Obama and the Birthers

[TheGame]

I'll agree with you, that it shouldn't be something that represents the whole republican party.

Its just from what I've seen, it didn't get any serious attention in media until after the birther bill came out. Some legitamate people who happend to all be republicans added strong feul to the fire.

But yeah, now (for the most part) they're trying to disassociate themselves from the Birther movement. I don't think any of them really think Obama was born in Kenya, they've just done something that gives the media a reason to pick on them.

[Professor S]

I think some less than objective polling did some damage as well. There was one poll that stated that "over 50% of Republicans believe the birthers" and it turns out the questions that were asked didn't have much at all to do with the issue, but were mainly general questions about nationality and eligibility.