10-25-2011, 09:49 PM
DaveS wrote:
One example:
POST: "It's why Texas Gov. Rick Perry's decision to resuscitate skepticism over President Obama's birth certificate seems so out of place."
TIMES: The GOP presidential candidate was asked by Parade magazine whether he believed that Obama was born in the United States.
Perry didn't "resuscitate" anything - he was asked a question by Parade Magazine.
It's his answer that caused this issue to be in the news. He could have said "that's nonsense. Of course the President is a US citizen." That would have been the end of it, no?
But instead he has to bring up the Donald and that nonsense and imply that he's not sure if the birth certificate the President says is his is real. For the governor of a US state and candidate for president to say such a thing is absurd. Perry has no one to blame but himself. Small wonder the guy is polling at around 6% this week.