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The whole thing rests on the inability of these/those people to integrate information. Whether it's because they don't have the native intelligence to do so is one thing, but for the most part it's a psychological refusal.

The birthers are the perfect example.

They are all hot and bothered about a Kenyan birth certificate. They are all hot and bothered about a Kenyan father.

They can't digest the fact that neither is relevant. By having an American mother, Obama was born an American citizen. It doesn't matter where. it doesn't matter who his father was.

Barry Goldwater was born before Arizona was a state; it was merely a territory. After a little bit of discussion, his candidacy was accepted with hardly a protest. Same with John McCain. But the ultimate legal definition is not WHERE they were born but WHO THEIR PARENTS WERE. And it only takes one parent to make a child a natural-born citizen. END OF DEBATE.

This doesn't even enter into the birther debate. They can't integrate the information. THEY ARE NOT RATIONAL.

I am, and I have work to do.



Tansy Gold