Um... to toy with birthers? To string birthers along because they work to his advantage politically? Because refusal to cooperate and making a motion for dismissal is the standard way people usually answer a legal challenge? There could be any number of reasons for his behavior. I don't know. Ask him.
2. Obama could easily address the concerns of Sheriff Arpaio and Zullo and Taitz if he would give permission to release all records held by the Hawaii Department of Health related to himself. Why doesn’t he?
Because they're bullshit. Because he's already done far more to address the question than any President ever in the history of the country. Because it's not a pressing political issue with Benghazi and the Justice Department and Egypt and the IRS matters. And probably because, again, the simmering birther issue only plays to his advantage.
You imagine Obama is sweating over the birther issue. He isn't. If he even thinks about it at all (doubtful, becaue there's a round of golf next Thursday and a bunch of coal-fired power plants to shut down and some big-money donors to entertain next week and Michele's next Hawaiian vacation to think about) - if, as I say, he even thinks about it at all, he's laughing his ass off about it.
3. Obama could request that Occidental release all his records and transcripts during his years in attendance. Why doesn’t he? What could he possibly have to hide?
See the answer to #2.
4. Obama could request the release of all his passport information to the public. Why doesn’t he?
See the answer to #2.
If I were President (or any public office), I would have no problem at all releasing this sort of information. Would you??
If I were President, and I gave people a reasonable answer, and that wasn't good enough for a few people, I would ignore them. Especially if their going on and on about it only played to my advantage politically.
JW:”Especially if their going on and on about it only played to my advantage politically.”
OK, let me get this straight. You are proposing that Obama continues this battle only because it is politically expedient to do so. You don’t believe there is any real problems with his background that make him ineligible for the office of POTUS.
Don’t you suppose that the majority of “birthers” also believe that continuing this fight is politically expedient (let alone a service to the country at large). It seems to be your opinion that birthers are continuing to fight a battle that is distracting the country from the real battles? If that is your cause, then why attack birthers on the substance of their claims instead of espousing the importance of these other battles to be fought.
I propose that your time is much better spent leading people against the real corruptions of this POTUS that you believe are of greatest import rather than dismissing the efforts of those who oppose on “lesser” platforms. Why not leave that work up to the Obots and Fogblowers??
I would expect that fellow Freepers would be more willing to hear your voice if it were speaking out vehemently against the Obama crimes that you have found to be worthy of pursuit. Your argumentative behavior causes many on these threads to question your fundamental intentions...