Monday, August 3, 2009

Ann Coulter, conservative pundits, throw Lou Dobbs under the bus over 'birthers' fallout


Lost amid Lou Dobbs infatuation with a story his own CNN boss said was "dead", was a startling disavowal by key members of the right wing, conservative punditry, including Ann Coulter, Mike Huckabee, and Amanda Carpenter.


Dobbs has rekindled the validity of the birthplace of President Obama, thanks in large part to a fringe group called the "birthers", who insist Obama was born in Kenya, rather than Hawaii, despite evidence to the contrary.


Even Dobbs has acknowledged he believes the story has no basis, yet continued to give large play to the matter on both his CNN show and radio program.


Huckabee, the ex-Arkansas governor and 2008 GOP candidate, who now hosts a show on Fox News Channel, dismissed the story, pointing out had Obama not been born in the US, wouldn't Hillary Clinton have pointed this out and leaked it to the press during the '08 campaign?


Coulter, who would pick a fight with Lassie if she could, dismissed the story outright, and Carpenter said as much on "Reliable Sources."


Even Bill O'Reilly called the matter a non-story, but did defend Dobbs, which might be the first time in history a Fox News host came to the aid of a CNN staffer.


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