Ethics

Mike Castle Plays Poker With Crazy People

By Ed Brayton

You've probably seen this Youtube video of Rep. Mike Castle, a Republican from Delaware, having a town hall meeting that was packed with wingnuts. One lady stands up and goes all birther on it, claiming that her birth certificate shows that she's a citizen of the United States; I think her performance shows that she's a citizen of the loonisphere.

"Congressman Castle, I want to know. I have a birth certificate here from the United States of America saying I'm an American citizen, with a seal on it. Signed by a doctor, with a hospital administrator's name, my parents, the date of birth, the time, the date. I want to go back to January 20th and I want to know why are you people ignoring his birth certificate? [Applause and cheers.] He is not an American citizen! He is a citizen of Kenya!"

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).