I've been suspicious of the Kenyan document since the night it was posted. And the more I read and learned, my skepticism got bigger, not smaller.
In my mind, the dynamic has been: "It's likely that someone put these numbers on this Kenyan document knowing that they can later be used to reveal it's a fake, thus making those who latch onto it (and their overall questioning of Obama's credentials from that time forward) look bad." A distraction from the real issues.
Now whether that's a good strategy or not, or whether or not it's merely brought the issue to the forefront, is debatable.
Well, if it’s an Aussie fake, it’s done to discredit the Kenyan doc, if it’s an intentionally sloppy Kenyan fake, it’s done to discredit the “birthers”.
The “birthers” are doing pretty well here. The story is getting out some, yes, there’s mocking, but the story is getting out. People aren’t really saying they believe it’s real. They just want to know if its real. So, the “birthers” aren’t really doing anything crazy.
And, sure, I guess everyone should be fighting socialism all the time, but there are some that are interested in this issue, while others are more interested in other issues. If the bc issue was gone, it doesn’t mean that everyone interested in the bc issue automatically spends the same amount of time on something more worthwhile.
I wasn’t paying much attention to the bc thing until the pic came out. Most of the time I’d read the Palin threads.
I’ve spent more time here on Free Republic over the last 3 days than I normally do.
That's what I'm leaning towards also.