CNN Retracts Smear of "Birther"Officer as "Racist,""Freak"

Bob Unruh,WorldNetDaily

CNN,which became one of the first mainstream networks to put the absence of publicly available documentation for Barack Obama’s presidential eligibility in prime time, has issued a retraction for publicly calling an officer challenging Obama’s eligibility “racist.”

The original accusation and the retraction both came from one of the “experts”CNN offered on the case of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin,who faces a court-martial in a few weeks for refusing to deploy because the president refused to document his eligibility to be commander-in-chief.

An initial combative interview with Lakin was done by CNN’s Anderson Cooper,who portrayed Lakin negatively. It was a followup shortly later by CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin in which the problems arose.

Cooper mentioned Lakin had served “honorably”in his 18-year career.

Toobin then launched a rant.

“You know,these people are bigots,they’re racists,they’re freaks,they’re lunatics,these are not rational players in American politics,”he said on air.

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6 comments to CNN Retracts Smear of "Birther"Officer as "Racist,""Freak"

  • bill maher

    should we give Obama,A Kenyan citizen amnasty

  • Jerry W. Eick

    The whole world has watched this sorry excuse and his cronnies destroy the United States of America.
    Therefore. no need for a trial.
    Impeachment ! That would only continue to mock the United States.
    He and all who condone/participated in these criminal acts go directly to prision for the rest of their natural,miserable lives.
    All their assets distributed to the poor,unfortunate,homeless children in this country.

  • maggie

    I don't know what Congress and the Senate are waiting on since there is so much proof that the pretender is not legally a natural born citizen and they just sit on their hands and do nothing.

  • cactusbob

    CNN's Toobin ought to forfeit his keyboard for the ridiculous language he launched at,reportedly,birthers in general but of course no one in particular. But the interview of LTC Lakin by Anderson Cooper was in even worse taste,as Cooper wouldn't even let Lakin explain his actions. Instead he wouldn't let Lakin's attorney explain legalistic questions,berating Lakin for having the attorney there and limiting the "interview"to Cooper's harangue about everything except Lakin's actions. Of course,knowing how Cooper operates,he had no intention of allowing Lakin or his attorney to explain his actions,so it was a non-interview. Anything for ratings! Media like CNN are more interested in airing their own positions than actually interviewing someone else who holds different views.

    Regarding the efforts to impeach Obama,it takes some doing to get the program into gear when the impeachee owns the attorney general and both houses of Congress. The list of crimes and treasons is growing every week,and they surpass a stained blue dress so much in seriousness that it is hard to believe it may fail.

    Almost as hard to believe,on election night 2008,was how a nation could elect such an unqualified,racist,anti-American,lying,socialistic and dangerous candidate,especially with all the knowledge about those failings that was known before November 2008. ObamaVoters are now lining up to declare they wouldn't do it again. Voters don't need to wait until 2012 before they can help undo the damage. November 2010 will do just fine,just don't vote for any Democrats and our descent into socialism can be halted.

  • Marianne Silic

    A man who has nothing to hide,hides nothing.
    It is very unfitting for a president to play fast and loose with something as important as this. He has absolutely no respect for the will of the people or he would have presented the Birth Certificate long ago. His playing childish "cat and mouse"games with all of us shows not only no respect,but no guts to set the whole thing to rest. If he is this childish,who needs a president like this?

  • Marianne Silic

    A man who has nothing to hide,hides nothing.
    It is very unfitting for a president to play fast and loose with something as important as this. He has absolutely no respect for the will of the people or he would have presented the Birth Certificate long ago. His playing childish "cat and mouse"games with all of us shows not only no respect,but no guts to set the whole thing to rest. If he is this childish,who needs a president like this?

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