If the tables were reversed and it was a republican hiding documents, records or even tapes, the Department of Justice would demand their release.
Instead we get a silence across the nation of voices that would normally be demanding full disclosure.
The question then becomes what do they know and why is there this silence conspiracy designed to protect Obama...
Excellent question! Are you familiar with the assertion from a Canadian news source that an intimidation effort was launched prior to the Nov’08 election which threatened anyone in media raising the issue of eligibility for Obarry? If you haven’t seen it, I think we could rummage up a link.
One freeper speculated that Senators and Reps have so much dirt on each other, they can easily be made to shut up and go along. This could be. Or...
What I noticed is that McCain would not question Obama about his natural born citizenship status even knowing there were questions being asked by a lot of Republicans. The spin was that it was silly and extreme. (The “birth slur was not invented yet.) He also would not pound Obama’s radical ties and activities. He shouted down anyone who brought this up in a serious way during the election.
I think Republicans yielded to his call not to rile the Mexicans preparing to vote with bringing up foreign ineligibility. Juan is like that. He decides certain laws (like immigration laws) and parts of the constitution (like natural born citizenship) are “racist” and he will use his power to undermine them. He thinks this proves that even though he's a whitey, he is not a racist like the other ones.
McCain had great respect for another communist who actually worked with the KGB against Reagan - Ted Kennedy. McCain looks at communists different than most Republicans. They are his dear friends across the aisle. To me communists are domestic enemies to the constitution.
In summary, I think the Republican party permitted Juan to make the call to not make Obama prove his natural born citizenship. Now they are all in the boat with him for not having done their constitutional duty before the election. It is as important to the GOP to keep this out of court as it is to Obama and the DNC. They all broke their oath to the constitution by failing to perform their duty to check and then they have been all covering up by shouting down and smearing those who still want the question answered.
It matters because the constitution matters just like immigration laws matter because they are the law and no one is above the law - supposedly.
All the arguments about standing and whether this one or that one (anyone outside the congress and the SOS) can ask - constitutionally - may be true unless everyone was tricked by a fraudulent Internet COLB posted by Obama. Then it seems to me to be an issue for the court to decide because the constitutional process was undermined.
Orly is presenting a certified copy of the long form birth cert. with an affidavit from the guy who supposedly got it in Kenya. He may be a fake. Obama’s Internet COLB may be a fake. The court may have to decide on this.
Sorry this is so long, Cobra. This is the only post on the thread I am going to make.