Posted on 02/17/2011 9:45:34 AM PST by kristinn
No political actor nor potential candidate wants to give the media the rope by which to hang them. When half of the country believes that this guy is their saviour and another 25 per cent think it inconcievable that Obama could be anything but a citizen and a christian, why expose yourself unnecessarily to ridicule and defamation?
I wish Republicans, or at least Conservatives, would simply say:
“Mr. President put this issue to bed. For the good of the Republic, quit spending millions trying to hide from your past and release all relevant documents. The longer the issue hangs out there, the less credibility you or the country has.”
“I see no good hiding all your personal history from the public. This is not the Soviet Union. Americans deserve to know the WHOLE truth about its leaders. Here is a copy of my birth certificate and my medical records and university records are available at any time for media review. Mr. President its way past time for you to do the same. No more lies. No more forgeries. No more double talk. Release ALL documents today!”
Well that isn't for me to state, that is for the president to state.
Statement by Michelle Bachman.
If Obama has nothing to hide, why not show the bc?
Dead on here. Turn this silly gotcha question around on Snuffleupagus. Make this not about the Birther issue, but the larger issue of hiding his past. After doing this for a while, the press will be forced to put up or shut up.
By the way, this ABC Clintoon lackey is a real POS.
Sorry, but the correct answer to that baited question is always, (shrug) “I guess we have to take the president at his word for that, since that’s all we have to go on and the Democrat-controlled ‘mainstream’ newsrooms have no interest in investigating.” (shrug)
This whole thing by the democrats appears to be politically motivated , but maybe we will get lucky and it will flip on them. labeling anyone that is willing to ask a honest question and expect a honest answer as a nutcase is wrong.
They can either dodge (slyly) or go on a in-your-face rebuttal by challenging the MSM ("to put up or shut up!!).
Our side really need to be prepared to answer these "birther" questions. They are becoming more common.
Stephanopoulus gets his marching orders from the White House. He’s doing the Administration’s work here.
Backman had her chance to tell the Truth & she blew it!!!!
Another Spineless Republican!!
How do you explain that the Media has dismissed this information????
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Here are 6 African Newspaper articles calling Obama “Kenyan-Born”
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Notice the first article was from Sunday, June 27, “2004”
Historical News Articles and FactCheck Agree: Obama is “Kenyan-born”
Posted on October 18th, 2009 by David-Crockett
Sunday, June 27, “2004”
Kenya Sunday Standard headline-”Kenyan-born” Obama all set for US Senate
http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/Born04.htm
The Nigerian Observer-Americans will today go to the polls to elect their next President with Democratic Party candidate, Senator Barack Obama largely favoured to win. The “Kenyan-born” Senator will…”
http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/Born01.htm
USAfrica — “Kenyan-born” OBAMA makes history…wins presidential nomination of U. S. Democratic party; eyes on White House…
http://www.theobamafile.com/_images/Born09.gif
AllAfrica.com — ” Little wonder then why “Kenyan-born” Barack Obama, America’s first Black President…”
http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/Born02.htm
GraphicGhana.com — “For Ghana, Obama’s visit will be a celebration of another milestone in African history as it hosts the first-ever “African-American President” on this presidential visit to the “continent of his birth”. The same article, with the same quote, appeared in ModernGhana.com.
http://www.theobamafile.com/.../...5-ContinentOfBirth.htm
The Ghana Times — “So far, the odds favour the once underdog in American politics, Obama, the “African-American Senator” from Illinois state. A Congressional Quarterly (CQ) politics monitored on BBC put the “Kenyan born” American ahead of his rivel, John McCain.”
http://www.theobamafile.com/_images/Born07.bmp
The Democratic segment of the “news media” is trying to shape public opinion against the Republicans.
AP devotes 11 reporters to "fact check" Palin book
Reviewing books and holding public figures accountable is at the core of good journalism, but the treatment Palin's book received appears to be something new for the AP. The organization did not review for accuracy recent books by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, then-Sen. Joe Biden, either book by Barack Obama released before he was president or autobiographies by Bill or Hillary Clinton. The AP did more traditional news stories on those books.
[Expect this to be the issue that the MSM asks all through this election cycle first and foremost...]
EXACTLY...this whole birth certificate issue is nothing more than a ‘tar baby’ planted by the regime (no pun intended) for use in 2012.
EVERYONE on our side should respond to it in the same manner as Michelle Bachmann did.
Don’t touch the planted ‘tar baby’.
Well I’m not going to jump all over Michelle Bachmann. At least they couldn’t bludgeon her into saying she thinks Barry was born here. I think that the level of vitriol, derision, and humiliation that gets heaped on every public figure for questioning BHO’s eligibility is just so intense its really hard to stand up to. I have no other explanation for why multiple congress critters and senators did not stand up and question Barry in 2008.
I like Bachman, but if she won't stand up to 0bama, then who will she stand up to? If she won't stand up for the "natural born" part of The Constitution, then can I count on her to stand up for ANY part of The Constitution?
I like her too but her answers here were not good even if her intention was to be avasive.
It is NOT for the president to state. It does not matter what one BELIEVES. It is for the people to KNOW.
I’ll give her credit for this. She said several times that it’s up to Barry to say whether he’s a citizen. Then finally, she says that she takes him at his word.
I don’t think she had any other choice. She is already being portrayed by all of the media as an extremist, and this would finish the job if she can be labeled a Birther.
Maybe if a number of Republicans got together, they could say, “We think that the President should lay all these persistent, widespread rumors to rest by producing incontrovertible proof that he is qualified to be POTUS.”
Meantime, at least the way she handled it would make most viewers think that maybe there is a problem, while not permitting the interviewer to trap her.
The View covered in the same way.
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