Ann Coulter brushes off the nirth certifikit kooks as just a few cranks, nothing to worry about, pay no attention, it’s the media trying to make conservatives look bad again. (Notice, however, that she turns around and throws the cranks a bone at the end.)

What a lame apology.

Nobody knows exactly how many brains have been infected with the Nirther virus, but when even Rush Limbaugh is quoted at Weird Nut Drooly (aka, Nirther Central) pimping the conspiracy, this is no longer just a few kooks out there on the fringe: Limbaugh: ‘Obama has yet to prove he’s a citizen’.

On his show today, Limbaugh told listeners, “Barack Obama has yet to have to prove that he’s a citizen. All he has to do is show a birth certificate. He has yet to have to prove he’s a citizen. I have to show them 14 different ways where the h—- I am every day of the year for three years.”

Later in the show, Limbaugh showed a video of a woman criticizing Rep. Mike Castle for ignoring the birth certificate issue during a Delaware town meeting. She presented her own birth certificate, signed by a doctor, and asked why Obama hasn’t been compelled to do the same.

“The crowd went nuts,” Limbaugh noted. “There’s all kinds of stuff bubbling up out there.”

And over at Free Republic, hundreds of commenters are now convinced that Ann Coulter is a RINO and a traitor: Ann Coulter Says Obama’s Birth Certificate ‘Not an Issue’; Calls Proponents ‘Cranks’ - Video 7/25/09.

Coulter has gone over to the dark side. Her dark roots are showing.

2 posted on July 26, 2009 11:40:09 AM PDT by nanook (Thomas Jefferson had it right.)

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Anne, you are losing it girl. In fact, I think you have already. There would be No issue if zero would show his Birth Certificate. Until then, stop drinking the dims koolaide
5 posted on July 26, 2009 11:41:29 AM PDT by BornToBeAmerican (We the people, ….. never)

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Ann Coulter is turning into another Peggy Noonan. It’s very sad.

10 posted on July 26, 2009 11:43:42 AM PDT by jimbo123

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If this is the case, then four questions:

(1) Why did Obama, and his ilk, provide a COUNTERFEIT certificate of live birth which was proven to be a fake?

(2) Why has Obama paid out SO MUCH MONEY to attorneys to SUPPRESS all actions against him to provide certification of his eligibility?

(3) Why did Obama, immediately upon entering office, sign an EXECUTIVE ORDER locking up and restricting ALL ACCESS, with a couple of exceptions to staff members, to his private birth and youth-related documents??

(4) If Obama is truly eligible, by virtue of being a naturalized citizen, to hold the office of President, simply provided the MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC with legitimate documents that put the issue to rest??

Do these sound like the actions and position of a person that does NOT have anything to hide???

12 posted on July 26, 2009 11:46:17 AM PDT by EagleUSA

There are also some anti-Nirthers there, but they’re outnumbered — and these excerpts are just from a quick look through the first page of comments.

Who knows where this craziness will end up — but it’s not going away, and it’s not just “a few cranks.” It’s a lot of cranks.