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CNN's Martin: Birther's "I want my country back" comment means "How is this black guy all of the sudden running the country?"

July 22, 2009 5:00 pm ET

From the 3 p.m. ET hour of CNN Newsroom on July 22:

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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (July 22, 2009 5:08 pm ET)
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      Yes, the country she wants back is called Caucasistan.
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      • Author by seeryer (July 22, 2009 5:14 pm ET)
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        She must have lived in the hardest working, boot strap pulling up part of the country: Crackerville, Caucasistan.
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        • Author by RABBITLUVR (July 22, 2009 5:42 pm ET)
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          Georgetown, Delaware. Not far from Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City, basically just another one of your run-of-the-mill ignorant hellholes. Plenty of those in Delmarva.
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        • Author by snoopy (July 22, 2009 6:35 pm ET)
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          And the capital is in the district of whiterovia.
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    • Author by seeryer (July 22, 2009 5:09 pm ET)
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      DING, DING, DING!! We have a winner.
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    • Author by mk3872 (July 22, 2009 5:09 pm ET)
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      Yeah! Finally someone in the MSM shows a few b*lls and he's not conservative!!
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    • Author by harley (July 22, 2009 5:10 pm ET)
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      This terrorist teabagging freak claims she "wants her country back" and that she doesn't want the Flag to change. How exactly is our flag changing and where did our country go that she wants it back? Conservatism = Terrorism. You are losers...every one of you.
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (July 22, 2009 5:54 pm ET)
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        Freaks call the Jason Lewis show every afternoon to sneer at "President HUSSEIN" and ask with trembling voices "what happened to my country? This is not the country I grew up in! We are losing everything that used to be important!"

        It's like counseling for despondent KKK members.
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    • Author by o rly (July 22, 2009 5:11 pm ET)
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      The black dude is spot on. White racists simply cannot accept the fact that a black man is president.
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      • Author by SteveRiverson162410 (July 22, 2009 10:13 pm ET)
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        Can you prove that she is a racist?
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        • Author by Scotty Johnson Sr. (July 23, 2009 3:53 am ET)
             
          Can you prove that she is a racist?
          It's common sense man. If she isn't a racist, what is she? Just your garden variety nutjob who magically believes in racial equality? Racism is the most logical source of the vitriol exhibited by these birther nutters. Until I see a valid reason presented other than racism, I'll assume it....kind of like how the birthers want to assume Obama was not born in Hawaii unless they have the original birth certificate in their slimy hands.
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    • Author by blueline99 (July 22, 2009 5:20 pm ET)
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      I love this guy!! Absolutely! He's our President and I don't want him acknowledging these nut jobs and giving them the weight of the white house.

      They can stand in line with the fake moon landing, FEMA Camps, Grassy Noll, and every other conspiracy theorist out there.

      Martin hit it right on the head with "Get over it!". And I'm glad to see that the CNN commentator asked the question, what does "I want my country back!" mean.
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      • Author by foghornleghorn (July 22, 2009 6:58 pm ET)
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        I LOVE how Roland says "nutjob" right before the clip starts!!!
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        • Author by Rasta Farian (July 23, 2009 1:41 am ET)
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          I was wondering if anyone else heard that quip.

          Classic!
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    • Author by thundavolt (July 22, 2009 5:27 pm ET)
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      Finally someone said it.
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    • Author by skiploader1111 (July 22, 2009 5:29 pm ET)
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      The thing that really gets me is the way birthers claim that a "Certification of Live Birth" is somehow not a birth certificate.

      Using wackjob birther logic, I don't have a college degree. I guess the document I received is a fake. It says, "the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering." Nowhere does it say "College Degree." I guess I worked hard to finish school for nothing and I guess I committed fraud by fooling my employer into hiring me.
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      • Author by blueline99 (July 22, 2009 5:48 pm ET)
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        Show me the original degree... the one that was handed to you at graduation... not that copy that you have hanging on the wall... I want that little piece of paper that you got during commencement...
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        • Author by voiceofreason (July 23, 2009 2:50 am ET)
             
          i know you were joking but i have to say this...you know no birther is gonna know a word like "commencement" LOL
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    • Author by fantagor (July 22, 2009 5:32 pm ET)
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      It's just thinly veiled racism. Nobody cares where he was born. It's his shade, a little too dark for some of the GOP's Aryan nation.

      Randy
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    • Author by rtwmd1230 (July 22, 2009 6:01 pm ET)
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      Miss Cracker not only denies that Obama is natural-born, but that he is even a citizen of this country! When Castle wimpishly replies that he is a citizen (also leaving out natural-born), the crowd vigorously disagrees.
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    • Author by The_Cat (July 22, 2009 6:18 pm ET)
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      He's right, of course. A birth certificate has been produced and they've rejected that proof. Nothing will satisfy the 'birthers' until a new president is in office, and probably only a white president. Until then, I'm all in favor of an old solution to this kind of public foolishness: Point and Laugh.
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    • Author by jlw7717595 (July 22, 2009 6:46 pm ET)
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      If Obama is not a citizen his mother should be commended as the most forward thinking person in history. Think about it. He was born in Kenya, but she though "hmmm..he might run for president one day so I better put an announcement of his birth in the Honolulu newspaper."
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      • Author by Scotty Johnson Sr. (July 23, 2009 3:56 am ET)
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        If Obama is not a citizen his mother should be commended as the most forward thinking person in history.
        Exactly. She must have seen the talent in that newborn as well. As a bet, it would have been the longest shot in history, easily eclipsing Bill Clinton's humble origins in the realm of improbable rises to the Presidency.
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    • Author by Jlamar87 (July 24, 2009 4:23 pm ET)
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      Cnn's Martin is a idiot. This guy put up such a fight yesterday over people just simply wanting to see Obama's proof of citizenship that you would have thought he was guilty! He claimed that proof of citizenship doesn't matter? Yes proof matters! Obama has over and over again refused to give proof that he is a citizen. He is from muslim heritage and he denies over one million people the right to show proof! Over one million people signed that petition and many more that didn't know about the petition say the same thing. WE WANT PROOF. This has nothing to do with race! Too many people use the race card as a excuse to do or not do something. The reason we have racism in this country is both sides fault and people like this martin idiot don't help the cause one bit.
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