How crafty is Barack Obama? "As for the alleged 'kookiness' of birthers, a true conspiracy theorist would surely believe that Obama deliberately started the birth-certificate business in order to make it easier to dismiss his opponents as deranged." Yes! That is how far up in your game the President is! In related news, only 42 percent of Republicans polled believe Obama was born in this country. What a miraculous age in which we live.