Thursday, October 08, 2009

BURDEN OF PROOF

“[Orly] Taitz -- dentist, lawyer, wife of a software executive, mother of three and a leading proponent of the ... birther campaign against President Obama -- walks briskly past her law office, which is conveniently beside the dental practice. Inside the law office is a modest conference room with a table, eight chairs, a couple of abstract paintings and a houseplant. It is here that Taitz dreams of deposing the U.S. president, proving that he is a citizen not of this country but of Kenya, maybe, or possibly Indonesia, perhaps even -- who knows? -- that he is secretly controlled by Saudi Arabia.”

When the “birther” controversy began, I was against pursuing it, citing the presidential order of succession: Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner ... how bad could Obama be?

Now Biden’s beginning to look better and better ....

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