While I won’t vote for Obama for any reasons, it has nothing to do with this. And if I were to discount an organization due to their “connections”, I would discount every organization. I sure as hell am not defending Obama, but the photos on FactCheck are pretty damned compelling. And if we continue to cherry pick our facts we get nowhere. Is it possible that he wasn’t born in the U.S.? Sure. If I were advising Obama (I’m a former atty and judge) would I have him turn over any more information than he already has? No. Why? Because he doesn’t have to and it just burns up the energy of the other side. Also, if you give up information every time you are sued, well, people are encouraged to sue you.
And I also really don’t care what someone’s religion is. That would be like condemning me, as a Christian, because of the crusades or claiming I am a pedophile because I am a catholic. While, of necessity, when we first get to know people we will apply the characteristics of their “group” or “culture” so we can interact, in order to succeed we then need to adjust based upon the actions of that individual.
So far, the jumping up and down and pointing at Obama as “whatever” approach just hasn’t worked. If it has, please point me in the direction of some real analysis by someone objective to prove me wrong.
So what have we done? Nothing except finger pointing on issues about which no one cares. The McCain campaign is nothing more than a dart with a dartboard. And as much as we would like people to think like us, the majority doesn’t any more than the majority doesn’t think like liberals. But if we hope to persuade, this approach we have chosen just isn’t going to work.
While others are trying to paint this topic as ‘fringe’, I’m simply pointing out that there’s nothing unreasonable in saying that it’s Obama’s job to convince voters that he qualifies. And it’s a matter of honor not to vote for someone who has failed to convince you he’s qualified. What’s fringe about being Constitutional?
Welcome to FR, and thanks for your voice of caution.
Thank you Klepto, I couldn’t agree more. This is getting us nowhere. Finding and speculating on itsy little tiny things in hopes of it blowing up into being one big conspiracy is such a waste of time IMHO.