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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Dear Birthers: Get Over It Already [View all]LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)18. Birtherism will never, ever die
From June, 2012
Birtherism Will Never, Ever Die -- Get Used to It
Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won't. Not ever.
Thanks largely to the efforts of Donald Trump, it is abundantly clear that birtherism has survived the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate roughly 13 months ago. With that out of the way, there is nothing left that can stop it. The birther cause is now destined to join the pantheon of enduring fringe movements like the Flat Earth Society and the folks who insist the moon landings were faked. It is here to stay.
The durable nature of birtherism was not always so obvious. Prior to the release of the long-form certificate, the very nature of their demands seemed to doom the movement to eventual oblivion. In 2010, the birther blog "Expose Obama" summed things up this way: "If you are born in a hospital there are records. It is called a long form birth certificate. Just release it and we go away." It was tempting to believe them.
MORE HERE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-melton/birther-movement_b_1558979.html
Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won't. Not ever.
Thanks largely to the efforts of Donald Trump, it is abundantly clear that birtherism has survived the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate roughly 13 months ago. With that out of the way, there is nothing left that can stop it. The birther cause is now destined to join the pantheon of enduring fringe movements like the Flat Earth Society and the folks who insist the moon landings were faked. It is here to stay.
The durable nature of birtherism was not always so obvious. Prior to the release of the long-form certificate, the very nature of their demands seemed to doom the movement to eventual oblivion. In 2010, the birther blog "Expose Obama" summed things up this way: "If you are born in a hospital there are records. It is called a long form birth certificate. Just release it and we go away." It was tempting to believe them.
MORE HERE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-melton/birther-movement_b_1558979.html
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1. I agree with your sentiments. 2. A belated welcome to DU and 3. Thanks for the homage to Bill.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#46
Cut taxes, deregulate, the Free Market will cure all ills if we just get bigummint out of its way...
JHB
Nov 2013
#49
Wanna make a conservative laugh? Say something designed to piss off a Liberal.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2013
#16
I went to Mr.Hill's website. Mr.Hill has the values of somebody who is totally clueless about life.
BlueJazz
Nov 2013
#21
My sister was told that her son can't tour the White House in February when visiting
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2013
#31