Posted on 10/11/2010 5:38:46 PM PDT by kristinn
During the course of questioning about the Obama administration's attacks on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ABC News White House Correspondent Jake Tapper brought up the issue of Barack Obama refusing to release his long form Hawaii birth certificate in an interview today with senior White House adviser David Axelrod.
Axelrod said that Obama's birth certificate "has been available to people."
When Tapper followed up by asking if the long form version (aka the original with more information than the shorter publicly released version) has been released, Axelrod ducked the question with this bizarre rejoinder, “the only people who want to keep things secret are folks who have something to hide.”
Before people get too excited, Tapper later Tweeted his disdain for birthers:
jaketapper Periodically it becomes clear that I need to warn folks: I block birthers (and truthers). Keep that nonsense out of my twitter feed. Thanks. 11 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter
However, Tapper had no problem raising the issue with Axelrod:
TAPPER: But what do you say to people who argue you are demonizing an organization for a charge that nobody knows if it's true or not?
AXELROD: Well I’m not demonizing the Chamber of Commerce. I’m simply suggesting to them that they disclose the source of the $75 million that they are spending in campaigns and put to rest, put to rest the questions that have been, that have been raised.
TAPPER: Isn't that like the whackjobs that tell the president he needs to show them his full long-form birth certificate so he can put to rest the questions that have been raised?
AXELROD: The president’s birth certificate has been available to people.
TAPPER: The long form?
AXELROD: Someone once in the course of this debate about whether we should have a law to force these organizations to disclose where they’re money is coming from in the campaigns, someone said, and I think they’re right – “the only people who want to keep things secret are folks who have something to hide.” If the Chamber doesn’t have anything to hide about these contributions, and I take them at their word that they don’t, then why not disclose? Why not let people see where their money is coming from?
Outside of the likes of Les Kinsolving, this appears to be the first time the long form birth certificate issue has been publicly queried at the senior White House level.
H/t Amanda Carpenter
Had to be.
“Hillary will be VP early next year. The zero will be forced from office 3+ months later.”
We can agree on one thing. Hillary is in. But, I believe, the powers pulling 0’s strings will dump him before the 2012 elections. 0’s finished. Hillary will lead the ticket. The Rats believe Hillary would be the only person that could take Palin on, and win.
Without question, Axelrod has been rehearsing this answer to himself for a very long time.
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But, if things come out, and Obama resigns, and we see President Hillary somehow, won’t the black community and even the liberal base be completely disenchanted with Democrats and Hillary in 2012, when presumeably a President Hillary would run for election in her own right?
A lot would have to happen to see Obama pushed out. I’m just wondering that if Democrats allied with the Clintons do the pushing, what will the reactions of Democrat voting blocs such as blacks be??? Could a President Hillary win her election in 2012 if big numbers of blacks and liberal/radical types stay away or vote for someone else???
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Axelrod said that Obama's birth certificate "has been available to people."
Total crap grease rod.
She’d have to be confirmed. Do you think they’ll do it in the lame duck session or will they have the guts to test the guts of a potentially newly GOP Senate. When Ford, and later Rocky, were confirmed as VP the Rat controlled Senate was delighted to confirm RINO puppets. Unlike Clinton’s impeachment ‘trial’ there could be real hearings. Hillary is as dirty as Bill, just not as sexy. I don’t think the new blood would let the remaining good old boys stop them. Imagine for a moment Sen. O’Donnell questioning Hillary, followed by Sen. Angle and Sen. Fiorina and Sen. Ayotte. Four Mamma Grizzlies vs. just grizzly.
Interesting. He won't throw his money at a lost cause where he'll get virtually no return, but believe me he ain't done.
Maybe, but he went back into the closet after asking the questions with the usual reflective reactions that we get from wussy politicians, et al - I won't be able to take the leftist criticisms from the likes of PMSNBC because I'm too wimpish.
Article : Before people get too excited, Tapper later Tweeted his disdain for birthers:
I think you are on to something. Maybe Tapper is acting for the Clintons.
Oabama is forced to resign and the 6 TV networks, who have major Saudi investors like Huffington Post, who own all the channels on TV smear the GOP 24x7 as being racists.
The Clintons look good, Obama is a victim and the GOP are racists.
Ping.
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