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Originally Posted by JohnR
I'm sure there are people that cling to this out of racism, just as there are people that voted for him because he's black, half black, or part white. There are people that voted for him solely because they hoped it would move the country beyond the racial demons that have been deteriorating over the past decades.
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The issue here doesn't have anything to do with someone who would vote for Obama simply because he's black...I'm sure there were many but hell, a lot of people just close their eyes and make a mark.
This is about a sustained effort to undermine his legitimacy because he is a black guy with an Islamic name. A quite effective effort in fact to "connect the dots"...Obama is not like "us", therefor his agenda can't logically serve the American interest.
That a lot of Obama policy has been supported by Republicans over the years doesn't seem to be particularity of interest to the Birthers or those Republicans riding on their coat tails.
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A lot of people hold the presidential qualification to a very high standard which allows some people wittingly and unwittingly to hijack that. But that's OK, keep telling yourself its because of race.
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Obama's birth records have been around since 1961, and validated in 2008 or perhaps even earlier. This issue didn't have legs because of "presidential qualification"...the evidence has always been there that he's qualified to be POTUS.
-spence