Comments on: The Birthers And The GOP: A Shotgun Wedding

By: kranky kritter

kranky kritter — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:27:21 +0000

If they were that insignificant in the eyes of the GOP would the video of Republican House members running away from the question or tap dancing around a straight answer exist? I donâ€™t think so.

How many GOP members are there in total? Of how many is there video of them “running?”

I heard yesterday that the house voted 378-0 in favor of a statement proclaiming Obama was born in Hawaii. Given this, I will ask you again how significant you think the birthers are in the GOP’s eyes. In your response, please account for the ZERO votes against the resolution.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:03:54 +0000

Most likely she’ll join them.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:18 +0000

The $64M question for the GOP is what Sarah Palin will do with respect to the Birthers. If she really is serious about running in 2012, at some point she’s going to have to call them out, then smack them down hard. The sooner, the better.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:46:27 +0000

KK, it’s hard to tell how significant they are in reality, but on the internet, they’re everywhere. They are definitely significant online.

By: Jim S

Jim S — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:58:03 +0000

KK,

If they were that insignificant in the eyes of the GOP would the video of Republican House members running away from the question or tap dancing around a straight answer exist? I don’t think so.

By: Jacob.Donklephant

Jacob.Donklephant — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:39:55 +0000

The trick: What do you say?

They could try this. Or even, "Please sit down and shut up! The adults are talking about important things."

By: kranky kritter

kranky kritter — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:33:47 +0000

I don’t think these birthers are as big a problem for the GOP as progressives are eager to believe. Unless someone can document otherwise, I’m going to assume that they are a pretty small and especially nutty group that has managed to capture the attention and imagination of parts of the media and of many progressive-minded bloggers.

One problem of the 21st century is how the internet helps to foster the growth of such moist, dark, fertile cyber-cloisters of whackos. A little air, a little sun, a little bleach in the form of reason and information, and they’ll dry up and wither. When you find some mold under the kitchen sink, you don’t panic, you don’t call the epa, you handle it with simple effective treatment.

Again,

Obamaâ€™s citizenship has in fact been established beyond a reasonable doubt in every relevant and actionable legal sense.

By: dmf

dmf — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:03:15 +0000

'sides. one could make an equally valid (by which i mean, not) case that mccain didn't have the status to be prez either. since the law passed in 1937 granting canal zone citizens natural born status was 11 months after mccain's birth... so what do we do!? make sarah palin president.

By: dmf

dmf — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:57:23 +0000

ayers’ advice is a huge mistake. and this is why this is a classic “rock and a hard place”. if you’re asked about the president’s resident status, and you dodge the question, you look like cheney’s progeny on larry king, who just came off as perhaps not agreeing with them, but certainly fanning the flames and appreciating them.

it’s time for reasonable people (like rep. trent franks) to just stand up and say, point blank, of course he’s a citizen, next question.

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:39:33 +0000

Its the Ron Paul people. Their endless ranting about birth-certificate conspiracies, or the Builderbergers, or tax revolts or 9/11 or what have you – poison any of their legitimate arguments on fiscal responsibility and economics.

By: Trescml

Trescml — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:37:49 +0000

One of the problems with a political party that gets smaller and smaller is that fringe groups become a more powerful voice. The trick is how to co-op the issue into a bigger cause (get back the White House). So far the Republican party is struggling to do this but it needs to quickly before more people become alienated by such a ludicrous claim.

By: Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:24:46 +0000

Yes, she’s a lawyer/dentist/realtor. Jon Stewart had fun with that last week.

Although it’s worth noting that the law school she went to was a correspondence school that is not ABA-accredited and only recognized in the State of California.

By: Mike A.

Mike A. — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:15:24 +0000

Isn’t she also a realtor?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:06:20 +0000

“..the Russian-born attorney/dentist..”

Um.. Wow that’s a lot of school.. This is the sound of someone stable and trustworthy. Really.