The birther rebellion
Posted: August 8, 2009 at 4:27 a.m.
The quote is attributed to a guy named John Tudor: "A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way." Which pretty well explains this whole controversy - sustained by conspiracy theorists, some fervent Barack Obama haters and the occasional talking head - that Obama is not a nativeborn U.S. citizen, and therefore is not qualified to be our commander in chief.
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Opinion, Pages 3 on 08/08/2009
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