Birtherism: Worst. Trap. Ever.

For the past couple of weeks, I've been writing about Republican politicians' birther problem.

Whether or not the issue is one of mere symbolic belief or genuine agreement among large segments of the Republican base, GOP leaders feel obligated to mollify those among their base who believe the outlandish conspiracy theory that president wasn't born in the United States or that he's secretly a Muslim. But now former President George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove has come up with a new conspiracy theory that is less dumb than the original one, but not by much. According to Rove, the White House wants Republicans to continue raising doubts about Obama's citizenship in order to make the GOP look kooky:

The problem, of course, is that at least one recent poll showed that a majority of Republicans have doubts about the president's citizenship, which explains the rise of "post-birtherism." Republican leaders don't want to anger a large section of their base by flatly calling this stuff what it is, which is nuts. So the new approach is to joke about it or to carefully avoid denouncing the idea completely.

The idea that the issue is a "trap" is belied by the ease with which Republican leaders could shut the entire matter down. All they have to do is say it's silly.

ask your pal curious she got shellacked trying to bring up the same nonsense

.... “curious”?? Um, curious has brought up neither sense nor nonsense. But such details are not the forte of the birfer.....

LOL love how you use birfer it distinguishes you as an agenda driven closed mind clown.

....If my guess as to the the Freeper to whom you refer is correct, be advised “she” is a “he”, with an IQ way above yours. ....

ROFLMAO, how do you know their IQ much less mine? Are you a mind reader like that other troll Jamese777 with that added “gift” of reading peoples IQ over the Internet? Amazing, you should be on TV as soon as you get out of your institution!

Even if IQ were of question, there is also training, experience, common sense, observation, open mindedness and other components to being informed.

....And do detail the “shellacking”. “Detail” here means links to posts with dates, not boasts....

Um you are the one with the questions, do as I suggested, you look, don't be lazy, she/he should be on speed dial at the Obot damage control center. Funny how I smoked you out..lol..do you guys/girls take turns throwing out specious arguments? So what is your sex/title ms brilliant?

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