Simple. Let Hawaii produce the original. Under my understanding of Constitutional law, it should have been a requirement for getting on the ballot. No state law should have been permitted to stand in the way.
Let the State officials of Hawaii assert unequivocally that it is a "true and correct copy of the original record." Period. Full Stop. No weasel words or additional qualifiers. No additions of words such as "Or an abstract thereof."
Consider the possibility that “playing hanky-panky” was a political strategy designed to galvinize support from the liberal base and to demonize one’s opposition as racist without ever needing to use the term.
That's nonsense. Concern about his citizenship played no role in his support. The vast majority of his support is due only to the fact that he's regarded as "black." The media were giving themselves orgasms at the thought of having a "black" President, and so they deliberately skewed their coverage to engineer his election.
They did not give a fig where he came from. Chris Mathews himself said Obama was born in Indonesia, and then carried on like this didn't make the slightest difference to him, and i'm sure it didn't.
No, the "birther" issue only played havoc among Republicans and Conservatives, it never rose to notice in the Liberal ranks. It was always a non-issue to them.
Who are the other constituency groups that have their citizenship status questioned? Its Latinos and Asians. Obama got 73% of the Asian American vote and 71% of the Latino vote. Together that was 15% of the electorate and coupled with the black vote, 28% of the electorate.
The Democrat ALWAYS gets that same percentage of the Asian and Latino vote, and while we're at it, the same percentage of the Jewish and Black vote as well. It rarely changes more than a few points one way or the other. This is the norm.
It is only occasionally that a Republican can make inroads among these constituencies. Generally they don't.
“Take what your opposition considers to be your weakness and make it your strength.” — Saul Alinsky, Rules For Radicals
Well I consider rank stupidity and ignorance (not to mention down right insanity) to be the Democrat's main weakness, but sure enough, the media have turned that into the party's strength by pandering to the stupid and ignorant with every intention of keeping them that way.
“Simple. Let Hawaii produce the original. Under my understanding of Constitutional law, it should have been a requirement for getting on the ballot. No state law should have been permitted to stand in the way.
Let the State officials of Hawaii assert unequivocally that it is a “true and correct copy of the original record.” Period. Full Stop. No weasel words or additional qualifiers. No additions of words such as “Or an abstract thereof.”
“The Democrat ALWAYS gets that same percentage of the Asian and Latino vote, and while we’re at it, the same percentage of the Jewish and Black vote as well. It rarely changes more than a few points one way or the other. This is the norm.”
The Black vote for Republican Presidential candidates 1936-2012
1936: 28%
1940: 32%
1944: 32%
1948: 23%
1952: 24%
1956: 39%
1960: 32%
1964: 6%
1968: 15%
1972: 13%
1976: 15%
1980: 12%
1984: 9%
1988: 10%
1992: 11%
1996: 12%
2000: 8%
2004: 12%
2008: 4%
2012: 6%