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23 July 2009 9:00 AM
"Worst Idea Ever"
Yes, the birthers.
TNR:
This week, the so-called "birther" conspiracy theory, which posits that Barack Obama was not born in the United States and is thus an illegitimate president, has made some significant strides. As David Weigel of The Washington Independent has documented, the theory has been embraced by Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, ten members of Congress, and now Liz Cheney, a former deputy assistant secretary of state and the former vice president's daughter. However, this is hardly the first time an absurd conspiracy theory about an American president has taken hold.
Click through to read about past presidential conspiracy theories, starting with one about Andrew Jackson.
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Check out the "documentation" in the article. Not one of the people listed has embraced the theory. A couple of them made jokes about it, some sympathized with the feelings of those who hold it. I think the same was probably true about the Truthers, the 9/11 equivalent of this lunacy. A lot of leftists felt something like, This stuff presumably isn't true, but I understand why the Truthers hate the president and want to believe it. That's more or less what Cheney said too.