re not principled.


25 posted on 02/17/2011 5:24:04 PM PST by EternalVigilance (A republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: pissant

You guys even seen the polls? The country is at its worst and the usurper still matches any GOP candidate’s numbers. If the economy improves slightly it’s game over for America.

The eligibility issue is the ONLY surefire way to prevent 4 more years.


26 posted on 02/17/2011 5:24:56 PM PST by 83Vet4Life
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To: patriot08

She is another POS. She is off my list now. Another Rove/O’Reilly/Fox Al Waleed and his other network elites. F her.


27 posted on 02/17/2011 5:26:23 PM PST by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: patriot08

She is another POS. She is off my list now. Another Rove/O’Reilly/Fox Al Waleed and his other network elites. F her.


28 posted on 02/17/2011 5:26:38 PM PST by Frantzie (HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
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To: SgtHooper

She is playing it smart. What is she going to say..... Yes I think he is a muslim. The press then says, you are a bigot and because you believe muslims cant be president. If he gets taken down because others reveal it, well so be it. The other thing that should be pointed out is pissant is a....


29 posted on 02/17/2011 5:27:48 PM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: pissant

Sarah has excellent political instincts.

Let those who don’t have a chance fight the unwinnable battles.


30 posted on 02/17/2011 5:28:40 PM PST by altura
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To: UCFRoadWarrior
"I am so tired of Sarah Palin. She is a Liberal RINO."

It's tough when no one is quite as pure as you, Reagan, and Jesus.


31 posted on 02/17/2011 5:30:49 PM PST by I see my hands (You can know the young posters by the desperate optimism in their posts.)
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To: tatown

Darn tootin she’s a politician, and a smart one. She doesn’t let them derail her or divert her for a moment. She knows how to play the game.
No babe in the woods, no angelic being, is ever going to be POTUS. It’ll always be a politician.
The better she is at it, the better her chances.


32 posted on 02/17/2011 5:30:54 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (BYOST -- bring your own sark tag. Thank you.)
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To: Walkingfeather
"is a.."

Is an..


33 posted on 02/17/2011 5:33:08 PM PST by I see my hands (You can know the young posters by the desperate optimism in their posts.)
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To: I see my hands

grammar nazi


34 posted on 02/17/2011 5:36:15 PM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

America needs a leader, not another politician.


35 posted on 02/17/2011 5:40:04 PM PST by tatown (Obama is a turd)
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To: pissant

The sad part of this is watching her supporters now feel compelled to follow her and then find themselves in an anti-constitutional position.


36 posted on 02/17/2011 5:40:23 PM PST by EternalVigilance (A republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior
I am so tired of Sarah Palin. She is a Liberal RINO. She would be a sure 57-state loser to Obama if she was the GOP nominee

Another solid conservative sacrificed on the purity altar as a birther blasphemer.

I have bad news for you guys...if you hold out for a birther presidential nominee, you won't have anyone to vote for.

37 posted on 02/17/2011 5:42:00 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

You. Cannot. Be. Serious.

I have heard SP called many things, but a RINO. I dont think so.


38 posted on 02/17/2011 5:43:02 PM PST by Illuminatas (Obama - Dumber Than Bush!)
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To: I see my hands

And I dont think he’s sure of Reagan and Jesus.


39 posted on 02/17/2011 5:44:54 PM PST by Illuminatas (Obama - Dumber Than Bush!)
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To: EternalVigilance

Bachmann handled it much better.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2675549/posts


40 posted on 02/17/2011 5:45:55 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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