Bill Clinton Rips Birthers During Yale Commencement Speech

Former President Bill Clinton called out Birthers during his commencement speech to the Yale class of 2010 -- citing Birthers as an example of what happens when people are only exposed to viewpoints they agree with.

"The only place where we're bigoted now is we only want to be around people who agree with us," Clinton said. "We go to the television stations, we go to the radio talk shows, we go to the blog sites that agree with us. And it can have very bizarre consequences."

The Birther movement is one of these consequences, Clinton said.

"Hawaii, the state were President Obama was born, has done everything they can to debunk this myth that he wasn't born in America. They've done everything but blow up his birth certificate, put it in neon lights and hang it on the dome of the capitol. But 45% of registered Republicans still believe that he is serving unconstitutionally. Why? Because they've been told that by the only place they go to get information."

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But that is so 2008. He and Obama have the common bond of having the same whackadoo enemies that spread the same lies.

when the primaries are over..most people realize that we're on the same side and we have a very real and ugly domestic enemy to combat.

He is turning out to be a fantastic former president.

That is harder than a lot of people realize.

One of the most difficult exercises in law school was in a dispute resolution class where the professor divided us up into pairs who were in utter disagreement with each other on some question.

Each person then had to shut up and listen to the other person explain his or her opinion for five minutes.

Everyone in the class agreed on two things:

1. It was the longest five minutes of their life.

2. They learned something about why the other person believes what they do.

you disagree with have obviously been programed with fauxsn00ze talking points.

it also has undergraduate "colleges," sort of like Oxford and Cambridge.

Degrees were conferred today, including one honorary degree to Aretha Franklin!

:applause: