The open political discussion thread. Read the first post!

[mo_feezy]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Why are we suddenly talking about his birth certificate? I'm talking about health care right now. The video I posted has nothing to do with questioning his citizenship.

A long time ago? It was 2007 for God sakes.

Are you guys blind to what Obama says himself and just amazed at how he says it? My judgments of him come from the whole picture not just what he reads off of his handy dandy teleprompter everyday. You have to look at what he truly believes and he has come out and said these things over and over in the past. You just can't erase them.

And why is Fox News, Glenn Beck ect. bring brought up. I never said I got my info from that. I draw my own conclusions.

The video was linked to a video about his birth certificate. That means that it was either posted by the same people, or watched by the same people.

These are fair things to bring up. I can discredit almost everything you have said so far. There is a group of about 30% of americans who agree with you. The media is making it look like it's a much bigger group, but it certainly isn't. Maybe you aren't a "birther," but most of the people who agree with you on this issue are.

It is important because it represents the problem with gathering faulty information from biased sources. You don't respond to any of the criticisms of anything you believe, you just respond to what you feel is an attack against you. You also refer to disagreeing with you as being "deceived" or "lied to" by the president which hints at something much deeper than disagreeing with his policy on health care. It's a fair game to play.