This survey reveals that a majority of Republicans are birthers who don't believe Obama was born in Hawaii. And most of them doubt his professed Christian faith; they think he's using it to conceal his true diabolical Muslim faith. Even the GOP Speaker of the House insisted "it's not my job" to inform his deranged Republicans that Obama is a natural-born U.S. citizen, even though Speaker Boehner believes it himself.
These people see multiple (sometimes contradictory), hidden, sinister motives behind everything Obama says or does. His very birth is a source of controversy for them. (Messiah, anyone?) He cannot please these rabid reality deniers except by his total political surrender, and even then they would call him a "pushover" or "too weak!" I know it, you know it.
All this goes to show that Obama should give up on bipartisanship (read: appeasement) and go hard Left on the issues that enjoy popular support from Democrats and Independents, such as: ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; preserving Social Security; raising taxes on the top 3-5% of income earners; raising the payroll tax ceiling; investing in roads, bridges, and renewable energy infrastructure; regulating risky financial derivatives; re-instituting Glass-Steagal to separate deposit banks from casinos; and ending tax breaks for companies that export U.S. jobs, just to name a few.
By Frank James
February 15, 2011 | NPR
February 15, 2011 | NPR
By Elyse Siegel
February 15, 2011 | Huffington Post
February 15, 2011 | Huffington Post
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