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R's ran away from birtherism in 2010. The few that were accused of being birthers, quickly denied it.

46 posted on 08/17/2011 1:32:34 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man

Of course they ran from it. They didn't want to be Alinskied.

Ridicule is a very powerful tool of the left.

Did "birtherism" doom the (R)'s election outcome in 2010?

48 posted on 08/17/2011 1:35:05 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))

Fact or opinion? Links please

51 posted on 08/17/2011 1:45:22 PM PDT by DrDude (Focused like a LASER on creating jobs!)

R's ran away from birtherism in 2010. The few that were accused of being birthers, quickly denied it.

I have a better theory. The RNC Northeastern RHINO Rockefeller Republican types made a decision early in 2008 that it would be so gauche to challenge Obama's eligibility because they felt minority voters would regard it as a dirty trick, and so to feel good about themselves, they insisted that the issue not be brought up.

As luck should have it, John McCain was the chosen Republican candidate (before anyone knew he wasn't born in the United States Proper) and so their (the RNC RHINOS) blacklisting of this idea dovetailed nicely with the proclivities of the chosen candidate anyway.

I believe a lot of RNC types worked to actively spike discussions on this particular subject because they felt it was politically troublesome.

59 posted on 08/17/2011 3:32:55 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp (1790 Congress: No children of a foreign father may be a citizen.)

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