David Freddoso weighs in on the disparity by the media in interest in Republicans disbelieving in Obama's birth in Hawaii, compared to their reluctance to skeptically cover the arguably-similar kook factor in the 9/11 conspiracy/truther phenomenon. As he points out, more Dems than Reps believed in their respective conspiracy theories but which ones are made to look bad?
I mention the Clinton vs. Bush haters. The term "Clinton haters" was commonly used to brand the partisans opposing Clinton; the at-least-equal level of hatred behind opponents of Bush rarely elicited the use of the term "Bush haters" because, of course, they were principled. During the 2008 campaign, the media even resurrected the "Clinton hater" monicker when covering the Republican opponents to Hillary. Go figure; and read David Freddoso's fine piece:
"So if 58 percent of Republicans are living in a delusional fantasy world because they are out of power, then 61 percent of Democrats were doing the same thing until just recently (perhaps they still are). It's a clean, apples-to-apples comparison with a clear lesson: People get a bit kooky when they're out of power, Democrats about 3 points kookier -- which is probably within the margin of error.
"I bring this up because I did a short mid-afternoon segment today on MSNBC with Tamryn Hall and Donnie Deutsch, in which I was asked about hte Birther poll. I brought up the Truther poll and wondered aloud whether MSNBC had ever brought as much attention to the Truthers...
Read more: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Birthers-and-Truthers-and-Mike-Stark-oh-my-52222302.html
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