The “Is Obama Christian?” Question
by Russ Douthat
FEBRUARY 24, 2015 5:35 PM
http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/the-is-obama-christian-question/#commentsContainer
This is so typical Douthat - pretending to be even-handed in discussing the crazies in the GOP.
The point is, that no one would ask these silly questions of Republicans, if Republicans had not opened the topics of Obama's birth (is he American), religion (is he Muslim?), patriotism (does he love America as much as [I] do? - insert any number of nutty Republicans) in the fist place. The purpose, as always, of this pseudo-intellectual garble is purely as a means to continue the discussion of these irrational and vicious doubts about Obama.
Mr Douthat should be much more concerned about the doubtful cast of characters who are auditioning for the GOP Presidential nomination, and the fact that the Congressional GOP is showing no signs of actually stepping up to the responsibility of governing the country. For example, they have for ever been belly-aching about "securing our borders" and "protecting the homeland", and their solution is to defund DHS. They have no credible, strike that, they have NO, none at all, alternative to ACA, yet are perfectly happy with having "activist judges" torpedo that law, using very dicey legal tactics.
Right now, as for so long, Republicans are their own worst enemy.
The point is, that no one would ask these silly questions of Republicans, if Republicans had not opened the topics of Obama's birth (is he American), religion (is he Muslim?), patriotism (does he love America as much as [I] do? - insert any number of nutty Republicans) in the fist place. The purpose, as always, of this pseudo-intellectual garble is purely as a means to continue the discussion of these irrational and vicious doubts about Obama.
Mr Douthat should be much more concerned about the doubtful cast of characters who are auditioning for the GOP Presidential nomination, and the fact that the Congressional GOP is showing no signs of actually stepping up to the responsibility of governing the country. For example, they have for ever been belly-aching about "securing our borders" and "protecting the homeland", and their solution is to defund DHS. They have no credible, strike that, they have NO, none at all, alternative to ACA, yet are perfectly happy with having "activist judges" torpedo that law, using very dicey legal tactics.
Right now, as for so long, Republicans are their own worst enemy.
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