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Palin denies implying Obama not American

Published: December 4th, 2009 11:17 AM
Last Modified: December 4th, 2009 12:30 PM

Link: Salon.com In a Facebook posting headlined "Stupid Conspiracies," Sarah Palin denies she suggested on Thursday that President Barack Obama may not have been born in the United States. Palin opponents lined up to label her a "birther" late Thursday after she said on a nationally broadcast conservative talk-radio show that questions about Obama's birth certificate are "rightfully" being discussed in public. She quickly seemed to backtrack on the comment, linking the birther movement to her own troubles with a conspiracy theory that alleges she's not the birth mother of her son Trig. Audio and a transcript of her radio interview are here. Meanwhile, the Conservatives 4 Palin blog downplays Palin's radio comment and implies the uproar is a liberal excuse to revisit the "Trig Truther" story. Jim Geraghty at National Review says Palin has no "obligation to strain herself" in defending Obama from birther attacks.

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