Jed Lewison, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2009. The president, according to Trent Franks (R-AZ), has "no place in any station of government." Hate speech, anyone?
Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. September 28, 2009. A new birthermercial asks you to sign a petition demanding an investigation into Obama's birth. A "Got a birth certificate?" bumper sticker is included, for the low price of $30!
Kos, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2009. In better news, the public option is supported among all age groups (including 50-42 among those older than 60), and both among blacks (81-5) and whites (51-43).
Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 14, 2009. Standing proudly on stage during the rally in D.C. FreedomWorks leader Matt Kibbe proclaimed ABC News was reporting that 1 million to 1.5 million people were in attendance.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 7, 2009. According to a new poll, twenty percent said they think he was born elsewhere, and 29 percent said they weren't sure.
Roy Edroso, Alicublog AlterNet: Belief. August 29, 2009. The current, sad era in American history isn't good for much, but it is proving a golden age for tendentious arguments.
Johann Hari, Independent UK. August 24, 2009. The faith-based thinking of many conservatives spreads and contaminates the rational. No wonder so many buy the right-wing's absurd propaganda.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2009. "I'd like the President to produce his birth certificate," DeLay told Chris Matthews on Tuesday. "I can. Most illegal aliens here in America can."
Byard Duncan, AlterNet. August 4, 2009. By continuing to sanction Dobbs' thinly veiled racism, the network is jeopardizing its status as America's "most trusted" news source.
Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 3, 2009. Watching the GOP morph into the National Association for the Advancement of White People should give us all hope, not despair.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. August 3, 2009. There's a great deal of overlap between anti-choice nuts and birther conspiracy theorists.
Gary Younge, Comment Is Free AlterNet: PEEK. August 3, 2009. The "birthers" might be crazy, but so was Whitewater, which ended with impeachment, and the Swift Boaters, who helped torpedo John Kerry.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 31, 2009. The media backlash that Dobbs set off made sure that nobody will ever take the birthers seriously again.
