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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:22 PM
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Majority of Republicans Now Birthers?
No More Mr. Nice Blog, via AlterNet:



A new Public Policy Polling survey suggests that a majority of Republicans are now birthers:

Birthers make a majority among those voters who say they're likely to participate in a Republican primary next year. 51% say they don't think Barack Obama was born in the United States to just 28% who firmly believe that he was and 21% who are unsure. The GOP birther majority is a new development.


In response to this, Dave Weigel writes,

Does that mean that 72 percent of Republicans think Obama should be disqualified from the presidency? No. It suggests that birtherism has become another screen for extreme partisanship.


The suggestion is that the birthers only kinda-sorta question Obama's eligibility, and that they're saying this mostly because they just don't like Obama. (The PPP question was "Do you think Barack Obama was born in the United States?")

I agree with Jonathan Bernstein that reporters should try to find out more about what these people actually think -- but as for me, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't believe the vast majority of birthers mean exactly what they're saying and absolutely believe that Obama has become president through deliberate deceit. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/476043/majority_of_republicans_now_birthers/



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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:24 PM
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1. Ok I'm getting closer and closer everyday to thinking
forced sterilization is a good idea.
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Capitalocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:47 PM
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8. Guess who they'd force it on? nt
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:29 PM
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2. The Majority of Republicans WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING!
There is a sucker born every minute, and most of them vote Republican.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:32 PM
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3. FIFY
Racists make a majority among those voters who say they're likely to participate in a Republican primary next year. 51% say they are Racists to just 28% who firmly believe that thei are not racists and 21% who are unsure. The GOP racist majority is not a new development.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:34 PM
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4. Or a bunch of Republicans are too embarrassed by their brethren to admit to being Republican.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:35 PM
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5. I don't think so; the majority of birthers love palin; the gop, not
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Soral Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:35 PM
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6. Never forget... bitter Hillary supporters are who starting this entire thing
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 07:35 PM
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7. Democrats and Obama voters who stayed home in November put these people in charge.
Obama answers to a Republican House for the next two years.

Nice work.
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