Are Birthers The Mouth Breathers of American Politics?
Let me start out by saying I am not a Democrat (or a Republican for that matter). I don’t have a horse in the race, and I don’t care the outcome so much. I should also point out that while I am not a big supporter of Obama, I would say that he has done a better job that the Bush that was there before him.
Now, on the the birthers.
What are birthers? These are the people who are somehow convinced that Barrack Obama cannot be the President of the United States because he was (according to them) not born in the US. Now, there is a record of birth for Barrack Obama in Hawaii, but they take his Indonesian school records (where he was listed as barry soetoro, his fathers last name). Now, if this is the smoking gun, the “clue” that they all point to, I would suggest that they need to get a clue themselves.
It isn’t unusual for school records to show a shortened version of a kid’s name (especially when the name is in English in a country where English is NOT the main language) and combine it with his step father’s name (which is why he went to school in Indonesia). But it is clear that his mother only remarried when Barrack was 6, and this man (Pak Lolo Soetoro) is not Obama’s father. So this smoking gun is debunked pretty much right out of the gate.
The next birther theory is that Obama was born in Kenya. Now, it is true that his real father Barrak Hussein Obama Sr, is from Kenya. However, there is absolutely no indication that the birth happened in Kenya. In fact, an American living in Kenya would very likely return to the US to assure that their child was born in the US, that they got high end care during and after child buirth, and that their child was a US citizen.
It takes all of about 30 seconds to dismiss the Birther’s logic, as none of it adds up. That some seemingly intelligent people such as Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, a doctor in the military. He refused to take orders because the commander in chief (the president) was not born in the US, and therefore cannot be President. I am amazed to see seemingly smart people turned into slack jawed mouth breeders.
The reality is that many in the birther movement are there because they have racists tendancies. Rather than saying they do not like a black man in the White House, and don’t want to serve under a black man. They can’t say that because they know everyone will mark it down as racist. Instead, the create this amazing birther conspiracy, which has been debunked any number of time (and can easily be debunked as I have shown above). They call him Barry Soetoro, they call him a muslim, they call him all sorts of things, but in the end, Barrack Obama is the lawful and elected President of the United States.
Between the Birthers and the Tea Baggers, it would appear that the right wing of US politics is sinking into angry little groups of political infighters, rather than a force that can take on the Democrats in the long run. The Republican party really needs to step up to the plate and take charge, or risk being run over by the mouth breathers and yahoos that are currently running the show.
