Sadly, I think this is the correct interpretation of a series of previously unbelievable events.
The fact that anyone could stand for the office (or any government office) without having presented a valid birth certificate; should be unthinkable.
That a citizen of the United States would have no standing with the Supreme Court, on an issue that goes to the core of governance; should be unthinkable.
The fact that SCOTUS would fail to respond in a timely manner, and allow a questioned inauguration to go forward; should be unthinkable even though the court had reason to believe that the claims were unwarranted.
Above all, the fact that a presidential candidate would go to extreme lengths to suppress publication of a critical public record and thereby invite speculation in the first place; should be unthinkable.
Despite any reservations regarding the basic premise, the question "how did we get here?" remains.
Years ago I was treated to a government auditor's cheery declaration that, when contracting with the government, "the appearance of fraud is proof of fraud".
Having lived with that admonition for quite awhile, I find it difficult to totally write this one off.
Nonetheless, I agree that:
a) Nothing will come of any of these appeals (unless and until it is too late).
And, (b) the motive was to avoid riot by virtually half the US population when their messiah was jerked up short. Remember - we got violence and anti-Christian bigotry merely because California voted against gay marriage.
(Sorry, another long one)
I think you nailed it. When not a majority, but still a *large* number of people doubt he is citizen, and think he is probably a fraud, why not reassure the concern if it’s at all easily possible? The question itself is also reasonable. His father is foreign, so is his step father, and he once held a foreign passport. Why is the question so crazy to ask?
Both Obama, and the Supremes could have easily ended this. The secrecy isn’t reasonable. I think we all pretty much understand why the press isn’t ever invited into Area 51 to look for flying saucers and alien bodies. REAL damage could happen to our REAL national defense. Not worth the damage to slay the fantasy. But what could it possibly hurt for Obama to defintively prove where he was born? I just don’t get it.
I started out expecting that he was going to let it build,,then any day he was going to show it and make an ass out of everyone. Now i wonder why he would spend a penny to defend his right to conceal it. Its very odd.
“the appearance of fraud is proof of fraud”.
I like that better than “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.”
Wasn’t it Justice Potter Stewart who said (in reference to pornography), “I know it when I see it?” I think that’s fairly applicable to what some of us have concluded about Barry’s suspicious behavior concerning his closely past.