Commentary
by Eric Boehlert
I can think of three (inadvertent) positives that came out of Lou Dobbs’ ill-advised embrace of the birther movement:
- The CNN host has permanently tarnished his reputation
- The birther movement is officially kaput (like, stick-a-fork-in-it done)
- Rush Limbaugh is afraid to talk about birthers.
Talk about a win-win-win.
It’s true that Dobbs irresponsibly mainstreamedradical right-fringe players by championing their half-baked claims that Barack Obama isn’t a natural born citizen and…
