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If you haven't caught Dave Weigel's account of the run-in between Andrew Breitbart and Joseph Farah, you've got to read it. I witnessed the whole encounter first-hand, but Weigel was the one to provoke the conversation, and record it.
My only request, as with every other scandal surrounding this convention, is that you don't take the confrontation as representative of your average Tea Party Convention attendee's feelings on any of the issues they discuss, namely birtherism, media coverage, niche conservative infighting.
My only request, as with every other scandal surrounding this convention, is that you don't take the confrontation as representative of your average Tea Party Convention attendee's feelings on any of the issues they discuss, namely birtherism, media coverage, niche conservative infighting.
Breitbart Versus Farah
The SCOTUS certified the document. They are supposed to be the law of the land -- the last word.
And do you really believe the Repubs didn't vet him and investigate him within an inch of his life when he he was first running? When he gave the speech in 2004, the Repubs starting investigating him then -- they didn't find any question with his eligibility.
Bottom line is this: You can't expect this precedent to be sent. You can't "win" by trying to get him to capitulate to these demands. The thinking is that you will have a victory if he bends to your demands -- the validity of the document doesn't matter. The fact that he...