• Poll: Nearly half of Iowan Republicans don't believe Obama was born here
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[quote]Donald Trump’s birther crusade could be a boon in Iowa, and “Romneycare” could dog the former Massachusetts governor in the first-in-the-nation caucus, a new poll shows. A whopping 48 percent of Iowa Republicans said they don’t believe that Obama was born in the United States, according to the automated survey by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling out Tuesday. Another 26 percent said they weren’t sure whether or not the president was born in America as the Constitution requires to be eligible to serve in the nation’s highest office. Trump has driven the widely discredited “birther” issue into the national spotlight as he flirts with an entry into the White House race, placing at the front of the pack in several national polls. In Iowa, Trump comes in third with 14 percent of the vote, just two points behind Mitt Romney with 16 percent. Mike Huckabee is currently leading in the state, with 27 percent support from Iowa Republicans. While Romney is polling second in the Hawkeye state, the poll also points to a potential pothole in the road for him: 63 percent of Iowa GOPers say supporting a state-level health insurance mandate is a disqualifier. Only 11 percent say they’d be willing to vote for someone who backed a state-level bill mandating that voters have health insurance, as Romney did in Massachusetts. If Huckabee and Trump opt out of the contest, Romney leads with 25 percent of the vote, leaving second place a statistical dead heat between Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Ron Paul. Tuesday’s poll of 419 Iowa Republicans was conducted April 15-17 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points. [/quote] [url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53417.html]Source[/url] [url=http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_IA_04191118.pdf]Survey[/url] So much for the whole minority opinion thing. Also oh god Huckabee is leading, that's terrible news. e: Oh isn't that fun, another birther story from another idiot [quote]Charlie Sheen brought his violent torpedo of craziness to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, adding political controversy to his derided stage show. In addition to his usual rants about porn stars, his ex-wife, "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre and #winning, Sheen addressed his beating Sarah Palin, or, as he called her, "that lunatic from Alaska," in polls with political independents, as well as the ongoing Tea Party fascination with President Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate. [B]Talking about a possible presidential run -- Sheen defeated Obama amongst GOP voters in the same polls as his victories of Palin -- he mused about the idea and then hit the birther sweet spot. "For starters, I was f**king born here, how about that? And I got proof! Nothing photoshopped about my birth certificate," Sheen said; the Washington Post reports that the comment elicited mostly cheers. [/B] The comments came during a highly emotional night for Sheen. Earlier in the day, he was in Los Angeles, seeking full custody of his young twins from ex-wife Brooke Mueller, a request that was denied by a judge. According to TMZ, the audience largely poured out of the venue before the show ended. Of course, that's not the first time that's happened. While he garnered goodwill (though perhaps much of it was facetious) from fans following the epic, public meltdown that saw him kicked off his TV show, fans have in many places rejected his show, including in an night of near mutiny in New York.[/quote] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/charlie-sheen-a-birther-obama-birth-certificate_n_851346.html[/url] The idea that this stupid belief still garners an audience is painful.
What I don't get is - Why somebody who isn't born in the country [B]can't[/B] be a good president? I know it's the law and I don't really mean this particular case, but does place of birth really matter that much?
Obama (OR SHOULD I SAY OSAMA) is a terrorist from kenya. Thats why Awesomecaek.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;29323896]What I don't get is - Why somebody who isn't born in the country [B]can't[/B] be a good president? I know it's the law and I don't really mean this particular case, but does place of birth really matter that much?[/QUOTE] Because anyone outside the US is a horrible communist/terrorist who will lead the country to ruin. At least, that's what it seems these people think.
We just need to count his midichlorians to prove he is a true American, what is Obama afraid of?
I wonder why they refuse to release his birth certificate..
[QUOTE=cjone2;29324042]We just need to count his midichlorians to prove he is a true American what is Obama afraid of[/QUOTE] We all know that Qui-Gon Jinn is refusing to release the blood sample.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;29324071]We all know that Qui-Gon Jinn is refusing to release the blood sample.[/QUOTE] He was a Sith the whole time.
