@cicerone imposter,
cicerone imposter wrote:
I'm not sure whether you have kept up with the news on the birthers, but Obama finally produced his original birth certificate. Now, the GOP is saying that Obama is distracting from the important issues facing our country by providing his birth certificate. One of the reasons Obama did not produce his birth certificate before now is that Hawaii has a law against providing original birth certificates. They made this one exception to the law, because Obama requested it.
They're (the GOP) the ones who made it a big issue (most recently D Trump), and now they are putting the blame on Obama for our current problems.
The same article in today's newspaper said 45% of conservatives still believe Obama was not born in this country.
There's no cure for stupid. Why can't normal, intelligent, Americans see the games the conservatives play? Does it mean that at least half are stupid?
It is not stupid, but malice... It is not ignorance, but racism... People have been powerless for so long, and their powerlessness which leads to their general victimization has also allowed them to be denied education, kept in the dark about reality, and left to wallow in ignorance and credulity... They would not be forced to accept the religious influence in their lives if there were a choice... If their forms of government and economy were working for them instead of justifying their misery and rubbing them out of existence they would not be forced into forms far older, of religion, magic, and fate that never did explain reality and never did serve the purposes of humanity... No one is ignorant out of choice, and no one ever weilds the clumsey weapon of malice unless there is no other... They are being cut by the birther malice, and because it is aimed not only at the legitimacy of Mr. Obama, but at all our legitimate rights to chose a president... They did not like the morals of Clinton, and Clinton did demonstrate bad morals, but what was said by Lincoln of his General Pope is true for presidents as well... If they all be liars or crooks what of that prevents their being president???... If he were our liar or crook we should be happy, and if he preys upon us and mis-informs us we should be sad...
The attack on Mr. Obama is not nearly so much an attack on him since it falls so short of the truth... The Attack on Mr. Obama is an attack on us, and all who elected him... We must bear the malicious assault based upon ignorance as though it were itself worthy of respect, to be civil, and accepting of our fellow citizens though their nonsense is an assault not only upon Mr. Obama, but upon common sense, decency, intelligence and our right to make who we will our president... I suppose they prefer the Supreme Court to decide all such issues; but I defer...
They think the wisdom of their morals, and the leadership of their priests should be sufficient power to elect leaders... They should elect such leaders over themselves, and bear such leaders, and leave off from American Politics... The problem with leaving people ignorant because they are essentially powerless, and so you CAN leave them ignorant is that ignorance needs no greater justification than itself... Viewed from without, ignorance is a curse; but trapped in it, no one can see a better situation... Those people are sheep, and it is wrong to leave them in that condition simply because they can imagine none better... They should be forced to wake up and confront the effects of ignorance and powerlessness on their lives, and be asked to quit fighting and abusing all who would with kindness bring them into the 21 century... They need to grow up,and be human beings, and it is a painful process... No one is ever going to fully remove the pain from the process, but they should be reminded that a better world awaits them when they have learned what reality is about, and in what sense government should act to moderate the worst affects of reality upon humanity which it can never do while mired in faith...
