Really, 42%?

You always wonder why Republican lawmakers and pundits are always eager to stake out the most bizarre corners of the political debate, such as the Obama birth certificate "scandal", and spend their time flogging dead horses in a manner that causes actual crazy people to stop and go "Yeah, you're fucking nuts." But, as it seems, they aren't just doing it for kicks, they're doing it to appeal to the craziest, fringe, "I saw Sasquatch driving a UFO" section of the US public: the Republican base. For example:

A new Research 2000 poll, sponsored by the site DailyKos, finds broad traction among Republican voters for the belief that President Obama was not born in the United States.

Yes No Not sure
Dem 93 4 3
Rep 42 28 30
Ind 83 8 9

With nearly a third of Republicans believing the theory, you can see why Republican politicians are inclined to treat it with some respect.

58% of the Republican party isn't sure Barry was born in the US. And you wonder why lawmakers are so eager to wallow in the fever swamps, they might not get re-elected unless they get with the new Republican orthodoxy: tax cuts, name everything after Reagan, oppose anything a Democrat or vaguely effeminate person wants, tax cuts, try to get another war stated somewhere in the Middle East, and Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya, smuggled to Hawaii where documents were forged to falsify his birth as part of a larger conspiracy that involves madrassas, secret Muslim indoctrination, and the winning of the Presidency. It all seems so plausible, no wonder so many believe it.

Thumbs up 58%ers, you keep bringing the crazy. Hey, where the fuck was Joe Biden born anyway?