Bob Bennett vs the Birthers

(h/t KVNU)

Hatch: Tea Baggers not Nutcakes

Rolly:

Us and them» Remember when Sen. Orrin Hatch called those attending a protest rally against the war in Iraq "nut cakes" during then-President George Bush's visit to Salt Lake City?

I asked Hatch's office if he then thought the screaming mobs that have been disrupting congressional town hall meetings by shouting down everyone who tried to talk, including the congressmen and congresswomen conducting the meetings, were nut cakes.

He doesn't.

"The people I called 'nut cakes' were using vulgarities and crude gestures, even flipping the bird and spitting, to the president of the United States ... ," Hatch said. "The demonstrators participating in rallies recently against the federal government, deficit spending, increasing taxes, socialism and a government takeover of health care, have been aggressive and outspoken, but not vulgar and crude."

He must not have seen the same mob demonstrations at the town hall meetings that I've seen.

Horrible Birther Poll Reporting by KSL/DesNews

The Results:

Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and, therefore, is a U.S. citizen?

Definitely a U.S. citizen: 48%
Probably a U.S. citizen: 19%
Probably Not a U.S. citizen: 4%
Definitely not a U.S. citizen: 5%
Don't Know: 23%

(n=402, Conducted Aug 3-5, MoE =/- 5%)

So, 9% of those polled don't think Obama's a citizen. So, how do you spin the poll?

DesNews: 1/3 of Utahns question Obama birthplace

KSL: One-third of Utahns unsure if Pres. Obama is American

-Bob