WaPo sinks further into the mire. A front page article on Orly Taitz.

[Are_grits_groceries]

In fact, they make her sound almost normal. That is hard to do. The first paragraph reads:

<snip>
"The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, alongside an assortment of small businesses and solo practitioners. The practice, Appealing Dentistry, is busy this morning. In the waiting room are a woman with no dental insurance and a boy with three cavities, and the phone is ringing off the hook with dentists eager to fill a job opening." <snip>

Just little Orly. Working as a dentist while leading another quest.


Orly Taitz's Orange County, Calif., dental office is adjacent to her law office, from which she has challenged Barack Obama's eligibility to be president. (By Jonathan Alcorn For The Washington Post)


Orly Taitz is among the most prominent figures in the movement questioning Obama's qualifications. She has filed at least five court cases challenging the president's legitimacy. "He is lying about his identity," she says of Obama. (By Jonathan Alcorn For The Washington Post)

They even make her look sane. They can't quite get away from the eyebrows, but they do minimize them. They should print a picture of her in full throttle with that insane look in her eyes.

<snip>
"If you were the producer of an opinionated news show and wanted to book a birther, whom would you choose? A nondescript Pennsylvanian or an excitable Moldovan American lawyer-dentist described by Lincoln, her assistant, as a "fierce blonde" reminiscent of the warrior goddess Athena? Easy call! Today Taitz, 49, is wearing white high-heeled slingbacks; bare legs; a white skirt; black and white shirt; enormous eyelashes; and her characteristic air of charming but ferocious tenacity, part Meg Ryan, part Madame Defarge.
<snip>

GAG!!!!!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/05/AR2009100503819_3.html?hpid=artslot

They do get into some of her outrageous nonsense later in the article.
However, anyone reading this piece might assume she is a fairly normal person with an odd hobby. They don't begin to convey how truly nutty she is IMHO.

They almost make it sound as if she is a reasonable person pursuing a reasonable goal.

[saracat]

1. She still looks odd.

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. True.

However, I don't think she looks too odd to someone who has never seen her in action. My view will always be colore by what I have seen.

[saracat]

25. I haven't ever seen her before and she looks scary to me.

[wroberts189]

3. I would never let that woman near my teeth or anyone I know. nt

[sabrina 1]

4. Wow, a new low for them. Even freepers have delcared

her to be insane. I wandered over there today to see what happened in the Cal. court hearing and was surprised to see a number of freepers speaking out against her. Several of them even sounded rational so what does that make the guy who wrote this article?

Here's an example of what was on FR as they waited for the proceedings to end. The post is directed towards another Freeper who was speaking out against her. And there were several others.

To: parsifal

parsy, who knows she crossed the line

I have. It’s incredible. Truly a twisted work of crazed art. I don’t know where she gets this stuff.

I think Taitz should be disbarred and fined. A little jail time for contempt of court wouldn’t hurt either. But admittedly, I have it in for Taitz. She’s a putz and an embarassment to birtherdome.

150 posted on Monday, October 05, 2009 12:28:30 PM by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
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Looks like the WAPO's been hired to try to rehabilitate her. I wonder who she really is?

[armyowalgreens]

5. I would rather run into oncoming traffic in order to extract a cavity...

It's probably safer for my health.

[Captain Hilts]

6. I'm so glad I cancelled my subscription to the Wash Post. nt

[zbdent]

7. Did she, after examining a perfectly healthy mouth, declare that the

patient had dentures, and demand proof that the person had his/her own teeth?

[old mark]

8. Didn't Alcorn used to be a somewhat respectable writer? What is he doing

writing fantastic garbage like this?
Very sad about the Post and the WSJ - how far they have fallen.


mark

[ixion]

9. what a worthless, poorly-written article

:puke:

[Canuckistanian]

10. She shoud be on the front page of the Entertainment section

Under "News of the Weird"

[seemunkee]

11. It's not on the front page.

Its on the front page of the Style section.

[Are_grits_groceries]

12. It's on the front of the website. nt

[onenote]

16. just checked the website and didn't see it on the front page at all

[Are_grits_groceries]

22. There is a box in the upper left corner.

There are several stories that rotate in it. At some point, they may remove the story from there.

[KharmaTrain]

13. Build 'Em Up...Knock 'Em Down

The fact she's trying to delegitimize an election never makes anyone sound "reasonable". If anything my read on the article was it makes her look pathetic..."jill of all trades, master of none". It also shines some light on what this grifter is trying to do that will allow them to follow up in days ahead to lay on the crazy.

The problem with putting Oily on your front page is it draws the nuts and the WP is sure to walk right into that rat's nest...and the corporate media is sure to follow along. The fun is that when you expose Oily...especially live on teevee...she's her own worst enemy. Yep, the WP article goes lightly on her but to what effect? It just sets her up to be a punching bag in other venues. Stay tuned...

[madrchsod]

14. love the raccoon eyes look....

it must have been a slow news day.......

[FSogol]

15. In the print edition, she's not on the front page. She's on the front page of the Style Section.

The also have the quote from Judge Land about making up stuff in huge letters along with the body of the article.

[Are_grits_groceries]

18. I still think it makes her appear to be much saner than she is.

If people haven't been following the saga, then that might not mean much. They see the pictures and read the first paragraph or two, and they have their ideas set.

[FSogol]

21. I agree. It is a bad article and attempts to depict her as sane. n/t

[HipChick]

17. Tammy Faye? Is that you?

[sufrommich]

19. It's not a flattering article. She comes across as the nut she is. nt

[onenote]

20. +1

[Are_grits_groceries]

23. I think the whole article makes her appear weird.

However, the first paragraphs and the pictures don't. They are giving her a lot of space when she is a true loon.

[spanone]

24. the american media is fucked beyond repair. we'd do as well reading people magazine

[arcadian]

26. She looks like she's from another planet.

Scientologland

[walldude]

27. People let this woman put her hands in their mouths?

Yuck!

[struggle4progress]

28. Someone someday will write a musical: "Orly Taitz, the Mad Dentist of La Paz"