[El Sordo]

“To make an analogy, the house is on fire, and the birthers are focusing on how the matches got in the house and how they shouldn't be there, while everyone else is calling the fire department and gathering water and hoses to put it out.”

I like that analogy!

[BuckeyeTexan]

That’s about right. I would add to that:

“Becauses the matches shouldn’t have been there, the birthers deem the house fire illegitimate. Since the house isn’t legitimately on fire, they refuse to call the fire department.”