Posted on 08/27/2012 12:59:06 AM PDT by Flotsam_Jetsome
Although some on the right were disappointed that Romney did not pursue this, he was wise not to. This was not the right time. The right time is during a debate. At least one moderator will find Romney's bait irresistible, and I am guessing it will be CNN's Candy Crowley. What follows is a proposed strategy for the Hofstra University debate on October 16. My guess is that Romney has pretty much figured it out already, thus the remark in Michigan:
CC: Governor Romney, in Michigan you told a crowd of supporters, "No one has ever asked to see my birth certificate." Don't you believe that the birth certificate President Obama presented last year is valid?
MR: I have questions about its validity, but that is not why I raised the issue.
CC: Why did you, then? Weren't you afraid that some people, minorities and immigrants especially, will see that as a subtle attack on President Obama because of his race?
MR: Candy, not at all. No one ever asked to see Jesse Jackson's birth certificate when he ran for president or Al Sharpton's when he ran. And they are both black, both proud representatives of the president's party. I raised that issue because of the unique uncertainty surrounding Obama's early years. I know I was born and raised in Michigan. I said as much. I would ask you or the president himself to tell us where he spent the first year of his life.
CC: Mr. President?
BO: Um, um, I am not sure I understand why this question is relevant.
CC: Governor?
MR: It is relevant because President Obama built his 2008 campaign, indeed his very persona, around the fact that he was born into a happy multicultural home. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Just trying to cut off the inevitable scurrilous charges at the pass.
You said “ Both of his parents weren’t Citizens at the time of his birth. “
And? You said "His mother was an American."
So one of them was a citizen.
What you mean was “One of his parents wasn’t a citizen”. Instead you said “both of them were not”.
c.) Romney's mother wasn't a whore.BWAHAHAHAhahaha... That ain't squat compared to what the Rev. David Manning said said about 0bama's cheap white trash momma.
Well, I hate to disappoint you, but I have great trouble with you saying that. As much as I disagree with Obama on almost everything, I think the fact that you say that reflects badly on YOUR CHARACTER, NOT HIS. Maybe your are just tired, but I'd recommend you reconsider it and apologize, because saying something like that about someone's mother is low-class and shameful.
Great post.
My only concern is that this can’t start and end during a debate. If so, Zippy can make all the promises he wants and then not deliver. That’s his M.O. Not going to change suddenly.
So if this happens, I think it needs to happen at the first debate, with a promise to produce before the second. You know he still won’t and if he produces anything it will be another forgery.
Romney needs a strategy to deal with any maneuvering that Zippy might try.
To those who say it’s a side issue and a distraction, I say that is precisely one of the (many) reasons it is a serious issue. Zippy allows it to be a distraction. One reason is that he can’t answer the charges. The other reason is that he can wave it to distract from other important issues and mock “birthers.” It’s well past time to shut that down.
I meant exactly what I said...
@Both of his parents weren't Citizens at the time of his birth.
Out-of-the-money calls on Orville Redenbacher stock will be a good proxy.
“If there were proof about Obama being an alien, it would have been out by now”
It already is. His own bio. His own words.
Otherwise, he is part of the larger coup. As are all of Congress and the Judiciary involved. Even the state SOSes. And the media.
WE KNOW he’s a complete fraud.
History will slice us to ribbons over this.
America ? You didn’t birth THAT !
Here ya go...@Pastor Manning - says Barack Obama's Mother
He's right, nobody attacked him until...
[mkj] Discredited by who?
Yes, since it's a video, please tell us, Sue, who "discredited" it, when, why, and how.
"It's been discredited totally" -- 'Rat mantra 2012.
Please answer the question, newbie.
Love it! You need to send that to the Romney campaign.
Manning is a talented speak, but that was not his finest moment.
Agreed. But I am also confident that Romney has war-gamed this forward and backwards with every conceivable variation factored in. I certainly would, and I know that man is as least as smart as I am — undoubtedly more so because he’s rich and I’m not.
The thing is, and this is key, I was not exaggerating when I said this is the “total war” card. Once played, he absolutely has to win, and he has to be sure of winning.
As a smoking gun, the forged birth certificate is pretty much as good as it gets. The evidence will not change, the supporting evidence will not change. If Romney rubs America’s nose in it during a national debate and demands that Obama instruct the State of Hawaii to release any and all original records to the public for proper forensic scrutiny, Obama is toast. Period.
But this is also where America is in its greatest peril. It is clear that Obama hates America. He hates what has made America special. He hates what America has accomplished and what it might accomplish. He’s also lied and been facilitated in his lies for as long as he can remember.
What will he do if all those lies are torn away? He’s still the President and he still commands the executive department. At that point, he will have absolutely nothing to lose.
That final point, or a variation of it, is one of the reasons — maybe even the biggest reason — why no major named Republican has been willing to call Obama on it yet.
Chaos would probably result — and chaos, by definition, is unpredictable.
Do you suppose that is all part of Zippy’s plan? We are all focused on the economy (important, yes), but few are paying attention to security issues. We have a carrier heading toward the Gulf, Europe is crumbling, and the Middle East is a bigger powder keg than ever.
The President Talks with Students in Turkey 33:12
Tophane Cultural Center Istanbul, Turkey
You know, in terms of my election, I think that what people felt good about was it affirmed the sense that America is still a land of opportunity. I was not born into wealth. I wasn't born into fame.
Background setting, audience members, transcript...
A spoof of his speech!
No offense, folks, and not that I mind looking into this stuff, but if people actually took the time to look into this stuff on their own we wouldn’t be having these dust ups over trivialities.
NOT TRUE!!! I have left messages on the "Romney official HQ recording machine" saying that he needs to show the Republicans his birth cert. at the Convention.
I do NOT want to vote again for anyone, nor allow a nominee that I haven't seen the Birth Certificate for the candidate.
Ever again, EVER!
It should be a Constitutional amendment like not allowing the President 4 terms... bad for the Country.
That mailbox has been full the last couple days... 857-288-3500
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