Why Won't GOP Condemn Hayworth's Birtherism?

McCain challenger J.D. Hayworth has called for President Obama to release his birth certificate. By refusing to support McCain in the primary, Senator Jim DeMint and the Conservative Senate Fund are sending the message that advocating for birtherism is OK.

Van Jones, former green jobs czar and 9/11 denialist, was appropriately and unceremoniously dumped from his gig at the White House last September.  It was a victory for sensible Americans everywhere.

Jones claimed he didn’t really believe in the petition he signed, which demanded an investigation into whether or not President Bush allowed the 9/11 attacks to happen as a pretext for war.  For obvious reasons, Jones was pressured into resigning.  Even though the petition did not specifically and categorically state that Bush was behind 9/11, supporting the idiotic question merited Jones’ dismissal.

So why haven’t Republicans came out en masse against former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, the far right primary challenger to Senator McCain?  Hayworth has called for President Obama to unveil his birth certificate (although the President has already conclusively shown he’s a naturally-born American citizen).  Senator Jim DeMint and the Conservative Senate Fund refused to back McCain in the primary, indicating that among right-wing leaders, advocating for the birther conspiracy is just A-OK.

Conspiracy wingnuttery about the President’s birth or whether Bush allowed 9/11 should have no place in mainstream politics or the conservative movement.  If J.D. Hayworth wants to pal around with birthers, he should apply to be a guest host on Jesse Ventura’s conspiracyfest on TruTV.

All conservatives should give J.D. Hayworth and others who wink, nod, and back the birthers the Van Jones treatment.