[QUOTE=Rofl_copter;29324068]I wonder why they refuse to release his birth certificate..[/QUOTE] Isn't it the law in Hawaii that they are only allowed to give out copies of someone's Certificate of Live Birth or shortform birth certificate (why either of which isn't good enough, fuck knows), not a copy of an individuals full length birth certificate?
Even Mitt romney who is a mormon republican said that Obama is born in the US.
[QUOTE=Collin665;29324412]Even Mitt romney who is a mormon republican said that Obama is born in the US.[/QUOTE] It's not nice to call people names, you know. :colbert:
Yeah there's some stupid people in Iowa.
This is because at least half of all republicans (and quite probably more) are irreversibly, irredeemably retarded. [editline]20th April 2011[/editline] This is common knowledge.
well then nearly half of Iowan republicans are redneck retards
Poll: Nearly half of Iowan Republicans don't believe their mother and father are siblings
So that's Mississippi republicans and Iowa republicans being retarded. Who else did I miss?
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;29324607]So that's Mississippi republicans and Iowa republicans being retarded. Who else did I miss?[/QUOTE] Almost all the rest of America's republicans. And all, without exception, of tea party members.
Iowan republican, proud to be in the 52% that aren't completely retarded.
[QUOTE=slinkman;29324640]Iowan republican, proud to be in the 52% that aren't completely retarded.[/QUOTE] Dem's fightin' words around these parts.
[QUOTE=slinkman;29324640]Iowan republican, proud to be in the 52% that aren't completely retarded.[/QUOTE] If you truly are a thinking man, distance yourself from the Republican party. None of their policies do you, America, or the world any good. Unless you happen to be a rich christian CEO of a megacorporation who cares more about his own wallet than anyone or anything else. And I'm pretty sure you're not.
I can understand the points that republicans have, and democrats have, but I'd say most of my views follow liberal/democratic views. However, I do like some republican things, so maybe I'm more of a neither-party person.
[QUOTE=Collin665;29324819]I can understand the points that republicans have, and democrats have, but I'd say most of my views follow liberal/democratic views. However, I do like some republican things, so maybe I'm more of a neither-party person.[/QUOTE] Not what I meant. The republican party of the USA is a symbol of American stupidity, bigotry, selfishness and ignorance to people living in every other civilized nation in the world. And not without good reason. A moderately republican point of view may be respectable, but the US Republican party's ideals make them extremists.
Republicans don't like him. This is nothing new.
There's only one thing I hate more than these right wing conservatives.
[QUOTE=archangel125;29324711]If you truly are a thinking man, distance yourself from the Republican party. None of their policies do you, America, or the world any good. Unless you happen to be a rich christian CEO of a megacorporation who cares more about his own wallet than anyone or anything else. And I'm pretty sure you're not.[/QUOTE] I agree with both parties to certain degrees, but there are qualities of the republican party that appeals more so then what the democratic party has to offer. I'll leave you to your liberalism and you can leave me to my conservatism.
[QUOTE=slinkman;29325116]I agree with both parties to certain degrees, but there are qualities of the republican party that appeals more so then what the democratic party has to offer. I'll leave you to your liberalism and you can leave me to my conservatism.[/QUOTE] Fair enough.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;29323896]What I don't get is - Why somebody who isn't born in the country [B]can't[/B] be a good president? I know it's the law and I don't really mean this particular case, but does place of birth really matter that much?[/QUOTE] They can obviously, its just that to be the president of the United States you HAVE to be born in the U.S.
he was born over there [img_thumb]http://www.google.com.pr/maps/vt/data=LtgX-e3f8ctI3U5dJtbt7EJ1ZfRneYme,JM5Al1G3toru3t31NQvHn143Km7GlFIevd1jaaFNOKJ_ejZxnDSdmuJLio5P53sSSo_4zh010xuAOz7HDiQ[/img_thumb] right there
[QUOTE=Aman V;29325292]They can obviously, its just that to be the president of the United States you HAVE to be born in the U.S.[/QUOTE] A rather stupid system. A person should be president based upon merit, not where they come from or their popularity with people.
Over half of US Republicans in Iowa are republicans. I know it's terrible to generalize people by politics but at this point, what the hell.
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