Have the Birthers Duped the GOP?

A poll released by Kos/Research 2000 found that 58% of Republicans believe that President Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. or “aren’t sure.”

A poll released by Kos/Research 2000 found that 28% of Republicans believe that President Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. and that another 30% of Republicans “aren’t sure” whether or not the President was born in the U.S. OK, it's a Kos poll. OK, too, given the age of the GOP base, it may be that respondents were confused about the legal status of a Honolulu birth. "Hawaii a state? When the hell did that happen?" If the poll is to be believed, only 42% of Republicans believe that the President of our country was born in the United States. It's hard to believe that 58% of Republicans take seriously the conspiratorial mutterings of a handful of obvious nutcases. What the poll numbers suggest instead is hard-core sore loserdom. Republicans have to know that birtherism is factually incorrect, ignorant, and idiotic. Ladies and gentlemen: please, get a grip on yourselves.  If you don’t like the fact that Democrats are in power, engage in intelligent criticism. There's a lot to criticize! But fruit-cake xenophobia will not defeat this President.  It's nonsense and it needs to stop.