I’m glad she is distancing herself from the birthers. It’s a terrible move for her to get involved in the birther issue. We have to beat Obama and the libs on more pertinent issues, like taxes, the deficit, defeating the healthcare reform bills, foreign policy, etc., and not side issues that will never go anywhere. Most Americans don’t give a rat’s A$$ about Obama’s birth certificate; they care about finding a job, paying their bills and national security, among other things.
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"Here is the full exchange from HA. (transcript).
Would you make the birth certificate an issue if you ran?
I think the public, rightfully, is still making it an issue. I don’t have a problem with that. I don’t know if I would have to bother to make it an issue ’cause I think there are enough members of the electorate who still want answers.
Do you think it’s a fair question to be looking at?
I think it’s a fair question, just like I think past associations and past voting record — all of that is fair game. You know, I’ve got to tell you, too: I think our campaign, the McCain/Palin campaign didn’t do a good enough job in that area. We didn’t call out Obama and some of his associates on their records and what their beliefs were and perhaps what their future plans were. And I don’t think that that was fair to voters to not have done our jobs as candidates and as a campaign to bring to light a lot of the things that now we’re seeing made manifest in the administration.
I mean, truly, if your past is fair game and your kids are fair game, certainly Obama’s past should be. I mean, we want to treat men and women equally, right?
Hey, you know, that’s a great point, in that weird conspiracy-theory freaky thing that people talk about that Trig isn’t my real son. And a lot of people say, “Well you need to produce his birth certificate! You need to prove that he’s your kid!” Which we have done. But yeah, so maybe we could reverse that and use the same [unintelligible]-type thinking on them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2399916/posts?page=110#110
hand them a little pocket dictionary and tell them to look up the term. If its not there, they are stupid for using it...(not calling freepers stupid, we just shouldn't follow along with the lefts agenda...screw um...
She is... but she really isn't. There is nothing that Gov. Palin says to discount the arguments of patriotic Americans (the so-called "birthers") concerning 0bama's birth certificate and his unwillingness to let the public see it.
If anything, she adds another layer to 0bama's absurdity on the issue - she appeased the MSM by producing Trig's BC, even though it had absolutely nothing to do with her own eligibility to be VP. She did it as a good-will gesture toward those who did not deserve it. 0bama fails to show the same good will even toward those who do deserve it.
Gov. Palin is simply staying above the fray. She will keep on the issues, including this one if need be. Think two-front war - to say the BC isn't important because the "more pertinent" ones are is a false dichotomy. The BC is every bit as pertinent an issue, even if most of the public doesn't care.
It says a lot that most people don’t care if the President does not meet the Constitutional Requirement of the Office he holds.
Benjamin Franklin’s quote, “a Republic if you can keep it” is more timely than ever before.
This issue is important because it’s a clear example of the MSM lying about the basic *facts* of this matter.
When I say *facts*, I’m not talking about speculation, what some people believe, and so on. I mean facts, as in what actually happened.
So, when someone says that HI confirmed he was born there when (pre-late July) HI had not confirmed he was born there, they’re lying about a *fact*.
If others would simply point out that specific MSM sources have lied about the *facts*, they could force those MSM sources into offering better coverage of a wide range of topics.
See this:
http://24ahead.com/sarah-palin-now-birther-certificate-fair-game-what-her-suppo
I don’t know what could be more important at this point than pressing Constitutional restraint. It speaks to ALL the things you mentioned — all things that Obama has done that violate the Constitution.
We can beat the liberals on ALL those issues AND push for Obama to release his records (including all his college records as well).
I’m greatly disheartened to speak of a great many of her supporters as “Conspiracy-minded” individuals. Gosh on the previous thread I was JUST on I was thrilled to hear her mention this saying it was a “fair question” which it most definitely IS. After all, it was a fair question when asked of McCain, was it not?
As for America not giving a rat’s ass about his BC — I think there are a great many people who have NO IDEA of the controversy over this. If it was actually covered in the media fairly (instead of the way it has been) MANY more people would be VERY concerned about it - and rightly so.
Again, this issues speaks to ALL the issues you mentioned. Nearly everything Obama and Congress has done can be questioned by referring to the Constitution. If we the people have no way of ensuring that our gov’t is following the Constitution in ALL matters, then our Republic is only going to suffer MORE. And, this really IS a matter of national security if Obama has more than one allegiance - otherwise the Founding Fathers would never have made it an issue in the first place!
Obama’s birth certificate is directly related to national security. If we can’t uphold our Constituion, then we are already defeated.
“More pertinent issues”??? What could be more pertinent than his eligibility for the Office of President of the USA?
The simple, undeniable fact remains: Barack Hussein Obama has not released his birth certificate.
As a matter of fact, he hasn’t released ANY of his “pertinent” records, whether they be medical records, student records, travel records, etc.
I agree with you though that Palin was probably prudent to stay away from the issue, at least from a political point of view.
But I can’t help asking myself why doesn’t Obama release his records, especially his birth certificate?
And the only answer I can come up with is that he has something to hide.