Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
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Trump is benefiting from a GOP electorate that thinks Barack Obama is a Muslim and was born in another country, and that immigrant children should be deported. 66% of Trump’s supporters believe that Obama is a Muslim to just 12% that grant he’s a Christian. 61% think Obama was not born in the United States to only 21% who accept that he was. And 63% want to amend the Constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship, to only 20% who want to keep things the way they are.
Birtherism goes mainstream

 Why is it that "the media" is so reluctant to call out the utter insanity that undergirds the Trump campaign? Seriously, where is sense and rationality? Are they afraid the truth is to painful?

It's all about entertainment. Even the left-leaning media can't get enough of this clown. It helps the ratings.
The only person I've heard take an actual position on this was Bernie who basically refuses to get sucked into the media BS and stands firmly on only discussing the issues (like a real candidate should).

"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce

"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky