tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2086665323777720733..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: More on What Birthers (Might) BelieveJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-14524419529177380682011-02-24T10:15:27.361-06:002011-02-24T10:15:27.361-06:00Anonymous/ Anus: Sone, snore, boring next.Anonymous/ Anus: Sone, snore, boring next.Montananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-43719854216762610772011-02-20T15:16:44.655-06:002011-02-20T15:16:44.655-06:00It never ceases to amaze me when all Hell breaks l...It never ceases to amaze me when all Hell breaks loose on a coverup, the left comes out swinging their propaganda to distract or confuse.<br /><br />Some say they believe O is a NBC. Its not what you believe, it's what is. This is always the problem the left has they can't seperate fact from fiction.<br /><br />The debate is over, Obama is not eligible to be President, & by his spending millions to seal his records from the American people this fraud is guilty as charged.<br /><br />Some idiot mentioned most birthers are from the South, so he apparently is an Obama Zombie. This is how this fraud slid into office.<br /><br />O was born in Kenya, so I guess you want to call the Kenya officials racist do you? What useless idiots on the radical left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-7492085421318841902011-02-18T02:59:18.783-06:002011-02-18T02:59:18.783-06:001. As I mentioned in the previous thread, it would...1. As I mentioned in the previous thread, it would be really interesting to see a regional breakdown of birtherism. I suspect that, in terms of popular support, it is overwhelmingly (though not entirely) a white southern phenomenon. <br /><br />2. For a different reason, I happened to view the Wikipedia entry on presidential birthplaces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_place_of_birth ) yesterday. At the very end, rather incongruously, is a statement that Chester Arthur and Barack Obama are the only presidents born after 1776 who qualified at birth as British subjects as well as American citizens. Not being an immigration lawyer, I confess I don't really understand the logic here - if the son of British subject is automatically a British subject, and since every president has been ultimately of British (or pre-1921 Irish) origin (except maybe Van Buren, the Roosevelts, Eisenhower, Hoover), doesn't that mean every president was born a British subject? Just askin'...Basilischttp://none.nonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-20250662500937303522011-02-17T15:59:57.579-06:002011-02-17T15:59:57.579-06:00P.S. It would also be interesting to ask responden...P.S. It would also be interesting to ask respondents what they think the phase "natural born citizen" means in the Constitution. Some people seem to think it means you have to have been born in the USA to two parents who are US citizens.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-40999071913056230472011-02-17T15:56:57.332-06:002011-02-17T15:56:57.332-06:00I'm not sure exactly what question(s) the surv...I'm not sure exactly what question(s) the surveys are asking, but here's what I think the question should be:<br /><br />The Constitution of the United States specifies that the President must be a natural born citizen of the United States. Do you believe Obama meets this requirement?<br /><br />[rotate first two responses]<br /><br />a. I believe Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States.<br /><br />b. I believe Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States.<br /><br />c. I am not sure what the phrase "natural born citizen of the United States" means.<br /><br />d. I know what the phrase "natural born citizen of the United States" means, but I do not know if Obama meets that requirement or not.Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-14909873766759335732011-02-17T15:50:01.014-06:002011-02-17T15:50:01.014-06:00I agree!I agree!Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-45079102395061500512011-02-17T15:28:45.928-06:002011-02-17T15:28:45.928-06:00Snap! Obviously we are thinking along very similar...Snap! Obviously we are thinking along very similar lines. I agree that empirical research informed by sociological/anthropological understanding is what is needed here, at least outside the elite. But direct observation of the elite is also interesting.John Quigginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10830215234726229924noreply@blogger.com