I respect you, Jean S, as a sane, dependable, and rational collaborator hereabouts. I know this from longstanding experience.
Thus your last disappoints me. I for one cannot draw any meaningful distinction between "birthers" and "truthers." I do not care about "doctrinal positions" one way or another.
What I want to know is this: Does President Obama hold his office legitimately or not???
Not to mention that the "idiot author" is me. I do have a stake in this game.
There is a difference. "Truthers" think that the U.S. government or the Jews orchestrated 911. "Birthers" believe that Obama is not a U.S. citizen.
There is a huge difference between the two words.
It’s good to see my two most favorite sisters in Christ Freepers discussing the big blue elephant in the living room. Betty, I see that you have been properly baptized in fire by getting insulted from another long-term Freeper. Welcome to the club.
One thing I would dispute is that Obama’s presidency is illegitimate, because he was sworn in as president by the SCOTUS. It was their job to look into his eligibility and there was a perfectly good set of cases winding their way through the courts and on their doorstep at the time, such as Berg vs. Obama. But the SCOTUS abdicated their responsibility to the constitution and to our nation by swearing him in. Consequently, Obama really is president, we’re stuck with him unless the SCOTUS takes on the challenge. Not bloody likely.
The deal that our founding fathers offered was lifetime employment so that members of the SCOTUS could be free from the political consequences of their decisions. That deal broke down, the system failed this time around.