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It's an incredibly (and I mean dishonestly) generous view of birtherism to say it had nothing to do with Obama's race.
by joe5150 10y ago
It's an incredibly (and I mean dishonestly) generous view of birtherism to say it had nothing to do with Obama's race.
- googlryas 10y agoThis exact same question was raised with John McCain back in 2008, because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/may/12/born-usa/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/may/12/... Was that because of his race too? I suspect we stopped hearing about McCain, and kept hearing about Obama, because Obama became president.
- joe5150 10y agoLike I said, a generous suspicion. I can also suspect that had McCain been elected he would not have been dogged with insinuations about his citizenship, forced to proffer his birth certificate, referred to as a "Panamanian" by his detractors, etc. etc. for practically the duration of his first term.
- googlryas 10y agoI agree that many racists are in the birther camp. I guess my point was that it wasn't only racists doing it.