{"id":717,"date":"2009-07-23T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/07\/john-stewart-obama-gates-and-the-birthers-movement.html"},"modified":"2009-07-23T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T10:27:10","slug":"john-stewart-obama-gates-and-the-birthers-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/07\/john-stewart-obama-gates-and-the-birthers-movement.html","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart, Obama, Gates and the Birthers’ Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Stewart<\/a> gave it to the Birthers’ Movement<\/a> last night. Can we focus on something more important? And I’m not talking about today’s focus on President Obama’s Gates<\/a> commentary last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Americans, please. Can we please focus on something that matters? Please? Healthcare Reform<\/a>, anybody? Please Please Please? Is there really anybody in this country who doesn’t want every single person taken care of when they are in trouble? In our heart of hearts, don’t we ALL want EVERYONE to be have healthcare? We can do better than this discussion. Let’s raise the bar, America. No racist<\/a> idiocy, no changing the subject from what matters. Let’s actually get good things done for everyone. Healthcare. Healthcare. Healthcare. Say it like a mantra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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