“Birther” is a term used in the headline of the original article.
The point of the post, is the content of that article, and how it helps explain the overwrought opposition to Roy Moore.
For weeks a necessary and critical debate of conflicting policy implications of electing either Moore or Jones to the Senate, has been swept under the rug by a campaign using unsubstantiated allegations dating back to the 1970’s.
Similar tactics applied to the birth certificate question, where Constitutional requirements were deflected by distortions in the use of language.
This is our federal government in the year of 2017.