Truthers vs. Birthers: Not All Conspiracy Theories Are Created Equal
RE #179/Mark in Texas: [...] It does Obama no good to allay your suspicions. You didn’t vote for him and there is very little chance that you would ever vote for him regardless of his birth status. However, many of the people who did vote for him might have second thoughts if it came out that his official status was “White”. [...] So not only does Obama not suffer from the controversy over his birth certificate, it is a net positive for him.
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Mark, while I don’t think that your gain/lose analysis in Obama’s case is correct, I leave it there so far, and I ask you just whether your description matches the image of enlightened statemanship and integrity that the Obamistas are tirelessly pushing around.
Basically, what you describe in Obama’s handling of this situation looks like crass opportunism & deception for me – am I wrong?
