I'm sure most skeptics assumed Candidate Obama was going to do the right thing or that the state of Hawaii would do the right thing and release a verifiable original certificate of live birth. People are inherently trusting and don't file lawsuits willy-nilly.
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The Miscalculations and Isolation of Lt Col Lakin
The Conservative Monster ^ | 12-16-10 | Steve Cooper
I believe that LTC Lakin suspected that his You Tube video about Obama being ineligible would unite the country to demand that Obama release all of his records and prove that he is a natural born citizen. This did not happen due to several reasons.
The media manipulation and blackout on LTC Lakin’s refusal to go to Afghanistan unless Obama proved he was eligible to be president, but most importantly the Fox News and conservative talk radio blackout. Sure Michael Savage mentioned eligibility a few times, but the power of Fox News was needed to make the Obama eligibility issue grow. Mentioning Lakin for 30 seconds like Brett Baier was just not enough play to the national audience.
Glenn Beck’s ridiculing of the birther movement (the leader of the Anti-Birther movement) also scared many Tea Party people away from the issue. I can not tell you how many times people e-mailed me that they know and believe that Obama is not eligible, but they were afraid to be labeled as “crazy”. You can thank Glenn Beck for this, because these Americans did not want to go against Beck’s wishes to support the Obama Eligibility movement.