I wish that were true, but it’s not. All he has to do is claim that the birth certificate is “personal” and “private” and then fold to some legal action that requires him to present it. He can refer to such invasions of privacy as “disturbing” and simply paint those demanding the certificate as being bad people.
I simply don’t understand why so many conservatives are taking the risk-filled road of chasing this certificate issue when they could invest their time in the much more secure road of building up great conservative candidates in 2012. It doesn’t make sense to me at all.
You seem to be a little behind the curve. Are you familiar with the concept of “Equal protection under the law”?
Then answer why it was appropriate for John McCain to have to submit his vaild BC to Congress and face ballot challenges in 4 states in 2008 for not being a “natural born citizen” with 2 US citizens parents, but Barry Soetoro Obama with presumably a foreign father is not required to do the same?
And this is a losing issue???
I’m not saying it’s a losing issue. You’re hearing what you want to hear and not what I’m saying. I’ll try again, though.
Building up great conservative candidates has no possible downside to it. Getting a good conservative into a state legislature, whether replacing a Dem or a RINO, is pure win, no matter what.
This birth certificate thing has a lot of upside, but it does have serious potential of being a trap if Obama’s holding onto that birth certificate for an October surprise kind of thing. If we get too bent out of shape over it and he pulls out that certificate, we look like fools and we probably lose the White House in 2012.
I’m rooting for Trump to trigger the trap early. I’m just not wasting my own personal efforts with anything about birth certificates.
Right now, I’m working for several potential candidates at the state and Congressional level who are GREAT conservatives. When I talk to others who might be interested in supporting these people, I don’t bring up the birth certificate issue because I don’t see what it gains me in doing so.
What is gained in my efforts to talk about birth certificates or to even worry about them?
Furthermore, based on some of the anger thrown at me over this issue today, are you of the opinion I’m wasting my time with my efforts and should be focused on promoting the birth certificate issue? I just don’t see it.
You are misinformed. McCain was never did anything of the sort.
[McCain] and face ballot challenges in 4 states in 2008 for not being a “natural born citizen”
All of those challenges were dismissed without McCain ever showing his BC to any court or election official.