G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > The republican leadership finally realized that this idiocy was just > alienating them from people like me...you know, the ones who will actually > decide this next election? So they're trying to get their minions to drop it > already. Might work, but the damage may already be done. >
It's been done in the sense that humans feel safe in cliques and Obama is an easy target as an outsider: sort of black, weird up bringing in Hawaii, spent time in strange lands around strange religions, etc. And that's why 50% of Republicans believe he's not a citizen, because demonizing your opponent is easier that winning the war of ideas. Calling him a socialist Muslim non-citizen is easier and more actionable than saying he's a smart guy that has a tough time making decisions. The latter description makes him more human. All of that said, academically there are interesting questions about his birth certificate. Those questions are not unique to him, but then other people are not the president so maybe it does deserve a bit more scrutiny. Further, the whole long-form debate seems to one of faith: there are people who've seen it, we have a short-form copy etc etc. but the long-form has specifically not been granted for release. Factually, the State of Hawaii says he's a citizen and so it is and should be case closed, but the long-form questions remain a matter of faith and that's odd. Obama could easily end it by releasing it even though he doesn't have too. And so I don't think Mr. Trump is wrong to ask the questions, of course the problem is that he's taken it too far. The preponderance of evidence is in, the State of HI has ruled, and that should be Trump's position: open questions, but an official ruling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336843 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
