October 7, 2012

Obama, Who's Your Daddy?

By J.T. Hatter
Why are people still talking about the birther issue?  Congress and the Supreme Court have said they're not looking into it.  But this issue clearly still has legs. According to Adam Berinsky, a professor of political science at MIT, the birther issue never really went away.  He's been conducting polls on the birthplace issue, which he compiled in an article called "The Birthers are (Still) Back."  To wit, a lot of Americans continue to have doubts about Obama. For the last four years, Barack Obama has been plagued by rumors that he is not a natural-born citizen of the United States and, as a result, is not eligible to serve as president. These rumors continue to show surprising resilience.  But what Berlinsky did in his polling was what the progressive defenders of the faith have always done: confused the birthplace question with other questions regarding Obama's eligibility to hold office.  To many, the issue isn't where he was born.  The...(Read Full Article)