at keller.edu. >>> erick erickson made his debut this week as a cnn contributor. he is a georgia lawyer, church deacon and managing editor of the website redstate.com. his hiring generated a great deal of publicity. i spoke to him earlier from atlanta. >> erick erickson, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> you have been getting hammered by liberal commentators since cnn decided to bring you on. it revolves around the things you have written on the administration's health care spokeswoman you wrote linda douglas is really the joseph gergles of the health care shop. you compared her to a nazi. >> i probably shouldn't have said that. i got her confused with the congressman who the same day she was outed wanted e-mails forward on from friends who were misrepresenting the president's health care plan. a congressman came out and referred to people as brownshirts. i got my wires crossed and thought if they're going to go down that road, i will too. >> she never said that and assures me she never said that the first lady, you wrote the following, is obama shagging hooker

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