Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Birthers

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as anyone.  But, unfortunately, in this case, the facts overwhelmingly prove that President Obama was born in Hawaii.  It seems still that nothing will stop the birther movement, which claims that the president was born outside of the US.  Even though I don't agree with them, I find them good for entertainment.  How much time and energy will they devote to this futile claim?  And is this the best they can do against the president?  Do they have any policy issues with which to critique him?  In a way, they make him seem like a better president than he is.  If the worst thing he's ever done as president is being born outside the US, then he's a pretty good president.  Realistically, though, if they want to really nail him, they'll have to get him on policy issues (or maybe an affair).  Or are conventional approaches like that just too difficult for them?  Sometimes, fiction is stranger than truth.

4 comments:

Drone said...

Strange, I just made this exact same comment somewhere else.

Adult Student said...

Really. Sorry, I hadn't read it. I was inspired by the CNN story.

Drone said...

no, it was on someone else's post about something else. great minds think alike is all.

Adult Student said...

Yes, I agree. :)