Oh. I understand he's on a book tour. I understand he's pandering to the far, far right base of the Republican Party and teabaggers. I understand the Portman comment, and the Obama "raised in Kenya" comment were attempts at making news. I understand that attempt was "successful".
What I don't understand is why he thinks these comments are going to help him.
According to you guys, the claim is that 1.2 million people* watch Fox News. More than MSNBC, CNN, etc...
I've often said that's a lot of teabaggers and libertarians out there (just fewer than the number of gays in the country).
Considering the reported backlash (by mainstream Republicans) towards the spurrious claims made by Palin, Bachmann, and now Huckabee, as well as others catering to the fringe, maybe they should just STFU? They wouldn't have so many lies to backtrack.
No wonder Romney's hiding out somewhere. He's waiting for this bunch to self-implode before declaring. Did you know that this time four years ago there were 8 (count em!) declared Republican candidates for the presidency?
* Interesting. I hear 1.2 million people are following Charlie Sheen on Twitter. Now I know who they are!
I don't think that as far as pandering to a birther kook fringe conspiracy goes, that was necessary. I don't think he is running for prez so it doesn't pay to do that. Frankly I don't think it pays to do that if you are running for President. It DOES pay though to generate news for his book tour, which he did in spades, thanks to MSNBC.
Same thing with the Portman comment, but with the exception that he's appealing more to social conservatives.
Again, successfully.
