'Conservative' Columnist Douthat: Many 'Right-Wing' Americans Don't Understand Hawaii Is A State

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

[governsleastgovernsbest]

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

[filbert]

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

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

But Kenya isn’t a state.

[max americana]

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

[Vince Ferrer]

Hawaii is our 57th state, silly.

[Hoodat]

Obama Claims He's Visited 57 States

[Psycho_Bunny]

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

[Beowulf9]

Sources, Foghat.

[nonsporting]

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.

[outofstyle]

Many “left wing Americans” don't understand the Hawaii was once attacked..... by bad guys.

[GeronL]

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

[PGalt]

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.

[UCANSEE2]

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.

[thecodont]

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.

[guitarplayer1953]

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

[VeniVidiVici]

Who the heck is Ross Asshat?

[SuziQ]

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!

[kbennkc]

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 ?

[thecodont]

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 --

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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.