African American

From what I can tell, it is just "one more thing." By that, I mean birtherism has gotten on peoples' last nerve. They have heard it all, and it's, "Okay, now he's done it. I don't want any more shit."

But I don't think ordinary Democrats are reacting this way. I went to a fundraising event this evening, in northern Illinois. There were mostly white people there, only a few black people. This birther issue was not making anyone any more angry than all the rest of the stuff. I heard just as much anger over what Trump and all the other Republicans want to do to ordinary working Americans. Birtherism seemed to be just part of the package of complaints.

When I was phone banking this week, I heard real fear from people. They are worried about jobs, housing, and Trump getting us all killed in a nuclear holocaust. I'm pretty sure I was talking mostly to white people.

Maybe you should ask some white people IRL. See if they will be honest with you. I think most of them will be more honest than the 24 hour news channels! They will explode with anger over any Trump lie, but at the root of that anger is fear of a Trump Presidency.

Trump and his supporters have gone after anyone who is Other, like Muslims, black people, Hispanics, the physically challenged. Birtherism fits right in there with all the other bigotry. They have gone after anyone they perceive as weaker, like women.

After awhile, who will be left to persecute? How long before they turn on each other? This is the unspoken fear of any strongman or wannabe strongman. I think the anger is more about fear than anything else.