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Jul. 29th, 2009 10:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
merrilyYou guys know about the birther "controversy," right? Some Americans, unwilling to admit that they're being dumb racist assholes, have launched a conspiracy theory that says that Barack Obama wasn't born in America, and therefore isn't legally permitted to serve as the president of the USA. The existing documentation (his birth certificate; a newspaper announcement of his birth; witnesses) aren't enough to deter them. (Another asshole tried to take it to court, and the case was dismissed, but unfortunately it was dismissed for reasons other than the plaintiff was crazy.)
ANYWAY. The birthers are constituents, and some of the politicians who represent them are Republicans, and Republican senators and representatives aren't willing to piss off any part of their dwindling support base.
All of which leads to the following video, in which a reporter from the Huffington Post goes to Washington, talks to Republican senators, and asks them "do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States?," at which point most of the senators literally run away.
GRATE LOLZ, guys.
ANYWAY. The birthers are constituents, and some of the politicians who represent them are Republicans, and Republican senators and representatives aren't willing to piss off any part of their dwindling support base.
All of which leads to the following video, in which a reporter from the Huffington Post goes to Washington, talks to Republican senators, and asks them "do you believe Barack Obama was born in the United States?," at which point most of the senators literally run away.
GRATE LOLZ, guys.
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Date: 2009-07-29 09:34 pm (UTC)