A whopping 58 percent of Republicans either think Barack Obama wasn't born in the US (28 percent) or aren't sure (30 percent). A mere 42 percent think he was.
That means a majority of Republicans polled either don't know about -- or don't believe the seemingly incontrovertible evidence Obama's camp has presented over and over and over that he was born in Hawaii in '61.
The above by Glenn Thrush, who also asks an important next question:
When do we start a serious dialog about the Birther movement being a proxy for racism that is unacceptable to articulate in more direct terms?
Well yes, exactly. I think it's painfully obvious that all this "Obama wasn't born in the US!" malarky really means "OMG, the President of the United States is a big, scary black man! Aieee!"
But as he says, this is unacceptable to articulate in more direct terms.
Progress.
1 comment:
I have felt the same thing. "We can't wear our hoods out in public so lets come up with this non-starter." Its almost like a code to identify fellow racists to one another. The fact anyone on the other side doesn't stand up to denounce these wackjobs is the scariest thing. Fight the man fairly over his policies but to re-open this race wound is just not right.
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