re: #11 wrenchwench

For another object example of how widespread this idiotic conspiracy delusion is on the right wing, see the scintillating discussion on this Redstate thread.

Yeah, part of Erickson’s becoming a “respectable” CNN contributer seems to have been cleaning up Redstate’s birther contingent.

Erick has always been kind of a cynical half-birther anyway. While he felt there was some reasonable doubt he doesn’t feel the topic is a political winner, so it should be avoided:

wordpress.redstate.com

Now that it is making legitimate headlines, let me offer my very firm opinion on the matter.

(1) There is reasonable doubt on the issue.
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redstate.com

The presumption will always be that Barack Obama is a citizen, whether or not birthers like it. That’s a fact, however much some may not like it. More troubling, there are those who can be presented with all the facts that are in evidence and still not be convinced. This would be the most elaborate conspiracy ever perpetrated and I don’t buy it.
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But please, spare me any more on the birth certificate. What may have been legitimate was, once he was sworn in, rendered moot. And the fixation risks taking activists off the front lines of the fight for freedom down a rabbit hole of distraction.