Obama's Birth Certificate Released

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

It was definitely there for the Clinton. Hell, it was there for the Kennedys. People like to remember him well because of the assassination, but there were many people who couldn't stand JFK. My father's family (who are incidentally Catholic) still talk about how they didn't like JFK and what a terrible president he was.

Between the he's going to be consulting the Pope on every decision because he's Catholic factor and the Many Sins Of Papa Joe factor (bootlegger, thought Hitler was harmless, cheated on Rose and banged Gloria Swanson, lobotomized his daughter, allegedly bought the election) people freaking HATED JFK and I would say it's very close to what Obama is going through now. It's well documented that while he was alive, only something like 30% of people said they voted for him - after he died, 70% said they did. (Or numbers roughly to that effect) If he hadn't died, it's nowhere near sure he would have gotten a second term or been well thought of in the least.

JFK just didn't have to put up with 500 TV channels and other media outlets.

[TonyB06]

Besides the fact that Romney's staff apparently cannot spell "America," both he and President Obama appear to be following George Bush's 2004 model, apparently believing it to be easier to squeeze more performance/turn out from your base than to win out with "independents" (which I think there are far fewer of than those self identify, by the way).

Personally, I think the "birther" thing is played. Most sane people accept the President's Hawaiian birth, the birthers think otherwise; but if it'll make a few more conspiracists turn out for MR, he'll take it. Why else would Romney, on the day he clinches the nomination (1144 delegates) step on his own story with Donald Trump dominating his headlines?