(November 22, 2014 at 8:38 am)DeistPaladin Wrote: And even you have said the birthers are nuts. No president before now has ever been forced to respond to such crackpottery. Did Bush ever have to offer proof that 9/11 was not an inside job or respond to the truthers in any way? No. The truthers never got traction outside of Alec Jones' following and a few internet bloggers, and rightly so. Why did the birthers gain such a following in the GOP?
Several candidate have been subject to birther movements....including John McCain. Birther movements are not unique to Obama or black candidates as you would have people believe. The fact that Obama got elected to POTUS is an inconsequential detail.
