Infomercial revives 'birther' controversy

[budgie]

They're back...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20090929/ts_ynews/ynews_ts932_2


Led by Bill Keller, a born-again Christian once convicted of insider trading on Wall Street, LivePrayer.com is working with an attorney, Gary Kreep, from the Ramona, California-based United States Justice Foundation, to air the production, titled "Where Was Obama Born?"

... a recent Public Policy Polling poll reports that 42 percent of Republicans believe Obama was born outside of the United States...



Me likes a good conspiracy theory.

[Alpheus]

Me likes a good conspiracy theory.

Me too. Nothing like laughing at morons first thing in the morning. Better then coffee IMO.

[willytee]

Me too. Nothing like laughing at morons first thing in the morning. Better then coffee IMO.

Laughing at morons? A little ignorant don't you think?

Some so called "conspiracies" (or unanswered questions) are plausable...

[JUNKHO]

aw jeez - now I'm gonna get another round of emails from the more conservative friends

[gaijinsamurai]

Laughing at morons? A little ignorant don't you think?

Some so called "conspiracies" (or unanswered questions) are plausable...

.....Such as ?

[Chulo]

aw jeez - now I'm gonna get another round of emails from the more conservative friends
Of course because only idiots would be conservative

[LS1 Miata]

Laughing at morons? A little ignorant don't you think?

Some so called "conspiracies" (or unanswered questions) are plausable...

But not this one.

[Noons86]

I read a very interesting collumn in Newsweek recently. It talked about the benefits of "open" primaries, rather than party primaries like we have now. Basically, the way things are today, politicians have to pander to the more hard-line elements of their respective parties, the "base" or the "fringe" or what have you. But they also have to do a balancing act and pander to the more centrist aspects as well, so they would have a chance of winning over some votes from the other side. And if we notice, most, not all, but certainly most, of the nutters and jackasses come from the base or fringe of their respective parties.

If instead we had open primaries, notice I'm not talking about general elections, then the candidates would find that the middle to be much more important than either of the two "wings" of the political spectrum. That way, the nutters on both sides could be ignored by serious politicians.

[JUNKHO]

Of course because only idiots would be conservative


That or because I'm still on the "village" mailing list.:-)