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This is pretty obvious to those of us who pay attention...

Politico?s Roger Simon says that Republican presidential Rick Perry?s
recent embrace of birtherism amounts to a racist ?dog whistle.?

?It?s not a ?fun? issue to poke somebody on,? Simon told CNN?s Howard
Kurtz Sunday. ?It is more than a little bit racist. Not everyone who
believes it is a racist. It grew out of the belief that a black man
could not be legitimately elected to the president of the United
States.?

He continued: ?Now, why would Perry use that in the primaries instead
of saving it for the general when he?s running against President
Obama? Well, it?s because being extreme, perhaps, and a little bit
racist, perhaps, gives you good bona fides in a Republican primary. It
shows them that you are on the same side as they are.?

?So, it?s a bit of a dog whistle?? Kurtz asked.

?Absolutely,? Simon replied.

After almost a week of refusing to admit that President Barack Obama
was a U.S. citizen, Perry finally said Wednesday that he had ?no
doubt? that the president?s birth certificate was real.

Here's a suggestion, vote for Obama and he will rule by executive fiat.