Yep...pretty stupid on his part, given the fact that probably 85% of the populace hasn't (until now) got a clue as to the birfplace proof business.
His comment might cause some headscratching and searches here and there.
Because he just mentioned it, “Obama citizenship” now brings up news on google instead of just links. He does not understand how buzz works on the web.
Re: given the fact that probably 85% of the populace hasn’t (until now) got a clue as to the birfplace proof business
One of the favorite tactics of the political Left is to smear their political opponents. They follow Alinsky’s guideline — “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” They ridicule, personalize and attack those they disagree with, because they can not, and will not, debate the issues.
The Left is unable to defend Obama’s decision to hide his bona fides from the American People, so they attack anybody that dares to ask Obama to release his documentation. One of their favorite tactics is to tar the questioner as a “Birther,” or relegate the skeptic to the “fringe.”
An AOL Poll that asks the question: “Do you think it’s fair to question President Obama’s citizenship?”
At 6 AM, on 12/6/09, the results were: 67% “Yes” — 33% “No” — and this is AOL, hardly a conservative website.
That’s some fringe — AOL visitors, by a factor of two-to-one, believe Obama should release his bona fides and end the controversy.
YouPolls.com has taken down their December 4th poll that asks the question, “Is Obama’s birth certificate a valid question.” Obviously, they didn’t like the respondents’ answers — 83% “Yes” — 17% “No.”
YouPolls.com is still running the one asking, “Is Obama a one term President?” — 94? “Yes — 5.7% “No” — expect that one to disappear soon.
And, as previously reported, an October 23rd item reported that three-in-ten Americans think their current head of state was not born in the United States, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. That’s almost a third of all Americans.
Now, Goddard’s Political Wire points to a new Public Policy Polling survey in Arkansas shows that only 45% of voters in the state say they believe Obama was born in this country, while 31% say they think he was not and 24% are unsure.
“Arkansas is the first of four states where we’ve polled the birther issue (Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado were the others) and found less than half of respondents confident that Obama is a natural born citizen. The numbers are particularly dramatic among Republicans with 49% saying Obama was not born here to just 23% who grant that he was.”
That’s some fringe — just 51% Of Americans Believe Obama Eligible:
http://www.theobamafile.com/_opinion/ThatsSomeFringe.htm