OPINION
Obama's birth certificate brings out the worst in politics
By Andrew Carpenter | Sep. 1, 2009Though rumors spread about Obama's citizenship have constantly been shown to be unfounded, the president nonetheless is hurting the country by failing to address them. By ignoring the ""birther"" movement, Obama has increased the national partisan divide, with his supporters mocking and deriding the birth certificate protesters and his opponents increasing their rhetoric to extreme levels.
