Um . . . that was weird. While I was busy with real life this morning, the president called a surprise press conference to announce the belated release of his birth certificate. In a chiding tone, he announced that neither we nor he have time for such "silliness." Then he declined to answer substantive questions about changes in leadership at the CIA, dashing off to hop on Air Force One for a jaunt to Chicago and New York. Apparently taping an interview with Oprah and attending a political fundraiser are weighty presidential matters worthy of his time and atttention (and our tax dollars).
I've never been much of a birther but I have always wondered why Obama refused to release his birth certificate. I figured it must contain some bit of inconvenient truth that might embarrass our thin-skinned president. I guess not. You can view it here.
But you don't have to be a birther to wonder, why now? Wouldn't it have been more appropriate to release it sometime before November, 2008? Were Trump's incessant proddings more than Obama's fifth-rate temperament could bear? So it seems.
From the Corner, some interesting reactions from various members of the GOP:
Sarah Palin:Heh -- Trump gloats that he is "proud and honored" that the president has finally been compelled to release the document, and now he wants Obama to release his college transcripts, too. Just to be clear, I'm no fan of Donald Trump, but this is becoming amusing. Score: Trump 1, Obama 0. The president had better add The Art of the Deal to his summer reading list.
Media: admit it, Trump forced the issue. Now, don’t let the WH distract you w/the birth crt from what Bernanke says today. Stay focused, eh?
House speaker John Boehner’s spokesman Kevin Smith:
This has long been a settled issue. The Speaker’s focus is on cutting spending, lowering gas prices, and creating American jobs.
Newt Gingrich to Talking Points Memo:
All I would say is, why did it take so long? The whole thing is strange.
House majority leader Eric Cantor to Fox News:
I have criticized members of my own party for making this some kind of an issue and so I am really surprised that the White House is actually doing the same. … If the White House press secretary says that this is a sideshow, why aren’t we treating it as such and dealing with the bigger issues? … This is an issue that does not belong in the debate. There are much more important issues for us to be dealing with.
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"Just to be clear, I'm no fan of Donald Trump, but this is becoming amusing."
ReplyDeleteThat is what I was suggesting a little while back. As I see it, Trump has no desire to undermine the Republican contender. The notion that he might run as an independent I think is a red herring. And while he is considering running, he is willing to take shots and make the president uncomfortable. I can appreciate that.
take another look at the certificate- Jim over at GW is all about it being altered. Me, I see something else, a story within a story. Who is Obama? Often a child is the product of his relationship with his mother.
ReplyDeleteLook at the form. What stands out? Notice her legal name then notice how she signed the form. Notice the father's age and then her age.
Imagine the level of radical thought that must have gone through her 18yr old head to sleep with a black man, an African black man, in 1960. This would have been unheard of. Yet, there she is. When was she "married" to Obama? Before conception, after, ever? Is the real story that Obama is our first president that could be the product of a "baby's momma" moment? The grand social experiment of proud voluntary single motherhood espoused by Murphy Brown's supporters (remember Dan Quayle)?
Her listed legal name at the time of his birth was not Obama, but she signed it that way. Wonder why...
If you want to know why Obama is the screwed up mess we see today, look no further than his mom.
The new BC, real or fake solves nothing. While most of zero's records are hidden away, his boyhood school in Indonesia has him listed as Barry Soetoro (because Lolo adopted him), citizen of INDONESIA and muslim. Did he ever become unadopted? Did he ever legally change his name back to Obama, and if so, when? And most importantly, when did he stop being an Indonesian citizen and start being a citizen of the United States of America only? You can't be a dual citizen and be POTUS.
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