To quote Congressman West: "Why are you here?"
If the birther stuff is nonsense and the issues are the most important thing, why are YOU wasting an inordinate amount of time on these threads????
Why aren't you on the threads dealing with the 'issues' that you think are more important? But when I look at your posting history: Nope. You spend way too much time on threads you consider nonsense. You will not convince anyone to share your viewpoints on these threads, quite the contrary. You're just wasting bandwidth.
So....why are you here?
Because, quite simply, responsible conservatives have a duty to call out idiocy and lunacy on their own side. This birther stuff started as a marginally silly issue and has morphed into downright stupidity.
It is important that responsible conservatives make it clear that this birther nonsense is fringe babble and not representative of Republican and conservative thinking. For the most part prominent conservatives are doing exactly that. There is a good reason why Hannity, Levin, Coulter, Malkin, Beck, etc, etc, etc will have nothing to do with this ridiculous conspiracy theory. Courts will continue tossing these eligibility claims out as garbage and prominent Republican/conservative politicians will have nothing to do with it.
What you are pushing is not conservative, it's hack conspiracies that make anyone associated with them look batty.
I don't know who you are supporting right now. I am hoping Palin gets in myself. Whoever your candidate of choice is the one thing you can count on that person NOT talking about is birther conspiracy theories. Hussein will be defeated on economic issues. Period. The economy will drive this election and our candidates need to focus almost entirely on that.