Obama and the Birthers

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Personally, I think Birthers for the most part are people who are genuinely concerned about their county's direction under Obama, but they misplace their objections and concentrate on the meaningless and trivial, attacking President Obama as a person, rather than concentrating on countering his ideas and policies. These people are easily dismissed because there is no substance to the argument.

Think of the difference in affect of the two current news items:

The Birthers are overwhelmingly dismissed, even by most conservative talk show hosts, and their cause has gotten them nowhere because they are consumed with Obama Derangement Syndrome (not unlike Sean Hannity's infamous Bush Derangement Syndrome) and attack Pres. Obama the person.

Meanwhile the healthcare town halls are full of people who are passionately arguing policy going line by line through the healthcare plans and the left is reduced to trying to attack the people at the meetings and not their criticisms (Pelosi even claimed people were bringing Swastikas to events, which is utterly untrue and disgusting) and the critics are currently winning the argument.

Ideas will always win if you choose to argue them and not attack the messenger. When you attack the messenger, normally it's a sure sign you're position is weak or deceitful.

I think this is pretty accurate and sums everything up nicely.

You have to pardon my above post...I am a little bitter.