Friday, July 31, 2009

"Birthers" Have Apparently Got a Southern Drawl


Image from source, Washington Monthly

Of all the things I've said about the "birthers"--the group of conspiracy theorists who believe that President Obama is not a "natural born citizen"--I've tried to shy away from over-generalizing. Sure, I've called them crazy, nutty, batshit insane. . .all of which I stand by. But I never tried to peg who they are, except to say that this is generally the same group of people who thought that George W. Bush was the best President ever, and that has serious lurve for Sarah Palin.

There is a poll out now that narrows that down even further. Take a look at the chart to presented here, and then read on. It would seem that this lump of guano has settled mostly in the south.

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ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER....

A new Research 2000 poll conducted for Daily Kos asked respondents a rather straightforward question: "Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America or not?" Since the president was born in the U.S., ideally, the results would be around 100%. . .

Read more at: Washington Monthly


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