Beck’s dismissal of the birthers today was disappointing. He just mocked. He didn’t address the salient points of the argument.
For example, he said oh SOMEHOW, they got a birth announcement in the Hawaii paper, somehow KNOWING they were going to sneak in a president 40 years later. . .
Of course that has not been alleged. The habit of posting birth announcements in the Hawaii paper did not require any presidential aspirations or conspiracy. No one ever said it did. As we all know, anyone can place a notice, for any reason, with no proof. I don’t think Obama’s mom was planning to run him for president. I don’t think anyone who questions his citizenship does.
So Beck ignored the real arguments, rather than simply disagreeing with them. He also took the cowardly way out of making fun of the birthers, rather than the more mature way of explaining factually why he disagrees with them.
I am very disappointed in him. His character was shown to be very poor today.
Well Said, Marie2 —
That's because they don't have any.
Of course that has not been alleged. The habit of posting birth announcements in the Hawaii paper did not require any presidential aspirations or conspiracy. No one ever said it did. As we all know, anyone can place a notice, for any reason, with no proof.
You need to read more than just birther websites. Have you actually looked at the pdf of the page in the newspaper that contains the birth announcement? If you had, you would know that it came directly from the department of health. It says so right at the top of the page. You would also know that a spokesman from the paper confirmed that all birth announcements came from the department of health.
In other words, what you think you know, that "anyone can place a notice," is simply wrong.