The obsession over the president’s birth certificate won’t quit. The Daily Beast’s full coverage of the birther movement, including John Batchelor on Republican incoherence, Mark McKinnon on Obama’s all-American story, Samuel P. Jacobs on five birther myths debunked, and Benjamin Sarlin on presidential conspiracy theories through the years.
Will the Birthers Doom the GOP?By John Batchelor
The GOP, reduced to hosting loonies who obsess over Obama’s birthplace, is slipping into the ash heap. Beast’s John Batchelor on why Republican incoherence may doom the party to the fate of the Whigs.
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So What If Obama Was Foreign?By Mark McKinnon
Not a shred of evidence supports the citizenship conspiracy theorists, says former Bush and McCain strategist Mark McKinnon—but even if there were, there’s no story more American than Obama’s.
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5 Birther Myths DebunkedBy Sam Jacobs
With the Obama birth certificate conspiracy theorists—known as birthers—gaining more publicity by the day, The Daily Beast breaks down the movement’s biggest rumors, from the president’s birth announcement to his purported Islamic schooling.
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Presidential ConspiraciesBy Benjamin Sarlin
Obama’s “birther” scandal isn’t the first wacky theory about a president. From John Adams’ royal plot to Mary Lincoln’s spy games, Benjamin Sarlin on the nuttiest controversies.
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