# The "Birthers" are maggots! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 5, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096 "2009-12-05T15:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/21 "2009-12-05T19:30:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, just “American” politics could reasonably be taken to mean the politics of the Americas. Or it could be taken for what it is … a fucking circus freak show. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/22 "2009-12-05T20:26:44Z")
So, whatever happened to Srsly Averbuch and her ginormous false lashes? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/23 "2009-12-05T20:50:40Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Aw, man, here I thought we were getting some fresh new ranting to sink our teeth in, but no, more US American politics. Sigh. It could be worse. It could be us. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/24 "2009-12-05T20:55:43Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > I’m wondering, what has the oily taint been up to? Richard Gere’s anus? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/25 "2009-12-05T20:56:55Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > So, whatever happened to Srsly Averbuch and her ginormous false lashes? Richard Gere’s anus? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/26 "2009-12-05T20:59:26Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Or it could be taken for what it is … I’m not going there 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/27 "2009-12-05T21:18:20Z")
Birthers? What the…? Are they still around? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/28 "2009-12-05T23:01:08Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > It could be worse. It could be us. Thanks for snapping that into perspective. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/29 "2009-12-05T23:12:30Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I’m not going there 😃 Richard Gere’s anus? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/30 "2009-12-05T23:14:38Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Perhaps, but it’s unconstitutional to ask it. Asked and answered. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/31 "2009-12-06T01:31:55Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Perhaps, but it’s unconstitutional to ask it. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/32 "2009-12-06T02:32:15Z")
I’m doing research on fruit fly larvae, which, if I’m not mistaken, makes me the board’s resident expert on maggots. In my experience, none of them even care about American politics. They’re generally quite easygoing and tolerant of rival philosophies. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/33 "2009-12-06T03:05:37Z")
What kind of Research, Smeghead? Are you actually interested in the flies or do you just deal w/ Drossophila (sp?) and basically using them for your sick and twisted awesome genetic experiments? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/34 "2009-12-06T05:01:34Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I’m doing research on fruit fly larvae, which, if I’m not mistaken, makes me the board’s resident expert on maggots. In my experience, none of them even care about American politics. They’re generally quite easygoing and tolerant of rival philosophies. So you’re not following them through their full life cycle where they pupate and emerge as full blown birthers? Then they seek out more shit to spawn the next generation. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/35 "2009-12-06T07:39:39Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > 😕 I wonder about this, too. Is it just a snarky jab, about how anything the other side does is often called unconstitutional? Or is it more educated snark, about how the courts have ruled that no one has the standing to bring this up, in effect calling it unconstitutional to do so? Or something else entirely? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/36 "2009-12-06T08:50:45Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Perhaps, but it’s unconstitutional to ask it. Nope. It’s constitutional to ask it. It’s just ridiculous and asinine to not only refuse to accept the factual answer but to also beat it to death with wing-nut hooey. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/37 "2009-12-06T14:11:08Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > So you’re not following them through their full life cycle where they pupate and emerge as full blown birthers? Then they seek out more shit to spawn the next generation. No, no, no ! **BIRTHERS** are the invertebrate larvae stage. It hasn’t been indicated what is their adult stage. ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/38 "2009-12-06T14:54:31Z")
I think the birthers are fucking great. They’re _hilarious_, and they discredit the Republican base. What’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/39 "2009-12-06T18:45:13Z")
> [@Cort](#): > > I think the birthers are fucking great. They’re _hilarious_, and they discredit the Republican base. What’s not to like? Yep. [QUOTE=Voltaire] In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096/40 "2009-12-06T23:24:44Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, just “American” politics could reasonably be taken to mean the politics of the Americas. No, it wouldn’t. There is no politics of the Americas to speak of, so everyone knows that “American” without further qualification means the US. Even people who don’t like the fact that it means that know it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-birthers-are-maggots/520096.md?page=3)