So-called ‘birthers’ display continued ignorance, arrogance
Not long ago, I posted a video dealing with the idiotic so-called “birthers” and their insistence that President Obama’s was not really born in the U.S. and is, therefore, constitutionally disqualified to be president. These folks (I’m no longer even willing to call them “good folks”) are continuing to publicly display their ignorance and arrogance.That video referenced above, taken from no less than Lou Dobbs’ CNN show, seemed pretty conclusive to me that the whole idiotic mess questioning Obama’s American heritage is, well, an idiotic mess. But, of course, as an old saying I love goes: “Nothing is foolproof because fools are so ingenious.”
The fools who choose to revel in conspiracy theories around every corner seem to thrive on the idea that Obama is either 1) secretly a Muslim, 2) a blatant socialist, 3) a godless man leading America down the path to eternal destruction, 4) a foreign-born thinly disguised terrorist of some sort who captured the presidency, and/or 5) all of the above.
(Let’s not forget the flip-side: Many out there still believe Obama is some sort of Messiah or Messiah figure who’s going to solve all of the world’s problems; while others see him as the Anti-Christ.)
In reality, he’s a highly intelligent, well-meaning “freshman” president seeking to deal with the mess our nation is in. I voted for the man and would give him high marks in many ways. I am NOT in love with the huge financial tab he’s running up. I’m not sure his policies to confront our economic crisis and our health care crisis are the best, nor am I convinced they are working.
But I’m also willing to cut him a bit of a break and say he’s only been in office less than a year.
This “rant” about those who question Obama’s citizenship began this morning when I looked at an online reader’s poll run by our local newspaper. (You remember newspapers?) They asked the question: “Do you believe President Obama has adequately answered allegations that he is not an American citizen.” Appallingly, they got over 700 responses (large for their polls) with only 44.1 percent saying “yes,” and 55.9 saying “no.”
I was astounded at the general ignorance and eagerness to believe idiotic drivel and lying gossip (that’s exactly what the so-called “birther” movement is). But then I remembered something important that puts this in perspective: We live in the land of Jay Leno’s late famous “Jay Walking” episodes. If you ever watch Leno on “The Tonight Show” stopping people on the street and asking them basic, obvious questions related to American history and/or politics, you know exactly what I mean.
People in our nation are overwhelmingly ignorant and uninformed/misinformed about our history and our politics. Not because they lack access to facts and reality, for the most part, but because they simply do not want to learn and (to paraphrase that famous Jack Nicholson line): “They can’t handle the truth” on so many issues.
End of rant. For today, anyway. I feel much better now. How about you?
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