Talk show host Glenn Beck has told birthers to stop it already. This means that within several days time both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Beck have made it clear that they’ve had enough of the birthers’ (whose most high-profile ranks now include Donald Trump) unrelenting claims that Barack Obama was not born here and therefore shouldn’t even be in the Oval Office:
“You have a real opportunity to talk about American exceptionalism and what made us exceptional. You have a real opportunity to talk about taxes and spending. Instead, you’re gonna waste time on the birth certificate? I understand. I personally think he’s a citizen. I think he was born here. I don’t think he was a Manchurian Candidate from birth. But, if you want to, great. You’re out of your mind if you think that is a winning argument for the next election.”
Mediaite also offers this video of Beck on the issue:
And, as usual, I offer a theme song for the birthers, from the musical “Follies.” This fits in with what Beck says and the birthers, with the exception of only a few small parts of the lyric. Listen to the words:
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.