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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBirtherism Will Never, Ever Die -- Get Used to It
Me, on HuffPo:
Despite the complete lack of evidence to support their claims, birthers continue to assert that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya. When will it stop? It won't. Not ever.
Thanks largely to the efforts of Donald Trump, it is abundantly clear that birtherism has survived the release of Obama's long-form birth certificate roughly 13 months ago. With that out of the way, there is nothing left that can stop it. The birther cause is now destined to join the pantheon of enduring fringe movements like the Flat Earth Society and the folks who insist the moon landings were faked. It is here to stay.
The durable nature of birtherism was not always so obvious. Prior to the release of the long-form certificate, the very nature of their demands seemed to doom the movement to eventual oblivion. In 2010, the birther blog "Expose Obama" summed things up this way: "If you are born in a hospital there are records. It is called a long form birth certificate. Just release it and we go away." It was tempting to believe them.
The website WND.com launched a billboard campaign demanding to see the certificate. Professional conspiracy nut Jerome Corsi wrote numerous articles about the topic and eventually released a book entitled -- what else? -- Where's the Birth Certificate? Entire websites were devoted to the quest for the almighty long form. Everything, it seemed, depended on that one thing.
More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-melton/birther-movement_b_1558979.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=2947505,b=facebook
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Birtherism Will Never, Ever Die -- Get Used to It (Original Post)
LuckyTheDog
Jun 2012
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BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)1. They're idiots
Just ignore them.
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)2. But they are hard to ignore...
... when one of our major political parties panders to them.
BlueDemKev
(3,003 posts)3. Just another indicator....
....that our country is fast-approaching the iceberg.
rustydog
(9,186 posts)4. As long as you have fox news, breitfart blog. and other right wing liars
you'll have morons who will take what is flung against the wall as gospel.
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)5. Read the comments section
I have flushed out a real-life birther!
dinopipie
(84 posts)6. It will go away once a white male is in the WH
but come right back again if another non-white is elected POTUS.
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)7. No, it will stick around
The birthers will be arguing about Obama's birthplace when our great-grandchildren are elderly.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)8. Is this going to be the right's JFK?
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)9. Pretty much (nt)
LuckyTheDog
(6,837 posts)10. Tee hee...
The Freepers have discovered this blog post (or, I should say, a version somebody ripped off)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2893879/posts