The Nut Job as Political Force

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 4, 2009 If there's been a more clinically insane political phenomenon in my lifetime than the "birthers," I've missed it. Is this what our national discourse has come to? Sheer paranoid fantasy?If there's been a more clinically insane political phenomenon in my lifetime than the "birthers," I've missed it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Bill Maher: Fringe Losers Can Ruin Everything

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2009 The "Real Time" host battles the birthers, "the far-right goofballs who claim Obama wasn't really born in Hawaii and therefore the job of president goes to the runner-up, Miss California Carrie Prejean." [Video fixed] Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )