un-smitten obama prepares to return states to the natives: chrightwingstians
29Dec10
Bryan Fischer, from the American Family Association, freaking out about the UN-DRIP:
Perhaps he figures that, as an adopted Crow Indian, he will be the new chief over this revived Indian empire.
But for the other 312 million of us, I think we’ll settle for our constitutional “We the people” form of government, thank you very much.
For more on Obama’s transformation from Muslim radical to land-seizing Crow, see here.
Hat tip, Dave G.
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