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n the "I Love the 2008 Campaign" department, the "birthers" are alive and not so well.
Politico likens the current schism between rival Barack Obama birth certificate conspiracy theorists to the hip-hop beefs of the 90's.
East Coast Birther chief Philip Berg
has filed suit against West Coast Birther poobah Orly Taitz, whose name sounds like an inflammation best treated with some Gold Bond powder. Among the complaints is the charge that Taitz called Berg a "Shyster." That's not to be confused with the more recent adjective form, "Shysty."
YesToDemocracy.com is all over it, as usual:
Ladies and Gentlemen, in this corner, Philip "Falling Tower" Berg. And in that corner, Orly "Peroxide Pouf" Taitz! Including bouts with Ed "Sasquatch Slayer" Hale, Linda "Starrpower", and Eveyln "Big Momma E" Adams! Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!!
No, I'm absolutely serious. In a fantastic case of the birthers eating their own, Berg has filed suit AGAINST Dr. Orly!
YesToDemocracy.com also has a breakdown of Taitz's response to Berg's suit, and everything else you would ever want to know about the Birthers.
I think we're sitting on a goldmine here. Some clever TV network should swoop in and schedule a Battle Royale to settle all of these residual scores from Campaign 2008. Sign up both "Birther" factions, the
PUMAs, Andrew Sullivan's "
Triggers," and the Tea-Baggers, and have a big dodgeball tournament.
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