<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1398620659484752634.post8590441599972298765..comments</id><updated>2009-08-05T15:02:14.255-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Around the Couch: Birthers and hating Obama</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.aroundthecouch.com/feeds/8590441599972298765/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1398620659484752634/8590441599972298765/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.aroundthecouch.com/2009/08/birthers-and-hating-obama.html'/><author><name>ned</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16554980991259845738</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1398620659484752634.post-1646756337289323550</id><published>2009-08-05T15:02:14.255-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T15:02:14.255-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder how much of the movement is being fueled ...</title><summary type='text'>I wonder how much of the movement is being fueled by thinly veiled racism. While the issue of race is not at the forefront of the birther movement, there is definitely enough of an effort to make Obama an outsider that&amp;#39;s not representative of the &amp;quot;core conservative values of America&amp;quot; (ie, whiteness). The movement tries to make this an issue of Us v. Them.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1398620659484752634/8590441599972298765/comments/default/1646756337289323550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1398620659484752634/8590441599972298765/comments/default/1646756337289323550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.aroundthecouch.com/2009/08/birthers-and-hating-obama.html?showComment=1249498934255#c1646756337289323550' title=''/><author><name>Fidel</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17348904656827833397</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04596341246552749794'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.aroundthecouch.com/2009/08/birthers-and-hating-obama.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1398620659484752634.post-8590441599972298765' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1398620659484752634/posts/default/8590441599972298765' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>