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He was certainly very active in birtherism but so was Hillary when she ran against Obama which is what people are forgetting about :)
by richardknop 9y ago
He was certainly very active in birtherism but so was Hillary when she ran against Obama which is what people are forgetting about :)
- KozmoNau7 9y ago"But but but HILLARY!" is not a valid argument. Both were shitty candidates, Trump was just the shittiest of the two.
- grzm 9y agoWould you elaborate what you mean by "but so was Hillary"? I'm aware of three incidents that could seen as related: - Allegedly Sidney Blumenthal urged a reporter to investigate where Obama was born, suggesting it was Kenya. This was denied by Blumenthal and appears to be a misread or exaggeration of an email Blumenthal wrote. (http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article102828747.html http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election...) - Mark Penn wrote a strategy memo about Obama's "lack of American roots" in reference to him having lived abroad, which the campaign never acted on. (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/09/the-front-runner-s-fall/306944/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/09/the-fro...) - A volunteer coordinator in Iowa forward an email promoting birtherism and was fired for doing so. (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/sep/25/obama-muslim-myth-clinton-connection/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/sep/25/...) I have a hard time reconciling "very active in birtherism" (or promoting birtherism at all by the campaign, much less Clinton herself) with these incidents. If you've got other references, please share. (Though this is really far off the reservation with respect to the submission.)